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BIOGRAPHIES
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 HISTORY of CRAWFORD COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Sadsbury
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HUGH G. McKAY, boot and shoe-maker,
Evansburg, is a son of Joseph and Mary (Gilleland) McKay,
who were the parents of seven children, three now living,
viz: Neal, Robert S. and Hugh G.
Our subject has been twice married; on second occasion, July
4, 1839, to Elizabeth Walker To this union have
been born Joseph, married to Maggie Foust;
Jennie; Uriah, married to Rosannah Wiser (he
served during the late war in the Twelfth Pennsylvania
Volunteer Cavalry); Frederick, married to Hattie
Brush; Josiah N.; Hugh O., married Eva Brown;
Petter H., married to Mary McMichael; David
M. C. and Henry L. Mr. McKay is a tanner by
trade, an occupation he followed for several years.
Since 1829, with the exception of eight years, he has
resided in Evansburg. He is now serving his second
term as Justice of the Peace, being first elected in 1878.
He is an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A
member of the I. O. O. F.; in politics a Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 Page 990 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
L. HALSEY MITCHELL, farmer, P. O.
Cambridgeboro, was born in what is now Cambridge Township,
Crawford Co., Penn., Dec. 14, 1832, son of Peter and
Hannah (Weston) Mitchell, and grandson of Nathan
Mitchell, who settled in Rockdale Township, this county,
in 1801. Peter Mitchell was the parent
of seven children: Polly, wife of Thomas
Holden, Erie County, Penn.; Harriet, wife of
Josiah Robbins, of Cambridge Township, this
county; Eunice (deceased), wife of W. C. Isherwood;
Susan, wife of James Culbertson of Erie
County, Penn.; James W.; George W., and L.
Halsey. Our subject was married Feb. 14, 1856, to
Adeline, daughter of Stephen and
Elizabeth (Isherwood) Culbertson, of Erie
County, Penn., by whom he has two children: Ella,
wife of Charles Siverling, residing in Erie
County, Penn. (they have one son, named Albertis
Leroy) and Florence E. Mr. Mitchell
never sought office, though he has held several minor
positions in his township. He is a Republican in
politics. Is a member of the A. O. U. W., and of the
Cambridge Grange.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page |
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Cambridge Twp. -
SYLVESTER M. MITCHELL, farmer and blacksmith, P. O.
Cambridgeboro, was born in Cambridge Township, Crawford Co.,
Penn., May 23, 1850, son of William and Aurelia (Gage)
Mitchell, and grandson of Nathan Mitchell, who
settled in Rockdale Township, this county, in 1801.
Our subject was married Jan. 10, 1871, to Mary
Catling, a native of England, and daughter of Peter
and Margaret (Edwards) Catling, of Cambridge Township,
this county. By this union were born four children,
viz.: Peter, Mabel, Bertie and Anna.
Mr. Mitchell has lived on his present farm for
five years. In politics he is a Republican.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 811 |
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Cambridge Twp. -
AMASA F. MOSES, editor and proprietor of the
Cambridge News, Cambridgeboro, was born Oct. 6, 1855, in
Potsdam, N. Y., son of A. B. and Mary A. (Foster) Moses,
the former born in 1815, in Vermont, and the latter in 1829,
in the State of New York. They were the parents of six
children. Our subject was educated in an academy at
Canton, N. Y., and has always been an extensive reader on
general subjects. His education has not only been
literary but musical, and in 1873 he learned telegraphing.
In 1874 he began the printer's trade at Union City, Penn.,
and rapidly advanced to the foremanship and subsequently to
the position of publisher and editor. He was married
in 1877 at Cambridgeboro, Penn., to Anna B. Hanson,
born in Venango, Penn., in 1857, daughter of S. W. and
Mary (Siverling) Hanson, the former born in 1835, in
Canada, the latter in 1840, in Venango, Penn. To this
union have been born four children, of whom two are now
living, viz.: Roy and Ernest. Our
subject resided in St. Lawrence County, N. Y., until 1870,
when he removed with his parents to Erie County, Penn., and
came to Cambridgeboro in 1876. In 1878 he bought the
Leader, a newspaper at Waterford, Erie Co., Penn.,
and in 1883 he returned to his present home, where he gives
his personal attention to the editing and publishing of the
Cambridge News. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church; a
Republican in politics. He is a member of the I. O. O.
F. and E. A. U. societies.
Source: History of Crawford County,
Pennsylvania, Illustrated, Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 811 |
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