Cecil DeWitt McKinney and Opal Ruth Prather

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Husband Cecil DeWitt McKinney ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died:  - California
         Buried:  - Ohio

       Marriage: 30 Apr 1929 2

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Wife Opal Ruth Prather ¹

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           Born: 17 May 1904 - New Matamoras, Washington Co, OH 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jan 1978 - California 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Silas Prather (1874-1948) 1
         Mother: Lettie Lillian Smith (1874-1953) 1

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Children

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1 M Robert McKinney ³

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            AKA: Robert Baxter 2
           Born: 27 Mar 1927 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Adopted

         Spouse: Olga Kristine Olsen (      -      ) 3

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2 F Margie Jane McKinney ³

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           Born: 24 Jan 1935 3
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Bartlett E. Haugh (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 7 Jul 1954 - ? Venango Co, PA 3

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3 F Dora Lillian McKinney ³

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           Born: 11 Oct 1936 3
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Allen Boyland (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 25 Mar 1957 3

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4 M Thomas John McKinney ³

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           Born: 25 Mar 1937 3
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           Died: 16 Jan 1995 3
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         Spouse: Gloria Lamb (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1964 3. (Divorced in 1968)

         Spouse: Margaret Williams (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 2 Aug 1972 3

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5 F Mary Ellen McKinney ³

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           Born: 5 Jan 1942 3
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Earl Gearhart (      -      )

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General Notes: Husband - Cecil DeWitt McKinney

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They lived in the old Thomas Prather house across from the Prather school and she taught school while he worked in the oil fields, later establishing a garage on Central Ave. Extension, Titusville, PA, where he sold Indian and Harley Davidson Motorcycles, plus he repaired automobiles and did State Inspections on cars. He went to Portsmouth, Maine, looking for work and the family joined him in 1939 (Robert stayed behind with his grandfather, John S. Prather for several years); they lived at South Windham, Maine.

Possible CA Death Record: MCKINNEY CECIL D 01/27/1906 M OHIO LOS ANGELES(70) 05/18/1973 176-12-3297

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General Notes: Wife - Opal Ruth Prather

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CA Death Record: MCKINNEY OPAL RUTH 05/17/1904 F OHIO LOS ANGELES(19) 01/16/1978 007-18-6572

1 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 35.

2 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 44.

3 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 45.