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The funeral [for Sarah Jane Case Pittman] was conducted by Rev. Emerson McAninch |
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at the Ringgold church. [pg. 82] |
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Memories of a Ringgold School Girl: Late 1920’s and Early 1930’s, Elizabeth Butler Lynch |
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[re McAninch family] The young people came to the social activities. A son Emerson was a great |
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evangelist and lived in Michigan. He came home and would preach a week at the church. Mrs. Kay |
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(Bud) Breckenridge and sister Mrs. O’Brian of Creston are granddaughters of these people. There |
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was Berniece, Pauline, Clevie and Sammy (girls) in the family. Elders buried at Ringgold. [pg. 46] |
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Social News Items from Ringgold |
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[Oscar McAninch Family Gathering] |
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Wednesday a number of relatives assembled at the O. L. McAninch home for a dinner in the |
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honor of Rev. and Mrs. Emerson McAninch, who were visiting from Muskegon, Michigan. |
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Those present for the dinner were Mrs. Lula Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cronin, Catherine |
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Lou and Shirley Ann of Maryville, Missouri; Herbert H. Jackson of Stanberry, Missouri; Mr. and |
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Mrs. C. B. Thompson, Carmen and Kay, Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Bayless, Jeanne, Kathleen, |
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Marlene and Mac, Weldon and Miss Pauline McAninch, O. L. McAninch, Cleva and Sammie, |
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and Rev. and Mrs. McAninch. The day was spent in visiting and taking pictures. |
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Shady Grove local news column, Mount Ayr Record~News, June 18, 1936, page 12 [pg. 67] |
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Rev. Emerson McAninch also preached to good crowds at the Ringgold Evangelical church |
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at this time. Rev. Walter Cerka was mentioned as still the Ringgold pastor in June 1936. The |
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Ringgold Evangelical church was probably closed within about a year of this occasion. [pg. 67] |
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1899 Ringgold Post Office Directory |
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Person |
Occupation |
Location |
Household |
[“Location” in Lotts Creek] |
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McAninch, Joseph |
Farmer |
sw 24 |
2 [persons] |
[township, section number] |
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McAninch, M. F. |
farmer |
sw 24 |
9 |
[and area of the section;] |
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McAninch, Sheridan |
farmer |
sw 24 |
4 |
[“Household” is number] |
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McAninch, Sherman |
farmer |
se 24 |
4 |
[of people at that location.] |
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McAninch, William |
farmer |
ne 22 |
5 |
[pg. 70] |
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McAninch Family |
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There are sixteen known persons with the McAninch surname buried in Ringgold cemetery, |
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easily more than any other family. [pg. 77] |
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Joseph P. McAninch (2 April 1821—9 March 1907) was born in Casey, Kentucky, one of |
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twelve children of Samuel and Polly (Skidmore) McAninch. Joseph married Elizabeth Jane Quiett |
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on 21 May 1845 at Paris, Illinois. Joseph and Elizabeth had ten children [Note 5 /Frank], |
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some of them spending all or much of their lives in Ringgold county and several of them, like |
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Joseph and Elizabeth, either being buried or having offspring buried in Ringgold cemetery. |
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Ringgold City, 1844-2002: From First Settlement to Forgotten Community, Raymond V. Banner |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.X.n.3 July 2002 Frank McAninch, Editor page 2002-20 |