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 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." Axley and Mae McKinley. Back of photograph. 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...