Horace McGinley (1902-1944) Married Annie Tull (1903-1976)
sometime between 1920 and 1930. According to the 1930[i] US
Census for Pulaski County, Arkansas Annie was living in the household of her
parents with a child Dan McGinley (1928-1996). Then in the 1940[ii] census
she was still in her parent’s household and her marital status was divorced. So far I
have not found anything regarding their marriage or divorce. Horace seems to have disappeared shortly after the divorce.
The first appearance of Horace is in the 1910[iii] US
Census for Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. There is a listing for a
Horace McGinley (8 years old) and a Lily McGinley (5 years old). They are
living in the Little Rock Children’s Home on 920 McGowan St. Their birthplace
is Arkansas and the parent’s is Unknown.
In the 1920[iv] Census
for Badgett, Pulaski County, Arkansas Horace (age 18) and Lily (age 15) are now
living with their widowed mother Hattie. Another son Connell (age 21) and a
grandson to Hattie, Stafford Warren (age 6) are also in the household. Tom and
Elizabeth Sutton are two roomers and
so far I haven’t found any evidence about a deeper relationship.
Horace next appears in the 1926[v] city
directory for Little Rock. He is living with his spouse Annie.
So far, this is the only record that lists the two together. The 1935[vi] Little
Rock city directory has Horace living alone.
Horace then disappears from the historical record until he
shows up in the Texas Death Index[vii]. It
has him in Polk County, Texas and his date of death as 28 (or 23) May 1944.
His death certificate[viii] has
his age as approximately 42, which is the right age for Arkansas Horace
according to the earlier records. He is listed as being married but no spouse
or parent’s names are included on the certificate.
This is all I have found so far on Horace McGinley. My next
task is to determine if the man who died in Texas is the same one who married
and divorced in Arkansas. My current focus will be on finding their divorce
record, his possible second marriage and any will or probate information. Then
I will focus on Dan and Anna Grace and hopefully they can lead me to discover
what happened to Horace McGinley.
[i]
1930 U.S. census, Pulaski
County, Arkansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 60-1, sheet
number 7A (penned), dwelling 140, family 144, Annie McGinly; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com :
accessed 8 October 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication T626,
roll 2667.
[ii]1940 U.S. census, Pulaski County,
Arkansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 60-1, sheet number 7A
(penned), dwelling blank, family 133, Annie McGinley; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com :
accessed 8 October 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication T62,
roll 166.
[iii]
1910 U.S. census, Pulaski
County, Arkansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 111, 144
(stamped), sheet number 11A (penned), dwelling 920, family 227, Horace McGinley;
digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com :
accessed 8 October 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication T624,
roll 62.
[iv]
1920 U.S. census, Pulaski
County, Arkansas, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 107, sheet
number 1B (penned), dwelling blank, family 15, Horace McGinley; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com :
accessed 8 October 2016); citing National Archives microfilm publication T625,
roll 78.
[v]
R.
L. Polk & Co.’s Little Rock and North Little Rock Directory, 1926; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com :
accessed 8 October 2016); citing U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. (Little Rock,
Arkansas: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers), 358, “McGinley, Horace.”
[vi]
R.
L. Polk & Co.’s Little Rock and North Little Rock Directory, 1935; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestrylibrary.com :
accessed 8 October 2016); citing U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995. (Little
Rock, Arkansas: R. L. Polk & Co., Publishers), 351, “McGinley, Horace.”
[vii]
Texas, “Texas Death Index,
1903-2000,” Database. Ancestry.com. (http://ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2016),
entry for Horace McGinley, Polk County 28 May 1944.
[viii]
Polk County, Texas, death
certificate no. 24748 (1944), Horace McGinley; Department of Health,
Pennsylvania.
