Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 November 1915 — F. E. D. McGINLEY SICK. [ARTICLE]

F. E. D. McGINLEY SICK.

Former Mayor of Lafayette Entertained Three Presidents. Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 25.—-F. E. D. McGinley, for fourteen years mayor of Lafayette, and for many years one of the Democratic leaders in the Tenth congressional district, is critically ill here at St- Anthony’s Home for the Aged. He’ is eightyeight years old. Mr, McGinley was mayor for a longer time than any other executive Lafayette ever has had. He has the distinction of entertaining three Presidents of the United States when he occupied the office. They were President Grant, President Harrison and President McKinley. Mr. McGinley was born in eastern Pennsylvania, In 1827, and was a drummer boy in the Mexican war. He has been a member of the Horne for the Aged for several years.