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View Tree for George Washington McKinneyGeorge Washington McKinney (b. May 09, 1826, d. February 06, 1905)

George Washington McKinney (son of John McKinny and Rosanna Land)24, 25, 26 was born May 09, 1826 in Monroe County, Mississippi, and died February 06, 1905 in White County, Arkansas. He married (1) Helen C. Gibbs on July 27, 1849 in Monroe County, Mississippi27, daughter of Mathew Gibbs and Argenes Tucker. He married (2) Mary E. Malone on Abt. 1889 in Royal Township, White County, Arkansas28.

 Includes NotesNotes for George Washington McKinney:
Goodspeed Biographical Sketch (1890): George W. McKinney is one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of White County and one who has done a great deal in changing the country from a dense wilderness to what is now a prosperous and thrifty community. Born on May 9, 1826, in Monroe County, Miss., he came to Arkansas in 1870, and settled on the farm that he now owns, buying 120 acres on which was a small log-cabin and about ten acres cleared, but shortly after he purchased 200 acres more, and erected a good house, barns, fences, etc., having here 135 acres under successful cultivation, and all the necessary improvements of the present day. Mr. McKinney is a model farmer, as everything around his place indicates; negligence and degeneracy being traits unknown about his home. He is the son of John and Rosanna (Land) McKinney, natives of North Carolina and Tennessee, respectively, who were married in the latter State and shortly afterward moved to Mississippi, there becoming engaged in farming. Mr. McKinney was a Democrat, and soldier in the War of 1812, also serving as magistrate of his county for several years. His death occurred in 1832, his wife surviving him until 1872. They were the parents of nine children, five now living. The oldest son, J. G., is a prosperous farmer in Texas. Susan C. (Mrs. Chesley Malone, at present resides in Calhoun County, Miss.), Andrew J. (is a farmer of Chickasaw County, Miss.), and one daughter (Mrs. R. E. Brewer). George W. was reared to farm life, and received a good education in the common schools of the period. He cared for his aged mother until her death, giving her all the comforts necessary to her declining years, and in his twenty-fourth year was married to Miss Helen C. Gibbs of Mississippi birth, by whom he became the father of eight children, six now surviving: W. T. (a farmer of Royal Township, White County), John M. (also a farmer in Royal Township, White County), George W. (at home), T. A. (a farmer of Royal Township, White County), Margaret A. (wife of James W. Hall, a prominent farmer of Royal Township), J. R. and Julia E. (now Mrs. Thomas S. Kitchen). Mrs. McKinney died in 1889, and Mr. McKinney chose for his second and present wife, Mrs. M. E. Malone, a native of Mississippi. At the time of the war Mr. McKinney was justice of the peace and consequently did not enter the service until 1863, when he enlisted in Col. Duff's regiment, remaining until the final surrender. He was in McCullough's brigade in the cavalry service, and participated in several brisk skirmishes, but was never wounded. He was ordered to Mobile with Col. Duff, and advised by that colonel to go to his family. While in Mississippi Mr. McKinney held the office of justice of the peace and overseer of roads and men. He is a member of El Paso Lodge No. 65, A. F. & A. M., and was made a Mason in 1865, also belonging at this time to New Hope Agricultural Wheel No. 32, T. A., and is treasurer of the Wheel. He is at present a member of his school board, and takes an active interest in schools, churches, and gives his influence and help to all public enterprises. In his political views Mr. McKinney is a Democrat, but casts his vote irrespective of party and where he considers it will do the most good, supporting always the best man for the position.
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Military Service History:
8th MISSISSIPPI CAVALRY -- GENERAL BEN MCCULLOUGH'S BRIGADE (LT-COL. WILLIAM L. DUFF) --
Major William L. Duff, formerly of the Seventeenth Mississippi Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia, returned to Mississippi and received authority from the Secretary of War to raise a battalion for the defense of Northern Mississippi. Col. R.V. Richardson, commanding in Northeast Mississippi, October 28, 1863, reported: "There are now several new battalions and regiments forming in my district. Lieutenant-Colonel Duff has a battalion nearly ready for the field. General Davidson, U. S. Army, led an expedition from Baton Rouge against the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in the latter part of November, and after pontooning the Amite, Pearl and Black Rivers and Red Creek, sent the Second New York Cavalry across the Leaf and Chickasawhay. The regiment was met by McCulloch’s Brigade, including the Eighth Cavalry, and driven back. Davidson finding the river impassable December 9, moved his command to Pascagoula. In the spring of 1865, the Sixth Cavalry was consolidated with the Eighth, Colonel Duff commanding.

Order of the Secretary of War, July 19, 1864: "The Nineteenth Mississippi Battalion, Lieut.-Col.. W. L. Duff, having been increased to ten companies by the addition of four companies raised within the enemy’s lines, will constitute the Eighth Regiment. Mississippi Cavalry." Lieut.Col. William L. Walker commanding in August. In September McCulloch's Brigade was sent to Mobile. The Union commander at Pensacola reported October 25, 1864, that McCulloch's Brigade was stationed at Pollard, Ala., and companies of the Eighth Mississippi at Milton, Fla., and Pine Barren bridge. A newspaper scrap undated records an accident in the camp of the Eighth Mississippi, McCulloch's Brigade, Forrest's Cavalry. Companies H and D were occupying au old building for shelter from severe cold weather, when it was blown down by the storm about 1 o'clock at night, killing 3 and wounding 15.
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More About George Washington McKinney:
Burial: February 1905, Grissard Cemetery, El Paso, White County, Arkansas.
Military service: Bet. 1864 - 1865, 8th Mississippi Calvary.29
Occupation: Farmer & Mason.

More About George Washington McKinney and Helen C. Gibbs:
Death of one spouse: 1889, Helen C. Gibbs.
Marriage: July 27, 1849, Monroe County, Mississippi.30

 Includes NotesMarriage Notes for George Washington McKinney and Helen C. Gibbs:



More About George Washington McKinney and Mary E. Malone:
Marriage: Abt. 1889, Royal Township, White County, Arkansas.31

Children of George Washington McKinney and Helen C. Gibbs are:
  1. +Margaret A. McKinney, b. March 25, 1851, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. June 15, 1891, White County, Arkansas.
  2. +Wiliam Thomas McKinney, b. February 02, 1853, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. September 18, 1927, White County, Arkansas.
  3. +John Mathew McKinney, b. June 29, 1855, Splunge, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. November 20, 1892, Beebe, White County, Arkansas.
  4. J. R. McKinney, b. Abt. 1856, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. date unknown.
  5. +Julia E. McKinney, b. Abt. 1856, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. Abt. 1897, Poteau, LaFlore County, Oklahoma.
  6. +Tilman Abraham McKinney, b. September 02, 1859, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. October 21, 1925, White County, Arkansas.
  7. George Washington McKinney, b. August 24, 1862, Monroe County, Mississippi, d. July 23, 1892, White County, Arkansas.
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