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Transcribed from "History of North Washington, an illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties", published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.


     CHARLES M. MCKINLEY, M. D.  There is something in the human breast that always finds expression in words of approval and commendation when one is brought face to face with a person who has entered the struggle of life young and has, unaided, made his way to a good standing in one of the leading professions.  Dr. McKinley is certainly deserving of much encomium for the manly way in which he has met the obstacles and hardships that beset the path of the aspiring youth who would gain the upper rounds of the ladder by his own efforts.  Left fatherless at a tender age he was industrious in gaining a good literary education from the high school and state normal at Centerville and Ypsilanti, Michigan.  At the age of eighteen he received his diploma from the state normal and in August, 1893, he arrived in Spokane, Washington, with ten dollars in cash.  He soon secured the position of assistant principal in the Sprague high school where he taught with excellent success.  In the fall of 1895 he entered the medical department of the Oregon University at Portland and studied for three years.  Then he commenced practice at Reardan, Washington, whence he shortly went to Edwall and there operated a drug store and gained a fine practice.  In 1900 he returned to the medical college and received in the following spring his degree of Doctor of Medicine.  After another year's practice in Edwall he repaired to Brewster, opened a drug store and commenced the practice of medicine.  Unbounded success has rewarded the wise efforts of Dr. McKinley and he stands at the head of a thriving practice today.  In addition to his drug store at Brewster he has one at Bridgeport, Washington.  He carries a large and well assorted stock and is doing a fine business.  Dr. McKinley is also a registered pharmacist of the state of Washington.
     Charles R. McKinley was born in the south of Michigan on August 7, 1873, the son of Archie and Jennie D. (Thoms) McKinley, also natives of the same state.  The father died when our subject was but a small child, and the mother now resides at Ypsilanti, Michigan.  Dr. McKinley has one brother, Archie G., of New York state.
     The marriage of Dr. McKinley and Miss Eunice Hinkley was celebrated on October 25, 1900.  Mrs. McKinley's father, Joseph Hinkley, is deceased, while her mother, Eunice (Colburn) Hinkley, is living at Edwall with two daughters, Stella and Nita.  Dr. McKinley is a member of the K. P. and the Red Men.  In 1898 he was elected coroner of Lincoln county and served in that capacity for two years.
     A thorough knowledge of the profession, manifestation of upright principles and integrity, together with conscientious attention to every detail of business, has given Dr. McKinley a standing with the people and a lucrative practice, which he justly deserves.  Not content with simply having his degree from the medical college, he has given good attention to close and careful reading in every department of the profession which keeps him abreast with the advancing times and in possession of the rapidly accumulating knowledge that has placed the medical profession at the head of the scientific world today.