Solano County CA Archives Biographies.....McInnis, J. A. 1838 - 
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McINNIS, J. A., (grocer) was born in Prince Edwards Islands on March 4, 1838,
where he remained till 1855, being raised on a farm; emigrated to Boston, Mass.,
in 1855, and engaged in working at different occupations till June 7, 1857. at
which time he joined the U. S. Navy as a marine and was stationed at the
Charleston Navy Yard, making a cruise on the U. S. "Merrimac" to the South
Pacific Squadron; stationed there till 1860; returned to Norfork, Virginia, and
was transferred to Charlestown Navy Yard, Mass.; remained on duty as a
non-commissioned officer till September, 1861; transferred to headquarters,
Washington, D. C, and joined the Marine Batallion, under Major John G. Reynolds,
and joined the expedition under Commodore Dupont and General W. T. Sherman,
which left Handon Rose, Virginia, for Port Royal, South Carolina, from which
port they sailed in October following on the Ship Transport "Governor." On this
voyage, while off Cape Hatteras, they encountered a terrible hurricane, the
steamer being wrecked in the gale, losing one

[Transcriber's note: This was all of the biography on page 373, unfortunately p.
374 reverts back to History of Johnson County, KS]

Additional Comments:

This biography came from an "The History of Solano County", author and publisher
unknown. Two pages from this book were accidentally bound into "History of
Johnson County Kansas" by Ed Blair, 1915.



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