I purchased a pile of photographs from an antique/retro store in Tucson.
On the back of one photo in blue ink is "Axley & Mae McKinley[,] Joretta's grand parents."
I searched all records on Ancestry.com and immediately identified the couple.
Axley Gimore McKinley was born
on 17 February 1867 in Indiana, son of James McKinley and Nancy A. Landry.[1] On 11 August 1870, Axley
H. lived with his parents James and Nancy A. McKinley and siblings Joseph L.,
William, Marietta, Jesse, Jane E., and Hannah D. in Mount Pleasant Township,
Delaware County, Indiana. His father was a farmer.[2]
In June 1880, Axley was living
with his parents James and Nancy McKinley in Mount Pleasant, Delaware County,
Indiana and siblings William B., Emma J., Hannah D., and Samuel A. His father
was a farmer and Axley was a farm laborer.[3]
Axley was married on 4 October
1891 in Delaware County, Indiana to May Snodgrass. Mary Elizabeth
"Mae" Snodgrass was born on 15 October 1869 in Delaware County,
Indiana, daughter of George B. Snodgrass and Rebecca Lee. On 10 August 1870,
Mary E. lived with her parents George B. and Rebecca Snodgrass and sister Zella
O. in Mount Pleasant. Her father was a farmer and her mother was keeping house.[4] On 1 June 1880, May lived
with her parents and sister Zella in Mount Pleasant. She and her sister had
attended school in the last year.[5]
On 23 June 1900, Axley and Mary
E. McKinley and children Ruby E. and Minnie H. lived in Mount Pleasant. Mary
reported that she had had three children, two were living. Axley was a farmer.[6]
In April 1910, Axley and May
lived with his brother Samuel A. McKinley in Mount Pleasant. Their children
Ruby E., Minnie H., Axley Jr., and James E. lived with them. Axley and Joseph
were farmers.[7]
On 14 January 1920, Axley G. and
Mae E. McKinley and their children Winifred, Axley Jr., Jessica E.; as well as
mother-in-law in Rebecca E. Snodgrass lived in Mount Pleasant, Delaware County,
Indiana. They owned their home. Axley worked as a farmer.[8]
Mae’s mother Rebecca E. Snodgrass
died on 11 April 1927 in Mount Pleasant.[9]
On 17 April 1930, Axley and Mary
E., their son Axley G. Jr., and his wife Winnie R. lived in Mount Pleasant
Township. They owned their home and had a radio. The two men were general
farmers.[10]
In 1940, Axlie and Mae, their son
Axlie Jr. and his wife Winnie, and that couple’s daughters Winnie and Joretta
lived in Mount Pleasant Township. They owned their farm, valued at $2,500.[11]
Axley died from a pulmonary
embolism on 4 August 1949 at the Ball Memorial Hospital at Muncie, Delaware
County, Indiana.[12]
He was buried in
Jones Cemetery.
Muncie Evening Press (Muncie,
Indiana), 5 August 1949, page 6, column 2.
Mae died from a cerebral
hemorrhage on 11 April 1954 at the home of her son Axley in Yorktown, Delaware
County, Indiana. She was buried in
the Jones Cemetery.
Muncie Evening Press (Muncie, Indiana), 13 April 1954, page 17, column 3.
The couple were the parents of
seven children:
1). Leo S. McKinley (1896-1896)
2). Ruby E. McKinley Fraizer
(1897-1973)
3. Minnie Hester McKinley Hofherr
(1900-1986)
4. Winifred McKinley (1902-2001)
5. Axley G. McKinley (1904-1979)
6. James Edgar McKinley (1908-1927)
7. Bernice M. McKinley
(1911-1912)
[1]
James McKinley Certificate of Death, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011,
Ancestry.com.
[2]
James McKinley household, 1870 US census, Delaware County, Indiana, population
schedule, Mount Pleasant, page 41, dwelling 319.
[3]
James McKinley household, 1880 US census, Delaware County, Indiana, population
schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 181, page 12D, dwelling 106.
[4]
George B. Snodgrass household, 1870 US census, Delaware County, Indiana,
population schedule, Mount Pleasant, page 40, dwelling 311.
[5]
George Snodgrass household, 1880 US census, Delaware County, Indiana,
population schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 181, SD 3, page 3, dwelling 25.
[6]
Axley McKinley household, 1900 US census, Delaware County, Indiana, population
schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 48, sheet 11A, dwelling 226.
[7]
Samuel A. McKinely household, 1910 US census, Delaware County, Indiana,
population schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 48, SD 8, sheet 6B, dwelling 127.
[8]
Axley G. McKinley household, 1920 US census, Delaware County, Indiana,
population schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 54, SD 84, sheet 5A, dwelling 106.
[9]
Aged Widow Succumbs. Star Press (Muncie, Indiana), 12 April 1927, page 7,
column 7.
[10]
Axley G. McKinley Sr. household, 1930 US census, Delaware County, Indiana,
population schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 34, SD 5, sheet 11B, dwelling 239.
[11]
Axlie McKinley household, 1940 US census, Delaware County, Indiana, population
schedule, Mount Pleasant, ED 18-48A, SD 10, sheet 8B,dwelling 174.
[12] James
McKinley Certificate of Death, Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011,
Ancestry.com.
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