William
Albertus
McKinney
Born in Estill County, Kentucky
Ancestors 
Son of John Franklin McKinney
and Cinderella (Sharp) Stewart
Brother of
Francis M. McKinney, John R. McKinney, James Stewart [half], Tilman B. Stewart [half], Thomas D. Stewart [half], Mary Jane Elizabeth Stewart [half], Bluford Stewart [half], Zachary T. Stewart [half] and Justina Stewart [half]
Husband of
Eliza Ann (Rippeto) McKinney
— married
8 Jan 1857 in Either Kansas or Missouri
Descendants 
Father of
Catherine Francis (McKinney) Weeks, Mary Ann (McKinney) Klapmeyer, George Washington McKinney, Elizabeth J. McKinney, Cinderella S. (McKinney) Kerr, Francis Marion McKinney, Susan Bartelson (McKinney) Lawson, Hugh Roy Rippeto McKinney, Henrietta Wells (McKinney) Reinsch, Oliver Perry McKinney and Anna Eliza (McKinney) Walton
Died
at age 72
in Kenneth, Johnson County, Kansas
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Jan 2016
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Biography
William Albertus McKinney was born on November 16, 1827 in Estill County, Kentucky to John McKinney and Cinderella Sharp McKinney. William's father died while he was quite young.
His mother married Archibald N. Stewart on April 20, 1835 in Estill County, Kentucky. The Stewarts and McKinneys moved to Missouri in 1854.
William married Eliza Ann Rippeto in 1857 in either Missouri or Kansas. Both families lived at the border of the two states. William purchased land in a little area of Oxford Township known as Kenneth, Kansas. see page 88 of the Atlas Map of Johnson County for the plat map.
William Albertus McKinney and Joel Wells founded the New Santa Fe Christian Church located in New Santa Fe, Missouri.
William passed away on January 12, 1900 in Kenneth, Johnson County, Kansas. He was buried in the New Santa Fe Cemetery located in what is now southwest Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. Find A Grave Memorial# 7955857
A brief biography is on page 58 of the Atlas Map of Johnson County - source cited below.
Sources
- *1850 US Census
- 1860 US Census
- 1870 US Census
- 1880 US Census
- Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925
- Web: Missouri, Find A Grave Index, 1812-2012
- Page 88 Atlas Map of Johnson County, Kansas by E.F. Heisler and D. M. Smith assisted by A.J. Coffin and A.H. Lott Published by E.F. Heisler and Company Publishers, Wyandotte, Kansas 1874
- Page 58 Atlas Map of Johnson County, Kansas by E.F. Heisler and D. M. Smith assisted by A.J. Coffin and A.H. Lott Published by E.F. Heisler and Company Publishers, Wyandotte, Kansas 1874
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- William McKinney
:
AncestryDNA Paternal Lineage (discontinued) - John McKinney :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup I-M170, FTDNA kit #359294
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~12.50%
Carol (McKinney) Woodcox :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Camwood145
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~1.56%
Pam (McGhee) Hill :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Pamhill104747
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~0.78%
Melissa (Morris) Goss :
23andMe, GEDmatch JB1955089 [compare]
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~0.78%
Beverly (Davis) Ahrens :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A347667 [compare]
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