Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....McKinley, James 1830 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

James McKinley, boarding, livery and undertaking, Coal City, was born October 
1, 1830, in Scotland, is a son of John and Margaret (Brown) McKinley, also 
natives of Scotland. The parents had ten children - Jane, Margaret, Mary, 
James, John, Elizabeth, William, Robert, Jesse, Elam. Mr. McKinley began coal 
mining when ten years old. In 1852, came to Pennsylvania, where he mined for 
four years, transferring then to La Salle, La Salle County, Ill., and 
following the same avocation. In the fall of 1856, he was employed for a few 
months at Morris, Grundy County, after which he farmed in De Kalb County for 
five years. He abandoned farming there, and after laboring a few months at 
Morris, he went to Belleville, St. Clair Co., Ill., and mined for two years, 
and from there to Vermillion County, where he mined and bossed the miners for 
about three years. His next transfer was to Braidwood, Will County, at which 
place he took an interest in some mines, which proved unsuccessful, and he 
invested what means he had in a restaurant, which, with other property, he 
traded for land in Braceville Township, where he farmed until 1882, when he 
left his farm of 240 acres and engaged in his present business, that of 
boarding, livery and undertaking, having the only establishment of the latter 
two businesses in the village. Was married August, 1856, to Margaret Haughy, 
which resulted in six children, four of whom are living - John, James, 
Margaret and Nellie. Has served as Commissioner of Highways and School 
Director. Votes the Republican ticket.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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