SAMUEL McKINNEY and MARY O. BOYD

MAHLON McKINNEY was born in Lackawaxen, Pike County, Pa., November 4, 1838. His great-great-grandfather McKinney came from Ireland early in the eighteenth century, and settled in Pennsylvania. Mahlon McKinney, Sr., father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Lackawaxen, and spent his whole life in his native town.

He was a millwright and surveyor, which trades he followed throughout his life. His wife was  Catherine Kittle, daughter of Jacob and Mary Kittle, of Port Jervis, Orange County, NY and a descendant of the German pioneer settlers of New York State.  She was the mother of eight children, namely: Laney, wife of

George Youngs, of Berlin, Pa.; Jane M., who was twice married, first to Samuel Smith, and afterward to Smith Wood, of Buckingham, Wayne County, PA.; Ann Eliza, wife of Hezekiah Wood, of Berlin, Pa.; Nancy, wife of  Charles B. Wheeling, Lackawaxen, Pa.; George; Samuel; Mahlon; and Zenas.                                            

The subject of this sketch passed his early life in his native town as lumberman and contractor, and in 1877 came to Delaware County, and moved on to the farm he now occupies in the town of Hancock. He has one hundred and nine acres, more than half of which are under cultivation. His pleasant house and convenient farm buildings and the latest improved machinery for carrying on the place show the thrift and good judgment of the owner. Mr. McKinney in all his dealings shows himself to be upright and honest, progressive and of good judgment, a man to whom is justly accorded the respect of his fellow-citizens. 

Mrs. Mahlon McKinney, whose name before marriage was Mary E. Daily, is a daughter of the late William Daily, of Tuscan, Sullivan County, N.Y.  The father of William Daily was a veteran and pensioner of the War of 1812, and he lived to be eighty-three years old. His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Fingelder survived him a number of years, dying at the age of ninety-seven. Mr. and Mrs. McKinney were married January 31, 1857, at Honesdale, Wayne County, Pa.; and they have had three children: Mahlon, the eldest, born July 2, 1860, died at the age of one year, eight months, and twenty-eight days; William H., born November 24, 1862, now engaged in business at Long Eddy, married Denas Williams, daughter of Antone Williams, of Hancock, and they have two children, Minnie M. and Mary Louise; Samuel, born November 9, 1865, married Mary O. Boyd, of Tompkins, daughter of Henry Boyd, and granddaughter of Canfield Boyd, of that town.

The Boyds were of Scotch ancestry. They came to Delaware County from the Eastern States, and were among the first settlers of the valley, several of them being soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Samuel works the home farm with his father. He and his wife have had three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are Mahlon Henry, born August 30, 1891, and Ida McKinney, born December 30, 1894.  The Leading Citizens of Delaware County, NY., 1895

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