“ She inherited a cheerful, bright temperament from her mother, which has been the foundation of a womanly life under the drawback of ill health, and from her father practical ability and good judgment in all the affairs of the world. ”

“ McKinley its victim until after her marriage Though she has been unfitted fur active participation in the social enjoyments which Washington life affords, she has been in the highest sense of the word a happy woman, in a more than ordinarily happy married IDA SAXTON McKINLEY. life, in the friendship of those who know her worth, and in the performance of charitable works, unknown to any except the recipients and members of her own family. ”

“ Her practical father believed in a business education for young women, something unusual in those days, and she spent some time in a bank as his assistant. A six-month tour abroad completed her education, and upon her return she began a social life, which resulted in her marriage to Major McKinley on the 25th January, 1871. ”