William McKinley, Sr.

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.[3]

William McKinley having learned the iron business from his father managed a furnace near New Wilmington, PA. for twenty one years. He lived with his family in Poland, Ohio but commuted weekly to his work. He was a devout Methodist, a staunch Whig, a good Republican and an ardent advocate of a protective tariff.

Family

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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 Lisbon, Ohio, in 1809.[4] Working in the iron business, as had his father, he operated foundries in New Lisbon, Niles, Poland, and finally Canton.[5] 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.[6] 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.[7]

He died in Canton, Ohio, on November 24, 1892.[8] He was the father of the 25th President of the United States, William McKinley (born in 1843, when the family lived in Niles), along with 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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McKinley line

https://fabpedigree.com/s078/f010274.htm James the Trooper McKinley (1671 - ) > David the Weaver McKinley (1705? - 1761) m Esther Wilson > John McKinley (1728? - 1779) m Rachel Stewart & Margaret Morton > David “the Patriot” McKinley (1755 - 1840) m Sarah Gray > James Stevenson McKinley (1783 - 1843) & > James Stevenson McKinley (1783 - 1847) m Mary Rose > William James McKinley (1807 - 1892) m Nancy Campbell Allison > President William James McKinley Jr. (1843 - 1901) m Ida Saxton.

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley
• https://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/genealogy