Henry Hamilton McAninch and Melissa Jane Armagost

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Husband Henry Hamilton McAninch ¹

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           Born: 1 Feb 1848 - Beaver Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 1
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         Father: Sylvester McAninch (Abt 1828-1912) 1 2
         Mother: Rosena Himes (Abt 1827-1900) 1

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       Marriage: 24 Jan 1867 1

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Wife Melissa Jane Armagost ¹

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1 M Miles Turbit McAninch ³

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2 M William James McAninch ³

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3 F Rosena McAninch ³

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         Spouse: E. E. Swineford (      -      ) 3

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4 M Sylvester "Mack" McAninch ³

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5 F Mary Ann McAninch ³

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         Spouse: E. A. McLaughlin (      -      ) 3

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6 F Effie Melissa McAninch ³

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         Spouse: Jay M. Galbraith (      -      ) 3

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7 F Dessie Violet McAninch ³

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         Spouse: Frank Swineford (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Hamilton McAninch

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When but fourteen years of age he began work in the woods, and became an adept hewer of timber, so that his services were in almost constant demand during the major part of his active career. In 1880 he purchased a farm, and though the timber had been cut off, the land was still "infested" with stumps, so that much labor was required to bring it under cultivation. The farm comprised forty acres, about twenty-five under cultivation.
He was a stalwart Republican, and served as township supervisor, constable and school director. On his farm was an excellent producing gas well developed by the United Natural Gas Company.

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General Notes: Wife - Melissa Jane Armagost

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She was seven years old at the time of her mother's death, and was reared in the home of her paternal grandparents, in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, whence she came to Jefferson County when twelve years old. She was not yet eighteen at the time of her marriage.

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Notes: Marriage

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Though their golden-wedding anniversary came on January 24, 1917, Mr. McAninch and his wife, realizing that the day was likely to be marked by inclement weather, held the observance of the event on the 24th of October, 1916, when over two hundred guests assembled at their home to do honor to the occasion. Of those who were at their wedding only two besides the bride and groom were then living, and neither of these was able to be present on the fiftieth anniversary, which was a notable social event in Knox township. All the children of Mr. and Mrs. McAninch, except their son Sylvester, were at the anniversary, and of their twenty-eight grandchildren all but five were present.

1 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 574.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1621.

3 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 575.