Alexander McKenna

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Husband Alexander McKenna ¹

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         Father: Robert McKenna (      -1851) 1
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General Notes: Husband - Alexander McKenna

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He had two brothers and each of them received a twelve-hundred-dollar legacy from their father upon reaching their respective majorities. Each in turn invested the money in a brass and bronze business founded by Alexander, the eldest. In 1856 it began operations as the A. and J. McKenna Company. Two years later Thomas became a member and the venture was conducted by the three brothers until the death of John in 1874. The firm name was then changed to A. and T. McKenna, and later, to the McKenna Brass and Manufacturing Company. During the early history of the organization, the management limited operations to the casting and manufacture of articles made of non-ferrous metals. This, however, did not prevent the founders from devising and designing numerous highly useful articles, including patented metal beer and whiskey spigots, which found wide acceptance throughout the country.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 383.