William McKinney
M, (between 1838 and 1840 - between 1885 and 1886)
| Charts | Pedigree for Stanley Russell McKinney |
| Relationship | 2nd great-grandfather of James Jay McKinney. |
| Last Edited | 9 May 2005 |
| Reference | MMMMMC |
| Researcher | 0 |
| Unrelated | 0 |
| Jim Ancestry Verified | Y |
| Naturalization* | JM Note: 1870 Census indicates that William is a male citizen of the United States MH Jan. 28, 1995: The main thing with William McKinney would be naturalization records. By my information from 1780 to 1868 citizenship was taken care of by the individual states; after 1868 it was federal. My book says in the early days a person signed a statement of allegiance -no dates given for when that changed. Later (also no dates) this involved a period of residence and filing of a declaration of intent several years before the granting of the final papers. "This procedure was generally handled by a court, but many courts could be used including US district courts, state courts, and even local courts.. . any of 5,000 courts could have handled the proceedings. Records of naturalizations are usually still in the original courts... if your ancestor was naturalized between the late 1700s & 26 Sept 1906, most of the records will still be in the court which supervised the procedure, or in Federal record centers, or in state archives." A leaflet from the General Services Administration, National Archives & Records Service, says there was the declaration of intent and the petition 3 to 5 years can have passed between the two documents and they did not have to be filed in the same courts. Some courts filed military petitions separately from civilian petitions, so "your request should state which you are seeking." This came from the San Bruno, CA branch of the archives & they hold some for their area, but they say "you must have a petition or declaration of intent number. Please write to the Clerk of the Court for the appropriate information." It is my understanding that the US district court for Wm's areas Would be the one in Kansas City. I have checked Springfield MO and Columbus KS County Courts. I have not tried either the MO or KS State Archives or the District Court in Kansas City. This information is as of 1982. If anything holds his birthplace it would be this information, if he ever was naturalized. I am not sure what papers we want. This is one reason I have not pursued it. I found the actual Naturalization grant for my husband's family in Cook Co. IL, but it just said they had been subjects of Queen Victoria; that wasn't much help. MH Mar. 22, 1991: [naturalization records] I have found for my husband's family had no information in them, I have heard that there is an application form of some sort which does have biographical information, but I do not know what it is called. I have never found one.1,2 | |
| Note* | Probably from Margaret Hunt: But by shortly after the war, he had accumulated enough money to purchase land. On December 18, 1865, William McKinney bought a farm in Greene County, Missouri, which by chance was located next to the property of Russell Breeden. The previous owners had been Ebenezer and Lucinda Breeden Phillips. They lived on their farm in Greene County until 1879, when they moved to Kansas and purchased land near Lowell, in Cherokee County. That property had been burned over each year by Indians or lightning, and was covered by tall prairie grass. It was a very scenic location. They soon found, however, that it was really unsuitable for agriculture, as the site was on the very last ridges of the Ozarks, and the soil was only a thin layer over solid limestone. Had they gone just a short distance farther, they would have been on the open prairie, not only good for farming, but full of lead and zinc. William died in 1886 probably as an indirect result of just such an affair. He had gone to town, got into a fight defending his race or religion, and had been arrested for disturbing the peace. Lacking money to pay his $5 fine, he was required to cut wood to pay it off. It was a cold rainy day and he caught pneumonia. Serena and her family were dreadfully poor, but she somehow managed to live without mortgaging her property. They survived mostly on bread, and apple-sauce from her orchard. A neighbor sometimes brought eggs, which Serena put on the table as though they were to be eaten; but she sold them for a few cents. She was considerably aided by visits from her brothers Mastin and Preston - physically and, no doubt, financially. Serena had been attending the Quaker Church, and she managed to have all her children educated at the Quaker Academy, in Lowell. Serena appears to have been aptly named. She was brave in adversity, but naturally a lighthearted person; and however poor, saw to it that there were pleasant moments and reasons for laughter. About 1902, she sold the farm, and lived with various of her married daughters who lived in the neighborhood, In her later years she became blind, an affliction which has been visited on some of her children and grandchildren. Serena died in 1928. .3 | |
