William Rufus McKinney was born in 1875 in Lee county , Ms. . He was the son of Rev. William H. McKinney and Mary Martha Thomas McKinney who married a Stockton after her first husband's death . His maternal grandparents were James Thomas and Martha Jane Francis Thomas and his paternal grandparents were Pleasant and Sarah McKinney . He married Floy Stockton on July 7 , 1906 in McNairy County , Tennnesee . Rufus was the father of (1) Lura McKinney who married Trent Sheffield and had these children : Lemul , Margie , Jim , and Bill " Billy " ; (2) Nile McKinney who first married Jewel Davenport and had these children : William T." Buddy " , Edward S." Jack" , and Tolsie V. (Clayton ) ; (3 ) Elzie McKinney who married Mable and had a daughter Wanda Gail ; ( 4 )William Voyles McKinney , and ( 5 ) Elna ( age 7 in 1940 census with Rufus and Floy ). William Rufus McKinney died in 1953 in Lee county , Mississippi .
William Rufus McKinney was born in 1875 in Lee county , Ms. . He was the son of Rev. William H. McKinney and Mary Martha Thomas McKinney who married a Stockton after her first husband's death . His maternal grandparents were James Thomas and Martha Jane Francis Thomas and his paternal grandparents were Pleasant and Sarah McKinney . He married Floy Stockton on July 7 , 1906 in McNairy County , Tennnesee . Rufus was the father of (1) Lura McKinney who married Trent Sheffield and had these children : Lemul , Margie , Jim , and Bill " Billy " ; (2) Nile McKinney who first married Jewel Davenport and had these children : William T." Buddy " , Edward S." Jack" , and Tolsie V. (Clayton ) ; (3 ) Elzie McKinney who married Mable and had a daughter Wanda Gail ; ( 4 )William Voyles McKinney , and ( 5 ) Elna ( age 7 in 1940 census with Rufus and Floy ). William Rufus McKinney died in 1953 in Lee county , Mississippi .
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MCKINNEY RUFUS 1875 - 1953
