James Ramsey Means and Susan Smith McClelland

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Husband James Ramsey Means ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 30 Oct 1829 - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 2
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           Died: 4 Dec 1901 1 4
         Buried:  - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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         Father: Joseph McCord "Squire" Means (1796-1880) 5
         Mother: Jane Woods (      -1878) 5

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Susan Smith McClelland ^{3 6}

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           Died: Aft 1905
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         Father: John McClelland (1805-1859) 7
         Mother: Martha Ann Cummins (Abt 1814-1883) 7

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Children

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1 F Martha Jane Means ⁴

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2 F Margaretta Anna Means ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 17 Nov 1858 1
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         Spouse: Robert Willis Fair, Ph.D. (1851-      ) 8 9 10 11
           Marr: 26 Dec 1878 1 3 4

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3 M Joseph James Means ⁴

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           Born: 23 Oct 1873 4
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           Died: 7 Apr 1876 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - James Ramsey Means

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His education was limited to the public schools of his native town, and for an avocation he learned the tanning trade with his father. His brothers preferring to do the work of the farm, it fell to him to work steadily in the tannery, which he did until he was twenty-six years of age. Having become discouraged by the losses suffered frequently by floods, he concluded, soon after marriage, to relinquish tanning and engage in farming.
In April, 1856, he moved to South Middleton township, three miles southwest of Carlisle, to a farm then belonging to his father, but of which he afterward acquired the ownership. Here he lived and farmed for many years. In various ways he greatly improved his property, and later bought an adjoining farm. In 1893 he quit the farm, and moved to a home he purchased in Carlisle, where he contentedly spent the declining years of his life. Like his ancestors for generations before him he was a devout Presbyterian. He was a member of the Second Presbyterian church of Carlisle, in which he was for many years a trustee.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 142.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 93.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 602.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 92, 227.

6 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94, 750.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94, 749.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94, 95.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 141.

10 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 442.

11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 600.