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Daniel A. and Rhoda had eleven children, although four died young, in the winter of 1879 [13]

Seven of their children lived to adulthood, although only five married and had children.

(1) John Freeman McAninch was born 23 Jan. 1871 in Coatesville, oldest child of Daniel A. and

Rhoda B. (Wilson) McAninch. John grew up in D.A.’s railroad family, and, during the 1890s, he

went to Chicago and began working as a brakeman on the Illinois Central Railroad. In Chicago,

ca.1896, John married Louisa Lucy 'Lou' Scott (b.1874, Lafayette, Tippicanoe County, Indiana),

who had two daughters from a previous marriage, Catherine Marie 'Katie' Morris, b,1891, and

Grace Mary Morris, b.1893. John and Lou had two sons, Joseph John McAninch, b.30 Jan. 1898,

and James Daniel McAninch, b.21 Mar. 1906, both sons born in Chicago. In 1902, John moved

up to Conductor on the Illinois Central, working on long-haul passenger trains that ran between

Chicago and New Orleans; John retired 30 years later, in 1932. In the mid-1920s, with John away

working on the railroad, Lou moved to the house in Coatesville, living with Daniel A. and Rhoda,

and then Lou died on 13 Nov. 1927, age 53. In the 1930s, John F. McAninch retired at the house

in Coatesville, and died 20 May 1947, age 76; John F. and Louisa Lucy 'Lou' (Scott) McAninch

are both buried in the Coatesville Cemetery, in Hendricks County, Indiana. [20, pictures]

(2) Dora Ellen McAninch was born 27 Aug. 1872 in Coatesville, the second child and oldest

daughter of Daniel A. and Rhoda B. (Wilson) McAninch. Dora married Charles Morton Swain,

on 27 Dec. 1893, in Coatesville, and they had three children: Gladys Marie Swain, b.22 Jan. 1895;

Oliver Swain, b.14 July 1897, died before 1910; and Trella Dorothy Swain, born 4 July 1901.

Charles and Dora (McAninch) Swain lived in Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana, where Charles

worked as a Stationary Engineer in a Stamping Mill. Dora died in Terre Haute, on 25 Dec. 1922,

age 50; Charles died there much later, 10 Feb. 1960, age 88; Charles and Dora are both buried in

Highland Lawn Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo County, Indiana. [20, pictures]

(3,4,5,6) Daniel A. and Rhoda’s four youngest children all died in the winter of 1879 [13]

(3) Alvin S. McAninch, born 28 Aug. 1874, Coatesville, died 30 Jan. 1879, age 4-1/2 years

(4) Mary M. McAninch, born 16 Jan. 1877, Coatesville, died 26 Mar. 1879, age 2 years

(5) Atlas S. McAninch, twin boys, b.28 Feb. 1879, Coatesville, died 26 Mar. 1879, age 1 month

(6) Arthur A. McAninch, twin boys, b.28 Feb. 1879, Coatesville, died 1 Apr. 1879, age 6 weeks

(7) George Daniel Elwood McAninch was born 19 Feb. 1880 in Coatesville, seventh child of

Daniel A. and Rhoda B. (Wilson) McAninch. George started as a blacksmith, went north to work

at Illinois Steel Company, south Chicago, and was living in Chicago with his brother John and his

family in the 1900 census. George married (Julia) Gladys Reed, 7 Nov. 1906, in Chicago, and they

bought a house at 8120 Muskegon Avenue, Chicago. Their first child was Rhoda McAninch, born

and died 22 July 1908; their second child, son Howard Elwood McAninch, was born 24 July 1910,

at the house in Chicago. George was an accounting clerk at Illinois Steel Works, and earned a

Bachelor's degree in Accounting at the School of Commerce, Northwestern University, in 1920.

George became a C.P.A. and Secretary-Treasurer of the Victor Manufacturing & Gasket Company,

W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago. Gladys died 8 Dec. 1958, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, and George

died 11 Feb. 1963 in Seneca County, New York; George and Gladys are both interred in the

Oakridge Abbey (now Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery), Hillside, Cook Co., Illinois. [20, pictures]

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Daniel A. and Rhoda (Wilson) McAninch, 50th Anniversary, 1919, and 60th Anniversary, 1929

McA. Family Hist. NL v.XXXI (31) n.1 / June 2023 / Copyright Frank McAninch / pg.2023-05