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Dr. Jarrett N. McKinney M.D.
10 September 1845 - 20 April 1932

Lucy Jane McKinney
28 April 1849 - 29 September 1938

Collinsville Times
Collinsville, Texas
February 18, 1932

One of the two surviving members of the oldest family in this section of the country and a descendant of the late Collin McKinney, (illegible) of the Declaration of Independence and after whom Collin County and the town of McKinney were named, Dr. J.N. McKinney of Collinsville is the oldest practicing physician in this section of the country.
Dr. McKinney was born September 10, 1864, in the Red River country. He moved to Collin county at an early age, and lived there until his marriage to Lucy Leslie, March 19, 1867. They then moved close the Collin-Grayson county line and lived there on a farm for about 12 years. With his wife, he moved to Van Alstyne. Here Dr. McKinney entered the drug business and was associated with this store for two years after his graduation from the Louisville, Kentucky Medical College. This was in 1877, and marked the first year in which Dr. McKinney practiced medicine.
He moved to Collinsville in 1897, and for the past 35 years has practiced medicine in this place.
Mrs. McKinney was born in Carthage, Lee County, Mississippi April 28, 1849. Her father moved to Texas and located in North Collin County. She lived there until her marriage to Dr. McKinney in 1867.
Dr. and Mrs. McKinney are the parents of seven children, of which number only two survive. They are: Dr. T.E. McKinney of Gordonville, Texas and Clarence McKinney of Clinton Oklahoma.
Dr. and Mrs. McKinney will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary March 19. Both Dr. and Mrs. McKinney are very active for their age.
Van Alstyne family history files

J.N. McKinney Passes Away
Was Pioneer Physician and Grandson of Collin McKinney; Burial Thursday

Collinsville - Dr. J.N. McKinney, 86, practicing physician for 56 years, veteran of the civil war and grandson of Collin McKinney, founder of Collin county, died after a protracted illness at his home here Wednesday at 7:25 a.m. He was known over North Texas as a pioneer resident and physician and had made his home in this section almost all his life.
Dr. McKinney is survived by his sons, Dr. T.E. McKinney of Gordonville and C.V. McKinney of Clinton, Okla.; as well as by his wife, who has also been quite ill. There are fifteen grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. He is survived by his brother, John McKinney of Anna, who, with J.D.L. McKinney of Van Alstyne, a cousin, are the only remaining immediate relatives of the patriarch, Collin McKinney.
Dr. McKinney was born in Bowie county, Sept. 10, 1846, and married Miss Lucy J. Leslie of Van Alstyne, March 19, 1869. The community was then known as Mantua. To them seven children were born. Dr. McKinney was a member of Ross' brigade of the southern confederacy during the war between the states. On his return his family made their home in the Collinsville vicinity for the remainder of his life with the exception of a short time when they were in Sherman.
With his wife they reared their own children and then the children of his son, Frank, who died. These children, now adults, were Frank Jr., Lulline and Robinson McKinney. He was a member of the Christian church from early boyhood.
Funeral services, arrangements for which were not quite complete Wednesday noon, will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Christian Church at Van Alstyne, with burial in the Van Alstyne cemetery.

Collinsville - A member of one of the pioneer families of North Texas, Mrs. Lucy Jane McKinney, 89, died at the home of her grandson, Robert McKinney, Thursday at 8:25 p.m. She had been ill for three years.
Funeral services are to be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Methodist church in Van Alstyne with Rev. W.D. Craig of Whitesboro officiating. Burial will be in the Van Alstyne cemetery directed by Talley of Sherman.
Surviving are a son, C.V. McKinney of Clinton, Okla., and a brother, W.L. Leslie of Sherman; 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mrs. McKinney was born at Carthage, Miss., the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James L. Leslie, and came to Texas at the age of one year with her parents, settling in Lamar county where the family lived three years. Later they moved to Mantua.
She joined the Methodist church at the age of 12 and was a faithful worker in the church as long as her health permitted.
When only four or five years old, Lucy Jane met Jarrett N. McKinney, the grandson of Collin McKinney, early settler of North Texas for whom the county of Collin and the city of McKinney were named. They went to school and to church together, and soon after the civil war, in which he was a Confederate soldier, they were married.
Mrs. McKinney's father practiced medicine within a radius of from 20 to 30 miles of his home for many years. Her husband owned a drug store for years at Van Alstyne. He also practiced medicine there and at Higgins, Gordonville, Sherman, Luella and Collinsville. Her son, the late Dr. T.E. McKinney of Gordonville, practiced medicine for more than 20 years.
Death took four of Mrs. McKinney's relatives within a period of 12 months. Her son, Frank McKinney died in 1931 and her husband, Dr. J.N. McKinney, and two other sons, Marvin McKinney and Dr. T.E. McKinney all died in 1932. Three succumbed to illness and Marvin McKinney was killed in an automobile accident at Dallas. The late J. Perry Leslie, who was a Sherman lawyer, and the late A. Turner Leslie, who was a Van Alstyne newspaper man, were her brothers.