Minerva McGinnis was the daughter of Darah "Dory" McGinnis and Kassander/Kassandra Riley McGinnis. She had eight siblings.
Minerva McGinnis married Josiah Fox on January 2, 1840 in Clay County, Missouri. They had nine children.
Minerva McGinnis Fox was a younger sister of my ancestor, Susan McGinnis, who married Arthur Gow.
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NOTES:
1830
1840
1850 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1860 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1870 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1880 Guelph, Sumner, Kansas
1890 - not likely found
From the Liberty Tribune on January 22, 1897:
"Kearney Clipper - Mrs. Minerva Fox, of Portland, Kans, died 21 Dec 1896. She came to Clay Co. in 1828 or 1829 and lived there until 1875 when she moved to Sumner Co. Kans. Her maiden name was McGinnis. James and Alfred McGinnis, who now live in Kearney are her brothers. She leaves 3 sons and 4 daus. Member Presbyterian church. Buried 24th December."
From Weekly Republican-Traveler of Arkansas City, Kansas on Thursday, December 24, 1896:
States she died yesterday, which would be December 23, 1896.
States she was 77 years old.
**That would change her birth year from 1825 to 1819.
**Need to see a gravestone or some other death record to know which birth year and which death day are correct.
From Judi Widmaier:
"Josiah and Minerva had the following children:
Georgia Ann (Georgie) b. 01-1840 d. sometime after 1900
Dory b. 09-1844 d. 12-16-1939 Chanute, Neosho, Kansas
John M. b. 1845 d. 06-1867 shot on the Fox farm in Clay County, Missouri
Catherine (Cassie, Susan, Theresa-known by these names also in Fed. Census)Fox Groom, second marriage name of Strange b. 02-1851 d. sometime after 1920
Ryland b. 02-12-1850 d. 08-06-1927 Blackwell Cemetery, Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma
Alfred b. 1852 d. sometime after 1860
William b. 02-1854 d. 1916 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Josephine (Josie A.) Fox Horne b. 03-27-1856 d. 05-13-1926 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Sila Fox Brown b. 01-06-1858 d. 03-20-1941 Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas
In 1859, Josiah Fox died, and Minerva and her young sons, Dory (named after his maternal grandfather) and John and 4 slaves barely made ends meet on the small family farm. Minerva and her neighbors, Penelope Devers, and Zerelda James-Samuels (relation of Jesse and Frank James) were not shrinking southern belles. They were outspoken with strong southern sympathies. Many of their family members were involved with the Quantrill Raiders that were active in the area during post Civil War Missouri. According to John Newman Edwards author of NOTED GUERRILLAS, Minerva and her two daughters, Georgie and Cassie were very active with the guerrillas at this time. Dory Fox was thought to have been with the guerrillas in a bank robbery in Richmond, Ray, Missouri. Two men were killed and even though Dory was not on the list of suspects, the posse was certain he was involved. When the posse came looking for Dory they mistook his brother John M. for him and shot and killed John. The posses was never prosecuted for this killing.
Soon after this incident Minerva and her family moved to Sumner County, Kansas to get away from the horrors of this post war Missouri. The last time that Minerva is seen occurs in the 1895 Kansas Census in Guelph, Sumner County. She is 76 years of age and is living with a family named Scowger and her son, Dory. (Information about the Fox family and post war Missouri, is provided through research of Deanna DeSmet, Ohio, and the Census records from Ancestry.com.)
A side note to this, is a story found in the 1937 Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Star-Herald. It tells of a slave, Lucy Arthur Young, who was born on the Fox farm in 1858. Lucy rmembered the incident when John M. was killed. She called the posse, 'soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers.' "Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do." She remembers Old Mistress, Mrs. Fox, a widow who wore a little cap with lace on it. "She loved her slaves and wept when they left." When Lucy moved with her family from the Fox farm to Kansas City, she ran to the arms of her former mistress and said, "Don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple." I'm sure if Lucy had known what had happened to this family she would have come back to help her "Old Mistress". (See memorial 89616481 for further information)"
Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Minerva McGinnis married Josiah Fox on January 2, 1840 in Clay County, Missouri. They had nine children.
