James Fletcher McKinley

James Fletcher was born on January 1st, 1867.¹   James Fletcher's father was Charles Hamilton Sleep McKinley and his mother was Jane Matthews.  His paternal grandparents were James McKinley and Rose Elizabeth Kyle; his maternal grandparents were James Matthews and Elizabeth McFarland. He had two brothers and six sisters, named Charles William, Samuel Alfred, Eliza Ann, Mary Jane, Martha Helena, Ellen Irene May, Julia Clyde and Letitia Angelina.  He was the second oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 74 in 1941.¹