Individual Details

Belmont Co, Ohio Birth Records 1867/68. Martins Ferry.
McKim, unnamed, 06/01/1868 White Male Dallas Ada 34
[This may a baby who died, born about a year or two after Paul, since the date doesn't agree with his death certificate, or the death certificate could be in error. His grave marker agrees with the death certificate, likely Ida gave the information for both.]

Location of birth as Scotch Ridge, Ohio - Joe gave to Kay for Stuart's Baby Book
Location of birth as Martins Ferry, Ohio - Death Certificate
Scotch Ridge was actually a community just outside Martins Ferry, Belmont Co, Ohio - a ridge that reminded those that lived there of their native Scotland. The community was centered around the Presbyterian Church and cemetery.
In 1870, the family was still in Ohio, but were in Kansas City for the 1880 census; it lists Paul with his parents, age 14, born in Ohio [born ca 1866]

1900 Census, Sebastian Co AR. Living at 403 21st St. Paul McKim, born in Missouri, May of 1868, age 32. Ida, wife, born Jan 1878, age 22. One child. Born Germany as were both parents. Immigrated 1882, in this country 18 years. [her sister Annie said she immigrated 1883.] No mark in naturalization column. Mildred, daughter, born Oct. 1899. Otto Schniebs, brother-in-law, born in Arkansas, Apr 1888, age 12.

Family was living in Monroe, LA in 1902 as there are cards addressed from brother Victor McKim to Paul in Monroe. In 1909, there is a card from Paul who was visiting was family in Kansas City sent back to Ida and the girls in Ft. Smith.
Death Certificate in Fayetteville, Washington Co, AR, says he had lived in the community for 20 years - so they moved to Fayetteville approximately 1926. They had lived in Ft. Smith, AR; also Monroe, Ouachita Parish, LA, and back to Ft. Smith again. Paul had lost a leg and was no longer able to work at his plumbing profession when they bought the farm outside of Fayetteville. I found an old letter dated 22 Oct 1912, which named his business as Koller-McKim Plumbing Company.

1910 Census. Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co AR; Dist 167. Hh 289.
Paul McKim, Age 42, married 12 years. Born Ohio, parents b. Ohio. Plumber.
Ida, wife, age 30, b. Germany as were her parents. Naturalization columns blank.
Mildred, daughter, age 10, born in Arkansas.
Gladys, daughter, age 8, born in Louisiana.

1920 Census. Ft. Smith, Sebastian Co AR; Upper Township. Living on Elm Street in the house daughter Mildred lived in I was a child. Paul McKim, age 52, born Ohio, "Plummer". Ida, wife, age 40, born in Oklahoma [did she later try to hide the fact she was born in Germany? World War I has happened.] Mildred, age 20, Gladys, age 17, and Eugene, age 1 year, 6 months.

1925 Ft. Smith, AR City Directory
McKim, Mrs. Ida, grocer, 5212 Elm (Stough Addn), , r. 5217 Elm
McKim, Mildred, bookkeeper, Wortz Biscuit Co, r. 5217 Elm
McKim, Paul (Ida) (Koller-McKim Plumbing Co) r. 5217 Elm (Stough Addn)

1930 Census. Prairie Twp, Washington Co AR. Paul & Ida M. McKim. Paul was age 63, Ida 53. They had married when he was age 31 and she was 18. [I have no idea how Paul came to be in Ft. Smith, AR - his family was all in Kansas City. Paul was born in Ohio as were both parents. Ida states she was born in OK but her parents born in Germany. Eugene J. was age 12, born AR. Emilie Waschow, mother-in-law, and Victor N. McKim, brother, were both living there. Victor was age 60, b. Kansas, a Carpenter with a cabinet shop. Paul's occupation was given as fruit farmer. Emilie, age 85, widowed, said to have come in 1872/1892 [neither was correct] and was marked "Al" for Alien [not a citizen]; she is also listed as speaking German.

1940 Census. Prairie Township, Washington Co, AR, Hh 392
Own their home worth $1300
Paul McKim, age 73, b. Ohio, they lived in the same house in 1935, Farmer
Ida, wife, age 64, b. Germany
Marie Mass, wife's grandniece, age 13, b. AR, lived in Pope Co, AR in 1935

Arkansas Death Certificate #1118
Harry Allen Paul McKim died 10 Jan 1946, at his home, Rt. 1, Prairie Twp, Fayetteville, Washington Co, where he had lived for 20 years. He was born 1 May 1867, Martins Ferry, Ohio. He was married to Ida McKim. He was a plumber by trade - Koller-McKim Co. His parents were Miflin Dallas McKim, born Ireland (he wasn't) and Lorinda Adalade Alexander, born Scotch Ridge, Ohio. Ida was the informant. He died of carcinoma of the stomach and had Buergers Disease. Buried Lutheran Cemetery, Jan 12th.

from Obituary, January 11, 1946:
Paul McKim, 78, died last night at his home in the Braden community. He was retired, and had been a plumber in Ft. Smith 25 years. He was a member of the Lutheran Church. Survivors are the wife, Mrs. Ida McKim: two daughters Mrs. Wallace Greenlee and Mrs. Park Moore both of Ft. Smith; a son, Eugene McKim, Storekeeper, First Class, stationed at Alameda, CA, a brother Guy McKim, and a sister, Mrs. John F. Lynn, both of Kansas City, and two grandchildren.
Funeral service will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at Moore's Funeral Chapel by Rev. Marcus Lang. Pallbearers will be E. C. Smith, William Hall, Leo Smythe, Fred Kantz, Jock Johnson, and Mike Flynn.

The two grandchildren were William Park Moore, II, and Sandra Maureen, Joseph Eugene's daughter by his first marriage.

Buried Lutheran Cemetery in Springdale, AR, next to Ida:
Paul McKim
May 1 1867
Jan 10 1946
At Rest

Birth	1 May 1867	Scotch Ridge or Martins Ferry, Belmont County, Ohio
Marriage	23 Nov 1898	Sebastian County, Arkansas - Mary Ida Schniebs
Death	10 Jan 1946	Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas
Occupation		Plumber - Koller-McKim Co.

Spouse	Mary Ida Schniebs (1878 - 1964)
Child	Laura Emily Mildred "Mimi" McKim (1899 - 1986)
Child	Gladys "Didi" McKim (1901 - 1991)
Child	Joseph Eugene McKim (1918 - 1979)

Father	Miflin Dallas McKim (1844 - 1901)
Mother	Lorinda Adelade Alexander (1840 - 1911)
Sibling	[Son] McKim (1868 - )
Sibling	Victor Norwood McKim (1872 - 1930)
Sibling	Guy Earl McKim (1878 - 1952)
Sibling	Laura P. McKim (1884 - 1959)