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      History of the McAnally Family

      McAnally is a name that is found in the North of Ireland, and also, although rarer, in Scotland. Variations of the name in Scotland are said to be McInally, McAnnally, as well as McAnally. Other spellings of the name McAnally are found in America and are more a product of frontier education than Gaelic to English translations.

      The origin of the McAnallys in this country who can trace their lineage to pre-eighteen century America is still shrouded in the fog of family legend. At least two legends have been located: one that a boy was kidnapped near the mouth of the Forth, in Scotland, brought to America and turned loose to shift for himself on the American coast; another that a young man was a stow away on board a ship headed for America.

      In the two hundred and eighty years (over three hundred now) since the McAnally family arrived in America, they have been an integral part of its saga. They walked the streets of Philadelphia with Benjamin Franklin, defended Colonial Virginia's western border with young George Washington, fought for their country's freedom in the American Revolution, and were neighbors to David Crocket on the Tennessee frontier. Their blood was spilled in the conflicts that ranged over our country's history, and there are still McAnallys found fighting for the cause of freedom in America today.

      Their story is not one of a prominent, well known family. It is instead the story of a quiet people who contributed their determination, skill, muscle, and blood to the making of America. If the McAnally family has a trait, that trait would be a love of personal freedom and privacy. This often led to pursuit of the western frontier or settlement in the remote crannies of civilization.

      by James L. McAnally: The McAnally Family In America, July 1976.

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      McAnally Descendants
      Generation No. 1

      Unknown McAnally was born Bef. 1792 in Virginia, and died Bef. 1850. He married Mary Lee Bef. 1813. She was born abt. 1796 in VA; died abt. 1865 in Arkansas.

      Notes for Mary Lee:
      Burial along the White River near Woodruff County, AR by her grandchildren.
      Her sister Sarah (Sallie) b about 1801, d 1865 AR, married Benjamin Franklin (B.F.) Denton about 1820. They had 8 children. He was born 1797 in Shenandoah Co., VA and died Jan 8, 1864 in Baxter or Marion County, AR.

      Children of Unknown McAnally and Mary Lee are:
      • Lucy A. McAnally, born Bef. 1813 in Tennesee; died December 1903 in Franklin, Arkansas.
      • Christopher Columbus McAnally, born June 1831 in Tennessee; died February 4, 1904 in Franklin, Arkansas.
      • James McAnally, born 1832, Tennessee, died probably Woodruff Co., AR.

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      Generation No. 2

      Lucy A. McAnally (William) was born May 1813 in Tennessee; and died December 1903 in Franklin, Arkansas. She married James Meredith Shelton. He was born Abt. 1800 in North Carolina died After 1869.

      Children of Lucy McAnally and James Shelton are:
      • Andrew Jackson Shelton, b 1847 TN; d 1933 Carroll Co., AR.
      • Francis Meredith Shelton, b Abt. 1853 AR; d March 6, 1897 AR.
      • George William Shelton, b Abt. 1853 AR; d Bet. 1869-1870 of pneumonia.
      • Jacob Shelton, b Abt. 1855 AR; d unknown.

      Christopher Columbus McAnally was born June 1831 in Tennessee, and died February 4, 1904 in Franklin, Izard Co., Arkansas. He married (1) Louisa Lewis Abt. 1850 in Cairo, Alexander Co., Illinois. He married (2) Martha Caroline Berry Abt. 1870 in Woodruff Co., Arkansas.

      Children of Christopher McAnally and Louisa Lewis Are:
      • Samuel R. McAnally, born November 27, 1852 in Arkansas and died April 2, 1942 in Franklin, Arkansas.
      • James A. S. McAnally, born November 6, 1854 in Marion Co., Arkansas and died July 18, 1907 in Cash Arkansas.
      • Alford L. McAnally born January 20, 1856 in Arkansas and died June 8, 1950 in Franklin, Arkansas.
      • Mollie Ann McAnally, born April 1, 1859 in Flippin, Marion County, Arkansas and died March 19, 1937 in Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas. She married John Stacy Roberts January 23, 1879 in Izard Co., AR. He is the son of Moses Roberts and Mary Kyle.

