Samuel
Jefferson McKINNEY
Birth: 1855 Died: 1929
Father: James
McKinney. b. 7-2-1818
Rutheford Co. NC d. 12-5-1914 Cleveland Co. NC. Buried
Willis McKinney Cemetery.
[Memories of James McKinney]
Mother: Married
Elizabeth Horn 8-30-1840 in Cleveland, NC. b. 22 June 1822 in
Rutherford Co. NC. D. 12 Oct. 1883 in Cleveland, NC. Father Henry Horn.
Married
Octavia Penola Bridges b. 1860 d. 1942
Children:
1. Minnie
Augusta McKinney. Born: 11 Aug. 1881 Rutherford County. NC.
Died: 1974. Married 13 Jan. 1909 to J. Bunyan Whitaker.
2. Ezra
Festus McKinney Born 8 Sept 1883 Died 15 Aug 1954 in Rutherford
Co NC. Married 3 March 1910 to Alice Poston.
3. Ellis
Elmer McKinney Bor: 26 April 1885. Died: 7 March 1949. Married
20 March 1912 to Nettie Green.
4. Gaius
Hubert McKinney. Born 9 May 1888. Died: 18 March 1889 in
Rutherford Co. NC.
5. Sereno
Dennis McKinney (Twin) born 15 March 1889. Died: 15 Feb
1968. Bethel Baptist Church in Ellenboro TN. Married 14 Dec 1914 to
Annie Beam.
6. Darius
Serenus McKinney (Twin) Born: 18 March 1889. Died: 12 Jan 1967.
Buried Bethel Baptist Church in Ellenboro TN. Married: 18 Nov 1915 to
Ellen Wilson.
7. Lamas
Winfred McKinney Born: 30 Dec 1891. Married: 6 April 1914
to Lela Etta Price.
8. Cora
Bertha McKinney Born: 24 Sept 1893. Died: 28 Feb 1973. m.
3 Dec 1892 to Thomas Beauford Hord.
9. Maud
Ester McKinney. Born: 9 Feb 1895 in Rutherford. Died: 21 Oct 1898.
Donnald
McInnish
Donald
McInnish aka Daniel McKinney
William
McKinney
William
Henry McKinney
James
McKinney
* Samuel
Jefferson McKinney
Commentary:
In the
family of Samuel Jefferson McKinney.
Darius Serenus
and Sereno Dennis were twins and were born 18 March 1889.
And Sereno Dennis wife was Annie Beam. Their
sister Cora Bertha was married 3 December 1892
. The twins are buried at Bethel Baptist
Church, in Ellenboro. I knew the family of Serenus ,
called Renus, His daughter, Hazel, and I were friends during
our high school years
Mrs Annie
mcKinney was one of the first people I visited when I became
interested in genealogy. She was very helpful and had
family material which she shared. Mrs Mildred Gee (Who
wrote A McKinney Family History ) a neice of Dennis
McKinney also found her very helpful.
Betty Greene Knopf
Littleton, N.H.
Descendant of
Aletha McKinney Green