Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry McKinley was born on 21 December 1849, in Logansport, Indiana, United States, his father, James McKinley, was 38 and his mother, Angeline Lanna Whipple, was 32. He married Charlotte Eliza Gould on 14 January 1875, in Benton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cedar Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Benton, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 25 March 1931, in Harrison, Louisa, Iowa, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Vinton, Benton, Iowa, United States.
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- William Mckinley, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Wm H Mckinley, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William McKinley, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionnlaigh, a patronymic from the early personal name Fionnlaoch (see Finley ).
History: William McKinley (1843–1901), 25th US president, was born at Niles, OH, a descendant of David McKinley, known as ‘David the Weaver’, of Scotch–Irish stock, who settled in York County, PA, c. 1743. William McKinley's family were iron founders who tracked the ore from the Susquehanna Valley in PA to Columbiana County, OH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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