Twelfth Generation


998. James Marion MCKINNEY was born on 3 September 1893 in Estill County, Kentucky. He died on 13 July 1977 at the age of 83 in Brownsboro, Oldham County, Kentucky.

5 Jun 1917 World War I Draft Registration
Jas. Marion McKinney of Leighton, KY was age 23, born 3 Sep 1894 in Wagersville, KY. He was farming for himself. Had wife & three children. Medium height & build, blue eyes, light hair

1920 Census. Station Camp, Estill, KY, Hh 211 (living between his father and brother Joseph)
James M. McKinney, 26
Sarah, 29
Hargis, son, 5
Harlon, son, 2 years, 7 months
Laban, son, 1 year, 9 months
Taylor, brother, 19
Fanny Estes, Boarder, age 8 (stepdaughter)

From Ancestry tree...
Farmer/Tobacco/30's real dry year pinched buds & grew best tobacco in area. Hubb Gray told everybody McKinney's ruined their tobacco. Grandpa went to prison.
Grandma kept family together. Rec'd no govt. money/Hargis & Harlan worked.

1930 Census. Station Camp, Estill, KY, Hh 105
Isabel McKinney, 64, Divorced
Charley, grandson, 12
Hargus, grandson, 12

James Marion MCKINNEY and Sarah Adaline JOHNSON were married in 1912. Sarah Adaline JOHNSON was born on 14 August 1890 in Wagersville, Estill County, Kentucky. She died on 30 September 1975 at the age of 85 in Brownsboro, Oldham County, Kentucky.

James Marion MCKINNEY and Sarah Adaline JOHNSON had the following children:

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Labon James MCKINNEY was born on 7 April 1918 in Estill County, Kentucky. He died on 5 February 1996 at the age of 77 in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky.

Enlisted World War II, 15 Oct 1941 at Louisville, KY, 6th Batallion, 232nd Regiment
Bootcamp in Georgia, stationed in Alaska before moving to the European Theatre. It was his dream to return to Alaska for a visit.
Taken prisoner - POW Camp, Baden-Baden, Germany, 1 Jan 1945
WWII POW Baden-Baden Germany
Parachuted into France, hidden by locals, marched to Rhine area in dead of winter. Raided a clothing manufacturer, where he procured a German military coat, which he was wearing when wounded and captured.
Discharged 6 April 1945.