{"id":4020,"date":"2010-03-25T03:45:05","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/?p=4020"},"modified":"2012-06-19T16:03:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T16:03:53","slug":"william-mckenney-and-esther-yarnell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/4020\/william-mckenney-and-esther-yarnell\/","title":{"rendered":"William McKenney (McKinney) and Esther Yarnell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you a descendant down the line of William McKenney and Esther Yarnell of Van Buren, Iowa? If you are, please get in touch with me. We need info down this line to organize genealogical ties back to Ohio and hopefully a male descendant who will take a yDNA-37 test at FTDNA. So, please, if you’re related, get in touch!<\/p>\n

William McKinney was born 1827 in Ohio and died 1862 Dec 7 in Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas. Circa 1844 he married Esther Yarnell in Monroe County, Ohio. She was born 1825 in Pennsylvania and died 1891 in Iowa. She’s buried at the Bentonsport Cemetery in Bentonsport, Van Buren, Iowa.<\/p>\n

Right now, my belief is that William McKenney\/McKinney was a brother of my George W. McKenney Sr. They are both placed in Monroe County, Ohio, they were neighbors in Van Buren County, Iowa, and Esther Yarnell’s father, Eli, in the 1840 Monroe Co., Ohio census lives a couple of households from a Robert McKenney who, based on census research of McKenneys of the area, I believe to be a grandfather or very close relation of both this William and my George McKenney. <\/p>\n

Esther Yarnell’s father, Eli Yarnell, was born 1790 in Pennsylvania and died 1856 in Van Buren, Iowa, having moved out to Van Buren with William McKenney’s family. Her mother is unknown but she had, it seems (according to census data), only one sister, and she is unknown. Eli Yarnell is, sadly enough, a Yarnell who is unaccounted for. No one appears to know his lineage.<\/p>\n

William McKenney and Esther had 9 children:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Hannah b. 1845-1846 in Ohio was alive in 1860 and likely survived into adulthood and married, who is unknown<\/li>\n
  2. unknown child probably deceased in infancy<\/li>\n
  3. unknown child probably deceased in infancy<\/li>\n
  4. Eli W.<\/a> b. 1847 March 2 in Monroe County, Ohio (according to his bio), died 1946 Feb 21 in Los Angeles, California, is covered in another post<\/li>\n
  5. Francis M. b. circa 1850 in Iowa, is only known to have survived to 1860<\/li>\n
  6. William S. b. 1852 in Van Buren, Iowa, died 1928 in Bentonsport, Van Buren, Iowa, married before 1884 Hettie (Jenetta) M. She was born 1862 March in Missouri and died 1921 in Iowa and is buried at the Bentonsport cemetery in Van Buren, Iowa. Their children were John b. 1884, Dairy b. 1887 and Elsie b. 1890.<\/li>\n
  7. Luther B. b. 1854 in Iowa, is known to have survived to 1863, when he was placed in an orphanage with Esther and William, but I have nothing on him after this<\/li>\n
  8. Esther Anna b. 1859 Oct. in Van Buren, Iowa, married 1876 June 6 in Van Buren, Iowa to Josephus Barr. Josephus was born 1851 March in Ohio. They remained in Iowa and had at least one child, Carrie A. Barr b. in 1876 who married a man named Burt Hall who was born about 1877 in Kansas.<\/li>\n
  9. Viola R.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Upon William McKinney’s migration to Van Buren County, Iowa (people believed to be relatives were already located here) the family is reported to have initially settled in Columbus, then Bentonsport. <\/p>\n

    The Rootsweb Van Buren County page remarks on the abandoned Columbus:<\/p>\n

    COLUMBUS. A pioneer village in section 27, Washington Township, on the northeast side of the Des Moines River, about two miles above Bentonsport. The government surveyors in 1837 report in their notes its existence. <\/p>\n

    William McKinney and Eli Yarnell are in the 1849 Van Buren County, Iowa census.<\/p>\n

