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McAninch in the Old Laughlin Community Cemetery, Milam County, Texas |
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Elias Brown McAninch was born circa 1829, (prob. Giles County) Tennessee, second son |
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of William McAninch; and grand-son of the Kentucky pioneer William McAninch, who died |
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in 1813, Casey County, Kentucky. The younger William moved his family to DeSoto County, |
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Mississippi, where he ran the McAninch Ferry across Coldwater Creek in the late 1830’s. |
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Elias married Sarah Elizabeth Ross on 28 Mar. 1849, in Holly Springs, DeSoto County, |
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Mississippi. Sarah’s parents, (Rev.) David and Nancy M. (Hampton) Ross, their family, and |
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both McAninch families are living in the Southern part of DeSoto County in the 1850 census. |
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Elias’ family and the Ross family moved to Milam County, Texas, listed in the 1860 census. |
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In the war, Elias served in Hood’s 5th Texas Vol. Inf. Regt., Co. G (Milam County Greys) |
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[Elias Brown McAninch (1829-1890) by Kathy McAninch, MFHN v.III n.1, pg.1995-03]. |
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Their second child, daughter Nancy Elizabeth McAninch (23 Mar. 1851 – 6 Apr. 1866) is |
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buried here in the Laughlin Community Cemetery. |
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John Forrest McAninch, younger brother of Elias, was born 28 May 1833, Shelby County, |
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Tennessee; John grew up in Mississippi, and moved to Milam County in the early 1850’s |
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[Family Bible Records of John Forrest McAninch, MFHN v.V n.1 pg.1997-05,-06a,-06b]. |
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John married (1st) Leannah Server, 3 Aug. 1854, Milam County, and she died 24 Nov. 1857. |
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John married (2nd) Sarah J. McDaniel, 30 Sept. 1858, at the home of the bride’s mother, |
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“. . . married at Mary McDaniel's residence, by Rev. David Ross, of Milam County, Texas.” |
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William David McAninch, oldest child of Elias B. and Sarah Elizabeth (Ross) McAninch, |
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was born 23 Dec. 1849, DeSoto County, Mississippi, moved to Texas with the family, and |
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married Elizabeth Caroline Neill, 12 July 1857, Milam County, by Rev. Edward A. Martin. |
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Their second child, daughter America L. McAninch (4 Feb. 1883 – 10 July 1883) is the |
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second McAninch that is buried here in the Laughlin Community Cemetery. |
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Four readings of the same cemetery, in 1965, 1983, 1999, and on the web in 2006. |
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Old Community Cemetery |
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Located about 3 miles east of Davilla on Farm Road #487 to Lilac Church in |
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western Milam Co., on the Charles B. Robbins farm (postal address: Rt. #1, |
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Thorndale, Tex.) (The cemetery is not marked on the General Highway Map.) |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XV n.2 / April 2007 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2007-12 |