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Daniel A. and Rhoda married on 23 Dec. 1869, two days before Christmas, by Rev. Tom Pearcy,

of Stilesville, on the farm south of town, known as the old Clint Newman farm, and then Daniel

and Rhoda “honeymooned on the railroad to Brazil” [Brazil, Indiana, near Terre Haute] [Note 7].

Daniel and Rhoda had eleven 13 children, but four died young (four in the 1879 epidemic) ~~and two~~

~~stillborn in 1886)~~. Seven of them lived to adulthood, although only five married and had children:

John Freeman McAninch (1871-1947), married Louise Scott, lived in Chicago, Illinois.

Dora Ellen McAninch (1872-1924), married Charles M. Swain, lived in Terre Haute, Indiana.

George Daniel Elwood McAninch (1880-1963), married Gladys Reed (1887-1958), lived in

Chicago, Illinois [George Daniel Elwood McA. is this writer’s grand-father /Frank McAninch].

Maude McAninch (1883-1978), married Loren Bilderbeck, and both were teachers in Florida.

William Morton McAninch (1886-1942), never married, no children; Coatesville businessman.

Fred Thomas McAninch (1888-1914), married Estella Phillips, died in Colorado, 1914.

and Vern Wilson McAninch (1890-1912), U. S. Army, stationed in Alaska, died 1912.

In 1919, Daniel A. and Rhoda celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary [Note 6], and, in1929,

they celebrated their 60th anniversary [Note 7], both at their home on West Main Street.

Daniel A. McAninch died on 10 Feb. 1930, age 79, and the Masonic service at his funeral was

read by his son, George D. E. McAninch. Rhoda died later that year, 22 Nov. 1930, and both are

buried in the Coatesville Cemetery, south of town [Notes 11, 12].

Growing Up in Coatesville

Vern McAninch grew up in the small town of Coatesville, where his father, Daniel A. McAninch,

owned the family home on west Main Street in Coatesville (Clay Township, Hendricks County),

and the family was living there at the time of both the 1900 and 1910 census records [Notes 13, 14].

Vern attended the local schools in Coatesville and neighboring Amo, and was a member of the

Coatesville Methodist Church [Note 8.g.]. He graduated from Amo High School in 1908, and gave

the Salutatorian address at the April 28th, 1908, Commencement exercises [Note 8.a. (image)].

As a strong young teen-ager in the 1906-1910 period, Vern played baseball with the ‘town team’,

and somewhere along the way, Vern acquired the nickname ‘Breakie’ [Note 2, and 8.d. (images)]

[the significance of ‘Break(ie)(y)’ is not known; it’s probably not for throwing breaking pitches

(he was not a pitcher); possibly telegraph code ‘break’s, and then Vern joined the Signal Corps(?)]

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McAninch Family History NL v.XX n.3 / July 2012 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2012-19