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Sketch of the Career of McKinley Fateful Assassination Portrait
The article praises William McKinley from his log cabin school days to his presidency and assassination. It notes his steadfast character, his Scotch Irish roots, and family life with Ida McKinley. It highlights his military service in the Civil War, early church ties, and devoted wife who supported his political rise and knitted thousands of slippers for hospital wards.
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William McKiney
Willam McKinley
Pennsylvyenia
Olo
Cay
William McKinley
Niles
Trumbull County
Alle
Gheny College
Meadville
McKinley
Poland
M'Kinley
Wiliam
David
James
Abner
Major McKinley
Ida Saxton
Mary Saxton
Canton
Major McKin
James Saxton
Nowise
Saxton
Columbus
Fort Sumter
William McKinley, Jr
Twenty-third Ohio
William S. Rosecrans
Department of the Cumberland
Stanley Matthews
United States
United States Supreme Court
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
Antietam
Mahoning County