>From "The History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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ALFRED McKINNEY
    Alfred McKinney resides four miles north of Marcus and gives his
attention to farming and mining.  He was born in Richmond, Indiana, on
August 2, 1836, the son of David and Rachel (Gared) McKinney, natives of
North Carolina.  His ancestors were patriots in the Revolution.  Our
subject has nine brothers and sisters: Margaret, Mary, William, Whitman,
Elizabeth, Henry, Angeline, Rachel, and an infant that died before being
named.  Alfred received a common school education in Augusta county,
Iowa, and in 1859 crossed the plains to California.  In the course of
their travels they came upon a train of immigrants that had been massacred
by the savages; they buried the dead, and rescued as many persons as
possible, taking also some of the stock, which they returned to the
owners on ahead.  Arriving in California, he gave himself at once to
mining; on February 7, 1862, he sailed for Portland, and a short time later
went on to Florence, afterward returning to California.
    Later he was in Virginia City, then in Humboldt county, Nevada,
where he met Judge Clagatt, the well known silver-tongued orator of the
Nevadas.  After mining in Nevada for about six years, Mr. McKinney came
to Wood River in 1882, then prospected through Thunder Mountain and
Florence district, and arrived in Spokane July 5, 1884.  He soon came to
Stevens county, and located the Summit group of mines with James Friend;
he also located other mines, the following year, which he sold when he
went to the Old Dominion.  Afterwards we find him in the Caribou district
in British Columbia.  Later he returned and bought a half section of land
where he now resides.  He has improved it in fine shape and has a excellent
orchard, from which he gathered three thousand bushels of fruit in 1902.
Mr. McKinney planted all the trees himself.
    In 1889 Mr. McKinney married Miss Elimy, daughter of Peter and
Maggie Piere, and they have two children, Rachel and Clara.  Mr. McKinney
is an active Republican.  His people are all Quakers but he does not
belong to any church.
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