David McKinney (1767 - 1835)

Born 27 May 1767 in Newburg, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Eleanor (Quigley) McKinney — married 19 Oct 1797 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 4 Jun 1835 at age 68 in Strasburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania

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Biography

David McKinney, oldest son of Thomas McKinney and Jane (Bigham) McKinney, was born May 27, 1767 on his father's farm, near Newburg, in Hopewell Township, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania.

On October 19, 1797, near Quigley's Bridge, David married Eleanor Quigley, daughter of Robert Quigley and Mary Jacob Quigley. David brought his bride home to live with him with his parents and siblings until about the year 1812. They then moved to Strasbug, Pennsylvania, which at that time was town of two streets, intersecting at right angles. His family moved their membership from the Middle Spring Presbyterian church to the Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church at Strasburg, organized in 1738.

David became a proprietor of the Strasburg Inn, which is still standing. It became a popular place for a stop over for wagoners on their way to Baltimore or Pittsburg. David was also in the tanning business and was appointed to the office of squire, which was as important at that period as district judge was later.

Eleanor (Quigley) McKenzie died September 16, 1825 and was buried in the churchyard of the Rocky Spring Church. David survived her by ten years and was buried with her. There are photographs of their headstones on their Find A Grave memorials. ^[1]

Obituary

David's obituary was written by Reverend John McKnight, Doctor of Divinity:

"Departed this life, June 4, 1835, on Thursday last, after a painful illness which he sustained with the calmness of christian resignation, David McKinney, Esq., in the 68th year of his age. He was for many years an elder in the Presbyterian church at Rocky Spring and a resident of the village of Strasburg. He endeared himself to those who were best acquainted with him by his amiability of disposition and uniformity of character.

The notice for his departure from the scenes of time was short, but did not disconcert his mind. Satisfied that he was in a state of reconciliation with his God and resting on the promises of divine faithfulness, he endured his sufferings without a murmur, and met his great change in the animated expectation of an inheritance among them that are sanctified by the grace and justified through the perfect righteousness of the Redeemer.

By this dispensation of divine Providence, his family has been bereaved of an affectionate and indulgent father, society of a useful member, and the church of an officer in whose integrity ad fidelity confidence could uniformly be reposed. The even affords another evidence of the uncertain tenure by which we hold our earthly existence, shows that in the midst of life we are upon the verge of eternity, and addresses to all the admonition, "Watch, for ye know not neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh."

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38764559/david-mckinney

• History of the Families of McKinney-Brady-Quigley, by Mrs. Belle McKinney Hays Swope and John Blair Linn, Franklin Repository Printery, Newville, Pennsylvania, 1905, page 26