New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-14
ANCESTRY.

William McKinleys ancestry has been
traced back by genealogists through Highland
history into the dim of Macbeth and Mac
duff. 1t is clearly demonstrated, however, that
the Mckinley family originated in the western
part of Scotland, were identified with the Cow
enanter party in religious and civil affairs. and
shared its indomitabe resistance to the perse-
cution and tyranny of the Stuart kings. In the
time of Charles II the family emigrated to the
north of Ireland. and joined their clansmen who
i'll Cromwells day had cOoniZed the province Of
Ulster. Thence, about the middle of the last
century, they came to America worthy members
of that army of Scotch-Irish colonists which
contributed so largely to the settlement and
civilization of this continent.
Two brothers Mckinley, James and William
reached this country some twenty-five years be-
fore the battle Of Bunker Hill James settled
in what is now the ancient town of York, in
Southern Pennsylvania. married, ard sent his son
David TO fight under Washington's flag in the
War of the Revolution. When peace re-
stored and independence gained. David McKin-
ley returned to the Pennsylvania homestead. and
there lived until after the War of 1872. Then.
joining the great tide that began TO move west
ward. he removed TO the country beyond the
Ohio River and settled in what is Column
biana County, Ohio. There founded the
| Buckeye Branch of the Mckinley clan
While the McKinleys were thus making their
way from Scotland to Ireland, and thence TO
Pennsylvania and Ohio. a family named Rose,
also prosecuted for conscience sake. seek
ing liberty in another direction. Andrew Rose
was leader among the English Puritans. and
was among those who migrated TO Holland for
refuge from tyranny; thence. attracted by the
enterprise of Penn, he came to America and
settled at Doylestown. Penn. There he pros
pered became a leader in politics and member
of the legislative council of the colony. His son.
Andrew Rose. jr.. was not only gallant soldier
in the Revolutionary army. but also an iron
manufacturer whose work supplied the patriots
with many cannon and other Implements of war
In time David Mckinley and Mary. the daugh-
ter of Andrew Rose. jr.. became acquaintance
and friends, then lovers and then husband and
wife Thus were allied the two sturdy stocks
of SCOTCH Irish and English Puritans. and fully
blended in the first offspring OF this MARRIAGE
boy, 10 whom was given the name of William.
This first William Mckinley remained in East
| ern Ohio and was one of the pioneers of the
! iron business in that region. with foundries
at Fairfield. New Wilmington and elsewhere.
His wife was Nancy Allison, descendant. like
/ himself, of Scotch Covenanter stock. To them
were born eight children, one Of whom. boy
/ born at Niles In Trumbull County. Ohio-the
second county north of Columbiana-on January
% 1913. inherited his fathers name of " tlliam.
| The house in which the future President was
! born is still standing one Of the streets or
! Niles II is frame structure. two stories high
and what was once the parlor is now a grocery
store At the front is vine covered porch, on
which Mckinley the child used to play. and from
which Mckinley the statesman has made many
an address to the citizens of his native town