McGHAN, Etta A. (Hogan) 1877-1944

MCGHAN, HOGAN, GILCHRIST, CHAMPION, FREDRICKSEN

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 1/29/2011 at 16:11:25

Etta A. (Hogan) McGhan 1877-1944

#1:

Osage Woman Dies at
Mason City Hospital

OSAGE, IOWA — Mrs. Milt McGhan, 67, died Thursday morning, at a Mason City hospital, following a major operation last Friday. She became seriously ill about two weeks ago.

Etta Hogan was born March 4, 1877, in the state, of New York. She moved with her parents to Austin, Minnesota, where she spent her girlhood, and attended the Austin public schools.

She was married to Milt McGhan on January 1, 1896. They established their first home near Stacyville. They lived successively at Riceville, Little Cedar, and 33 years ago came to Osage where they have since made their home.

Mrs. McGhan was one of 12 children, four of whom survive her. They are Mrs. Frank Champion and Dan Hogan, Osage, and James and Herbert Hogan of Aitkin, Minnesota.

Surviving also, are her husband, Milt McGhan, two daughters, Mrs. Ollie Gilchrist, Washington D.C., Mrs. Einer Fredricksen, Osage; and one son, Virgil, Lime Springs.

[Mason City Globe-Gazette, Friday, November 10, 1944] (Credit: S Bell)

NOTES: The sibling above called "Dan" was William Daniel Hogan, possibly also known as "Dee."

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Osage – Funeral service for Mrs. M. H. McGhan, 67, who died Thursday, will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Champion Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Osage Cemetery. A daughter, Mrs. Ollie Gilchrist arrived Friday from Washington, D. C., to attend the rites.

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday November 12, 1944]
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Osage City Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa:

Etta A. McGhan (death/burial) November 12, 1944

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#4:
1900 US Census: Stacyville, Mitchell, Iowa--

Milton McGhan, 30, born February 1870, in Iowa
Etta A., 23, born March 1877, NY?
Ethel, 3, born October 1896, Iowa
Gladys, 1, born June 1898, Iowa

Note: in the 1925 Census, her daughter Ethel Gilchrist lists her mothers maiden name as Hogan.
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Photo of Etta from STANDARD HISTORICAL ATLAS OF MITCHELL COUNTY, IOWA, 1911.

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