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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889



    A. McKINNEY is one of the prominent members of the farming community
    of Liberty Township.  He is a native of Highland County, Ohio, born
    November 10, 1845.  His parents, JESSE and REBECCA A. (CRONE) McKINNEY,
    were also natives of the Buckeye State.  Until twenty-four years of age
    he engaged in agricultural pursuits, receiving a liberal education in
    the common schools, and at Central University, Pella, Iowa.  He aban-
    doned farming entirely, and for several years taught school.  He then
    invested in a farm in Polk County, and from 1872 until 1876 he devoted
    himself to its cultivation.  He then removed to Cherokee County, pur-
    chasing a farm in Marcus Township, on which he lived until 1882.  He
    then bought 240 acres in Liberty Township which he is now making his
    home.  Mr. McKINNEY was married March 14, 1872, to Miss JANE PRUNTY,
    daughter of Elias and Hariett (Cassel) Prunty; she was born n Jasper
    County, Iowa, November 3, 1849.  Four children have been born of this
    union: VIRGIL IRVING, CLARENCE ROY, ROBERT FRANCIS and ANNA URVILLE.
    In politics Mr. McKINNEY adheres to the principles of the Greenback
    party, but casts an independent suffrage; he has served as county
    supervisor three years, as township clerk, and is the present trustee
    of Liberty Township.  Both Mr. and Mrd McKINNEY are worthy members of
    the Christian Church, Mr. McKINNEY being an elder of the same.  Mr.
    McKINNEY has made excellent improvements on his farm in Liberty
    Township; he has erected a residence at a cost of $1,500, and two
    good barns; he has planted eleven acres of grove which adds very
    much to the value of the farm.  He devotes himself to general farm-
    ing and stock-raising, and has done his part in building up that
    portion of the county in which he lives.  He is frank and cordial
    in manner, honest and upright in all his dealings, and has the con-
    fidence and respect of all who know him.

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