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McAninch in the History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri, 1883 |
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There are four McAninch’s in the 1883 History of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri [Note 1] -- |
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Samuel McAninch, Dr. William C. McAninch, Nancy A. McAninch, and Mrs. Harry McAninch |
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[bold text on McAninch names added for emphasis and clarity, November 2007 /Frank McAninch] |
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Biographical / Pleasant Hill Township [Cass County] |
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Samuel McAninch / who for forty-six years has been a resident of Cass County, was born in |
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Casey County, Kentucky, April 10, 1805 [2]. His father, William McAninch, was also a native |
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of Kentucky [3]. His mother's maiden name was Ladosia Rawson [4]. |
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When Samuel was six years of age his father died, and his mother married James Howell [5]. |
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The family then moved to Pulaski County, Kentucky, where the subject of this sketch lived until |
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nineteen years of age, following agricultural pursuits. |
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In 1828 he married Miss Margaret Myers, a native of East Tennessee, born in 1812. She was a |
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daughter of Charles and Rebecca Myers. Her father moved to Missouri in 1835, and he was the |
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first class leader and steward in the first M. E. Church in Cass County. Mr. McAninch came to |
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Missouri in company with the family of his wife's father, and settled first in what is now |
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Jackson County in 1835, and the following year came to Cass County, where he has since lived. |
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Mr. and Mrs. McAninch have two children living, William, a practicing physician at Johnstown, |
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Bates County, and Ladosia A., now Mrs. Shortridge. They lost one child, Angeline. [page 504] |
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Biographical / Spruce Township [Bates County] |
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W. C. McAninch, M. D. / was born in Simpson County, Kentucky, November 7, 1830 [6]. |
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His parents were Samuel and Margaret (Mires) [sic] McAninch, the former a native of Kentucky |
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and of Scotch descent, and the latter of Pennsylvania [7]. W. C. moved with the family to Missouri |
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in 1832 [8], and located in Jackson County, at Independence, where they were among the pioneers. |
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Leaving there they went to Pleasant Hill, in Cass County. |
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Our subject spent his youth on a farm, and was educated at the common schools and at the |
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Pleasant Hill High School, subsequently attending the Liberty College. In 1856, he commenced the |
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study of medicine at Pleasant Hill with Dr. Stephens, one of the leading physicians of Cass County. |
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In 1858 he was a student at the St. Louis Medical College, and in the spring of 1860 he graduated |
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from this institution. After finishing his studies the doctor began the practice of his profession at |
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Johnstown, where he still resides. |
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He was married in Bates County, May 6, 1860, to Miss Virginia Ridgeway, who was born in Ohio, |
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and a daughter of John and Mary Ridgeway. |
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They have four children: John S., C. W., Augustus G, and Mary Permelia. |
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The doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity. [page 1249] |
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[Note 12, regarding minor discrepancies in these two articles] |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XVI n.1 / January 2008 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2008-06 |