BIO:  Franklin G. MCKINNEY, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Hanover Borough and Penn Township, Pg 66

FRANKLIN G. MCKINNEY, proprietor of the Franklin Hotel, York Street, Hanover, 
was born in Adams County, Penn., in 1842, and is a son of John and Barbara 
(Wills) McKinney, of Irish and German descent respectively.  Brought up on a 
farm he received a common school education and at the age of nineteen began the 
trade of blacksmith, which he followed eight years in Hanover, to which place he 
came in 1855.  In 1876 he became a brakeman and afterward conductor on the 
Baltimore & Hanover Railroad.  In 1883 he bought and took charge of the Franklin 
Hotel; which he has since conducted.  He was married in 1861 to Miss Lydia Low, 
and they have three children:  Annie, Martha and William.  Mr. and Mrs. McKinney 
are members of the Catholic Church.  In politics he is a Democrat.  He began 
life a poor boy and has successfully made his own way in the world.