L. L. & Ida (Sullivan) McKinley, wedding photo
Lebanon, Indiana, 1890

Levi Lee McKinley and Ida (Sullivan) McKinley were my great great grandparents. L. L., a carpenter, was born 7 December 1871 in Marion County, Indiana to John F. and Lucy (Kelly) McKinley. Ida was born in 1873 in Boone County, Indiana to Daniel and Mary (Davis) Sullivan. L. L. and Ida married at Lebanon in Boone County on 21 December 1890.

Ida Sullivan c. 1888, Indianapolis

L. L. McKinley, c. 1888, Lebanon

Ida died on 16 October 1938 in Elizaville, Boone County. She was buried in Elizaville Cemetery. L. L. was killed in a car accident a few miles north of Indianapolis on 3 July 1951. He was also buried in Elizaville Cemetery.

L. L. & Ida had four children:

Hazel (Layton)
10 December 1891 – 13 October 1980
Hazel was my great grandmother, the mother of my grandfather Joe Layton. I documented her family here. There are more photos of her here.

Mabel Fern
1893 – ?
I’m still working on tracking down Mabel Fern.

Glyda Ester (Easterly)
2 August 1896 – 9 July 1950
Glyda married Jerome Easterly in Marion, Grant County, Indiana on 12 September 1916. They lived in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, where they had 5 children: Franklin Leroy, Jerome Stokes Jr., Mable Fern (Calvin Lint), Eunella (William Pannell), and Ida Jane (Walker). Glyda died on 9 July 1950 in Massillon. She was buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park.

Lowell P.
26 October 1898 – 24 May 1951
Lowell worked at the Anaconda Wire & Cable Company in Marion, Indiana for 14 years. He died after several years of declining health. He was buried in Elizaville Cemetery.

L-R: Hazel, Mabel, Ida, Lowell, L. L., Glyda.
c. 1909