Nathan A. McKenney Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Betsy Webber - betsy@megalink.net

Surname: McKENNEY
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1136 

     NATHAN A. McKENNEY, after many years of business activity at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, is now living in practical retirement, giving
his attention only to personal realty investments. He engaged extensively
in carpentering and contracting for many years, and also for a few years was
in the lumber business in association with Mr. E. J. F. Littlefie1d. He is a
man of ability and substance and has always occupied a position high in the
regard of his fellow men.
     Mr. McKenney was born in Eliot, Maine, August 4, 1845, and is a son
of Nathan and Caroline (Spinney) McKenney, both natives of Maine, Mrs.
McKenney having been born in Eliot. Both are deceased. The father was
lost at sea when Nathan was but six months old. The other children of the
family are Mary Elizabeth, Anna and Julia A., the two last named being
twins.
     Nathan A. McKenney received but meager schooling in the public schools,
as it was necessary for him to start work at the early age of ten years. He
learned the carpenter's trade with B. F. Webster with whom he continued
four years. He followed his trade in the navy yard, and for a period of
twenty-five years was in business for himself, engaged in carpentering and
contracting. In September, 1910, with E. J. F. Littlefield as a partner, he
purchased the Thomas Call and Son Lumber Company. In 1913 he sold out
his interest in this company, retiring from active business life. His opera-
tions have been extensive, and he well merits the success which has been his.
     In 1867, Mr. McKenney was joined in marriage with Rose Powell, who
died in 1882, leaving the following daughters: Anna Gertrude, Esther
Maude, Bertha Emma, and Susan Lillian. In March, 1885, he was married
to Mary Ellen Burke, who was born in Portsmouth, and is a daughter of
David and Hannah (Orne) Burke, her father being a native of Nova Scotia
and her mother of Durham, N. H.   Religiously, they attend the Hanover
Street Advent Church.

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