Ozaukee County News Articles

SOLDIER, TEACHER, PATRIOT
DANIEL E. McGINLEY
Extracted from
THE MILWAUKEE TELEGRAPH
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1896

Transcribed by Mary Ann Albrecht

We present on this page an excellent likenessof a gentleman who has made records that will bear inspection. When 16 years of agehe enlisted as a private in the fighting Sixteenth Wisconsin, participating in manybattles, and remained until the war ended. He has never fully recovered from sunstrokenear Atlanta in 1864. In an accident, several years after the war, while living atManistee, one of his limbs was so injured that amputation became necessary. Fromthat time until a few weeks ago he was almost constantly a teacher, a practical andsuccessful teacher, and the number of practical, successful teachers who receivedtheir instruction from him is very large. Some years ago he took an active part inbuilding up the agricultural society of Ozaukee county, and today that is one ofthe best-managed societies, with annual fairs that are the equal of any in the state,if not in the Northwest, in counties of equal size. His introduction of an educationalfeature, one that draws the attention of all of the teachers and hundreds of thepupils, has proved immensely popular and valuable. So we score another good recordfor success on the part of this modest gentlemen, Mr. D. E. McGinley of Cedarburg,who for many years resided at Saukville. Mr. McGinley is a success as a Republican,the only political party he ever belonged to. While Wisconsin has a vast number ofthorough Republicans – Republicans from principle – it may be doubted if it has onewho is superior in that respect to Mr. McGinley. He has served as chairman of thecounty committee for years, and last fall was prominently mentioned for the positionof state senator. Dan McGinley has rightly earned substantial recognition at thehands of his party. He is a graceful and forcible writer, a courteous, pleasant gentlemanand a superb American citizen. He should be taken into account by those who havestate and federal patronage, both because he has earned such account and is in everyway well qualified for a faithful, capable performance of the duties of officialstation.

Two of Mr. McGinley’s brothers were in the war, Capt. James F., who was killed atHatcher's Run in October, 1864, and John M. McGinley, who has often represented hisparty in state conventions, and last June was an alternate from the Fifth congressionaldistrict to the national Republican convention. He was born near Boston, Mass. in1846.