He united with the Mill Creek Baptist church Feb. 1885. In June following he was chosen a

deacon and ordained as such the third Sunday in October, 1885, and has served continuously since,

a record of which he was justly proud. To his church he was ever loyal to the right as he saw it.

Always true, conservative by nature, he clung to the land marks of faith by which the many good

people of all religious denominations have lived and died. It has been said by a neighbor, he did

not have an enemy. Kindly and courteous to everyone. His life is a rich heritage for the children

and grandchildren, a guide for them as the years come and go.

 

For the last 11 years he and his wife have made their home with the daughter, Mrs. Josephine 

Hurst, who always was anxious for their welfare and has attended their every need, day and night.

He belonged to the G.A.R. post of Greencastle, taking great interest in the meetings and always

attended the regimental reunions at Gosport [Indiana] each year, and only the day before he died

had spoken about the reunion, saying he would like to go if permitted. . . .

 

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kindness and sympathy

shown to us in our recent bereavement in the death of our beloved husband and father;

also we wish to thank the ministers and those who expressed their sympathy with flowers.

 

Mrs. Jane McAninch 

[his widow, (Nancy) Jane (Allee) McAninch]

Mr. and Mrs. W.A. McAninch

[son William A. and Orien S. (Helper) McA.]

Mrs. Josie Hurst

[daughter Josephine (Cordelia) (McA.) Hurst]

Mr. and Mrs. Emory Collins

[daughter Cora B. and husband Emory Collins]

 

[corrected William A.’s wife, April 2013 /Frank]

 

John W. McAninch died 30 Aug. 1930, and (Nancy) Jane (Allee) McAninch died 7 July 1937;

they are both buried at the Mill Creek Cemetery, Mill Creek Township, Putnam County, Indiana.

 

Notes and Sources:

[1]

Newspaper obituary received from Carol McAninch, Rockville, Indiana [her husband

 

Donald F. McAninch is a great-grand-son of John W. and Nancy Jane (Allee) McAninch].

 

It was originally published 13 September 1930 in The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana

 

(confirmed by Carol with Eric Bernsee, Editor, Greencastle Banner-Graphic) [online today

 

 at http://www.bannergraphic.com (however, 1930’s articles are not available online)] 

[2]

Re John’s middle initial “W.”, there is no record what his second name was, if any.

[3]

“born near Mt. Meridian Dec. 6, 1841”; at that time, that land was part of Morgan County,

 

and Mill Creek Township became part of Putnam County later, in 1861;

 

book Weik's History of Putnam County, Indiana, by Jesse W. Weik, A.M., 1910,

 

B. F. Bowen & Company, Indianapolis, Indiana; pg.34; full text now available online at

 

http://www.archive.org/stream/weikshistoryofpu00weik/weikshistoryofpu00weik_djvu.txt

[4]

“Daniel McAninch, Part II: From Pennsylvania, 1790, to Lincoln County, Kentucky”, 

 

MFHN v.IX n.2 Apr. 2001 p.2001-11, www.mcaninch.net > Newsletter > 2001 > p.2001-11

 

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McAninch Family History NL v.XX n.4 / Oct. 2012 / Frank McAninch, Editor / page 2012-46

 

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