[6]

"William H. McAninch, b.1783-1784 . . . married Isabel Hopkins, and became the

founders of the Jefferson County McAninchs. William got 40 acres in Armstrong County

(1806) (Old) Buffalo Township, near his father John McAninch . . . assessed to

Matthew Hopkins until 1816; William and Isabel had twelve children, and moved to

Beaver Township, Jefferson County, during the late 1820s"

a. "Eleven early McA/Ninch's in western Pennsylvania" "Second Generation" article

    (and, a different William McAninch, b.1770-1775); MFHN v.XXI n.2 Apr. 2013

    p.2013-11  http://www.mcaninch.net/Newsletter/mfn21y2013/m21p11w6.htm

b. History of Armstrong County book, by Robert Walter Smith, Esq., pub. 1883, p.460

c. name "William H." comes from one of his obit(s): "William H. McAninch, 81 years,

    a member of the Presbyterian church, resident of Jefferson county for over 35 years"

    The Jefferson Star, Brookville, Pennsylvania, 20 Jan. 1864

d. Date of Birth: calculate ‘b.ca.1783’, since he was 81 when he died 19 Jan. 1864

e. William b.ca.1783 is consistent with his age in all of his six different census records:

    ‘26-45’ range in 1810 (so, b.1765-1784); ‘26-45’ range in 1820 (so, b.1775-1795);

    ‘40-50’ range in 1830 (so, b.1780-1790); ‘50-60’ range in 1840 (so, b.1780-1790);

    age 66 in 1850 (b.est.1784); and William age 77 in 1860 (b.est.1783)

[7]

William and Isabel (Hopkins) McAninch were in Westmoreland and Armstrong counties

long before the sons, brothers Elijah McAninch and Henry H. McAninch, were born, so,

"from Dauphin County" can only be true if it indicates where they were before coming

west to Westmoreland and Armstrong counties, and then later into Jefferson County.

a. from Leroy McAninch‘s "McAninch Family, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania" article,

    in Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, History book, pub. 1982 by the Jefferson County

    Historical and Genealogical Society, Brookville, Penn., pg 222; MFHN v.V n.3

    Aug.1997 p.1997-19  https://www.mcaninch.net/Newsletter/mfn05y97/m05p19w6.htm

b. William . . . and . . . Isabel Hopkins "their marriage took place in Armstrong County"

    in the 1917 book Jefferson County, Pennsylvania : her pioneers and people, 1800-1915

    by William J. McKnight, pub. J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1917, Vol.II pp.574-575

[8]

(findagrave) "McAninch Family Cemetery", incorrect location, given as Brookville (sic),

Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, with the (faulty and only partially correct) description

"This family [cemetery] was located on a McAninch family farm in Knox Township

south of Brookville. In 1865 the farm was owned by S. McAninch. The farm changed

hands and the cemetery was eventually lost".

(cemetery)  https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2580301/mcaninch-family-cemetery

(2023) Of course, the cemetery is still in Beaver Township (not in Brookville, and not in

Knox Township), and the cemetery is not "lost", having been visited as recently as 2022

when Randy Hall posted some tombstone (headstone) photographs (Thank you, Randy).

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McAninch Farm Cemetery, Beaver Twp, Jefferson Co., 2023 - Notes and Sources

McA. Fam. Hist. NL v.XXXI n.2 / Nov. 2023 / Copyright Frank McAninch / p.2023-27

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