Husband: Judge Robert McKINNIS (1)
Birthdate: 21 Mar 1777
Birthplace: , Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA (2,3)
Death date: 22 Aug 1863
Place of death: Liberty Township, , Dubuque, Iowa, USA (4,5)
Burial: Indian Green Cemetery, , Hancock, Ohio, USA
Father: Charles McKINNISS (1722-1806) (6)
Mother: Rachel CARR (1751-1816) (7)
Other Spouses:

Marriage date: Abt 1795
Marriage place: Versailles, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA (8)

Wife: Elizabeth CRINER (9,10)
AKA: Betsy CRINER
Birthdate: 1 May 1777
Birthplace: , Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (11,12)
Death date: 1 Jul 1845
Place of death: Liberty Township, , Hancock, Ohio, USA (13)
Burial: Indian Green Cemetery, , Hancock, Ohio, USA
Father: Philip CRINER (1749-Abt 1795) (14)
Mother: Agnes FULTON (1755-????) (15)
Other Spouses:

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Charles McKINNIS (16,17)
Sex: M
Birthdate: Cal 19 Dec 1796
Birthplace: , , Pennsylvania, USA (18,19)
Death date: 21 Nov 1864
Place of death: Liberty Township, , Hancock, Ohio, USA (20)
Burial: Indian Green Cemetery, , Hancock, Ohio, USA
Marriage date: Abt 1820
Marriage place: , Ross, Ohio, USA
Spouses' names: Mary VAIL (Cal 1801-1869) (21,22)

Child No. 2: Nancy McKINNIS (23,24)
Sex:
Birthdate: Cal 5 Aug 1799
Birthplace: , , Pennsylvania, USA (25,26)
Death date: 27 Nov 1862
Place of death: , Hancock, Ohio, USA (27,28)
Burial: Indian Green Cemetery, , Hancock, Ohio, USA
Marriage date: 21 Dec 1815
Marriage place: , Ross, Ohio, USA (30)
Spouses' names: Jacob POE (Cal 1793-1856) (29)

Child No. 3: Philip McKINNIS (17,31)
Sex: M
Birthdate: Cal 9 Jan 1801
Birthplace: , Butler, Pennsylvania, USA (32,33)
Death date: 18 Aug 1866
Place of death: , Putnam, Ohio, USA (34)
Burial: Maple Grove Cemetery, , Putnam, Ohio, USA (34)
Marriage date: 20 Dec 1827
Marriage place: , Wood, Ohio, USA (37)
Spouses' names: Susannah DUKES (Cal 1809-1868) (35,36)

Child No. 4: Rachel McKINNIS (31,38)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1804
Birthplace: , , Pennsylvania, USA (39)
Death date: 25 Feb 1880
Place of death: , , Ohio, USA
Burial: Hire Cemetery, , Defiance, Ohio, USA
Marriage date: 2 Dec 1824
Marriage place: , Wood, Ohio, USA (41,42)
Spouses' names: Samuel KEPLER (Cal 1793-1872) (31,40)

Child No. 5: James McKINNIS (17,31,43)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 8 Nov 1806
Birthplace: , , Pennsylvania, USA (44)
Death date: 8 Jul 1896
Place of death: , Rice, Kansas, USA
Burial: Ebenezer Church Cemetery, , Rice, Kansas, USA
Marriage date: 11 Mar 1830
Marriage place: , Hancock, Ohio, USA (47,48)
Spouses' names: Lucy WICKHAM (1812-1900) (45,46)

Child No. 6: Sarah McKINNIS (49,50)
Sex: F
Birthdate: Cal 19 Nov 1807
Birthplace: , , Pennsylvania, USA (51,52)
Death date: 19 Feb 1889
Place of death: , , Iowa, USA (53)
Burial: Grant View Cemetery, , Delaware, Iowa, USA
Marriage date: 1 May 1828
Marriage place: , Hancock, Ohio, USA (55)
Spouses' names: John FISHEL Jr (Cal 1805-1880) (49,54)

