William McKinley Sr. (November 15, 1807 – November 24, 1892) was an American manufacturer. He was a pioneer of the iron industry in eastern Ohio as well as the father of President William McKinley.Smalley, Eugene V. William McKinley: A Study of His Character and Career, in The Review of Reviews (Stead, W.T. (ed.)), Vol. 14, pp.115–122 (July-Dec. 1896) ("was one of the pioneer ironmasters of eastern Ohio")
Life He was born to James S. McKinley and Mary Rose in Pine Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1807. The second of thirteen children, he moved to Lisbon, Ohio, in 1809.Boyd, James Penny. Parties, problems and leaders of 1896 (1896) Working in the iron business, as had his father, he operated foundries in New Lisbon, Niles, Poland, and finally Canton.Everett, Marshall. Complete life of William McKinley and story of his assassin (1901) He married Nancy Allison Campbell on January 6, 1829. His parents, James S. and Mary Rose McKinley, both died in South Bend, Indiana, on August 20, 1847.
McKinley Sr. was a Whig and later a Republican party member, and an "ardent advocate" for a protective tariff.Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: William McKinley p.7 (reprint 2008)() McKinley kept a Bible, the works of Dante Alighieri, and Shakespeare with him consistently and used what little time of leisure was allocated from his work to read.
He died in Canton, Ohio, on November 24, 1892, at the age of 85. He had 8 other children:
David Allison McKinley (1829–1892) Anna McKinley (1832–1890) James Rose McKinley (1833–1889) Mary McKinley (1835–1868) Helen Minerva McKinley (1834–1924) Sarah McKinley (1840–1931) Abigail Celia McKinley (1845–1846) Abner McKinley (1847–1904)
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http://americanhistory.about.com/od/williammckinley/p/pmckinley.htm http://www.thienemann-archive.org/getperson.php?personID=I17248&tree=Thienemann http://www.mckinley.lib.oh.us/mckinley/McKinley%20Family%20Genealogy.doc