Background
Mckinney, Ida Scott Taylor was born in 1855 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Thomas G. and Eliza Helen (Chappell) Taylor.
Mckinney, Ida Scott Taylor was born in 1855 in Springfield, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Thomas G. and Eliza Helen (Chappell) Taylor.
Graduate Jacksonville (Illinois) Academy for Young Women, 1874. Studied music and painting.
Author: Story of Columbus Told in Rhyme. Baby’s Journal; Year Book of American Authors. Year Book of English Authors.
Also booklets, A Little Quaker Meeting.
In His Name; Forsake Maine Not. The Little Quaker Meeting.
In His Name. Forsake Maine Not. The Beatitudes.
Etc. Has written for local papers, mostly verse, since 14 or 15.*‡.
Married at Jacksonville, Illinois, William East. McKinney, June 5, 1895.