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He was united in marriage to Mariah Case November 9th, 1870. To this union were born twelve |
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children, all of whom, with one exception, grew to womanhood and manhood in this county. Of these |
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eleven children, ten live to morn the loss of their father. His wife and daughter Mary Elizabeth |
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preceded him in death some years ago. Those remaining are Mrs. Manara Campbell, Hamburg, Iowa; |
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Clark and Joseph of Neodesha, Kansas; Mrs. Anna Clark of Ethridge, Montana; Mrs. Arminta |
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Hoaglin of Vancouver, Washing-ton; Mrs. Faye Nauman of Des Moines, Iowa; Mrs. Adda Shidler, |
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Mrs. Charles Wroughton, Oscar and Ebon, all of this county. Besides these children he has 46 |
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grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, five brothers and one sister surviving him. |
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Mr. McAninch was one of the early residents of this county having lived here some 62 years and has |
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been acquainted with the growth of community and the county. He was an active worker in the church |
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during his early life and by his living set an example for his children that he has never had reasons to |
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regret and of which they are justly proud. His friends were numbered by his acquaintances. He has |
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fought a good fight and he has kept the faith. At last victory is his. We have lost and he has won. |
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Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at the Ringgold City Church, being conducted by |
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Rev. Jay Kirkendall, pastor of the Mount Ayr Methodist Church assisted by Rev. J. R. Nolte, pastor of |
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the Ringgold Church. Interment was in the Ringgold Cemetery. [Mount Ayr Record-News? June 1928?] |
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Iowa: 1959 – Lillian (Swift, Miller) McAninch, third wife of Sherman McAninch |
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Lillian Swift, daughter of Joseph A. and Maria T. Swift, was born June 6, 1891, at St. Louis, |
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Missouri, and departed this life on July 28, 1959, at the Decatur county hospital, Leon, at the age |
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of 68 years, 1 month and 22 days. Lillian was of a family of 10 children. Her father, mother, sisters, |
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and brother, with one exception, preceded her in death. One sister of the family survives .. |
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On May 19, 1906, she was baptized into the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day |
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Saints, by Elder Samuel A. Burgess, she being the first person he baptized. She was confirmed by |
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Elder Fred A. Smith. This occurred in St. Louis. The family moved from St. Louis to Pleasanton, |
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Iowa, where she worked for her uncle in a store and restaurant. |
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She was married to Pierce Miller on July 28, 1917, whose death occurred four years later in 1921. |
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On November 7, 1923, she was united in marriage to Sherman McAninch, and they took up |
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residence on a farm in the Bloomington Center neighborhood northwest of Lamoni. Three sons |
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were born to them: Joseph E. McAninch of Omaha, Nebraska; Charles S. McAninch of Kansas City, |
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Missouri; and Lester L. McAninch of Long Beach, California. The family lived on the farm until |
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Mrs. McAninch's health failed, and they moved to Lamoni in 1935. He passed away April 24, 1944. |
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Besides the three sons and the sister who survive her, there are … eight grandchildren; two |
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step-daughters, Mrs. Roy Swigart, Corvallis, Oregon, and Mrs. Myrtle Coon, Independence, Missouri; |
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also three step-grandchildren, a number of nieces, nephews and many friends. |
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For the past several years Lillian has worked in the restaurants of our town, where she gave of the |
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best of herself, and endeared herself to her fellow workers. She also spent much of her time working |
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for and helping the sick and those in need, many times when hardly physically strong enough to do so. |
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Funeral services were conducted at the Marsh Funeral chapel Thursday at 2 p.m. with Elder Morton |
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Edmunds and Joe Hoffman in charge. Interment was in Rose Hill cemetery. |
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Lamoni, Iowa Chronicle, August 6, 1959, pg. 2, found by Raymond V. Banner |
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McAninch Family History NL, v.XII.n.2 April 2004 Copyright Frank McAninch page 2004-11 |