| Immigration* | Ireland, MH Mar.22, 1991: By my father, he came to America to escape a stepmother. He had a sister, believed named Anne. Whether he came from Dublin, or that was believed to be the port he left from, I do not know. In fact, I doubt anyone knew, but Dublin was mentioned. Gone through NY & St. Louis city directories for McKinneys during likely years, locking for the possible uncle he came to stay with, by Cousin Orpha's recollection, which is vague. Gone through the Belfast City Directory of 1850 & the rest of Ulster (with other areas represented only by more prosperous citizens who were the only ones counted outside the city.) Gone through Wards I & 11 of St. Louis census for 1860 (asked the library there if there is a locally made index, no answer, so I did it person by person.) The nearest I have come to an area of Ireland that might have a likely family is Balleymoney or Ballymany in County Kildare, Newbridge Parish. They have Roman Catholic Records going back to 1786. I have not tried to get any, but see (LDS Library, for this & Belfast City Directory.) "Irish shipping Records 1856" (new book I peeked at during a genealogical show, did not get the full title or author, but it is from the Irish records of about 4 companies & is only about 2 years old. The only records which show origin or passenger. "Passengers to St. Johns from County Kildare, Ballymoney (or Ballymany) Parish Newbridge." William McKenney 20 James MacKenney 17 Thomas MacAlwee 20 Samuel Gamble 18 John Greer 18 Francis MacAleece 19 I don't know whether this means anything the ages are wrong, but could have been a mistake & James might account for the story of an uncle-miqht really have been cousin etc. Also if uncle was his mother's brother we have no idea what his name was. MH Jul.10,1983: Eldred says she remembered an old trunk that he had, supposedly brought from Ireland, and that it was quite nice. When I first saw Ireland right after World War 2 anyone who had enough possessions to need a trunk, much less owned one, and who had gone to school that had to be paid for-as I'm sure in his day it did-would not have been as poor as his family is made out to be. I would think a hundred years earlier this would have been even more true. I have heard that he left home because-his mother died and he didn't like his step-mother,- also that he worked his way over on a cattleboat, and that he stowed away. I wouldn't think either would have been easy to do in times when lots of grown men were eager to get to the US, and I certainly doubt that he would have had accommodations that would have allowed him to bring a trunk. We probably will never know what the story really was.2 | |
| Religion* | Catholic MH Jul. 10, 1983: I have often heard the story most of the family tell about how Grandfather quit the catholic church because they wanted too much money to baptize Uncle Rob, but I am inclined to believe my father's story: that he just sort of drifted out of going to church because more Italians and Germans had come into the area and dominated the church, and he felt sort of out of things. I have often wondered if Grandmother gave him a Catholic burial. Papa said as soon as he died she rushed them all to the nearest Protestant church, which was Quaker.4 | |
| Note | MH Mar. 22, 1991: He could read, and was remembered by my father as loving to read, but I have no idea what he read, or how well. I can only conclude it was he who caused grandmother to want her children to be educated, when that meant paying for private high schools. Yet poor as she was, somehow she got all the girls and boys through the Lowell Academy. (Ernest has Uncle Joe's book which he had as a student there, a sort of book of rules etc.) [JM: I have this booklet now from the years 1900-01, my guess is that it was Eva Stanley McKinney or her father's who was a director of the school] I have always wondered if he was a penniless emigrant as he was said to have been, how he got money to buy a farm at an early age. As far as I know, he never had a picture made. MH Jul 10, 1983: This picture which I enclose is for you, since Ernest said he had given you all his pictures. I was glad he volunteered that, because I hesitated to give it back to him. Some years ago my sisters and I gave Ernest 3 Breeden pictures we had; we never thought any of us would ever be interested. When I did get interested, I hesitated, and then did write him and ask for then to copy. I knew that both of them were in poor health and I hated to ask them to dig for old picture's we'd given them. He did send the pictures & told me to keep them, but this one was substituted for one of an old man with a long beard, who I think probably was Russell Breeden, or perhaps Masten Breeden. I hated to bother them again, so just hung on to this picture till I could see them, and see how much trouble it might be to them to mention it. Since you have his pictures I will just send this to you. I think it must be a Stanley, I don't see how it can be a Breeden. If you do have the picture of the old man, can I ask you either to copy it & let me pay you, or will you lend me it to copy? I will send you copies of the two Breeden women, since I'm sure you would be interested. MH Jul.10, 1983: He always mentioned how much Grandfather loved to read. I have wondered if he had some schooling in Ireland.2 | |