    William SIMMONS
    \nMrs. BARKER
    \nJosen PRICE
    \nArch CAMPBELL
    \nJacob SCHAEFFER
    \nJohn SCHAEFFER
    \n William ROGERS
    \nElizabeth ORR
    \nWilliam H. BOLANDER
    \nAndrew FRANKLIN
    \nWilliam SHEPHERD
    \nNathan SHEPHERD
    \nMartin STALEY?
    \nBartley SCHOORT?
    \nHugh GILLESPY
    \nAnna MILLER
    \n?
    \nSamuel WHEELER
    \nWm. McKENNY 5 (WA)<\/strong>
    \nWilliam APPLETON
    \nJohn W. BURTON
    \nJudith CARSON?
    \nSam GASSITT
    \nEli YARNELL 3<\/strong>
    \n? MCCUTCHEON
    \nArnold CARTER
    \nElias WALRAVEN
    \nJoseph INGLES
    \nIra KELSEY
    \nJohn SHEPHERD<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    They are observed in Washington in Van Buren in 1850.<\/p>\n

    1850 IA Van Buren Co. Washington Township<\/p>\n

    81\/81 Thomas Trigg and Ellen from KY
    \n82\/82 Daniel and Celeste CRAWFORD 24 PA and OH
    \n83\/83 Jane MCCUTCHEON 50 NY
    \n84\/84 Mary NICHOLS 29 and family NY
    \n85\/85 James MCCUTCHEON 56 and family NY
    \n86\/86 Ira KELSEY 41 NY and Caroline 40 and family (oldest child, 14, born OH)
    \n87\/87 Wm. MCKINNEY 22 OH
    \nEsther 26 PA
    \nHannah 4 OH
    \nEli 3
    \nFrancis 3\/12 IA
    \nEli YOUNG 60 PA (is believed to be Eli YARNELL)<\/strong>
    \n88\/88 John SHEPHERD 29 and Jane and family VA and PA
    \nBeniah BARRING 66 (in above house)
    \n89\/89 Nancy INGLES PA and Wesley and Margaret b. OH
    \n90\/90 Esther McCRACKEN PA and family from PA
    \n91\/91 Jacob W…ff? NY\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The 1852 Washington, Van Buren, Iowa census.<\/p>\n

    Jacob SHARP
    \nCharles SIMMONS
    \nRobert M. WILLIAMS
    \nAndrew FRANKLIN
    \nJoseph LINDROW
    \nWilliam MCKINNEY 4 males 2 females 2 voters<\/strong>
    \nCharles L. ALDEN
    \nPeter DOHERTY
    \nJames McCUTCHEON
    \nMalen MOORE or MOON
    \nThomas TRIGG
    \nRichard CARTER
    \nWilliam SHEPHERD<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The 1856 Washington, Van Buren, Iowa census shows my family’s George W. McKenney living next to William.<\/p>\n

    Iowa, Van Buren County, Washington Township Roll: IA_66
    \nAndrew and Elizabeth FRANKLIN, he from Germany
    \nNathan SHEPERD 44 ? of OH with Jemima and family
    \nDavid S. LEE and Jane household
    \nLuther McCRACKIN household
    \nDavid and Sarah ASKINS family 24 and 23 from IN and Ohio
    \nThomas and Mary ASKINS family, 63 and 60 from PA and KY
    \n24\/24 William MCKINNEY 28 Ohio laborer (family has been in the state 8 years)
    \nEsther 30 PA
    \nJane 11
    \nEli W. 9
    \nFrancis M. 6
    \nWilliam S. 4
    \nLuther B. 1
    \n25\/25 George W. MCKINNEY 25 Ohio carpenter (familyh as been in the state 9 years)
    \nIsabelle 24 PA
    \nMartha E. 4 OH
    \nMargaret J. 2
    \nLucinda W. 1<\/strong>
    \nNext household Felix and Angeline WILLIAMS, 40, from KY with several children born Missouri. (In 1850 they are in Schuyler MO District 91)
    \nHarriet GILBERT 40 from KY with children William and James born Missouri
    \nJohn BURTON 44 and his family, he born in KY
    \nThomas and Mahala TRIGG family, 40 and 33, from KY<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The 1860 Washington, Van Buren, Iowa census.<\/p>\n

