Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa . s bornJanuary 17, 1839, at Noblesville, Indiana, the son of David and Rachel(^Garrett) McKinney, both natives of North Carolina. The family came in1834 to Indiana and purchased land and settled in Hamilton county, thatstate. For more than twenty-five years Mr. McKinney, Sr., carried on suc-cessful farming in the Hoosier state, at the expiration of which time he soldout his interests in Indiana and came to Iowa, locating first in Jasper county,in 1846, but a year later he purchased a large tract of land near Galesburg,where he lived until his death, whi

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Past and present of Jasper County, Iowa . s bornJanuary 17, 1839, at Noblesville, Indiana, the son of David and Rachel(^Garrett) McKinney, both natives of North Carolina. The family came in1834 to Indiana and purchased land and settled in Hamilton county, thatstate. For more than twenty-five years Mr. McKinney, Sr., carried on suc-cessful farming in the Hoosier state, at the expiration of which time he soldout his interests in Indiana and came to Iowa, locating first in Jasper county,in 1846, but a year later he purchased a large tract of land near Galesburg,where he lived until his death, which occurred in 1873, at the age of seventy-one years. He was among the early settlers in this county, and was a man offearless and upright character. He was broad-minded and public spirited andcommanded the respect and confidence of the conununity in wliich he li\-ed,having held many and \arious township offices, being justice of the peace atGalesburg for a number of vears. He was twice married, his first wife, 2 >2 D > 00 ?^ z 2 5.

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