| (Witness) Residence | Greene Co., MO, MH Apr. 3, 1993: My sister and I once went to the location of the Breedon farm and the McKinney farm just across the road. This was the farm where William settled first, and where Joseph was born. I think we can find it again-we are not sure. I do remember the Sac and Fox River ran by it and that there were 3 springs on the Breedon land that flowed into it. The two farms were in a valley enclosed on 2 sides by a bend in the river, and I remember we crossed the river into the valley. My sister was driving, and I am better at remembering where I was if I drive, but she has forgotten. I think I can find it from a map. I think there is a house where the Breedon house probably stood, but there is no house on the McKinney land., Principal=Russell Breeden, Principal=Delaney Brooks5 | |
| Birth* | between 1838 and 1840 | Ireland, MH Mar. 22, 1991: The two census I have of him gave his age as two years off from the date my father put on his tombstone. I suppose when he died there was just a wooden marker; my father put the stone one up years later. No one has yet put her death date on, which is odd. I should do it, but never get around to it either. I don't know whether my father really knew the correct birth date, though he and Uncle Rob are said to have tried to get his military records to get a pension for grandmother. I would assume that they had to have found out all that information to make the application, but the two census agree on the given date. MH Aug.17, 1993: I looked for anything on William Magee, as cousin Eldred told me she thought Grandfather had come to America to stay with an uncle-she thought in New York. I have never heard anyone else say that, but I looked for McKinneys in New York at the time he arrived. Found nothing. There was a lawyer named McKinney in St. Louis at the time William must have arrived, but I know of no connection. William Magee was born in Ireland by the census, but I didn't find anything to indicate any relationship-though beyond the census record I know nothing of him. I would guess he was just a fellow Irishman in a strange land. MH Jul.10, 1983: It is pretty generally conceeded he was from Belfast and came to this country as a teenager, Cousin Orpha says she had heard that he was with an uncle in New York when he first came. I never heard that. He had a sister who was still in Ireland, Orpha thought her name was Ann. I think Papa told me it was Esther, or Rachel. Orpha told me I was confusing that with the name Rachel which was the name of Aunt Mary's twin sister who died at birth; it only just now occurs to me that since I had never heard of the sister it was unlikely, but that it doesn't matter anyway since it make's it more likely it was his sister's name which was given to a daughter. That's the sort of thing it helps to have someone else interested to point such things out. I'm often amazed at how much I can miss, or misunderstand. MH May 2, 1983: William McKinney 1840-l885-86 says 1838 on tombstone for birth2,6,7 |
| Residence | before 1866 | MH Mar. 22, 1991: We can't be sure how much the stories we know of him were embroidered. By my father's recollection he went to ST. Louis and sort of was sheltered in return for sweeping the place out, etc. by a Catholic Church there. I find that the second ward of St. Louis consisted mostly of what must have been a huge Catholic Church with an attached hospital (probably charity hospital) run by Irish Priests. This does sound authentic. The first and second wards were the areas inhabited by immigrants who made up the Union sympathizers in the town and who were recruited for the Lyon's Expedition. However, he could have lived elsewhere, or just across a boundary, who knows. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A MAP WHICH WOULD LET ME SELECT WHICH OTHER WARDS TO TRY NEXT IN A CENSUS SEARCH. There may exist an index for 1860 St. Louis census (some local societies have made indexes). A map would at least show which wards adjoined the area of this hospital. This census in the wards I checked was very carefully done by obviously German census takers, who really illustrated the traditional German precision (their spelling of some words & script show they were German) they usually (which is rare) gave the place a foreign born person was born (city etc.). This would be a real blessing to us-though we can't be sure all the wards had such thorough census takers. I am inclined to doubt a young single man without a home was counted in the census, but who knows.2 |
