BIO: Matthew J. MCKINNON, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, historical editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 32

DR. MATTHEW J. McKINNON, son of Michael W. and Ann L. (McCall) McKinnon, was 
born in February, 1832.  The father was a native of Hartford County, Md., and 
the mother of York County, Penn.; the father was a tanner and farmer.  Dr. 
McKinnon began his education in the common schools of York County, which he 
attended until the age of ten years; then entered the academy of York, where, 
after completing a course of study, he entered Franklin College, at New Athens, 
Ohio; after finishing his collegiate course he began the study of medicine under 
Dr. A. S. Baldwin, of York County, and subsequently entered the University of 
Maryland, at Baltimore, and graduated March, 1858; practiced one year and then 
went to Shirleysburg, Huntingdon Co. Penn., and practiced until 1861; was then 
commissioned surgeon in the army; served until January, 1863; then resigned and 
began the practice of his profession at Hagerstown, Md.  He remained there until 
March, 1870, then removed to Chanceford Township, York Co., Penn., and practiced 
until October, 1873; then removed to York, where he still resides and continues 
the practice of his profession.  Dr. McKinnon was a member of the school board 
of Huntingdon County, Penn.; a member of the town council of Hagerstown three 
years; served three years in the school board of York, and was elected a member 
of the legislature in the fall of 1884, which position he still holds.  He 
married in May, 1857, Amelia J., daughter of Daniel Schindel, of Hagerstown, 
Md., and to this union were born six children: Carrie, Annie, Robert B., John 
W., Walter S., Margaret H.  The Doctor is a member of the association known as 
the A. O. M. P.; a member of the Masonic fraternity; a member of the American 
Medical Association, and York County Medical Society, and also a member of the 
Presbyterian Church, of York.