JAMES FRANKLIN McKINLEY

 

 

     James Franklin McKinley, b December 13, 1834 in Georgia, d July 17, 1863 in Arkansas - was a son of Charles Carson and Nancy (Wallace) McKinley - natives of North Carolina who settled in Falls County, Texas in 1851.

     On February 12, 1860 in Limestone County, Texas, James Franklin McKinley married Mary Frances Amelia Paschall, b ca 1842 in Georgia - a daughter of Amelia Paschall, b 1811 in Virginia, whose husband's name is unknown.

     James Franklin McKinley enlisted in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War - serving as a Private, Company K, 20th Regiment of Texas Cavalry, under Captain McGee. He was killed in a bloody battle across the Arkansas Ravine.

     James Franklin and Mary Frances Amelia McKinley had two children before his death:

     John Carson McKinley, b December 6, 1860, d July 1, 1946 and buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery in Falls County, Texas - married first to Junia Davis, and married second to Matilda Caroline Miller.

     Mary Elizabeth McKinley, b 1862 at Mustang Prairie, Falls County, Texas - married Joseph Williams, and had six children. They moved from Falls County. No further information.

     After the death of James Franklin McKinley - when John Carson McKinley was a lad of eleven years, Mary Frances Amelia (Paschall) McKinley married second to William P. Campbell, of Robertson County, Texas.

 

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 293 column 2 and page 294 column 1.  
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