Child No. 7: Robert McKINNIS ?
Sex: M
Birthdate: Abt 1808
Birthplace: , , Ohio, USA
Death date: Deceased
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouses' names:

Child No. 8: John McKINNIS (17,31,56)
Sex: M
Birthdate: 1 Oct 1811
Birthplace: , , Ohio, USA (57)
Death date: 6 May 1872
Place of death: , , Kansas, USA
Burial: Monmouth Cemetery, , Crawford, Kansas, USA
Marriage date: [1] 22 Apr 1837 [2] 13 Mar 1851
Marriage place: [1] , Hancock, Ohio, USA (59) [2] , Hancock, Ohio, USA (62)
Spouses' names: [1] Sarah HARTLEY (Cir 1815-1849) (58) [2] Elizabeth BAKER (1826-1881) (60,61)

Child No. 9: Elizabeth McKINNIS (63,64)
Sex: F
Birthdate: 31 Oct 1814
Birthplace: , Ross, Ohio, USA (65,66)
Death date: 8 Feb 1893
Place of death: Bagley, Guthrie, Iowa, USA (67)
Burial: Dodge Center Cemetery, Bagley, Guthrie, Iowa, USA
Marriage date: 2 Mar 1831
Marriage place: , Hancock, Ohio, USA (69)
Spouses' names: John McGHEE Jr (Cal 1810-1885) (68)
 