Minerva McGinnis Fox was a younger sister of my ancestor, Susan McGinnis, who married Arthur Gow.
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NOTES:
1830
1840
1850 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1860 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1870 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1880 Guelph, Sumner, Kansas
1890 - not likely found
From the Liberty Tribune on January 22, 1897:
"Kearney Clipper - Mrs. Minerva Fox, of Portland, Kans, died 21 Dec 1896. She came to Clay Co. in 1828 or 1829 and lived there until 1875 when she moved to Sumner Co. Kans. Her maiden name was McGinnis. James and Alfred McGinnis, who now live in Kearney are her brothers. She leaves 3 sons and 4 daus. Member Presbyterian church. Buried 24th December."
From Weekly Republican-Traveler of Arkansas City, Kansas on Thursday, December 24, 1896:
States she died yesterday, which would be December 23, 1896.
States she was 77 years old.
**That would change her birth year from 1825 to 1819.
**Need to see a gravestone or some other death record to know which birth year and which death day are correct.
From Judi Widmaier:
"Josiah and Minerva had the following children:
Georgia Ann (Georgie) b. 01-1840 d. sometime after 1900
Dory b. 09-1844 d. 12-16-1939 Chanute, Neosho, Kansas
John M. b. 1845 d. 06-1867 shot on the Fox farm in Clay County, Missouri
Catherine (Cassie, Susan, Theresa-known by these names also in Fed. Census)Fox Groom, second marriage name of Strange b. 02-1851 d. sometime after 1920
Ryland b. 02-12-1850 d. 08-06-1927 Blackwell Cemetery, Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma
Alfred b. 1852 d. sometime after 1860
William b. 02-1854 d. 1916 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Josephine (Josie A.) Fox Horne b. 03-27-1856 d. 05-13-1926 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Sila Fox Brown b. 01-06-1858 d. 03-20-1941 Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas
In 1859, Josiah Fox died, and Minerva and her young sons, Dory (named after his maternal grandfather) and John and 4 slaves barely made ends meet on the small family farm. Minerva and her neighbors, Penelope Devers, and Zerelda James-Samuels (relation of Jesse and Frank James) were not shrinking southern belles. They were outspoken with strong southern sympathies. Many of their family members were involved with the Quantrill Raiders that were active in the area during post Civil War Missouri. According to John Newman Edwards author of NOTED GUERRILLAS, Minerva and her two daughters, Georgie and Cassie were very active with the guerrillas at this time. Dory Fox was thought to have been with the guerrillas in a bank robbery in Richmond, Ray, Missouri. Two men were killed and even though Dory was not on the list of suspects, the posse was certain he was involved. When the posse came looking for Dory they mistook his brother John M. for him and shot and killed John. The posses was never prosecuted for this killing.
Soon after this incident Minerva and her family moved to Sumner County, Kansas to get away from the horrors of this post war Missouri. The last time that Minerva is seen occurs in the 1895 Kansas Census in Guelph, Sumner County. She is 76 years of age and is living with a family named Scowger and her son, Dory. (Information about the Fox family and post war Missouri, is provided through research of Deanna DeSmet, Ohio, and the Census records from Ancestry.com.)
A side note to this, is a story found in the 1937 Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Star-Herald. It tells of a slave, Lucy Arthur Young, who was born on the Fox farm in 1858. Lucy rmembered the incident when John M. was killed. She called the posse, 'soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers.' "Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do." She remembers Old Mistress, Mrs. Fox, a widow who wore a little cap with lace on it. "She loved her slaves and wept when they left." When Lucy moved with her family from the Fox farm to Kansas City, she ran to the arms of her former mistress and said, "Don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple." I'm sure if Lucy had known what had happened to this family she would have come back to help her "Old Mistress". (See memorial 89616481 for further information)"
Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Minerva McGinnis was the daughter of Darah "Dory" McGinnis and Kassander/Kassandra Riley McGinnis. She had eight siblings.
Minerva McGinnis married Josiah Fox on January 2, 1840 in Clay County, Missouri. They had nine children.
