McGINNESS BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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McGINNESS, John - b: 1827 Greene Co, PA
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 779
residence: Leesville Twp

John McGinness, farmer and stock feeder, section 17, is one of the thrifty 
farmers of Leesville Township, and was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, 
January 31, 1827. His father, John McGinness, also a native of Pennsylvania, grew 
to manhood and was married in Greene County, to Eunice Woodruff of the same 
state. Our subject was reared in the county of his birth upon the home farm, he 
enjoying good common school advantages. In 1848 he went to Virginia and located 
in Ritchie County, where he purchased a farm and where he resided until 1874. He 
came to Missouri in the following spring, and located in Henry County. Mr. 
McGinness was married in Ritchie County, Virginia, October 18, 1849, to Miss 
Mary Ann Woods, a daughter of James Woods, and originally from Pennsylvania. 
They have a family of eight children: James, died in 1878, at the age of twenty-
eight years; Eunice, (now the wife of Reuben Rosebaugh); Eliza (wife of J. C. 
Jones); Adonigah W.; Lydia; Mary E. (wife of William Black); John L. and Josiah M. 
In January, 1862, Mr. McG. enlisted in Company K, Third Virginia Volunteer 
Infantry, and served in the Union army until discharged, in the spring of 1863. He 
participated in the second Bull Run fight, where he was wounded in the right arm 
disabling him. He also was in a number of skirmishes. After his discharge he 
returned to his home in Ritchie County.

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