 
Documentation:
1. Forstad, Paul, McKinnis, Robert. Ancestry.com database
http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1932384&id=I111761274
2. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 780-781 (390B-391A), d/f #29/29. age 73, Pennsylvania.
3. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Robert McKinnis. age 86Y, 5M, 1D.
4. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Robert McKinnis. 22 Aug 1863.
5. Forstad, Paul, McKinnis, Robert. Liberty Township, Dubuque, Iowa.
6. Forstad, Paul, McKinnis, Charles.
7. Forstad, Paul, Carr, Rachel.
8. Forstad, Paul, McKinnis, Robert. to Elizabeth Craner, Versailles, Pennsylvania.
9. Forstad, Paul, Craner, Elizabeth.
10. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Elizabeth McKinnis.
11. Forstad, Paul, Craner, Elizabeth. Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
12. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Elizabeth McKinnis. aged 68Y, 2M.
13. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Elizabeth McKinnis. 1 Jul 1845.
14. Forstad, Paul, Criner, Philip.
15. Forstad, Paul, Fulton, Agnes.
16. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter II, Part III. pg 425
   "On the 6th of December, 1830, all of the territory lying between the present western boundary of Findlay Township and the Putnam County line, and extending from Wood to Hardin County, was erected as Liberty Township. This was only one row of sections narrower than Old Town, and embraced the present townships of Pleasant, Portage, Blanchard, Liberty, Union, Orange, Van Buren and three-fourths of Eagle. The following March the lands now composing Blanchard, Eagle, Van Buren and the west half of Madison were cut off; and on the 21st of June, 1831, the first election for justice of the peace was held in Liberty. William Wade, George Chase and Moses Predmore were the judges, and Amos Bonham and Joshua Jones, clerks. The voters were John Fishel, John Magee, John Travis, John J. Hendricks, John Fishel, Jr., William Wade, Meredith Parrish, Moses Predmore, George Chase, Nathan Frakes, Joshua Jones, James Caton, James McCormick, Amos Bonham, Addison Hampton, Zebulon Lee, John Mullen, William Wade, Alfred Hampton, Ebenezer Wilson, Charles Jones, Jacob Poe, James McKinnis, Robert McKinnis, Charles McKinnis and Philip McKinnis. Total, 26. Benjamin Cummins received every vote cast and was declared elected. Of these twenty-six voters. Zebulon Lee, of Orange Township, and Alfred Hampton, of Findlay, are the only survivors living in this county."
pg 431
   "The year 1830 brought into the township a large number of settlers. Nathan Frakes, John J. Hendricks, Amos Bonham, Zebulon B., Jonathan, Solomon, James and Stephen Lee, John Magee, Meredith Parrish, John Hubbs, Moses Predmore and James Caton, all came that year, but some of them had previously lived in other parts of the county."
pg 434
   "John Magee, a step-son of Meredith Parrish, married Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis, and settled on the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 9, which he entered June 1, 1829, and where they resided until their removal to Iowa about 1851. Meredith and Sarah Parrish located on the west half of the northeast quarter of the same section, entered August 21, 1829, and in 1834 sold out to John Fletcher and went to Putnam County. John Hubbs settled on the east half of the southeast quarter of Section 5, entered November 3, 1830, which land he sold to Daniel Cusac in 1839, and then moved to Indiana. Moses Predmore settled on Section 9, and James Caton on Section 8. Both sold their farms and went to Iowa. All of the foregoing came about 1830."
pg 437
   "Religious Societies.
   "- A class of the Methodist Episcopal denomination was organized at the house of Johnson Bonham as early as 1831. Among the earliest members were Johnson Bonham and wife, Amos Bonham, Mrs. Meredith Parrish, Mrs. Addison Hampton, Nathan Frakes and wife, Mrs. William Fountain and Barna Beardsley and wife. The class was organized by Revs. Thomas Thompson and Elnathan C. Gavit. In 1851 this society built a frame church across the line in Findlay Township, which is still used by the Methodists of the neighborhood."
17. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 208. "... spring of 1822 Robert McKinnis and sons, Charles, Philip, James and John, all well remembered pioneers, settled on the Blanchard about six miles northwest of Findlay ..."
18. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 780-781 (390B-391A), d/f #29/29. age 52, Pennsylvania.
19. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Charles McKinnis. aged 67Y, 11M, 2D.
20. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Charles McKinnis. 21 Nov 1864.
21. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 693. Mary (Vail) McKinnis.
22. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 780-781 (390B-391A), d/f #29/29. Mary McKinnis.
23. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 517-518. "Jacob Poe ... married Nancy, eldest daughter of Robert McKinnis, in Ross County, Ohio, and followed his father-in-law to Hancock County. Six children were born to him, after settling in this township, viz.: George L., Rachel, James, Margaret, Nancy and Jacob, and of the ten, six survive. George L., now a resident of Findlay, is believed to have been the first white child born in the township and the second male in the county, his birth occurring in November, 1824."
24. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 781 (391A), d/f #32/32. Nancy Poe.
25. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 781 (391A), d/f #32/32. age 52, Pennsylvania.
26. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Nancy Poe. aged 63Y, 3M, 22D.
27. History of Hancock County (Ohio) (Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886).
28. Indian Green Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Nancy Poe. 27 Nov 1862.
29. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 208. "... His son-in-law, Jacob Poe, came the following December ..."
30. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 (FamilySearch.org), Poe, Jacob. to Nancy McKinnis, 21 Dec 1815, Ross County.
31. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter II, Part III.
32. Maple Grove Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Philip McKinnis. aged 65Y, 7M, 5D.
33. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 797 (299A), d/f #141/141. age 49, Pennsylvania.
34. Maple Grove Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Philip McKinnis.
35. Maple Grove Cemetery, Hancock County, Ohio, Susannah McKinnis.
36. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, Phillip. to Susan Dukes.
37. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, Phillip. to Susan Dukes, 20 Dec 1827, Wood County, by Joshua Hedges, JP.
38. 1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Defiance, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592. Rachel Kepler.
39. 1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Defiance, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592. age 56, Pennsylvania.
40. 1860 Federal Census, Ohio, Defiance, pg 82 (317B), d/f #599/592. Samuel Kepler [or Kessler].
41. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter II, Part III, pg 208. "The first marriage in Hancock County was contracted September 2, 1824, Samuel Kepler and Rachel McKinnis being the happy couple."
42. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), Kepler, Samuel. to Rachel McKinnis, 2 Dec 1824, Wood County, by Wilson Vance, JP. This record wasn't filed until 20 Jun 1831, in Wood County, so it the History book might be correct that they were married in Sptember in Hancock County.
43. 1850 Federal Census, Iowa, Dubuque, pg 175 (88A), d/f #1293/1338. James McKinnnas.
44. 1850 Federal Census, Iowa, Dubuque, pg 175 (88A), d/f #1293/1338. age 44, Pennsylvania.
45. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 227-230. Lucy [Wickham].
46. 1850 Federal Census, Iowa, Dubuque, pg 175 (88A), d/f #1293/1338. Lucy McKinnnas.
47. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 227-230. "John C. Wickham, his wife, Barbara, son Minor T. and daughter, Lucy, came from Ross County, Ohio, in the spring of 1827, ... The daughter, Lucy, married James McKinnis."
48. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, James. to Lucy Wickham, 11 Mar 1830, Hancock County, by Joshua Hayes, JP.
49. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 425. "The same year John, Jr., married Sarah, daughter of Judge McKinnis, and about 1851 removed to Iowa."
50. 1850 Federal Census, Iowa, Delaware, pg 708 (354B), d/f #307/311. Sarah Fishel.
51. Grant View Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio, Sarah Fishel. aged 81Y, 3M.
52. 1850 Federal Census, Iowa, Delaware, pg 708 (354B), d/f #307/311. age 41, Pennsylvania.
53. Grant View Cemetery, Delaware County, Ohio, Sarah Fishel. 19 Feb 1889.
54. 1850 Federal Census, Iowa, Delaware, pg 708 (354B), d/f #307/311. John Fishel.
55. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), Fishel, John. to Sarah McKinnis, 1 May 1828, Hancock County, by Joshua Hedge, JP. The record is very difficult to read but is signed on the 2nd and I believe it says they married on the 1st. It was filed in Findlay on 25 Dec 1828.
56. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 781 (391A), d/f #30/30. John McKinnis.
57. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 781 (391A), d/f #30/30. age 36, Ohio.
58. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, John. to Sarah Hartley.
59. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, John. to Sarah Hartley, 22 Apr 1837, Hancock County.
60. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, John. to Elizabeth Baker.
61. 1860 Federal Census, Indiana, Kosciusko, pg 94 (313), d/f #662/662. Elizabeth McGinnis.
62. Ohio County Marriages, 1789-1997 (FamilySearch.org), McKinnis, John. to Elizabeth Baker, 13 Mar 1851, Hancock County.
63. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter XVIII, Part III. "... Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis ..."
64. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. Eliza McGee.
65. Forstad, Paul, McKinnis, Eliza. 31 Oct 1814, Ross County.
66. 1850 Federal Census, Ohio, Hancock, pg 782 (391B), d/f #38/38. age 36, Ohio.
67. Forstad, Paul, McKinnis, Eliza.
68. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) Chapter XVIII, Part III.
69. History of Hancock County (Ohio),(Chicago: Warner Beers & Co, 1886) pg 434. "John Magee, a step-son of Meredith Parrish, married Eliza, daughter of Judge McKinnis, and settled on the east half of the northwest quarter of Section 9, which he entered June 1, 1829, and where they resided until their removal to Iowa about 1851."

General Notes: Husband -
* McKinnis-Litzenberg Farmstead (Ohio Historical Marker #32-19)
   This early Hancock County farmstead was originally established in the 1850s by Robert and Betsy McKinnis who moved here in the 1820s from southern Ohio. The vernacular Greek Revival architectural style of the farmhouse is typical for northwest Ohio during this period. Owing to its remote location, the pinframe constructed English three-bay barn, reconstructed in the 1990s, and clapboard-sided farmhouse served many of the needs for the family and livestock. This farmstead was donated to the Hancock Park District in 1985 for historic preservation and educational purposes.
Historic Preservation Guild of Hancock County
Hancock Park District and
The Ohio Historical Society
1995 32-19

General Notes: - Robert McKINNIS
* I don't know where I got the information for Robert. I can find nothing in records for him. I'm leaving him here for the time being but I may remove him as a child of Robert and Elizabeth.

My Notes
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Last Modified: 23 Jul 2018