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 William McKinley
President of the United States
(1897-1901)

Genealogy

William McKinley Sr. & Nancy Allison McKinley
 

  William McKinley Sr.

Born: November 15, 1807                       Place: Pine Twp. Mercer Co., PA

Married: January 6, 1829

Died: November 24, 1892                       Place: Canton, OH

Buried: Westlawn Cemetery                    Place: Canton, OH

Father: James S. McKinley

Mother: Mary (Polly) Rose

 

Nancy Campbell Allison McKinley
 

Born: April 22, 1809                                     Place: New Lisbon, OH

Died: December 12, 1897                          Place: Canton, OH

Buried: Westlawn Cemetery                       Place: Canton, OH

Father: Abner Allison

Mother: Ann Campbell

 

Children 

  1. David Allison McKinley

                  Born: November 23, 1829                    Place: New Lisbon, OH                        Married: 1850
                  Died: September 18, 1892                   Place: San Francisco, CA
                  Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery            Place: San Francisco, CA            Spouse: Nancy Minerva Scott

           Note: 1881 –1885 US Consul for the Hawaiian kingdom

Children:

·        William Perry Francis McKinley

·        Ida Helen McKinley

   Spouse: David Morse

 

2.       Anna (Annie) McKinley

                  Born: September 24, 1832                          Place: New Lisbon, OH

                  Married: Never married

                  Died: July 29, 1890                                       Place: Canton, OH

                  Buried: Westlawn Cemetery                        Place: Canton, OH

 

       Note:  Anna was a schoolmistress, grammar school principal in Canton, Ohio.
               It was through her efforts and savings that assisted in President
               McKinley’s education and bought a home in Canton for her parents.


3.    James Rose McKinley
 

                  Born: September 27, 1833          Place: New Lisbon, OH

                  Married: May 4, 1870                   Place: San Francisco, CA

                  Died: October 11, 1889               Place: New Castle, PA

                  Buried: Westlawn Cemetery        Place: Canton, OH

         Spouse: Eliza Howe Fuller

Children:

  •  Hope McKinley

  • James Fuller McKinley

  •  Grace McKinley


4.    Mary McKinley

                  Born: September 22, 1835              Place: New Lisbon, OH

                  Married:                                              Place:

                  Died: June 20, 1868                         Place: Poland, OH

                  Buried: Poland Cemetery                 Place: Poland, OH

         Spouse: Daniel (or David) May

 

      5.       Helen Minerva McKinley

                  Born: March 13, 1838                                  Place: Niles, OH

                  Married: Never married

                  Died: June 9, 1924                                       Place: Cleveland, OH

                  Buried: Westlawn Cemetery                        Place: Canton, OH

 

                  Note: Helen died at her sister Sarah’s house in Cleveland, Ohio.

                           She taught school in Canton and later in Cleveland.

 

      6.      Sarah Elizabeth McKinley

                  Born: October 1, 1840                                 Place: Niles, OH

                  Married: February 26, 1867                        Place: Poland, OH

                  Died: November 22, 1931                           Place: Cleveland, OH

                  Buried: Poland Cemetery                            Place: Poland, OH

             Spouse: Andrew J. Duncan  

                      Children:

  •  Mary Duncan
         Spouse: S.L. Bowman
  •  William McKinley Duncan
         Spouse: Anna Viola Deetrick
  •  Sarah Duncan
         Spouse: J.H. Winslow
  •  Andrew J. Duncan Jr.
 

              7.   William McKinley Jr.

Born: January 29, 1843 Place: Niles, OH
Married: January 25, 1871 Place: Canton, OH
Died: September 14, 1901 Place: Buffalo, NY
Buried: Westlawn Cemetery Place: Canton, OH
Final Resting Place: McKinley National Memorial Place,                                    Canton, OH

  Spouse: Ida Saxton

    
    Children:

  • Katherine McKinley
       Born: December 15, 1871    Place: Canton, OH
       Died: June 25, 1875

  • Ida McKinley
       Born: April 1, 1873                 Place: Canton, OH
       Died: August 22, 1873
     

Note: William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States.
         He served 6 months of his second term when Leon Czolgosz shot him on          September 6, 1901. His successor was Theodore Roosevelt.  

 

   8.      Abigail (Abbie) Celia McKinley

                  Born: June 1, 1845                                       Place: Niles, OH

                  Died: January 26, 1846

                  Buried: Niles (Union) Cemetery                  Place: Niles, OH

 

    9.       Abner Osborn McKinley

                  Born: November 27, 1847                           Place: Niles, OH

                  Married: 1876?                                                        

                  Died: June 11, 1904                                     Place: Somerset, PA

                  Buried: Westlawn Cemetery                        Place: Canton, OH

           Spouse: Anna Endsley

                   Children:

·   Mabel McKinley

         Died: June 7, 1937

 

             Note: Mabel married Dr. Hermanus Baer of Reading, PA in the White House in 1900.

             Note: Abner was a lawyer in Ohio and later New York. He was briefly a law                         partner with his brother, William, in Canton, Ohio.


 

Sources

 Brogan, Hugh. American Presidential Families. New York: Macmillan Pub. Company, 1993. pp 541-542.

McElroy, Richard L. William McKinley and Our America. Canton, Ohio: Stark County Historical Society, 1996. pp 6-7; 28.  

William McKinley & Nancy C. Allison. Retrieved August 3, 1999, from www.geocities.com.

Miss Helen McKinley, Sister of Martyred President Passes Away. (1924, June 10). The Evening Repository, p. 1.

Mrs. Sarah Duncan Dies at Cleveland. (1931, November 23). Canton Repository, p. 1.

Sister of McKinley Dies in Cleveland. (1931, November 23). Niles Times, p. 1.

Funeral Services Held Monday Afternoon for Abner McKinley. (1904, June 14). The Canton Morning News, p. 2.

Death of Consul McKinley. (1892, September 19). The San Francisco Call, p. 8, col. 4.

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12/03/08