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Humboldt County, Nevada: Three McAninch’s from Missouri |
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1830 |
Dr. William Charles McAninch was born 7 Nov. 1830, in Kentucky, son of Samuel and |
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-1883 |
Margaret (Myers) McAninch. as described in the 1883 book: History of Cass and Bates |
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Counties, Missouri, pub. National Historical Co., St. Joseph; pps. 504, 538, 545, 1249. |
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[1] Transcriptions and analysis are available on the website: McAninch in the History |
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of Cass and Bates Counties, Missouri, 1883, MFHN v.XVI n.1 Jan. 2008 p.2008-06, |
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1861 |
Dr. William Charles and Virginia A. (Ridgeway) McAninch had four children: |
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-1871 |
1. John S. McAninch, born 22 Feb. 1861, Johnston, Bates County, Missouri; in his 30’s, |
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John went to Humboldt County, Nevada, before 1900, back in Missouri in the 1920’s; |
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2. Charles William McAninch, born 1863, Johnston, Bates County, Missouri; |
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3. Augustus ‘Gus’ G. McAninch, born 16 Aug. 1867, Johnston, Bates County, Missouri; |
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Gus, age 30, homesteaded in Humboldt County in 1897, and back in Missouri in 1920; |
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4. Mary Permelia McAninch, born 14 Feb. 1871, Johnston, Bates County, Missouri; |
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Mary married Dr. Barnett E. Lusk, 18 Jan. 1890; Barnett died in 1901; Mary, in her |
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late 30’s, joined brothers John and Gus in Nevada, and then back in Missouri in 1920. |
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1869 |
The Central Pacific and Union Pacific Railroads met at Promontory Summit, Utah, to |
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finish the Pacific Railroad, which came to be known as the Transcontinental Railroad. |
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Winnemucca, Nevada, county seat of Humboldt County, was on the C.P.R.R. main line, |
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and Missouri travelers could change trains in Ogden, Utah, en route to Winnemucca |
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(Amtrak still stops in Winnemucca today, all on the Union Pacific Railroad main line). |
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[2] Good Nevada maps available free online, State of Nevada Highways Map, and |
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Humboldt County, especially the Zone 4 map, at www.nevadadot.com > Maps |
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1897 |
On 22 Oct. 1897, Augustus G. McAninch received a 160-acre homestead in northern |
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Humboldt County, granted by the Land Office in the state capital, Carson City, Nevada: |
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Township 47 North, Range 38 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian (MDBM), in |
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Section 7, South half of Northeast quarter, and adjoining North half of Southeast quarter, |
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(80+80) 160 acres (Application No. 473; Carson City Certificate No. 230, 22 Oct. 1897, |
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official Homestead Certificate No. 230, from Washington, D.C., dated 3 Feb. 1898, |
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signed for William McKinley, President, by the Secretary of the General Land Office). |
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Humboldt County, Nevada: Three McAninch’s from Missouri pg.2018-05 |
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McAninch Family History NL v.XXVI n.1 / June 2018 / Copyright Frank McAninch |
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