William McKinley Sr.

{{Short description|American businessman (1807–1892)}}

{{infobox person

|name=William McKinley Sr.

|image=William McKinley Sr.jpg

|birth_name= William McKinley

|birth_date={{birth date|1807|11|15}}

|birth_place=Pine Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.

|death_date={{Death date and age|1892|11|24|1807|11|15}}

|death_place=Canton, Ohio, U.S.

|children=9, including William Jr.

|parents=James McKinley (1783–1847)[https://books.google.com/books?id=S8sRAAAAIAAJ&q=%22james+mckinley%22+1783 The Historian]: Phi Alpha Theta p.183 (1945) and Mary Rose McKinleyPorter, Robert Percival [https://archive.org/details/cu31924030932903/page/n53 Life of William McKinley, soldier, lawyer, statesman] (1896)

|resting_place=Westlawn Cemetery

|occupation=Pig iron manufacturer

|spouse=Nancy Campbell Allison McKinley

}}

William McKinley Sr. (November 15, 1807 – November 24, 1892) was an American manufacturer. He was a pioneer of the iron industry in eastern Ohio as well as the father of President William McKinley.Smalley, Eugene V. [https://books.google.com/books?id=vmkAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115 William McKinley: A Study of His Character and Career], in The Review of Reviews (Stead, W.T. (ed.)), Vol. 14, pp.115–122 (July-Dec. 1896) ("was one of the pioneer ironmasters of eastern Ohio")

He was born to James S. McKinley and Mary Rose in Pine Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, on November 15, 1807. The second of thirteen children, he moved to Lisbon, Ohio, in 1809.Boyd, James Penny. [https://archive.org/details/partiesproblems01boydgoog/page/n444 Parties, problems and leaders of 1896] (1896) Working in the iron business, as had his father, he operated foundries in New Lisbon, Niles, Poland, and finally Canton.Everett, Marshall. [https://archive.org/details/completelifewil01evergoog/page/n13 Complete life of William McKinley and story of his assassin] (1901) He married Nancy Allison Campbell on January 6, 1829. His parents, James S. and Mary Rose McKinley, both died in South Bend, Indiana, on August 20, 1847.{{cn|date=August 2023}}

McKinley Sr. was a Whig and later a Republican party member, and an "ardent advocate" for a protective tariff.[https://books.google.com/books?id=CyQeIXWdWsgC&pg=PA7 Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents: William McKinley] p.7 (reprint 2008)({{ISBN|978-0554341101}}) McKinley kept a Bible, the works of Dante Alighieri, and Shakespeare with him consistently and used what little time of leisure was allocated from his work to read.{{cite book|title=President McKinley: Architect of the American Century|publisher=Simon & Schuster|page=14|year=2017|first=Robert W.|last=Merry|isbn=978-1451625448}}

File:Grave of William McKinley (1807–1892).jpg

He died in Canton, Ohio, on November 24, 1892, at the age of 85.{{cite news | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1892/11/27/archives/funeral-of-william-mckinley.html | title= Funeral of William McKinley. | newspaper=The New York Times | date= November 27, 1892 | accessdate=July 16, 2010}} He had 8 other children:

• David Allison McKinley (1829–1892)
• Anna McKinley (1832–1890)
• James Rose McKinley (1833–1889)
• Mary McKinley (1835–1868)
• Helen Minerva McKinley (1834–1924)
• Sarah McKinley (1840–1931)
• Abigail Celia McKinley (1845–1846)
• Abner McKinley (1847–1904)