Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Wilson McCandless and Sarah Sutton




Husband James Wilson McCandless 1

           Born: 7 Jan 1839 - Clay Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert David McCandless (Abt 1787-1879) 1 2 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Turk (      -1876) 1 2 3


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Wife Sarah Sutton 4

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         Father: James Sutton (      -      ) 4
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Children
1 M R. J. McCandless 4

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         Spouse: Nettie Tazetta Scott (      -      ) 5


2 M Ursu McCandless 4 6

            AKA: E. M. McCandless
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         Spouse: Nellie Womer (      -      )


3 F May H. McCandless 4 6

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           Died: Bef 1909
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         Spouse: Solomon McCall (      -      ) 4 6



General Notes: Husband - James Wilson McCandless


He attended the old Reider school and the Miller school in Clay Township, Butler County, PA, and then took up the trade of a blacksmith in 1856 under his brother John at Beaver Falls. He subsequently worked at his trade in West Sunbury, and at Dudley Furnace. He was working at Fairview during the early part of the Civil War, and in 1862 enlisted as a member of the Sixty-second Regiment, P. V. I., under Colonel Black. He saw much hard service and continued in the army until the last year of the war, being mustered out in 1865. He then resumed his trade at Anderson's Mills in Venango Township and continued there until 1870, when he lo­cated at Eau Claire and con­ducted a blacksmith shop in that borough. He was the owner of three properties there, and had substantial buildings located thereon. He was a member of the M. E. Church. He was officer of the day of S. J. Rosenbury Post, No. 538, G. A. R., at Eau Claire. Politically, he was a Republican.

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Sources


1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1274.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 413.

3 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 55.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1275.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1275, 1397.

6 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 61.


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