| Milit-Beg* | before 1866 | MH Jan 28, 1995: The Missouri State Militia had been a Pro-Southern force until control of the state government was secured by the Union. Union Groups called Three Months Militia were formed after June 11, 1861. They were called Home Guards and their chief purpose was to guarantee the peaceful enlistment of the Missouri quota of volunteers to suppress the Rebellion. The Six Month's Militia was formed Aug. 24, 1861 from volunteers to protect lives and property in the state. This group disbanded Jan. 14, 1862. The Enrolled Missouri State Militia was then formed, and later a smaller group intended for permanent service was formed from this called the Provisional Enrolled Missouri Militia. Some militia units served as both State & Federal units, others only within the state, and some only under local federal command. (If Wm. was one of the men in service in this he would not have any further record, probably. I have a book on the war in MO which might help me pinpoint where the Wm. McKinneys were geographically from their unit's numbers if you send them to me. MH Mar 22, 1991: I have checked all Federal & MO Militia units & never found a military record. Neither the Federal Archives or the MO State Archives have any record, though a good many MO Militia Records were lost. The historians at Wilson's Creek Battlefield Park checked all the rosters for the Lyons Expedition and no William McKinney anywhere. I think Ernest may be correct when he recalled that his father told him that William just was hired to drive a wagon on the expedition. It is possible he signed up for 90 days & no records exist. If you read about that expedition you will understand why there is not likely to be a record. I do believe he came to SW MO with that expedition and that he was in St. Louis for a time. MH Jul.10,1983: My sister Helen says he drove cattle west to St. Louis and there was either robbed or conned out of his money. I remember Papa telling how he lived in a catholic church there for a while as a sort of janitor, because he was totally broke. How long that was I have no idea, when I think about it I suspect it was only an episode and he must have done something else until he enlisted in the army. I have heard the story Ernest tells of how he was too young to join the army & so only drove a wagon for them, but it contradicts what Papa told me many times, and what Cousin Eldred remembers. Ernest says Grandmother got a small pension, though he had not been in the army. Eldred says Uncle Rob and my father tried to get her a pension, but she did not get it because his discharge papers were lost. The census records for the 1890 military census of Union Veterans and their widows is lost for Kansas, so I can't find out what Grandmother stated. Anyway, the chief story Papa always told us was that Grandfather had joined a German regiment in St. Louis because he had tried to enlist (more for financial than ideological reasons, I gather) in the Union Army, and was told they only took white men (because he was Irish and Catholic). He went to the German Regiment, which was formed by them because they also were unwelcome in the other units. Papa always told how he hated his army service. The Germans had all had compulsory military training in Germany & it was a very military & strict operation, with rigid officers, and very brutal punishment which repelled him. They also served in SW Missouri where many farmers were Confederate sympathizers, and apparently the zealous Germans would shoot anyone they simply suspected of being spies-whereas Grandfather thought most of them were simply farmers going about their affairs. I'm sorry I didn't pay more attention when Papa told me the unit he served in. I only knew of Franz Siegal & assumed Grandfather had served with him, when Papa said he hadn't; but with someone I'd never heard of, I didn't pay too much attention. I realize now that Siegal was later in command. I also don't remember whether he actually fought at Pea Ridge or just at some of the lesser battles like Wilson's Creek. Possibly it was that the unit he was in fought at Pea Ridge after he left it. I really can't remember, for sure. I know we used to go down to Pea Ridge Battlefield before it was all turned into a park & Papa used to talk about all this, but I just can't be sure now what the precise truth was. It is possible Mo. did not find his military records for me for several reasons. He may have used another