Background
He was born to James S. McKinley and Mary Rose in Pine Township, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1807.
He was born to James S. McKinley and Mary Rose in Pine Township, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1807.
The second of thirteen children, he moved to Lisbon, Ohio, in 1809. Working in the iron business, as had his father, he operated foundries in New Lisbon, Niles, Poland, and finally Canton. McKinley Senior was a Whig and later a Republican party member, and an "ardent advocate" for a protective tariff.
He died in Canton, Ohio, on November 24, 1892.
He was the father of 25th President of the United States, William McKinley (born in 1843, when the family lived in Niles), along with 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 Elizabeth McKinley (1840–1931)
Abigail Celia McKinley (1845–1846)
Abner Osborn McKinley (1847–1904).