Irvin McGinnis, Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by Mike Miller   

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Source: Louisiana: Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 272-273.  
Edited by Alc e Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association. 

IRVIN MCGINNIS  
McGinnis, Irvin, contractor, and member of the commission council of the 
city of Alexandria, La., was born in the state of Texas, Dec. 17, 1868; son 
of J. I. and Sallie (Rivers) McGinnis, the former of whom was born in Tennessee 
and the latter in Georgia. Irvin McGinnis was the first of 6 children born 
to his parents. He passed his boyhood and youth in Texas. In 1887 he moved 
to the country in the vicinity of Alexandria, La., and there devoted his 
energies to the vocation of a planter until 1896, when he moved into the city 
of Alexandria and took charge of the Exchange hotel, which he successfully 
conducted during the succeeding two years, since which time he has been engaged, 
mainly, in the business of a contractor, building railroad work, levees, etc.  
Mr. McGinnis has served as secretary and treasurer of the board of control of 
the Louisiana State Hospital for the Insane, and 2 terms as a member of the board 
of aldermen of the city of Alexandria. He was elected a member of the first 
commission council of the latter city under the commission form  of government, 
and is incumbent of that office at this time. Mr. McGinnis is a 32nd degree 
Mason, member of the Order of the Mystic Shrine, and of the Benevolent and 
Protective Order of Elks.