1846

Statehood: Iowa was admitted to the union as the 29th state, on 28 December 1846.


1849

Samuel James McAninch and William McAninch both came to Iowa c.1849, since


both say '7 years in Iowa' on their 1856 Iowa State Census records (discussed below)


1850

The first two McAninch pioneers in Iowa are found in the 1850 Federal census



1850

Samuel McAninch


31 Aug. 1850, Cedar County (formed 1837 from Wisconsin Territory):


“Samuel McAninch 21 Carpenter b.Kentucky”, in John Ellyson's household, and his


future wife, “Mary J. Baker 17 b.Ohio”, in Marquis Kirkpatrick's household [Note 5]


1850

William McAninch

14 Nov. 1850, Appanoose County (formed 1843 from Davis County):


“William McAnich [sic] 40 M [occ] 'Do' b.Ky” [occ 'Do' ditto (from above), Farmer]


“Margaret 40 F [occ] <blank> b.S.C” [b.South Carolina]


“Louisa 21 F [occ] <blank> b.Ill” [b.Illinois]


“Martha A.[not V.] 19 F [occ] <blank> [b.] Do” [ditto, b.Illinois]


“George R. 16 M [occ] Do b.Ky” [occ: ditto (from above), Farmer] [b.Kentucky]


“Jacob D. 13 M [occ] <blank> [b.] Do” [ditto, b.Kentucky]


“Margaret 11 F [occ] <blank> [b.] Do” [ditto, b.Kentucky]


“Mary E. 7 F [occ] <blank> [b.] Do” [ditto, b.Kentucky] [Note 6]


'Samuel McAninch, Carpenter' is Samuel James McAninch, born 15 Nov. 1829, Casey County,

Kentucky, the ninth child of Samuel and (Mary) Polly (Skidmore) McAninch, and grand-son of

the original Daniel McAninch, early pioneer in Lincoln and Casey Counties, Kentucky [see

Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky”, Note 7].

Samuel James McAninch married Mary Jane Baker [Baker, not Barker], on 29 Dec. 1850,

Cedar County, Iowa, with his full name Samuel James McAninch [not James W. (Mc)Aninch]

on the return in the Cedar County records [Note 8]. Samuel and Mary had four children:

  (James) Ira McAninch, b.12 Oct. 1851, Cedar County, Iowa (went to Kay County, Oklahoma),

  John L. McAninch, b.May 1855, Iowa (prob. Keokuk Co.) (lived in Muscatine County, Iowa),

  Elizabeth McAninch, b.1858-1859, Iowa (prob. Keokuk County),

  and Mary (aka Alma?) McAninch, b.ca.1861, Iowa (prob. Keokuk County).


William McAninch, b.1805-1810, in Kentucky, is the second son of John (b.ca.1779-1780) and

Patsy (Cooper) McAninch (mar. 7 Oct. 1801, Pulaski County, Kentucky), and another grand-son

of the original Daniel McAninch, pioneer in Lincoln and Casey Counties, Kentucky [Notes 7, 9].

William's birthdate range 1805-1810 can be determined from multiple census records [Note 10].


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McAninch Family History NL v.XXIII n.1 / April 2015/ Copyright Frank McAninch / pg.2015-06


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