    \nWashington Township
    \n560 Lonzo SHEPHERD 26 KY
    \n561\/569 Thomas TRIGG 49 and Ellen and family KY
    \n562\/570 James JACKSON 30 and Mary England and IL
    \n560\/571 Ira KELSEY 53 and Catherine OH and NY
    \n8 564 572 McKinney Wm 33 M Labourer 50 Ohio
    \n9 564 572 McKinney Esther 35 F Pa
    \n10 564 572 McKinney Hannah 15 F Ohio
    \n11 564 572 McKinney Eli W 13 M Ohio
    \n12 564 572 McKinney Francis M 10 M Iowa
    \n13 564 572 McKinney William S 8 M Iowa
    \n14 564 572 McKinney Luther B 6 M Iowa
    \n15 564 572 McKinney Esther A 2\/12 F Iowa<\/strong>
    \n565\/573 Wm QUAINTANCE 39 and Harriet PA and NY
    \n566\/574 Allen LIPPENCOTT 54 and Sarah NY and England to OH
    \n567\/575 B. RIGGSBEE 25 and family MO and IA
    \n568\/576 Dudley HARDY 56 and Amelia NH and NY<\/p>\n

    William MCKINNEY is counted twice in the 1860 census. He is also in the Van Buren Village Township census, not far from my G. W. MCKINNEY. He is listed with his son Eli among a number of railroad workers:
    \n9 137 137 McKinney Wm. 37 M Labourer O.
    \n10 137 137 McKinney Eli 12 M Labourer O.<\/strong>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    William McKenney enlisted 13 August 1862 in Company I, Iowa infantry. He died Dec 7th of 1862 at Prairie Grove, Washington, Arkansas.<\/p>\n

    His son, Eli, enlisted in Company K, 45th infantry.<\/p>\n

    For some reason, three of William’s and Esther’s children are found in an orphanage in 1863.<\/p>\n

    With William’s death, though Esther was still alive, in 1863 we find 3 of the children in an orphanage. Anna is given as 8 at the time though she would have been 4. Luther was given as 10 and would have been about 9. The 3rd child was likely William S., given as 12. Children thus not in the orphanage were 1 year old Viola, 13 year old Francis. The eldest child, Hannah, was old enough to have been married and Eli was in the army<\/p>\n

    LIST OF SOLDIERS AND ORPHANS WHO HAVE ENTERED THE SOLDIERS ORPHANS HOME AT DAVENPORT IOWA UP TO THE 1st of JAN 1867:
    \nReported by Maj. M.B. Cochran (late Surg. USA) Supt.
    \nhttp:\/\/www.rootsweb.com\/~iascott\/sohome.htm
    \nMcKINNEY, Wm – Co I,19th IA Infantry – Van Buren Co – 12\/07\/1863
    \nMcKINNEY, ? 12
    \nMcKINNEY, Anna 8
    \nMcKINNEY, Luther 10<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In 1870, William and Viola are back with their mother. I have yet to locate the daughter, Esther, in this census. She would have been about 11.<\/p>\n

    Bentensport, Van Buren, Iowa
    \npg. 408
    \n2\/2 MCCRACKEN Isaac 31 b. OH and Emma
    \n3\/3 MCKENNEY Esther 44 $100 b. PA
    \nWilliam 17 laborer b. IA
    \nV. R. 8 (f) attending school b. IA<\/strong>
    \n4\/4 FRANKLIN Mary 52 or 58? b. OH
    \nSarah 21 b. IL
    \nBenjamin 18
    \n4\/5 CARTER B F 38 b. IA and Amelia
    \n5\/6 STEVENS G. W. 60 b. Nova Scotia and Sarah
    \n6\/7 LAGLE J A 45 b. NC and Catherine
    \n7\/8 DOAN Thomas 46 b. IN and Mary
    \n8\/9 JACK J. F. (or J. T.) 30 paper peddler b. OH
    \nNellie F. 18 b. IA
    \nL. F. 8\/12 b. IA\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In 1880, again, William and Viola are with their mother, Esther, but the daughter, Esther, has reappeared and is now living next door, married to Josephus Barr.<\/p>\n

