. Appletons' universal cyclopáedia;. nce mainly resided, although James and his wife, whodied on the same day, are buried in the same grave at SouthBend, Ind. The grandmother of the President. Mary Rose,came from a Puritan family that fled from England to Hol-land and emigrated to Pennsylvania with William father, Andrew Rose, Jr., was also a patriot of theRevolution, who participated in the battle of Monmouth and manufactured ammunition for the American McKinley, Sr., father of the President, born inMercer Pa., in 1807, married in 1829 Nancy CampbellAllLson, of Co
. Appletons' universal cyclopáedia;. nce mainly resided, although James and his wife, whodied on the same day, are buried in the same grave at SouthBend, Ind. The grandmother of the President. Mary Rose,came from a Puritan family that fled from England to Hol-land and emigrated to Pennsylvania with William father, Andrew Rose, Jr., was also a patriot of theRevolution, who participated in the battle of Monmouth and manufactured ammunition for the American McKinley, Sr., father of the President, born inMercer Pa., in 1807, married in 1829 Nancy CampbellAllLson, of Columbiana co., Ohio, whose father, Abner Alli-son, was of Englisli extraction, and her mother, Ann Camp-bell, of Scotch-German. Of their nine children. Williamwas the seventh. Both the grandfather and the father ofthe President were iron manufacturers. His father was adevout Methodist, a stanch Whig and Republican and inaident advocate of a piotective taiiff He died in Novem-ber, 1<^93 The mother of the Pusidtnt died Dec 13, Bythplace of William McKialej, Nilet,, uhio \\ illiani received his first education in the public schoolsof Niles, but when he was nine years old the family re-moved to Poland, Ohio, where he studied at Union Semi-nary until he was seventeen. He excelled in mathematicsand the languages, and was the best equipped of all the stu-dents in debating public questions of the day. In 1860 heentered the junior class of Allegheny College, Meadville,Pa. Intense application to his studies weakened his systemand he was obliged to return home for rest. But as soon ashe was able, he sought a change by engaging as a teacher inthe public schools. A friend says of him at this time: Hewas always studying, studying—studying all the time. Hewas fond of athletic sports, and was a good horseman. Atthe age of sixteen he became a member of the MethodistEpiscopal Church in Poland, and was noted lor his studyof the Bible and his interest in discussions in the Bibleclass.
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