Stephen A. McKinley and Mary Austin

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Husband Stephen A. McKinley ¹

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           Born: 1820 - Wolf Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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           Died: 12 Oct 1898 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Old Sandy Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Austin ³

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           Born: Abt 1825
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           Died: Abt 1903
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Children

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1 M William McKinley ³

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           Died: 29 Mar 1918 3
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2 M Rev. Dr. R. A. McKinley ³

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           Died: Bef 1919
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3 M Amos A. McKinley ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1890 3
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4 M Rev. Charles McKinley ³

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           Died: Aft 1919
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5 M John L. McKinley ¹

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           Born: 10 Apr 1862 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Katherine Stone (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 2 Jan 1884 3

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6 F Sarah McKinley ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1912 3
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         Spouse: [Unk] Clinefelter (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Stephen A. McKinley

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He was a member of the same family to which President McKinley belonged.

He was born in Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, came to Venango County in 1847, and in 1864 settled in French Creek Township, one mile north of the borough of Polk, there obtaining 160 acres of land whose cultivation and improvement occupied the rest of his life. He erected new buildings, the barn in 1869 and the house in 1881, on the site of one that had burned down. His property was originally a part of the old James Gilliland farm.
Though his educational opportunities had been meager he overcame his early disadvantages by his native intelligence, which gained him the respect and confidence of all who knew him. Although he was never sent to school until he was fourteen years old he was teaching at the age of twenty, and was so engaged in one school in Venango County. He and others started a cooperative store at Polk and conducted it as manager, hiring a clerk to take regular charge of the business, which proved a success. His opinion was so highly valued by his neighbors that he was often asked for advice on legal questions, and he was called upon to settle various estates, having been selected by the interested parties for that duty and formally appointed by the court. He was a member of the Polk M. E. Church, and a stanch Republican in his political convictions, a strong supporter of Lincoln and Garfield.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 966.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 76.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 967.