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G. J. McGINNIS, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Le Roy; born in Lawrence Co., Penn., April 14, 1842. He attended the common schools in his youth and assisted his father upon the farm until 18 years of age, when, on the 10th of September, 1861, he enlisted in Battery B, 1st P. V. A.; he served in the army of the Potomac under McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, McDowell, Meade, Pope, and lastly, Grant. He was in many hard battles, among which we mention Mechanicsvillle, June 26 and 27, 1862; Gaines’ Mill, June 27, 1862; New Market Cross Roads, June 30, 1862; the second battle of Bull Run, Aug. 28, 29 and 30, 1862; South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862; Antietam, Md.. Sept. 16 and 17, 1862; Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862: Fredericksburg,. April 30 and May 1, 1863, U. S. Ford, May 6, 1863; Gettysburg, July 1, 2 and 3, 1863; battles of the Wilderness, and the last one near Petersburg, in August, 1864. After serving his full time of three years, he received his discharge on the 10th of September, 1864. Mr. McGinnis had a brother in the same company, who died from sickness contracted while in the army. He personally was sick but one week during his whole term. Receiving his discharge, he returned home, and in the spring of 1865, emigrated to Illinois, and located in Woodford Co., where he purchased eighty acres of land, upon which he lived one year, when he sold out and purchased eighty acres in Marshall Co., and farmed eight years, and again sold and purchased his present place of 160 acres, in the winter of 1874, where he has since lived. His marriage with Nancy B. McCord, was celebrated Dec. 8, 1865; she was born in Lawrence Co., Penn., Aug. 7, 1840; they were the parents of six children, of whom two are deceased; the living are — William J., born June 23, 1867; John D., May 14, 1872; Bessie M., Oct. 28, 1876; Robert S., Sept. 23, 1878. The deceased died in childhood. Mr. McGinnis is a member of the M. E. Church, having become a member in 1859, his wife having been a member since 13 years of age.