Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....McKinney, Frank Gillmore 1864 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

FRANK GILLMORE McKINNEY

THE old Glenn homestead, one and one-half miles northwest of Great Bend, is one
of the best quarter sections in the county. It is now owned and farmed by Frank
G. McKinney, who has gone into the growing of alfalfa hay almost exclusively,
and appears well satisfied with his venture. Of course he still raises
sufficient corn and wheat for his own consumption, but his meadows, horses and
cattle appear to be his chief concern. He owns some thirty head of horses and
one hundred cattle, and has the foundation laid for a breeding farm.

   Frank is the son of Andrew McKinney and Marie Gillmore, the sister, of Myron
Gillmore, for two terms sheriff of Barton County. The parents came to this
county in 1871, when the subject of this sketch was seven years of age. They
resided for one year on Walnut creek, and then removed to a homestead six miles
east of Great Bend. As the country was thinly settled at that period, and the
prairies covered with, cattle, horses, antelope, buffolo, coyotes, and other
wild animals, and as the home was not far from the Cheyenne Bottoms, the elder
McKinney developed a fondness for hunting and soon became a companion of G. N.
Moses, M. B. Fitts, J. B. Howard, Paul Schneck and others, who followed the
buffalo as far west as Dodge City. In 1873 or 1874 he killed five buffalo in one
day in the Bottoms and there are other feats of a similar kind which are still
talked of among the early pioneers.

   It was while living at his second Kansas home that Master Frank first came
face to face with death and crime. Near his father's home two Frenchmen were
engaged sinking a well. One morning early the little fellow returned to the
scene of the well digging, and noticing the absence of the men employed, he
looked for them in their shack close by and was horrified to find one cold in
death on the floor, while the other had been murdered on his bed. A party by the
name of Hefty was later arrested for the crime, prosecuted by County Attorney
Nimocks, and was acquitted and left the county after several years.

   Frank G. McKinney was born in Livingston County, Illinois, October 27, 1864,
and at this time is 47 years of age. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth
Margaret Maur, in October, 1894. They have been blessed with five children; the
eldest being 15 and the youngest 3 years old.

   Besides the home place described above Mr. McKinney owns 640 acres on Walnut
creek near Ness City. There is 240 acres of this tract under cultivation, and
the houses, barn and fencing are all in good condition. This we think a good
showing and proves the productiveness of Barton County, and the opportunities it
offers when combined with pluck and a willingness to work.


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