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Male McKinley Thompson Click to view McKinley Thompson in the family tree

McKinley was born on January 9th, 1897 in LaRue Co., Kentucky.1   McKinley's father was Elijah Jefferson Thompson and his mother was Rosa Lee Despain.  His paternal grandparents were Thomas Jonathan Thompson and Mary Ann Warren; his maternal grandparents were Lewis Oscar DeSpain and Amanda Jane Johnson. He had five brothers and four sisters, named John J., George B., Mate, Thomas M., Oscar J., Bessie, Mary J., Shirley D. and Hazel.  He died at the age of 83 in 1980.1 


McKinley's family with Maude Ellen Bell

They had a son named Edgar Lee.

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