Ebenezer McBurney and Mary Maxwell

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Husband Ebenezer McBurney ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1814 - South Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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           Died: 12 Sep 1889 - near Goldthwaite, Mills Co, TX 1
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         Father: James McBurney (      -      ) 3
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Wife Mary Maxwell ^{4 5}

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           Born:  - South Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA
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           Died: Abt Mar 1888 4
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         Father: Thomas Maxwell (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 F Helen Jane McBurney ^{1 6}

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           Born:  - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA
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         Spouse: Joseph Shaw (1837-      ) 6 7
           Marr: 5 Dec 1865 4

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2 M Samuel F. McBurney ³

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3 M John F. McBurney ^{3 8}

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           Born: 1853 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Roxie A. Luker (      -      ) 8

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4 M Alexander F. McBurney ³

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5 M James M. McBurney ^{3 5}

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           Born: 7 Mar 1858 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 3 5
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         Spouse: Annie S. Reckers (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 1889 3

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6 M George M. McBurney ³

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7 F Kate M. McBurney ³

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         Spouse: George M. Haldeman (      -      ) 3

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8 F Mary McBurney ³

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9 F Margaret McBurney ³

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10 U [Infant] McBurney ³

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11 U [Infant] McBurney ³

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General Notes: Husband - Ebenezer McBurney

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He was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. [CBRWC, 12]

He was educated in the subscription schools of the locality of his birth. He learned and worked at the trade of carpenter in Washington, Pennsylvania, where he put up many buildings. Later in life he was employed in moving buildings, at which he was considered, in his day, quite an expert. Some years before his death he gave up working at his trade. He was a kind-hearted, generous man; too confiding, over liberal with his means, and, through giving bailment for others, lost a large part of his hard-earned estate. He was a Democrat until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he went over to the Republican party. He was too old to go to the war, moreover had broken his leg by falling off a barn, but he served as provost-marshal for his district. He was also private detective for the county, under Ralph McConnell and J. E. Taylor, district attorneys, serving as such six years. At one time he was a member of the old Seceder Church, but having joined the I. O. O. F., he was dismissed from the church. [CBRWC, 12]

He obtained his education in the subscription schools. He learned the carpenter trade in Washington, Pennsylvania, and subsequently erected many of the substantial structures of the growing borough. Some years prior to his death he went into the business of moving buildings, succeeding in whatever he undertook. He thus acquired much more than a competency but lost the greater part of his fortune through his generosity and his seeming inability to disappoint a friend when he sought his signature as security. Until the outbreak of the Civil War he was a Democrat but later became and continued a Republican. Although a hearty sympathizer in the cause of the Union, his age and physical condition were against his enlisting, an accident having made his acceptance impossible. However, and he was appointed and served as provost marshal of his district and later was commissioned a private detective for the county under district attorneys Ralph McConnell and J. F. Taylor, and served as such for six years.
He was an active member of the Seceder Church for years but was dropped from the church roll because of his joining the order of Odd Fellows. [TCHWWC, 585]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 12, 1261.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 585, 1000.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 12.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1261.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 585.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1231.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1258.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1000.