name. He surely had a religious name, which I have never heard, but he may have used it in his early life; I have asked several people about this, and everyone agrees as a Catholic, especially an Irish one of that time, he must have had another religious name. I told them he enlisted in St.Louis, but he could have already been in SW. Mo. & enlisted there; when the regiment's original enlistments ran out, they did enlist men in that area. From the census he certainly was not too young to have been in the army. I speculated that he just didn't bother with discharge papers because he wanted to stay in SW Mo. & the soldiers in those regiments were sent back to St. Louis for discharge. Also I have heard a lot of men didn't bother because there was pressure put on them to re-enlist, so they just walked away when their service was up. My oldest sister swears that fairly recently someone told her that Grandfather McKinney had gone down to Texas during the Civil War and driven cattle up for provisions for the Union Army. She has no idea who told her. I can only guess it was either(Helen Archibald, or Genevieve Sherril who are the two cousins who might have, and are no longer able to tell me they didn't. It seemed such a wild story I checked it,& did find the account I enclose in a history. Substitute Oklahoma for Texas, & it could be true. He was in the area, and somehow did get a farm. I forgot to ask Ernest if he had ever heard that story, have you? That sister is rather imaginative, but she is not particularly interested in all this, and that is not the sort of thing she is apt to have encountered in her reading; I don't know what to make of the story, but I like it. Papa told me that he settled in the Baxter area because he had wanted to raise cattle and at the time it was all prairie grass and perfect cattle country; then the Indians & nature burned it off every year and the brush that later sprang up was killed off. I have a vague recollection that he might have mentioned that Grandfather had seen it when he had been working around there-but that may not be fact, just something I think I remember.1 |
| Residence* | 1866 | Greene Co., MO, Under Some Patrons of Illustrated Historical Atlas Map of Greene County, Missouri 1876: Township 29, Range 24, Name:McKinney, Wm., Nativity: Ireland, To Greene Co. (date of arrival in Green Co., MO): 1866 MH Jan. 28, 1995: William McKinney purchased the land adjoining the Breedon farm which was nearest the river and probably had his house on a small rise with limestone outcroppings. The purchase was made on December 18, 1865, from Ebenezer & Lucinda Breeden Phillips. I don't have the acreage for Wm. '5 land. The Breedon farm was 640 acres at Range 24, Township 29, near Bois d'Arc. It just occurred to me that possibly this riverside land flooded. The Breedon land sloped up a little and a house is now on the side of a hill, well above the river (I imagine the original house stood there, too.) There are springs and little creeks running through the Breedon land, so they didn't need the river. I can't find the river on my maps, but I recall it was the Little Sacs (I am not sure of that). MH Mar. 22, 1991: Have Greene County MO Atlas shows Breeden, McKinney etc. farms on map. There was another McKinney family who lived near ours, and was the same age. He was born in KY or TN & served in the Confederate Army. I investigated that family & they are no possible relationship, but this other man does tend to confuse things unless you know he was there.8,1 |
| Marriage* | 15 April 1867 | Greene Co., MO, Extracted record entry: "McKinney, William Breeden, S.C. 15 Apr 1867" Breeden history states date as April 18., Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden3,9 |
| Census | 19 August 1870 | Center Township, Greene Co., MO, McKinney, William, Age: 30,Male, White, Farming, Total value of real estate $920, value of personal estate $320, born in Ireland, Father and mother of foreign birth, probably indicates can read and write, Indicates that he is a male citizen of the United States; Serena, Age:24, Female, White, Keeping House, born in MO, probably indicates can read and write; Mary Age:2, Female, born in MO,Father of foreign birth. Family next to Russell and Delaney Breeden., Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden7 |
| (Witness) Baptism | 10 December 1873 | Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Mary McKinney daughter of not listed born not listed was baptized on December 10, 1873 (same as sister) in the Church of Immaculate Conception in Springfield, MO. Sponsors and minister not listed., Principal=Mary McKinney10 |
| (Witness) Baptism | 10 December 1873 | Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Nellie McKinney daughter of William McKinney and Rainy Breedan born on January 15, 1873 was baptized on December 10, 1873 in the Church of Immaculate Conception in Springfield, MO. Sponsors and minister not listed., Principal=Nell McKinney10 |
