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Miscellaneous info, Queries, and Nuggets from recent letters (by States, alphabetical order) |
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Alabama (1900), Arkansas (and Indian Territory, 1886), Australia (W.W.II), British Columbia |
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(marriage and death records), Canada (western land grants), Kentucky (Pulaski County Tax Books, |
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1799-1802), Missouri (Sedalia, 1880), Nevada (1900, 1910 Census), Ohio (Wyandot County), |
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Pennsylvania (Armstrong County, 1807, 1810), and Ulster (graves, Lisnagunogue, County Antrim). |
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Alabama: 1900 – “McAninch, Albert / Boarder / M W / [born] Sept. 1872 / [age] 27 / S [single] |
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[occ] Electrician / b.Pennsylvania / f.b.Pennsylvania / m.b.Pennsylvania”; 1900 Census, Alabama, |
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Jefferson County, E.D.131, Ensley City [metro Birmingham], 9 June 1900 ; T623 Roll 22 p.316 ln.31 |
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Arkansas: March 1886, Frank McAninch / McIninch |
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In the late 1800's, the Indian Territories west of Arkansas (later Oklahoma) had justice maintained |
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by a man known as the “hanging judge”. Judge Isaac C. Parker held court in Fort Smith, Arkansas. |
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Many interesting stories of a historical nature related to this time and place are found at the National |
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Park Service's Fort Smith web site, http://www.nps.gov/fosm/index.htm. |
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Letter, 4 March 1886, from Hiram E. Eastwood to Capt. Thomas, Lebanon, I.T. [Indian Territory]: |
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“I have found the body of Pollard : six there recognized him as being the missing man : those who |
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found the body and saw it are John A. (Dink) Orr, Mr. Mathis, Frank McIninch, G.W. Brassfield, |
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George Holder and Dick Buford.” |
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Letter, 8 March 1886, from Deputy Marshal J.H. Mershon to U.S. Marshal John Carol, |
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“15 miles west of Henderson's store : I will inform you that I have been blessed with good luck. |
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I have been successful and captured all of the murderers of E.V. Pollard, one amongst the horiblest |
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murders ever committed in this territory : but will not give particulars for I have just got into camp |
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after riding day and night and am very tired.” |
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Writ of Arrest, 12 March 1886 : Elisha (sic?) Lewis, Mrs. Elizabeth Brassfield and Dora Pollard did |
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in the Indian Country, within the Western District of Arkansas, on or about the 2nd day of December |
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1885 feloniously ... kill and murder one Edward Pollard.” /s/ J.H. Marshon, Deputy Marshal : |
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Witnesses: Hiram Eastwood, J.H. Scott, Bill Simpson, Bruce Quigly, Thomas McClure and |
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Frank McAninch [sic] |
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Source: “Brasfield / Brassfield Genealogies Surname Genealogy Site”, Brasfield, Prairie County, |
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Arkansas; “George W. Brasfield and The Hanging Judge”, http://www.brasfield.net/pollard.htm |
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Information regarding Elizabeth Brassfield can be found in Jacket No. 118, US District Court, |
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Western District of Arkansas, Fort Smith (National Archives, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, Texas): |
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Analysis: This is probably (John) Frank(lin) McIninch, born 1 April 1856, St. Joseph, Buchanan |
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County, Missouri, son of Charles Postly and Synthia Jane (McCorkle) McIninch (Charles from Ohio). |
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Also known as ‘Mack’, he can be found in McCurtain County, (south-east) Oklahoma, in the 1920 |
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census: “McIninch, Mack 62 b.MO / Mary 48 b.ARK / Benjamin 25 b.OK / Daniel 24 b.OK / Pearl |
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17 b.OK / Ruth 15 b.OK / Grace 12 b.OK / Robert 11 b.OK”; NARA, Vol.36, ED 135 sh.32 line 20. |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XI.n.4 October 2003 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2003-26 |