      Children of Christopher McAnally and Martha Berry are:
      • Emma Jane McAnally born 1873 AR; died 1902 Izard Co., AR.
      • Ida Elizabeth McAnally, born January 13, 1876 in Franklin, AR; died January 21, 1920 in Franklin, AR.
      • William Benjamin McAnally, born Janary 31, 1878 in Franklin, AR; died March 13, 1961 in Franklin, AR.
      • Christopher Columbus McAnally born February 20, 1880 in Franklin AR; died February 23, 1974 in Franklin, AR.
      • Augusta Maine McAnally, b September 11, 1882, Franklin, AR; d September 21, 1981, Batesville, Izard Co., AR.
      • Roxie Vanna McAnally, born January 13, 1885 in Franklin, AR; died March 29, 1969 in Franklin, AR.
      • Susan M. McAnally, born June 8, 1888 in Franklin, AR; died January 10, 1986 in Des Moines, Iowa.

      James McAnally was born 1831 in Tennessee. He married (1)Emily F.before 1855 and she died after 1862 AR He married (2)Nancy Ellen Miller Cagle after 1860 in Arkansas. She was born 1823 in AL; and died Aft. 1870 in AR.

      1860 Census Marion County, Arkansas shows James and Emily; also C.C. and mother Mary living with Lucy Shelton.
      1870 Census of DeView, Woodruff County, Arkansas shows James McAnally from Tennessee and Nancy from Alabama with two McAnally children, William Lee (14) and Christopher (9). Also Martha Cagle age 14 from Miss.

      Notes for JAMES MCANALLY:
      1870 Woodruff County AR Census, De View Township
      James McAnally, 38 male born in TN
      Nancy McAnally, 45 female born in AL
      William L McAnally, 14
      Christopher McAnally, 9
      Martha J. Caigle, 14 female born is MS
      John W. Raney, 3 1/2 months

      Also on the Arkansas Census, Woodruff Co, 1870
      Albert McAnally - White River Twp.
      James McAnally - Deview Twp

      Nancy was married (1) Abraham Cagle on July 29, 1838 in Copiah Co., MS. Children: Tabetha 1842, Sarah 1844, William 1849, Lucinda 1850, Drucilla 1852, Ira. Oliver 1854, Martha 1856, Margaret 1859.

      Children of James McAnally and Emily are:

      • William Lee (Bill) McAnally, b. January 25, 1855, Arkansas; d. July 02, 1927, Ada, OK.
      • Jenetta C. McAnally, born 1857.
      • James McAnally, born 1859.
      • Columbus Christopher McAnally, b. 1862, Arkansas; d. 1934 in Cedars/Leb., Los Angeles, California.

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      Generation No. 3

      William Lee (Bill) McAnally (James) was born January 25, 1855 in Arkansas, and died July 02, 1927 in Ada, Oklahoma. He married (1) Lucinda Fenley January 14, 1880 in Woodruff Co., Arkansas. He married (2) Mary Elizabeth (Mollie) Gibson December 26, 1885 in Franklin, Izard Co., Arkansas, daughter of William Almarine Gibson and Sarah Arnett. He married (3) Sally Jane White Aft. 1916 in Ada, OK. She was born in California.

      Notes for Lucinda Fenley:
      Name could have been Louise or Louisa. Her mother Jane Berry was married three times. (1) Max Findley, (2) Unk Mauncie or Munsey, (3) Polk Young. Lucinda's marriage license to William Lee McAnally stated her name as Louise Young. She was 16 when she married (born Abt. 1864). She died soon after her child Edgar was born and Edgar was raised by his grandmother Jane (and Polk) Young. No further record has been found on him.

      Child of William McAnally and Lucinda Fenley is:
      • Edgar McAnally, b. Aft 1880.

      Notes for Mary Elizabeth Gibson:
      Because of health conditions, the Gibson family came to Violet Hill, Arkansas (near Batesville). Mary Elizabeth, the oldest Gibson child married William Lee McAnally in Franklin, Arkansas on 26 Dec. 1885. They had seven (8) children. In 1900 The Bill McAnally family, the Bill Gibson family and Swank family started for the Indian Territory. There were 7 covered wagons in the train. After 20 days dangerous travel they reached the new town of Ada and found a long log cabin on Goose Hill (Norris place). They leased this cabin from the Perry family. For some two years the McAnally's lived on the Perry farm, then he found and moved into a larger house at Hird, I.T. 1905 was a year long to be remembered. Bill McAnally bought a Home Comfort Range (cook stove) and a "drop head" sewing machine. The sewing machine was used to make the wedding clothes for their oldest daughter, Inez, who married Harvey Luther when she was 16 years old. Bill McAnally bought a city block (after most of Hird had moved to Ada when the railroad came through) and we moved into a larger house in 1908. We went to school at Colbert and one year we had a "winning" debate team. Report by Ethel M. McAnally Scott

