Scribe of a Kansas HistoryUpdated January 5, 2004
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djmjMcGinnis
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With in these pages is my family lines it now holds2641 surnames,I would like to thank all of my family and freinds who have contributed infomashion on the members of the family, And a special thanks to my Aunt Cleta M,who peaked my intrest in our family history. My GRANDMOTHER Della M. Cummings Wright (thanks for the help with the poam.) A Scribe`s Surname Family History hosted Here http://tribalpages.com/tribes/scoreshell/ The storytellers,We are the chosen ones, My feelings are in each family there is One who seems called to find the Ancestors? To put flesh on their bones and make them live again, To tell of their family story and to feel that somehow they know and approve, To me, doing genealogy is not a cold gathering facts but, instead Breathing life into all who have gone before, We are the storytellers of the tribe`s Family History. All tribes have one or two or even three, We have been called as it were by our very assents of our being, Those who have gone before cry out to us, Tell our story remember who we were, In finding them, we somehow find ourselves. How many graves have i stood before, I have lost count, How many times have i told the Ancestors you have a wonderful family? You would be proud of us, How many times have I walked up to a grave and felt somehow there was Love there for me, I cannot say, It goes beyond just Documenting facts our endless hours of search. It goes to who I am. And why do I do the things I do? I am a storyteller passed down from my grandfather Elisha Jack Wright, Born To James Thomas Wright And Mary Ann Pruitt in Missouri 1892, It goes to seeing a cemetery about to be lost forever to weeds and indifference And saying I can`t let this happen, we need to stand United and take care of our dead,The bones here are bones of my bones and flesh of my flesh, It goes to doing something about it. It goes to pride in what our Ancestors were able to accomplish, How they contributed to what we are today, It goes to respecting their hardships and losses. Their giving in or Giving up, their resoluteness to go on and build a life for their family, It goes to deep pride that they fought to make and keep us a Natshions. It goes to a deep and immense understanding that they were doing it for us. That we might be born who we are .To be Born in A world of Pride and safety and to be Free. That we might remember them, So we do with love and caring and scribing each fact of their Existence Each trail we push on, each censer`s record we search, Because we are them and they are us. So, as a scribe called, this generation (Della JoAnn McGinnis) I will tell the story of our family history. It is up to the next One called, In our generation to answer the call And take their place in the long line of family storytellers. For i have done the ground work for the start of the new scribe, That is why i do my family genealogy, and that is what calls Those young and old to step up and put flesh on those bones. I know you will all endeavor to Live up to Their expectations of you You have with in you the blood of great pioneer stock. From the labors of your ancestors came this land we call home. AMERICA. Wright family lines. http://www.tribalpages.com/tribes/delladarnell Wright family lines. http://delladarnell.accessgenealogy.com By Della Joann McGinnis Johnson
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- John Kopel McGinnis and Family ofPowhaten Kansas (4 KB)
John Kopel McGinnis, born March 08, 1825 in Jonesville, Tennessee; died November 20, 1900 in Powhatten Brown Co, Kansas.He was the son ofJesse McGinnis andAnn Reed.He marriedMary Hardin Simmons September 16, 1847 in McDonough Co, Ill.Mary Hardin Simmons, born October 30, 1830 in Washington Co, Kentucky; died July 10, 1901 in Powhatten Brown Co, Kansas.She was the daughter ofJoshua Simmons andMary Polly Webster. - Lile Adelial Smith,McGinnis and children (60 KB)
James Thomas McGinnis, born March 11, 1855 in Macomb Ill; died 1940 in Norton County, Norton Kansas.He was the son of John Kopel McGinnis andMary Hardin Simmons.He married Lille Adelial Smith September 11, 1884 in Calvert Highland twp Calvert Kansas.Lille Adelial Smith, born September 13, 1862; died June 26, 1946.She was the daughter of Alva Smith andMary E Price. - Orpha Watkins,on the front porch (111 KB)
Philip Michals, born November 09, 1829 in TREEVER , GERMANY; died December 27, 1905 in Sequim, clallam county washington.He was the son of Joesph Michals and Susie.He marriedOrpha Watkins July 28, 1861.Orpha Watkins, born August 24, 1838 in Paxton, Vermilion, County, ILL; died May 22, 1915 in Sequim Clallam County, Washington.She was the daughter ofBenjamin Watkins andAlmira Lane. - MAP BROWN CO KS 1889 (25 KB)
The area of kansas John k McGinnis seetled at after their arival from ill - The youngest McGinnis (2 KB)
Elisha McGinnis
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