Jul-28-2018
Husband: Jonathan D. McKinley
Born: May-19-1798 1,2,3 Died: May-28-1881 1 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 4 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Thomas McKinley (1769 - 1836) Mother: Sarah Stewart (1774 - 1854)
Wife: Elizabeth Rector 5,6,7,8,2
Born: Jan-14-1801 1,3 Died: Nov-28-1888 1 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Father: Mother:
M Child 1: Thomas M. McKinley Born: ca 1824 9,3 Census: 1880 in Reedy District, Roane Co, WV Census: 1870 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, WV Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 10 Wife: Elizabeth V. Hall b. Nov- 8-1831 d. Mar-28-1899 Married: 1859
M Child 2: William H. McKinley Born: 1825 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 2,11 (see note 1) Died: Jun-26-1896 1 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: 1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Mary J. Pritchard b. Mar-14-1834 d. Apr- 3-1913 Married: Dec- 2-1858 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 11
F Child 3: Rebecca Ann McKinley Also known as: Mary McKinley 13 Born: ca 1827 14 Died: Jun- 8-1855 at Buffalo Creek, near West Milford, Harrison Co, WV 14 Buried: in Good Hope Masonic Cemetery, Rt. 19 S, Harrison Co, WV 15 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Solomon Sommerville b. Dec-19-1827 d. 1872 Married: Mar- 3-1846 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 16
M Child 4: Eli N. McKinley Born: ca 1830 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 17,18,3 Resided: 1862, 1880 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17,18 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Occupation: farmer 18 Wife: Dorinda Lowther b. Sep-20-1838 d. Mar-24-1902 Married: Feb- 6-1862 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17
M Child 5: John B. McKinley Born: 1832 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 19,17 Died: 1903 19 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: 1858, 1893 in Ritchie Co, WV 17 Military: C.S.A., Civil War 12 Wife: Anne Marie Collins b. Jul-13-1840 d. Dec- 2-1864 Married: Jan-28-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 20 Wife: Lenora Welch b. ca 1853 d. Oct-17-1928 Married: Nov-19-1893 in Doddridge Co, WV 21
F Child 6: Harriet J. McKinley Born: Sep-26-1833 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 22,12 Died: Jun- 3-1916 in Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 23,24,19 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Resided: at Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 22 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: James R. Lowther b. Jun-15-1832 d. Apr- 9-1928 Married: Mar-14-1861 22,24
F Child 7: Juliet McKinley Born: ca 1837 3 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA
F Child 8: Sarah Jane McKinley Also known as: Jane McKinley 6,25 Born: Apr-21-1838 at West Milford, Harrison Co, (W)VA 26,17,19 Died: May- 8-1926 in Pennsboro, Ritchie Co, WV 23,19 Buried: in Pullman Cemetery, Pullman, Ritchie Co, WV 12 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Husband: Robert W. Lowther b. Dec- 9-1830 d. Sep-20-1876 Married: Dec-30-1858 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA 17 Husband: William Ireland "Willie" Lowther b. Aug-27-1818 d. Nov- 6-1904 Census name: William Q. Lowther 18 (see note 2) Married: Dec-16-1886 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 27
M Child 9: Marion McKinley Born: ca 1842 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 28,3 Died: bef Dec 1879 29 Census: 1850 in Harrison Co, (W)VA Wife: Sarah E. "Sally" Evans b. ca 1848 Married: Sep-14-1869 in Harrison Co, WV 30
Sources: (1) Headstone. (2) Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Ancestry.com, National No. 53067 (Russell Lowell Law) (3) 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA. (4) Findagrave.com. (5) Marriage record of son. (6) Marriage record of daughter. (7) Newspaper anniversary announcement of daughter. (8) Death record of daughter. (9) 1860 Census, Ritchie County, (W)VA. (10) 1880 Census, Roane County, WV. (11) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993) (12) Ritchie County Historical Society (David M. Scott, Editor), Ritchie County, West Virginia Cemeteries through 1993, McClain Printing Co, Parsons, WV, 1995. (13) Death record of son. (14) Harrison County Death Records, Clarksburg, WV. (15) Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990) (16) Harrison County WV Marriages 1785-1894, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (1985), Identified as Solomon Sommerville and Rebecca McKinley. Married Mar 3 1846. (17) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985) (18) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV. (19) Headstone (year only) (20) Ritchie County WV Marriages 1843-1915, Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg WV 26101 (July 1985), Identified as J. B. McKinley, 24, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co, son of Jonathan & Elizabeth; and Anne Collins, 19, of Ritchie Co, dau of John & Phebe. Married Jan 28 1858. (21) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993), Identified as John B. McKinley, 57, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Lenora Rogers, 40, b. Barbour Co, res. Doddridge Co. Married Nov 19 1893. (22) Newspaper anniversary announcement, West Union Record, 3/31/1911. (23) Ritchie County Death Records, Harrisville, WV. (24) Minnie Kendall Lowther, Ritchie County in History and Romance (McClain Publishing Co, Parsons, WV, 1990), p. 271. (25) Obituary of husband. (26) Death Record - Birth date calculated from age at death. (27) Wood County Marriage Records, Parkersburg, WV, Identified as William I. Lowther, 68, b. Harrison Co, res. Ritchie Co; and Sarah Jane Lowther, 48, b. Ritchie Co, res. Wood Co. Married Dec 16 1886 in Parkersburg. MR p. 136. (28) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV. (29) Record of wife's remarriage. (30) Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, Identified as Marion McKinley, 27, b. & res. in Harrison Co, son of Jonathan & Elizabeth McKinley, occupation school teacher; and Sarah E. Evans, 21, b. Monongalia Co, res. Harrison Co, dau of Hugh & Rebecca Evans. Married Sep 14th 1869 in Harrison County by Spencer King. MR p. 60. Event Notes Note (1) Age 71y 8m 3d on headstone would put birth date at Oct-23-1824. But Census and marriage record put it at about 1828. Grandson's SAR application states 1825. Note (2) The handwritten entry is actually "Wm. I. Lowther," but is frequently transcribed as "Wm. Q. Lowther."Name Index