About Colin P. McKinney
Lived 1873 – 1944 (aged 70–71). Colin P. McKinney was a judge.
Colin Pierson McKinney (May 23, 1873 – April 29, 1944) was a justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court from 1918 to 1942.
Born in Ripley, Tennessee to Dr. Colin Shepherd McKinney and Adelaide Frances Pierson, McKinney attended the public schools and Brennan Military Academy. Intending to become a court reporter, he read law with his uncle, Judge Blair Pierson, and gained admission to the bar in Tennessee in 1896.
McKinney retired from the bench in 1942, due to ill health, and died in Nashville two years later, at the age of 70.
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Who was Colin P. McKinney?
American judge (1873–1944)
When was Colin P. McKinney born?
Colin P. McKinney was born in 1873 in Lauderdale County, Ripley.
When did Colin P. McKinney die?
Colin P. McKinney died in 1944 in Nashville.
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Colin P. McKinney was a judge.
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