Samuel McKinney [SEP] educated at
his mother, Margaret Findley. He emigrated to the United States with his parents in 1812, settling in Philadelphia, but his youth was spent on a farm in Hawkins County, Tennessee.
Career.
McKinney graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1832, where he received a degree in Theology, and also studied theology at the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Licensed in 1832, he preached at scattered congregations before his ordination in 1835 and installation as the pastor of the Elkhorn Reformed Presbyterian Church in Oakdale, Illinois. During
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