William Hurst McGinness (1915)

CARROLL, CLARK, MCDONALD, MCGINNESS, PRIESON, RAY

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 1/6/2011 at 11:12:45

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, September 29, 1915
Page 5

WILLIAM HURST McGINNESS

William Hurst McGinness was born in Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, Sept. 21, 1845. In 1847 his parents moved to a farm in Lycoming county; there William grew to young manhood; he attended the rural school and for some time was a student at Dickinson college.

Before he was sixteen years old he enlisted in a three months Pennsylvania regiment and at the expiration of service reenlisted for three years in the 45th regiment of the same state. He was seriously wounded in the Battle of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864.

At the close of the war, he located in Ogle county, Illinois and engaged in farming, and in 1883 came to this county, buying a farm about five miles north of Winterset. This farm he continued to operate in connection with his son till the time of his death. About 10 years ago, owing to failing health he removed to Winterset.

He was converted and joined the United Brethren church at North River about twenty years ago. From the beginning of his religious life, he was an active Christian worker and especially interested in the Sunday schools. On coming to Winterset he united with the Methodist church and was an official member most of the time, but it was in the Sunday school he did his most effective work. For several years past and up to the time of his last sickness he had a class of boys, to whom he was strongly attached and the boys on their part were loyal and devoted to their teacher the greatest consolation to him during the last days of life was the company and devotion of these boys.

Mr. McGinness was married to Sarah M. Clark of Ogle county, Illinois, Sept. 21, 1871, she died in 1875; and in 1878 he was married to Eliza M. Ray of Ogle county, she died in 1878, he was again married to Fanny Rank of Pennsylvania, who died in 1881 and on December 1, 1885, he was married to Jennnie Carroll.

The immediate relatives of the deceased who survive him are: his widow, Mrs. Jennie McGinness; a son, B. A. McGinness; an adopted daughter, Mrs. T. B. McDonald; a brother, Dr. J. S. McGinness of Penn; a sister, Mrs. D. A. Prieson of Pennsylvania; the latter has been with the deceased during the last few weeks of his illness. The funeral occurred at the Methodist church last Thursday, conducted by Rev. J. S. Corkey.
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Coordinator's note: Died September 21, 1915 per cemetery records.

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