Minerva McGinnis Fox was a younger sister of my ancestor, Susan McGinnis, who married Arthur Gow.
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NOTES:
1830
1840
1850 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1860 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1870 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1880 Guelph, Sumner, Kansas
1890 - not likely found
From the Liberty Tribune on January 22, 1897:
"Kearney Clipper - Mrs. Minerva Fox, of Portland, Kans, died 21 Dec 1896. She came to Clay Co. in 1828 or 1829 and lived there until 1875 when she moved to Sumner Co. Kans. Her maiden name was McGinnis. James and Alfred McGinnis, who now live in Kearney are her brothers. She leaves 3 sons and 4 daus. Member Presbyterian church. Buried 24th December."
From Weekly Republican-Traveler of Arkansas City, Kansas on Thursday, December 24, 1896:
States she died yesterday, which would be December 23, 1896.
States she was 77 years old.
**That would change her birth year from 1825 to 1819.
**Need to see a gravestone or some other death record to know which birth year and which death day are correct.
From Judi Widmaier:
"Josiah and Minerva had the following children:
Georgia Ann (Georgie) b. 01-1840 d. sometime after 1900
Dory b. 09-1844 d. 12-16-1939 Chanute, Neosho, Kansas
John M. b. 1845 d. 06-1867 shot on the Fox farm in Clay County, Missouri
Catherine (Cassie, Susan, Theresa-known by these names also in Fed. Census)Fox Groom, second marriage name of Strange b. 02-1851 d. sometime after 1920
Ryland b. 02-12-1850 d. 08-06-1927 Blackwell Cemetery, Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma
Alfred b. 1852 d. sometime after 1860
William b. 02-1854 d. 1916 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Josephine (Josie A.) Fox Horne b. 03-27-1856 d. 05-13-1926 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Sila Fox Brown b. 01-06-1858 d. 03-20-1941 Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas
In 1859, Josiah Fox died, and Minerva and her young sons, Dory (named after his maternal grandfather) and John and 4 slaves barely made ends meet on the small family farm. Minerva and her neighbors, Penelope Devers, and Zerelda James-Samuels (relation of Jesse and Frank James) were not shrinking southern belles. They were outspoken with strong southern sympathies. Many of their family members were involved with the Quantrill Raiders that were active in the area during post Civil War Missouri. According to John Newman Edwards author of NOTED GUERRILLAS, Minerva and her two daughters, Georgie and Cassie were very active with the guerrillas at this time. Dory Fox was thought to have been with the guerrillas in a bank robbery in Richmond, Ray, Missouri. Two men were killed and even though Dory was not on the list of suspects, the posse was certain he was involved. When the posse came looking for Dory they mistook his brother John M. for him and shot and killed John. The posses was never prosecuted for this killing.
Soon after this incident Minerva and her family moved to Sumner County, Kansas to get away from the horrors of this post war Missouri. The last time that Minerva is seen occurs in the 1895 Kansas Census in Guelph, Sumner County. She is 76 years of age and is living with a family named Scowger and her son, Dory. (Information about the Fox family and post war Missouri, is provided through research of Deanna DeSmet, Ohio, and the Census records from Ancestry.com.)
A side note to this, is a story found in the 1937 Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Star-Herald. It tells of a slave, Lucy Arthur Young, who was born on the Fox farm in 1858. Lucy rmembered the incident when John M. was killed. She called the posse, 'soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers.' "Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do." She remembers Old Mistress, Mrs. Fox, a widow who wore a little cap with lace on it. "She loved her slaves and wept when they left." When Lucy moved with her family from the Fox farm to Kansas City, she ran to the arms of her former mistress and said, "Don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple." I'm sure if Lucy had known what had happened to this family she would have come back to help her "Old Mistress". (See memorial 89616481 for further information)"
Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
Minerva McGinnis married Josiah Fox on January 2, 1840 in Clay County, Missouri. They had nine children.
Minerva McGinnis Fox was a younger sister of my ancestor, Susan McGinnis, who married Arthur Gow.
