William McKinley Sr. (November 15, 1807 – November 24, 1892) was an American manufacturer. He was a pioneer of the iron industry in eastern Ohio as well as the father of President
William McKinley.
He was born to James S. McKinley and Mary Rose in
Pine Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
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Geography
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, on November 15, 1807. The second of thirteen children, he moved to
Lisbon, Ohio, in 1809.
[Boyd, James Penny.]
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(1896) Working in the iron business, as had his father, he operated foundries in New Lisbon,
Niles,
Poland, and finally
Canton
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* Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland
* Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French
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Complete life of William McKinley and story of his assassin
(1901) He married Nancy Allison Campbell on January 6, 1829. His parents, James S. and Mary Rose McKinley, both died in
South Bend, Indiana, on August 20, 1847.
McKinley Sr. was a
Whig and later a
Republican party member, and an "ardent advocate" for a
protective tariff. McKinley kept a
Bible, the works of
Dante Alighieri, and
Shakespeare with him consistently and used what little time of leisure was allocated from his work to read.
He died in
Canton, Ohio
Canton () is a city in and the county seat of Stark County, Ohio. It is located approximately south of Cleveland and south of Akron in Northeast Ohio. The city lies on the edge of Ohio's extensive Amish country, particularly in Holmes and ...
, on November 24, 1892, at the age of 85.
He had 8 other children:
*David Allison McKinley (1829–1892)
*Anna McKinley (1832–1890)
*James Rose McKinley (1833–1889)
*Mary McKinley (1835–1868)
*Helen Minerva McKinley (1834–1924)
*Sarah Elizabeth McKinley (1840–1931)
*Abigail Celia McKinley (1845–1846)
*Abner Osborn McKinley (1847–1904)
References
External links
*http://americanhistory.about.com/od/williammckinley/p/pmckinley.htm
*http://www.thienemann-archive.org/getperson.php?personID=I17248&tree=Thienemann
*http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/mckinley/McKinley%20Family%20Genealogy.doc
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1892 deaths
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Fathers of presidents of the United States
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