      Children of William McAnally and Mary Gibson are:
      • Almarine Trucio McAnally, b. January 24, 1887, Izard County, Arkansas; d. January 11, 1950, Ada, Oklahoma.
      • Inez McAnally, b. October 27, 1888 AR, d. Feb 8, 1961 Ada, OK.
      • Ida McAnally, b. April 21, 1889 AR; d. January 1974, Ada, Oklahoma; m. Frank Smith.
      • Christopher Leonidas McAnally, b. 1890; d. 1963, Ada, Oklahoma.
      • Agnes McAnally, b. October 06, 1892 AR; d. July 15, 1984, Garden Grove, California, age 91; m. (1) J. Tom Kent on June 7, 1908 in Ada, OK; m. (2) Unknown Prough.
      • William Jennings Bryan McAnally, b. January 01, 1897, Yell County, Arkansas; d. October 23, 1961, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
      • Eunice McAnally, b. December 3, 1898 AR; d. July 13, 1928.
      • Ethel Mandoza McAnally, b. January 12, 1902 Hird, I.T.; d. December 16, 1980, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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      Generation No. 4

      Almarine Trusho McAnally (William Lee "Bill", James) was born January 24, 1887 in Izard County, Arkansas, and died January 11, 1950 in Ada, Oklahoma. He married Laura Ann Grisham November 24, 1907 in Ada, Oklahoma, daughter of Tom Grisham and Mary Gouge.

      Obit for A.T. McAnally.
      Obit for Laura Ann Grisham.

      Children of Almarine McAnally and Laura Grisham are:
      • Zethra Laura McAnally, b. August 12, 1908, Oklahoma; d. June 16, 1976, Ada, Oklahoma.
      • Azalea McAnally, b. October 31, 1910, Oklahoma; d. July 25, 1980, Ada, Oklahoma; m. Loyd Burris, December 10, 1926, Arkansas.
      • Kenneth Elmo McAnally, b. March 10, 1913, Stratford, Oklahoma; d. September 8, 2001, Oklahoma City, OK, burial Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK.
      • Dale McAnally, b. September 7, 1915; d. March 15, 1916, burial Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK.

      Inez McAnally (William Lee "Bill", James) was born October 27, 1888, AR., d. Feb 8, 1961 (W-17-7-1). She married Jerrett Harvey Luther in September 4, 1905 Hird, I.T. He was born May 15, 1880, d. January 26, 1968 Ada, OK( Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, OK W-17-7-2)

      Children of Inez McAnally and J. Harvey Luther are:
      • Cressy Luther b 1908 m Harvey Shipman.
      • Harvey Carl Luther.
      • Gladys Estel Luther.

      Christopher Leonidas McAnally (William Lee "Bill", James) was born November 5, 1889, and died September 4, 1963 in Ada, Oklahoma. He married Ethel Bray on February 7, 1915 in Ada (#4-2119-202). She was born July 30, 1893 in Byron, AR and died January 18, 1988 Ada, OK.

      Children of Leonidas McAnally and Ethel Bray is:
      • Florita McAnally m. James Hammond.
      • Bobbie Lee McAnally m Jay Newton.

      William Jennings Bryan McAnally (William Lee "Bill", James) was born January 01, 1897 in Yell County, Arkansas, and died October 23, 1961 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He married Viola Balthrop October 3, 1915 in Ada, daughter of James Balthrop and Mary Hill.

      Obit. for W. J. B. McAnally:

      Children of William McAnally and Viola Balthrop are:
      • Winford Jennings McAnally, b. February 20, 1917; d. September 11, 1985.
      • Kathleen McAnally.

      Ethel Mendoza McAnally (William Lee "Bill", James) was born January 12, 1902, and died December 16, 1980 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She married Willie Herbert Scott on June 1, 1922 in Ada, OK (#8-4844-219).

      Children of Ethel McAnally and Herbert Scott are:
      • Harold Scott.
      • Herbert Jr. Scott.


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