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NOTES:
1830
1840
1850 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1860 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1870 Washington Township, Clay, Missouri
1880 Guelph, Sumner, Kansas
1890 - not likely found
From the Liberty Tribune on January 22, 1897:
"Kearney Clipper - Mrs. Minerva Fox, of Portland, Kans, died 21 Dec 1896. She came to Clay Co. in 1828 or 1829 and lived there until 1875 when she moved to Sumner Co. Kans. Her maiden name was McGinnis. James and Alfred McGinnis, who now live in Kearney are her brothers. She leaves 3 sons and 4 daus. Member Presbyterian church. Buried 24th December."
From Weekly Republican-Traveler of Arkansas City, Kansas on Thursday, December 24, 1896:
States she died yesterday, which would be December 23, 1896.
States she was 77 years old.
**That would change her birth year from 1825 to 1819.
**Need to see a gravestone or some other death record to know which birth year and which death day are correct.
From Judi Widmaier:
"Josiah and Minerva had the following children:
Georgia Ann (Georgie) b. 01-1840 d. sometime after 1900
Dory b. 09-1844 d. 12-16-1939 Chanute, Neosho, Kansas
John M. b. 1845 d. 06-1867 shot on the Fox farm in Clay County, Missouri
Catherine (Cassie, Susan, Theresa-known by these names also in Fed. Census)Fox Groom, second marriage name of Strange b. 02-1851 d. sometime after 1920
Ryland b. 02-12-1850 d. 08-06-1927 Blackwell Cemetery, Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma
Alfred b. 1852 d. sometime after 1860
William b. 02-1854 d. 1916 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Josephine (Josie A.) Fox Horne b. 03-27-1856 d. 05-13-1926 Braman Cemetery, Braman, Kay, Oklahoma
Sila Fox Brown b. 01-06-1858 d. 03-20-1941 Elmwood Cemetery, Chanute, Neosho County, Kansas
In 1859, Josiah Fox died, and Minerva and her young sons, Dory (named after his maternal grandfather) and John and 4 slaves barely made ends meet on the small family farm. Minerva and her neighbors, Penelope Devers, and Zerelda James-Samuels (relation of Jesse and Frank James) were not shrinking southern belles. They were outspoken with strong southern sympathies. Many of their family members were involved with the Quantrill Raiders that were active in the area during post Civil War Missouri. According to John Newman Edwards author of NOTED GUERRILLAS, Minerva and her two daughters, Georgie and Cassie were very active with the guerrillas at this time. Dory Fox was thought to have been with the guerrillas in a bank robbery in Richmond, Ray, Missouri. Two men were killed and even though Dory was not on the list of suspects, the posse was certain he was involved. When the posse came looking for Dory they mistook his brother John M. for him and shot and killed John. The posses was never prosecuted for this killing.
Soon after this incident Minerva and her family moved to Sumner County, Kansas to get away from the horrors of this post war Missouri. The last time that Minerva is seen occurs in the 1895 Kansas Census in Guelph, Sumner County. She is 76 years of age and is living with a family named Scowger and her son, Dory. (Information about the Fox family and post war Missouri, is provided through research of Deanna DeSmet, Ohio, and the Census records from Ancestry.com.)
A side note to this, is a story found in the 1937 Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Star-Herald. It tells of a slave, Lucy Arthur Young, who was born on the Fox farm in 1858. Lucy rmembered the incident when John M. was killed. She called the posse, 'soldiers, or maybe they were bushwhackers.' "Slave times were bad for some folks, but not for us. Our mistress loved my mother and they were so glad when my papa came back from the war that they didn't know what to do." She remembers Old Mistress, Mrs. Fox, a widow who wore a little cap with lace on it. "She loved her slaves and wept when they left." When Lucy moved with her family from the Fox farm to Kansas City, she ran to the arms of her former mistress and said, "Don't cry, Mistress, I'm going to come back and bring you an apple." I'm sure if Lucy had known what had happened to this family she would have come back to help her "Old Mistress". (See memorial 89616481 for further information)"
Bio and NOTES by: Pam Barns
If anyone has more/better information, please contact me.
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