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

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. He was born to James S. McKinley and Mary Rose in Pine Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1807. The second of thirteen children, he moved to

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, 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,

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, and finally Canton.Everett, Marshall
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

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, on August 20, 1847. McKinley Sr. was a Whig and later a

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party member, and an "ardent advocate" for a

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. McKinley kept a

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, the works of

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, and

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with him consistently and used what little time of leisure was allocated from his work to read. He died in Canton, Ohio, 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)

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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 {{DEFAULTSORT:McKinley, William Sr. 1807 births 1892 deaths American businesspeople People from Lisbon, Ohio William Sr. Fathers of presidents of the United States Ohio Whigs Ohio Republicans William McKinley