Carroll County IN Archives Biographies.....McKinney, Leander 1843 - 
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Author: John C. Odell (1916)

LEANDER McKINNEY.

   Enjoying the luxury of a well-earned rest, Leander McKinney is spending his
remaining years in peace and comfort at Burrows, Indiana. His practical nature
and long years of industry have entitled him to a place in the history of his
county, where, through his genial disposition and trustworthy attitude towards
all, he occupies a high position of esteem among his many friends.

   Leander McKinney, living a retired life at Burrows, Indiana, was born on June
17, 1843, in Butler county, Ohio, and is a son of John and Mary Ann (Rhinearson)
McKinney. He remained at home until he was eighteen years of age, when he began
working for himself, his father having died when he was but three years old. He
received a good education, which he put to good use by teaching five terms of
winter school, during which time he also worked at the carpenter's trade. After
his marriage, Mr. McKinney followed agriculture for about five years, and then
bought forty acres of land in Washington and Jackson townships, Carroll county,
where they lived about eighteen years and then sold, moving back to the old home
place, whence he later moved to Rock Creek township, finally settling at Burrows
in 1899. For the past fifteen years, Mr. McKinney has been living a retired life
at Burrows. Politically, he is an independent voter, but is inclined towards
Democracy in politics, and has officiated in some of the township offices, among
them being that of township assessor. He is the owner of four or five pieces of
valuable property, giving him a good income.

   John McKinney, father of the subject, was born near Hamilton, Butler county,
Ohio, and was a son of John McKinney, Sr. His wife was Mary Ann (Rhinearson)
McKinney. John, Sr., died when John, Jr., was three years old. After the latter
grew up and was married, he settled in Butler county, Ohio, where he operated a
distillery for about eight years. On October 15, 1846, he brought his family to
Indiana, settling in Washington township, the subject being then but three years
old. Mr. McKinney later bought two hundred acres here, and both he and his wife
spent their remaining years on the home place. He always followed farming, and,
politically, was a life-long Democrat, taking an active part in politics, and
serving in some of the township offices, among which were those of school
trustee and township assessor, holding the latter office during three different
terms. Mr. McKinney was a thoroughly self-made man and a great reader. He had
very positive views and was a prominent man in his day. Religiously, he was a
member of the Presbyterian church at Cumberland, in the work of which he took an
active interest, holding different offices in the church. To John and Mary Ann
(Rhinearson) McKinney were born nine children, eight of whom are living in 1915:
Leander, aged seventy-two; Amanda, the wife of S. L. Groniger; J. B. McKinney,
who lived near Deer creek, and is now deceased; Adolph, who lives in Arkansas;
S. S. McKinney, of Logansport, Indiana; A. Q. McKinney, who is postmaster at
Clay Valley, Arkansas; Frances, who became the wife of Ira Dodds, of Cass
county, and Alice, who is the wife of Harley Gustin, also of Cass county.

   The paternal grandfather McKinney was a native of Ireland, and his wife was a
German woman by the name of Schultz. He emigrated to the United States and
settled in Pennsylvania, coming afterward to Ohio, where he died when John,
father of the subject, was three years old. Three children were born to this
union, John and two daughters, who were left as orphans when very young.

   The ancestry of Mary Ann Rhinearson, mother of the subject and whose parents
died when she was very young, traces back to French and English origin.
Leander McKinney was united in marriage, on November 22, 1862, to Samantha Ryan,
daughter of James and Christena (Brown) Ryan, of Rock Creek. She was born on
December 6, 1848, in Rock Creek township, and was educated in the public schools
of the district. To this union have been born five children: David M., who farms
eighty acres at Madisonville, Indiana; Cora O., who became the wife of William
C. Mullin, of Rock Creek township; Ella J., who was married to Schuyler Foster,
and lives in Washington township; Ollie G., who is the wife of Rollie Snyder,
who deals in hogs and lives in Rock Creek township, and Annie L., who is the
widow of Ross Penn, of Flora, Indiana.

   Mr. McKinney is a broad-minded man, of unpretending bearing, who has attained
special success in his vocation, and one who has always enjoyed a well-deserved
popularity in the community where he has long been a resident.


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Biographical Section of
HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA

ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS
BY
JOHN C ODELL
With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and
Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families

ILLUSTRATED
1916
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana


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