The life of Arthur McKinnon and his family is well documented in the excellent historical book, Randolph - A Look Back on pages 372-375. This bio is only a brief summary.

Arthur McKinnon was the eleventh child of Archibald McKinnon, Sr. and the first child and first son of his second wife, Jane Brough. He was born on 21 April 1880, in Randolph, Utah.

When Arthur was only 9-years old, his father had to move his plural wife Jane and her children to Idaho. During the trip and all during their stay in Fish Haven, Idaho, his mother depended heavily on him. He helped his mother tend and care for his three sisters, who went with them, Jane (7-years), Sarah (5-years), and the baby Catherine, who was just 1-year old.

Before their move to Idaho, Arthur witnessed the death and burial of two brothers..., Nephi, who lived only a few days, and William George, who died at the age of two.

They lived in Fish Haven for five years. During these five years, Archibald would spend one week of each month with his family in Idaho, and the remaining three weeks with his family in Randolph, due to the fact he was the Bishop of the Randolph Ward. In 1894, Jane and her children were able to return to Randolph, and they were certainly pleased to be back. Jane had three more children there, Phebe, Benjamin, and Ray Baxter.

Jane had eleven children and her home was always a second home to the children of Archibald's first marriage, and the children were always very close. The names of Arthur's half-brothers were Stewart, Malcolm, Samuel, Peter, John, Robert, Archibald, Don, Lemuel, and just one half-sister, Mary.

On September 26, 1905, Arthur was called on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in the Northern States Mission. Della worked for her brother-in-law, Randolph Stewart McKinnon and his wife, who ran the McKinnon Hotel in Randolph. She also made and sold hats in Randolph, and made trips to Fish Haven to sell them there. She helped support Arthur on his mission by sending him $25.00 a month from her earnings.

Arthur worked at several jobs to support his family, including: helping his uncles George and Ben Brough make bricks, and Peter Clawson who had sheep to tend. He also worked as a signal maintenanceman, and he tried his hand at farming and ranching. The two jobs he liked best was when he was the City Justice of the Peace, and when he worked door-to-dor as a Raleigh product salesman. He also worked as a night watchman for the Union Pacific Railroad in Evanston for several years. Except for those few years in Evanston, their home was always in Randolph.

Arthur and Della were both very active in the LDS church, holding many positions within it over the years. He loved to sing with groups and was a member of a choir for over fifty-years, both in the Randolph and Randolph Second Ward, and in Evanston.

Arthur and Della had eight children, Ruby Lucille, Clinton Arthur (who passed-away in 1973), Donna Frances, John ("Jack") Snowball, Ada Brough, Maxine Sarah, Ralph Harold Eugene (who passed-away in 1980) and Klea Mary.

Arthur passed-away September 15, 1956, and Della followed him on October 5, 1968. Both are buried in the family plot at the Randolph Cemetery.