| Residence | between 1876 and 1879 | Lowell, Cherokee Co., KS, MH Apr. 3, 1993: The old site of the McKinney farm is very near Lowell Cemetery, though there is no house there now. MH Mar. 22, 1991: I have never checked Cherokee Cty KS land records-never seemed likely to have anything-maybe they might. So far as I know the family came alone from MO, but maybe not., Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden5 |
| (Witness) Baptism | 29 July 1876 | Immaculate Conception, Springfield, Greene Co., MO, Joseph McKinney son of William McKinney and Catherine Breedan born on March 25, 1876 was baptized on July 29, 1876 in the Church of Immaculate Conception in Springfield, MO according to the Rite of the Roman Catholic Church by Reverend Theo. Kussman. Sponsored by William Magee. MH Mar. 22, 1991: I also checked out the sponsor for Joseph's baptism (that would be my Uncle Joe, your great grandfather) in Springfield. One was Delany Breeden, the other, William Magee. I HAVE NOT LOOKED HIM UP IN THE CENSUS. I did find in the IGI that a man of that name had married a Mily Johnson 14 Feb. 1855 in Lawrence Cty. MO, I couldn't find any reason to believe he was anything but someone they knew. It is possible that he was an Uncle, but I doubt it. IT MIGHT BE WORTH TAKING A LOOK ST A CENSUS TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND ABOUT HIM. The only other baptism I found was for Aunt Nell and there were no sponsors shown., Principal=Joseph McKinney11,12 |
| Census* | 11 June 1880 | Garden Township, Cherokee Co., KS, McKinney, Wm., white, male,Age: 40, married, Farmer, apparently can read and write, born in Ireland, Parents born in Ireland; Serina, white, female, Age:34, wife, married, Keeping house, apparently can read and write, born in MO, Father born in VA, Mother born in TN; Mary, Age: 12, Daughter, at home, attended school, born in MO, Father born in Ireland, Mother born in MO; Nellie, Age: 7, Daughter, attended school, born in MO, Father born in Ireland, Mother born in MO; Joseph, Age: 4, Son, born in MO, Father born in Ireland, Mother born in MO; Francis, Age: 1, Son, born in KS, Father born in Ireland, Mother born in MO., Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden, Witness=Joseph McKinney6 |
| Death* | between 1885 and 1886 | Cherokee Co., KS, MH Mar. 22, 1991: My father remembers that when he was dying he asked for my father to be brought up to see him for a last time. He died of pneumonia. I checked the local newspaper (Baxter Springs) which had Lowell news, but there was no obituary or death notice for the year he died, we don't know just when so I checked a long period. I checked the County Court House in Columbus, KS for probate or a will there was none. MH Jul. 10, 1983: My father always remembered being sent for by his father as he lay dying, and of going up to say goodby to him. I think that is one reason he was always more interested in Grandfather than most of the children. My Cousin Helen told me that he had a fight in town and was arrested and couldn't pay his fine and had to work it off chopping wood in the cold; this led to pneumonia that killed him. If I get the exact date of Uncle Rob's birth (he was supposed to be 14 months old when his father died) and exact date of Grandfather's death I could at least test whether he died when it was cold. Ernest told me Uncle Joe remembered someone coming to the house, and Grandfather getting angry and trying to hit the man and missing and hitting his hand on the house.2 |
| Burial* | after 1886 | Lowell Cemetery SW/4 NW/4 S32 T34 R25, Lowell, Cherokee Co., KS, Lowell Cemetery where Joseph and Eva are buried near William and Serena Breeden McKinney.5 |
| Note | circa 1982 | Memories of William McKinney by grandson: o Came over when he was 14 years old as a stow-away on a boat during the latter part of the civil war in about 1864-1865 [JM: actually in 1864-65 he was probably about 24 years old.] o Drove a freighter during the tail end of the civil war. o Married Serena Catherine Breeden in MO. o Uncle Will knows about Gradpa and Grandma McKinney. Talk to Uncle Ern, Clara-Jean, Helen, Margaret, and son William (Ben). o Joseph was 10 years old when his father died - he was around 42 years old. o No history or background on grand pa and grandma. o Children of William 1) Mary (+4 years older than Joe) m. Jim Turley, a. Eldred (living), b. Helen (living), c. Russel (killed) 2) (+2) Nell m. Charlie Stockton, a. Orpha (living) 3) Joseph, 4) Frank (-2), no children, 5) William -served as medical officer in WW1 (-4) a. Clara Jean, b. Helen, c. Margaret, d. William (Ben) - died 3 years ago 6) Grace (-8) m. Urdie Marney 2 girls 1 living in San Francisco a. Genvive, b. Iola, 7)Robert- in WW1, a. Bruce =dead, b. Jane o Joseph was a farmer o All 3 other brothers were doctors: 1 practiced in Galena, KS- Frank died 1920, 1 Will practiced in Lathem, KS and in Baxter Springs, KS, Bob (Robert) practiced in Agusta, KS-moved to Tonkawa, OK, went to Hollywood and practiced in Kidney and bladder- practiced on the stars. Married twice- no childre. Died about 10 years ago. o Grandfather had 40 acres in Lowell, KS o William married Sarena in Ash Grove, MO o William died in Lowell, KS o Stanley had a farm in Cherokee Co., KS o Mary & Nell were born in MO o 2 of William's daughters married farmers o Father Joseph had more than 1 farm o William was Catholic, Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden13 |
