Yuba-Sutter County CA Archives Biographies.....McKinney, John A. 1865 - 
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Author: Peter J. Delay

    JOHN A. McKINNEY. — During the period of his residence in Marysville, John
A. McKinney has been closely and prominently identified with its upbuilding and
improvement through his operations as a cement contractor. He was born near
Carlinville Macoupin County, Ill., June 6, 1865, a son of John A. and Mary
(Monroe) McKinney, natives of Indiana and Illinois, respectively. The father
served in an Illinois regiment in the Civil War and died in the summer of 1865,
soon after the close of the war, from a wound received in battle. 

    John A. McKinney, Jr., was reared on a farm, attending the district school
and early becoming familiar with agricultural pursuits. He followed farming for
a time in the Middle West and when a young man of nineteen started for
California, arriving in Kern County in 1884. There he purchased a farm, which he
operated for a few years, and then went to Tulare, where he learned the trade of
a cement and concrete worker, aiding in the construction of hotels, bank
buildings and other edifices there. His next removal was to Jamestown, Tuolumne
County, where he engaged in quartz mining: and from there he made his way to
Nevada City, Cal., establishing himself in the concrete construction business.
Since 1911 he has engaged in business in Marysville as a cement contractor; and
his expert ability has brought him a large patronage. He has laid many miles of
sidewalk in Marysville, and also the foundations for residences and business
blocks; and his reputation extends beyond the boundaries of his city. He was
awarded the contract for the cement work on the bank building in Live Oak, has
done considerable business in Gridley and Yuba City, and has also worked for
ranchers in Yuba, Sutter and Butte Counties. He has built his success upon
honorable, straightforward dealing, and scrupulously adheres to the spirit as
well as the letter of an agreement. 

    Mr. McKinney was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Turner, a native of
Camptonville and a member of one of the pioneer families of Yuba County. Her
parents, Charles and Susie Turner, are now among the oldest residents of
Camptonville. Mrs. McKinney is a cultured and refined woman, who presides
competently and gracefully over her husband's home, giving him encouragement and
assisting him in every way she can to gain his ambition. Mr. McKinney's work has
been of a constructive nature, contributing to public progress and improvement
as well as to individual aggrandizement; and his life record is one in which the
results of marked business ability and the recognition and utilization of
opportunity are well exemplified. 


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HISTORY OF YUBA and SUTTER COUNTIES 
CALIFORNIA 
WITH 
Biographical Sketches OF 
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified with Their
Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present 

HISTORY BY 
PETER J. DELAY 

ILLUSTRATED 
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME 

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1924


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