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Pennsylvania: 1889 – The “Five Brothers” Family Reunion and Photograph |
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Family Reunion / A very pleasant family reunion took place at the home of Sylvester McAninch, |
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of Knox township, on Monday the 9th inst. Five brothers, the only survivors of a family of twelve |
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Children (eleven sons and one daughter) came together for the first time in many years. They are |
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William L., of Belleview; George, of Clover township; Samuel, of Franklin, Venango County; |
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Louis, of Eastern Kansas, and Sylvester, of Knox. The wives of two of them were present; also |
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four of their sons with their wives and some of their children, viz: George R., of Clover; Henry, |
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of Knox, and Coonrod [?, sic], of Carmen, Elk County. A sumptuous dinner was prepared to which |
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all did ample justice, after which a short address was made and prayer offered by Rev. A. L. Brand, |
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and a quartette sang “God be with you till we meet again,” Miss Ada McAninch presiding at the |
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organ. The brothers repaired to Brookville where they sat for a photograph, a copy of which each |
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one will cherish as a valued memento of a happy occasion. |
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Jeffersonian-Democrat newspaper, Brookville, September 11, 1889 |
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Found by Linda Stitt, Fairmount City (Clarion County), Pennsylvania, descendent of Sylvester McA. |
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The “Five Brothers” Photograph, 1889 |
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[horizontal fold and small tears are still visible in the scanned image] |
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Copies of the photograph came from Linda Stitt, and from Judith Gaby, Rio Ranchito, New Mexico, |
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another descendent of Sylvester J. ‘Squire’ McAninch. Although mentioned in the article, the picture |
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was not published in the newspaper, and the photographer in Brookville is not known. At that time, |
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the ages of the five men were -- Sylvester, 61; Louis, 67; George, 74; William, 76; and Samuel, 77. |
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There is no known, written identification of the five men in the picture. Both Linda and Judy think |
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that Sylvester is the man standing on the right hand side, as you look at the picture. At one time, |
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Judy thought that George was the man seated in the middle of the front row. Looking at the faces |
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and the way they were dressed, Linda has speculated that William, second oldest, might be standing with |
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Sylvester. And, if the photograph was taken before the article was written, the list of the five names |
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in the article could have been taken from the photograph, which might mean that William, George, |
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and Samuel were in the front row, left-to-right, and that Louis (Lewis?) and Sylvester were in the |
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back row, left-to-right? Does anyone else have other pictures of any of these men, for comparison? |
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Pennsylvania: 1904: Methodist Episcopal Church, Oak Ridge, Armstrong County -- |
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Deed: Horace A. & Frances Noble, John R. Williams, Robert H. & Elizabeth W. Williams, |
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Joseph W. & Mary G. Noble, on 10 Dec. 1904, sold to Ervin F. Dempsey, Wilmer S. Hetrick, |
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John Kochems, Alvin H. McAninch, Amos S. Hiles, Handergrift D. Lankerd, and Clinton S. Davis |
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in trust for the Methodist Episcopal Church, about 1/4 Acre of land, for $1.00, property located in |
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Oak Ridge, along the Oak Ridge & Putneyville Road. With the mergers over the years this would be |
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the United Methodist Church today [2002]. |
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Source: Armstrong County Deed Book 123, pg. 261; cited in Quarterly magazine, Fall 2002, pg. 16; |
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pub. by Armstrong County Genealogy Club, 300 North McKean St., Kittanning, Pennsylvania 16201. |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XII.n.4 October 2004 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2004-31 |
