OBITUARY OF JOE MCGINNIS [newspaper unknown] Transcribed and submitted by Irma Ward , copyright July 2001 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Word was received here this morning that Joe McGinniss, of the Bush City neighborhood, died last night (4/10/1908) at 3 a.m. at a sanitarium at Bonner Springs where he has been about 2 weeks. His body will be brought home, but we have received no information as to the time of the funeral. Mr. McGinniss was a very industrious, hard working man - worked too hard, indeed, which brought on the sickness which caused his death. We learn that the prime cause of his ill health was an affection of the heart, which was aggravaed by hard work. For years he has owned the farm where his family still lives, close to Bush City, and by hard work, economy and good management, has succeeded in getting a comfortable share of this world's goods. He was honest and upright in all his dealing; he was a kind husband and father, and he was a model citizen. Mr. McGinniss came to Anderson county in 1869 with his parents (Alexander & Julia Overholtz McGinness). The family settled near Greeley. Joe was a small boy then. After a few years, the family moved to a farm near Richmond, which has since been the family home. When Joe attained this majority, he started out to make a home for himself and his wife and, we believe, purchased the same farm on which his family lives. As before stated, he was very industrious - to industious for his own good. He purchased a saw mill several months ago, and undertook to attend to that as well as to manage his farm. He was confined to his bed seveal weeks and did not improve much, but it was thought that his removal to a sanitarium would be beneficial to his health. This expectation was not realized and he continued to fail until death claimed him. We extend to the stricken wife and children our heart felt sympathy in their great sorrow. _____