| Birth: | 1 Oct 1822 in Guyandotte, Cabell Co., WV |
| Death: | 17 May 1896 in Mole Hill, WV |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | Edmund McGinnis b. 25 Nov 1798 in Hampshire Co., VA |
| Mother: | Mary Polly Houghland b. 23 Jun 1797 in Williamsport, Hardy Co., VA |
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| Sarah Jane Marsh (Wife) b. 16 Jul 1824 in Harrison Co., WV
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| Marriage: | 8 Oct 1849 in Ritchie County, WV |
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 Parmenas Mathias McGinnis b. 21 May 1851 in Mole Hill, WV
- Mary Ann McGinnis b. 9 Mar 1853 in Mole Hill, WV
- Asbury Hamlin McGinnis b. 19 Jul 1854 in Mole Hill, WV
- Samantha Beuring McGinnis b. 21 Feb 1856 in Mole Hill, WV
- Enoch Marsh McGinnis b. 18 Nov 1857 in Mole Hill, WV
- Melcena Jane McGinnis b. 25 Jan 1860 in Mole Hill, WV
- Clarinda Ellen McGinnis b. 28 Jul 1861 in Mole Hill, WV
- Sarah Margaret McGinnis b. 29 Nov 1862 in Mole Hill, WV
- Armeda Elizabeth McGinnis b. 29 Nov 1862 in Mole Hill, WV
 Eliza Florence McGinnis b. 28 Nov 1864 in Mole Hill, WV
- Lina Helen McGinnis b. 9 Oct 1866 in Mole Hill, WV
- John Houghland McGinnis b. 12 Sep 1870 in Mole Hill, WV
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| Nancy E. Hammett (Wife) b. 10 Feb 1840 in Wood Co. WV
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| Marriage: | 26 Jan 1887 |
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Individual:
1850 - Census, VA , Fayette Co, p. 352, 14th District
1880 - Census, Ritchie Co. listed as age 57, farmer (probably 59)
first minister of Mole Hill Methodist, now Union
1850 - traditionally Uncle Pyrrhus invited him to preach in Beckley, east
Raleigh Co.
1850 - moved to Richie Co.
1852 - moved to farm at headwaters of North Fork of Hughes River near
Mole Hill
taught 17 school terms, mostly Wayne Co., some in Ritchie
no name on cemetery gate, 1/25 mile off Route 74 near Mole Hill
Tombstone reads: Kind father of love thou hast come to thy rest
Forever to bask mid the joys of the blest
buried next to Francis McCullough and Clarinda Ellen McGinnis
also Lina and Liza.
!MARRIAGE:IGI says Wayne, VA - family Bible says Enoch Marsh's place,
by Rev. Francis Guthrie
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