    1880 IOWA VAN BUREN WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP
    \npg. 2 ancestry.com
    \nJ. D. or S. D. or I. D. Rergrin? on one side
    \n16\/16
    \nMcKINNEY Esther 55 Penn. Penn. Penn. (wd)
    \nWm S 27 common laborer Iowa Ohio Penn.
    \nViola 18 Iowa Ohio Penn.<\/strong>
    \n17\/17 BARR Esther A. 21 (daughter) married Iowa Ohio Penn
    \nCarrie A. 3 (granddaughter) Iowa Iowa Iowa
    \nNext McVITY Thomas and APPLETON Ann
    \nPg. 6
    \n59\/59 McKINNEY (no given name) 33 common laborer Ohio Ohio Penn.
    \nMelisa A. 34 Indiana Vir Vir
    \nLottie 12 Iowa Ohio Ind
    \nGeorge C. 10 Iowa Ohio Ind
    \nCharles 4? Iowa Ohio Ind<\/strong>
    \nNOTE: I am assuming this unnamed McKINNEY is Eli, son of William and Esther.<\/em>
    \n60\/60 OLINE-SMITH Luther 30 common laborer Iowa Ohio Ohio
    \nGertrude M. 30 Virginia virginia virginia
    \nBertie 7\/12 b. Oct. Iowa Iowa Virg
    \n61\/61 CORNS or COMS? Martin 33 common laborer Ohio p-ohio
    \nMary E. 23 Iowa p-Ohio
    \nClara F. 1 Iowa Ohio and Iowa
    \n62\/62 BURNS or BUNS? James 37 common
    \nlaborer Iowa Ill. Ky
    \nMary 36 can’t read or write Iowa p-Ohio
    \nAlice 10 Kansas Iowa Iowa
    \nLidia 8 Iowa Iowa Iowa
    \nRose 6 Iowa Iowa Iowa
    \nMattie 4? Iowa Iowa Iowa
    \nJosephine 1 Iowa Iowa Iowa
    \nBaby 1\/12 April Iowa Iowa Iowa
    \nMILLER Sarah aunt 69 (no marriage designation) KY P-VA\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    The 1885 census shows Esther living at 3rd and Benton Street in Bentonsport.<\/p>\n

    Name: Esther McKinney
    \nAge: 59
    \nGender: F
    \nBirth State: PA
    \nTownship Number: 69
    \nRange: 9
    \nSection: 36
    \nLocation: Corner Third Street and Benton Street
    \nMarital Status: W
    \nCan Read or Write: X
    \nLine Number: 27
    \nDwelling Number: 61
    \nFamily Number: 62
    \nPage Number: 619
    \nState: IA
    \nCounty: Van Buren
    \nTownship Name: Washington
    \nTown: Bentonsport
    \nFamily History Film: 1020187
    \nVolume: 269\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    In this census, Esther is living next to her daughter, Esther McKenney Barr.<\/p>\n

    1885 Iowa, Van Buren County, Bentonsport
    \n60\/61 Andrew and Sarah St. STEPHENS
    \n61\/62 Esther MCKINNEY 59 b. PA
    \n62\/63 Josephus BARR 36 ? Laborer b. OH
    \nEsther 27 b. Van Buren
    \nCarrie A. 8 b. Van Buren
    \n63\/64 Edward J. JIPHEY?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Esther (the mother) died in 1891 and was buried at Bentonsport Cemetery.<\/p>\n

