Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....McGinnis, Isaac B 1815 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Isaac B. McGinnis, Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, Gardner, was born 
in New Jersey August 31, 1815; is a son of John and Amelia (Woodruff) 
McGinnis, natives of New Jersey; the father was a carriage manufacturer, born 
in 1789, and died in 1868. The mother was born in 1795, and died in 1855; they 
had ten children, of whom our subject is the eldest. He attended the common 
schools of his native place until sixteen years of age, when he entered a 
tannery. This business he continued until twenty-seven years of age, when he 
came to Illinois, located at Joliet and engaged in buying and selling brick 
and lime. In 1864, he settled in Gardner and engaged in the lumber business. 
In 1869, he was elected Justice of the Peace, when he sold out his lumber 
business and gave his attention to the duties of his office, in connection 
with his agency for real estate. In 1876, he was appointed Notary Public, and 
has filled several town offices. He was married, in New Jersey, in 1837, to 
Miss Rachel Vanzandt, born in New Jersey May 1, 1820, and died June 7, 1879; 
she was a daughter of Richard and Rhoda (Kaywood) Vanzandt, natives of New 
Jersey, both deceased. This union resulted in eight children, viz., Eliza, 
Martha, John, Amelia, Edwin, Isaac, Kate W. and Augusta S.; five of them are 
still living. Mr. McGinnis is a stanch Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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