T. S. McKenna, M. D., engaged in the practice of his profession at Manning, is a native of Chittenden County, Vermont, born near Burlington, September 25, 1845. His parents, Frank and Mary McKenna, were natives of Ireland, and of Scotch ancestry. Both are now deceased, the mother dying at Keene, New Hampshire, and the father in Vermont. The doctor was reared and educated in his native State. On reaching manhood, like many of the ambitious youth of that State, he came West to seek his fortune. In the fall of 1868 he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Thomas Gilooly, at Reedsburg., Wisconsin, where he remained long enough to complete his study, preparatory to entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa. He has been identified with Manning since the commencement of that city, coming here among the first settlers, where he has devoted himself entirely to his professional work, for which he has great love and peculiar adaptability. In the few years he has been engaged in the practice of medicine he has had a large experience in several States. Naturally somewhat of a rover, he has lived in various places, and has practiced in several of the Western States, but most of the time has been a resident of Iowa. His first office in this State was at Perry, and later he opened an office at Council Bluffs. Since coming to Manning he has established a large and lucrative practice, and by his genial and accommodating manners has gained many warm friends. His only child, Nellie, was born March 23, 1872.

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