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 1897.

1901.

WILLIAM McKINLEY.

A clear trace of the McKin-leys comes all the way down from 1547 in which year they were known in Scot-land. The first of them in this land made a home at York, Penn-syl-va-ni-a, where his son Da-vid, great grand fa-ther of the Pres-i-dent was born in 1755. This Da-vid took part in the "War of In-de-pen-dence." His son James went to O-hi-o in 1809 when Will-iam, fa-ther of the Pres-i-dent was not quite two years old. This Will-iam grew up in the West and found a wife in Nan-cy All-i-son, of Scotch-Dutch stock, that came to A-mer-i-ca with Will-iam Penn. The grand fa-ther of this wife was a stern man who thought we must be free come what might. He took part in the Rev-o-lu-tion.