    Before 1884, William S. McKinney married a Hettie (Jennetta) M. who was born March 1862 in Missouri. <\/p>\n

    William S. and Jennette (Hettie) are observed in the 1900 census with their three children, John, Dairy and Elsie. William’s sister, Esther Barr, is also observed in this census. Her daughter, Carrie Barr, has married and is living with her parents with her 3 year old daughter, Hazel.<\/p>\n

    1900 IOWA VAN BUREN COUNTY WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP CENSUS:
    \n7\/7
    \nMCKINNEY William June 1852 47 m 16 yr. Iowa Ohio Penn
    \nHettie M. March 1862 38 m 16 yr 3 children and 3 surviving Missouri Missouri Ohio
    \nJohn Dec 1884 15 s Iowa Iowa Missouri
    \nDairy Aug 1887 12 s Iowa Iowa Missouri
    \nElsie Sept 1890 9 s Iowa Iowa Missouri<\/p>\n

    Source Citation: Year: 1900; Census Place: Washington, Van Buren, Iowa; Roll: T623 462; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 105.
    \n62\/62 Emma GIBSON 1873 and son
    \n63\/63 BARR Josephus March 1851 49 md 25 b. OH father b. Delaware mother b. NJ
    \nAnnie E. Oct 1859 40 md 25 1 of w children surviving b. IA father b. OH mother b. PA
    \nHALL Carrie I. Sept 1876 23 md 4 years 1 child b. IA father b. OH mother b. IA
    \nHazel I. grand daughter May 1897 3 b. IA father b. KS mother b. IA\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    By 1910, all three children have left the household and are listed in the census as still living.<\/p>\n

    Source Citation: Year: 1910; Census Place: Washington, Van Buren, Iowa; Roll: T624_425; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 118; Image: 1224.
    \n1\/1 MCKINNEY William S. 58 md 26 b. IA father b.OH mother b. PA
    \nJennette M. 47 3 of 3 children b. MO father b. MO mother b. OH<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    William S. and Jennette were also in the 1920 census in Washington, Van Buren co., Iowa:<\/p>\n

    Image 9
    \nCARTER Charles O. 79 and Martha
    \nSTEINMEYRER John O. 40 and Ettie
    \nOWINGS John W. 80 and Harriett
    \nDAVIS Anthony O. 35 and Irene
    \nMUSSES Frank P. 67 and Addie C.
    \nHUBBARD Chester A. 29 and Mary
    \nFRAIZER Warren 44 and Grace
    \nCORNS Martin 75 and Mary
    \nDANIELS Albert R. 61 and Rossie
    \n102\/103 MCKINNEY William S. 67 b. IA father b. OH mother b. PA
    \nJennetta M. 57 b. MO Father b. Holland mother b. Holland<\/strong>
    \n103\/104 JACK George L. 51 b. IA father b. OH mother b. OH
    \nMattie A. 48 b. IA father b. VA Mother b. MA
    \nCharles A. 39<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Jennette died in 1921. William S. died in 1928. They are both buried at Bentonsport. <\/p>\n

    Where did John, Dairy and Elsie go? I’ve been unable to track them any further. I’m hoping one of their descendants will eventually find this post and get in contact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Are you a descendant down the line of William McKenney and Esther Yarnell of Van Buren, Iowa? If you are, please get in touch with me. We need info down this line to organize genealogical ties back to Ohio and hopefully a male descendant who will take a yDNA-37 test at FTDNA. So, please, if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[219,247,248,278,308,323,434,485,759,783,785],"class_list":["post-4020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mckenney-family","category-uncategorized","tag-eli-w-mckinney","tag-esther-anna-mckinney","tag-esther-yarnell","tag-francis-m-mckinney","tag-george-washington-mckenney-sr","tag-hannah-mckinney","tag-josephus-barr","tag-luther-b-mckinney","tag-viola-r-mckinney","tag-william-mckinney","tag-william-s-mckinney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/evermore.imagedjinn.com\/blg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}