McKinley, David Madison

1842 - 1926  (83 years)

• Name	McKinley, David Madison
  Born	8 Nov 1842	Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	7 Apr 1926	Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA
  Buried	Oplin Cemetery - Oplin, Eastland County, Texas, USA
  Person ID	I500224	Coursey-Sansing Tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	McKinley, Sydney,   b. 22 Apr 1804, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 30 Jun 1895, Gladewater, Upshur County, Texas, USA  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Crawford, Mary Louisa (Polly),   b. 13 Nov 1805, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 4 Sep 1873, Gregg County, Texas, USA  (Age 67 years)
  Married	28 Feb 1827	Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA
  Family ID	F500126	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Smith, Sarah Frances (Fannie),   b. 4 Oct 1852, Pickens County, Alabama, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1930, Clyde, Callahan County, Texas, USA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1873	Gregg County, Texas, USA
  Children	1. McKinley, William Crawford (Willie),   b. 7 Jun 1874, Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1949, Abilene, Taylor County, Texas, USA  (Age 75 years)   2. McKinley, Joseph Edward (Joe),   b. 17 Sep 1878, Kaufman County, Texas, USA ,   d. 12 Apr 1953, Baird, Callahan County, Texas, USA  (Age 74 years)   3. McKinley, George Elmo,   b. 14 Feb 1881, Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas, USA ,   d. 28 Mar 1958, At Home (514 N. Coolidge Ave.) - Casa Grande, Pinal County, Arizona, USA  (Age 77 years)   4. McKinley, Mary Addie,   b. 17 Nov 1882, Longview, Gregg County, Texas, USA ,   d. 23 Oct 1972, Eastland Manor Nursing Home - Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA  (Age 89 years)   5. McKinley, Ida Mae,   b. 29 Aug 1885, Rising Star, Eastland County, Texas, USA ,   d. 2 Nov 1981, Selma, Fresno County, California, USA  (Age 96 years)   6. McKinley, Minnie Lee,   b. 13 May 1888, Eastland, Eastland County, Texas, USA ,   d. 3 Sep 1931, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas, USA  (Age 43 years)
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020
  Family ID	F500112	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Obituary   D. M. McKinley was born in North Carolina, November 8, 1842. Died at Oplin, Texas, April 7, 1926. Aged 83 years. "Grand-dad," as he was called by everyone, was of the old Southern type, and loved to talk of the by-gone days. He served in the Civil War from 1862 until the close of the war, in 1865, enlisted at the age of 18 years in the Seventh Infantry, Colonel Gregg's Command. Captain J. Williams Brown Company. He was in several battles and wounded at Ft. Donnelson. Mr. McKinley came to Texas in 1853 and settled in Gregg County, Moving to Eastland County after the war and to Callahan County in 1917, he made his home near Rising Star, while in Eastland County. He married Miss Fannie Smith in 1878 and seven children were born to them, one died in infancy. The children are: W. C. McKinley of Melrose, New Mexico, J. E. and G. E. McKinley of Oplin, Texas; Mrs. T. G. Culwell of Okra, Texas; Mrs. W. W. Norris of Handley Texas; Mrs. C. E. Rutherford of Baird, Texas. He had 48 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.   At 18 years of age he joined the Presbyterian Church and was a member until he was 54 years old and then joined the Christian Church. This faith he retained at his death. "Grand-dad" will be missed in our Oplin Community. The incidents of his life were interesting. A few more years and all that will be left of the boys that wore the gray and fought under the Stars and Bars will be their history and the marble slab that marks their last resting place. Mr. McKinley was buried in Oplin Cemetery. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Dick Bright.   Sidney Harvel, Ovalo, Texas   Published in the Baird Star on June 4, 1926.