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Charles Wesley McKinley, postmaster at Grangeville, Mo., was born in Meigs County, Ohio, March 1, 1841, and is the son of Byard and Catherine (Young) McKinley, grandson of Samuel McKinley, and great-grandson of James McKinley, who settled in Pennsylvania from the North of Ireland. Catherine Young was the daughter of Hugh Young, also of the North of Ireland. On both sides of these families they were remarkable for their tenacious religious principles. Byard McKinley was born in Mason County, Va., and his father was a native of Washington County, Penn. Charles Wesley McKinley was the eldest of a family of two sons and two daughters. He remained on the farm in his native State until 1857, when his parents removed to Schuyler County, Ill., and here he finished his growth. In 1878 he left the farm in the last named county, moved to Newton County, Mo., and engaged in merchandising, which occupation he has followed ever since. While living in Illinois he married Miss Caroline E. Logue, a native of Sullivan County, Ind., and the daughter of William and Drusilla (Brooks) Logue. To Mr. and Mrs. McKinley have been born three sons: Ernest S., Samuel Edwin and Byard. Mrs. McKinley died May 27, 1881, and two years later Mr. McKinley married Miss Isabell Cornelius, daughter of Thomas Cornelius, of Schuyler County, Ill., the fruits of which union are two children, Barton Young and John Logan. Mr. McKinley was all through the war under Fremont, Pope and Rosecrans, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He was wounded through the right shoulder at Averasboro, N. C., for which he receives a pension. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the G. A. R., politically a Republican, and is a good citizen.