Show JOINS IM IN THE SLEEP OF DEATH mrs W it if am mck nley W dow clow of the late pres dent passes away wh ie le ous after bears years of suffer ng canton ohio mrs NN illiam me kinley widow of the late president died at her home here at 1 05 0 cloea a manlay afternoon for many year mrs airs mckinley had been an invalid she recovered from the hock chock of I 1 e husband husbands s tragic death but it left its mark ard when it was known that she had suffered a stroke of little hope was felt that she slie could sur vive mae end came peacefully almost imperceptibly mrs airs mckinley never knew of the efforts mad to prolong her life or the solicitous hope against hope of her sister and other relatives and friends of her recovery at the mckinley home when death came there were present secretary cortelyou mr and mrs M C bar her mrs sarah duncan mrs lutier day justice and mrs william R day doctors and rixey and the nurses ida saxton mckinley was born in canton june 8 1847 james A sax ton her father was an intellectual and progressive business man and banker his wife a woman of extra ordinary culture and refinement ida saxton was reared in a home of corn tort fort and ease after attending can ton schools she was a pupil at a vate school at delhi N Y later she went to a cleveland academy and fin dished her education at brook hall seminary media pa where she spent three years on january 25 1871 william me kinley and ida saxton were united in marriage the wedding was the first performed in the then new presbyterian by terian church |