| Note* | 31 July 1988 | Memories of Grandmother McKinney by S. R. their grandson:: [How old were you when Grandmother McKinney died?] I'm not sure. I was away from home at the time. I was working in the oil fields. [What do you remember about her?] All I remember was that she was a very friendly person. Very more or less meek, agreeable. She didn't complain. She lost her eyesight when she was . . . I don't know how old she was. Between 60 and seventy, or somewhere along there. She fell and she broke her hip and she couldn't walk. And then she was bedfast for several years after that. Then she stayed with one of my aunts. And I go up and see them once in a while. Every time I would go into room and I spoke she would say "Russel?" She recognized my voice. She was always glad to see me. She was a little bit of a thing. I guess 90 or 100 pounds somewhere along there. [?] but never complained. [What color was her hair.] Well I mean, it was white when I knew her. [Did you know what her hair color was before?] I never had any pictures of her when she was younger. I never seen a picture of her when she was younger. [Was she there in Kansas?] Yeah. [That's where she died, right?] Yeah. She was in the same community where she came from. [Your Grandfather McKinney was already dead before you were born, right?] Yeah. Many years before I was born. My Dad was only 10 years old when he died. That's one of the reasons we never have been able to get any stories direct from him. [What have you heard about your Grandfather McKinney?]Well, I haven't heard anything other than what you've already heard. Let's put it that way., Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden14 |
Family | Serena Catherine Breeden | |
| Marriage* | 15 April 1867 | Greene Co., MO, Extracted record entry: "McKinney, William Breeden, S.C. 15 Apr 1867" Breeden history states date as April 18., Principal=Serena Catherine Breeden3,9 |
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Citations
- [S74] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Correspondence"; Margaret Hunt, January 28, 1995., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S74] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Correspondence"; Margaret Hunt, March 22, 1991., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S73] Paul McGowen, Breeden/Hurst Family (n.p.: n.pub., 1983), Probably from Margaret Hunt.
- [S74] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Correspondence"; Margaret Hunt, July 10, 1983., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S74] Unknown compiler, compiler, "Correspondence"; Margaret Hunt, April 3, 1993., Ancestral File unknown repository, unknown repository address.
- [S118] 1880 US Federal Census: Garden Township,Cherokee Co. KS Supervisor Dist. 1,Enum. Dist. 41, Page 11, Lines1-6. Family 18. Page 466.
- [S135] 1870 US Federal Census: Center Township,Greene Co. MO, Page 288, Lines 29-31. Family 1918. Page 288.
- [S61] Book: Extract from Miscellaneous Records of Greene County, Missouri, 1876-1877. Copy located at Daughters of the American Revolution library under Greene Co., MO.
- [S61] Book: Extract from Greene County, MO Marriage Records 1833-1979 Vol. 1 Contributed by Rachel Donelson Chapten, DAR, Springfield, MO. 1971. Entry on page 106. Records were extracted from the Recorder's Office, Springfield, MO. Wm. McKinney's entry came from Book "C". Copy located at Daughters of the American Revolution library under Greene Co., MO.
- [S61] Book: Register of Baptisms, Immaculate Conception Church, Springfield, MO 1866-76. pg. 83. National Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Green Co., MO.
- [S61] Book: Register of Baptisms, Immaculate Conception Church, Springfield, MO 1866-76. pg. 127. National Daughters of the American Revolution Library, Green Co., MO.
- [S71] Unknown name of person unknown record type, unknown repository, unknown repository address; unknown reader, Certificate of baptism prepared by Rev. Msgr. Philip A. Bucher on September 6, 1988.
- [S30] Personal Interview: S.R.McKinney about 1982.
- [S46] Interview with unknown informant (unknown informant address). Unknown repository (unknown repository address).