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Judge McAninch and the members of his family worship at the Christian Church. He is a Democrat and stands high in the councils of his party. He served as presiding judge of the County Court from January 1, 1907, to January 1, 1911. Many important innovations and public improvements were placed under way and completed during his term, and the public finances of Pettis County were never better managed. His court inaugurated the system of working the county prisoners upon the public highways, and thus they were made to pay for their keep. The plan of building concrete culverts was inaugurated during this regime, and many wooden structures were replaced, outside of the limits of the twelve-mile rock road districts. Concrete floors were placed in all bridges thirty feet or less in length. This court also had charge of the erection of 150 bridges, varying in length from sixteen to 150 feet. |
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In the November election of 1914 Judge McAninch was elected Representative from Pettis County to the Missouri State Legislature, and he was again elected in 1916. He served as a member of the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth General Assemblies, and made a distinguished record. He served on the committees of Agriculture, Banks and Banking, Constitutional Amendments, Criminal Courts and Labor, and was chairman of the Committee on Justices of the Peace. During the … Forty-ninth General Assembly he held membership on the following committees: Agriculture; Banks and Banking, of which he was vice-chairman; Penitentiary and Reform Schools, ... Clerical Force, serving as chairman of this committee; Schools and Labor, and ... chairman of the Committee on Normal Schools. |
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It was during his last term as Representative that Judge McAninch achieved State-wide prominence because of his authorship of several important educational measures which were passed during the session. [end of page 833; article continues, remainder is about the Third National Bank of Sedalia...] |
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Book, History of Pettis County, Missouri, published 1919, pg. 831-834; State Historical Society of Missouri, 1020 Lowry Street Mall, Columbia, Missouri 65201-7298; copy of article received March 1996, from Mrs. C.W. (Ann) Bunch, P.O.Box 188, Lancaster, Missouri 63548-0188. |
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[1] Charles was born in Casey County, Kentucky, confirmed by other sources, including his biography in Missouri state handbook (there is no Page County in Kentucky nor Tennessee). |
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[2] (Daniel) Harrison McAninch, born 1819, Casey Co., KY, son of George A. McAninch and Mary Elizabeth Ross. Married Polly Walker, 5-28-1837, Casey Co.; on Casey Co. Tax books, 1845-1849, and 1850 census, children Mary, James K., Zachariah, and Charles. [D.H.] Died in 1852, (believed) Casey Co.; in 1880, his children sold the Kentucky land to his younger brother (their uncle), William Berry McAninch (Pettis Co., MO, court records). |
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[3] George A. McAninch, father of Daniel Harrison McA., was born Abt.1794/1975, in KY (in Lincoln Co., now Casey) [or Virgina (2003 /fm)]. George A.’s father, Daniel McAninch, may have been from Glasgow, but is more commonly believed born Abt.1750-1755, Ulster, (northern) Ireland. |
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James Franklin McAninch [older brother of Charles Winston McAninch] |
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"Post Office, Georgetown. Was born in Kentucky, June 27, 1844. His father, D.H. McAninch, was also a Kentuckian, and a faithful member of the Christian Church. The subject of these notes was one of five children, who came to Missouri in 1852. J.F. was brought up by Chas. W.C. Walker, a respectable citizen, who is now dead. In 1863 J.F. took a trip across the plains, and returned in January, 1864; then spent one year in Illinois, after which he returned to Missouri, and again went to the mountains in 1869, where he engaged in digging gold in Idaho, returning to Missouri in 1870. From this date he engaged in farming and stock dealing, which he has carried on with fair success, and is now full partner with his brother in buying and selling stock. He is a bachelor of good habits and straightforward in his business." |
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Book "History of Pettis County, Missouri, 1882", pg. 942; State Historical Society of Missouri, |
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1020 Lowry, Columbia, Missouri 65201; copy received March 1996, from Mrs. C.W. (Ann) Bunch |
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McAninch Family History Newsletter Vol. IV, No. 4, December 1996, pg. 4 page 1996-32 |