Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John McCrea and Elizabeth Reed




Husband John McCrea 1 2

            AKA: John McCrey 3
           Born: 16 Sep 1776 - Burrell Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Cal 20 Apr 1861 - near Smith's station, Indiana Co, PA 2 3 5
         Buried:  - Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA


         Father: John McCrea (      -Abt 1777) 4 6
         Mother: Jane Porter (      -      ) 4 6


       Marriage: 1801 5



Wife Elizabeth Reed 2 3 7

           Born: 28 May 1776 - Conemaugh Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1847 or 1849 2 5
         Buried:  - Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA


         Father: Thomas Reed (      -      ) 8 9
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Robert Reed McCrea 2 4

           Born: 2 Feb 1802 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary A. Hart (      -      ) 4


2 M William Clark McCrea 2 10

           Born: 18 Sep 1803 2 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Mar 1874 2 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Adams (1811-1873) 10


3 M John McCrea 4 12

           Born: 2 Apr 1805 - Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1865 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Parker (      -Bef 1880) 2 4


4 M Thompson McCrea 2 13

           Born: 1807 - Burrell Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Nov 1884 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Anna McKissen (      -Bef 1880) 14


5 F Jane McCrea 2 4 15

           Born: 20 Nov 1809 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: David Lintner (      -1873) 2 16 17


6 F Rachel McCrea 2 5

           Born: 23 Apr 1812 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1869 - Blairsville, Indiana Co, PA 18
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Samuel R. Hosack (Abt 1817-1849) 2 5


7 F Elizabeth McCrea 2 4

           Born: 13 Apr 1814 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Dec 1841 2
         Buried: 



8 F Achsah McCrea 2 19

           Born: 8 May 1816 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 20
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John H. Hart (Abt 1813-1859) 2 19


9 F Matilda McCrea 2 4

           Born: 21 Jan 1820 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Taylor (      -Bef 1880) 2 4


10 M Samuel McCrea 2 4 22

            AKA: Samuel McCora 21
           Born: 1822 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Apr 1864 2 22
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Bard Turner (1826-      ) 22 23 24
           Marr: 11 Apr 1844 22



General Notes: Husband - John McCrea


His father settled at a very early day in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. During the French and Indian war he sent his family back to their former home east of the mountains, he himself remaining at Fort Wallace, at which he died. John McCrey returned to this region with his mother, and resided on a farm two miles from Blairsville, where he passed the remainder of his days.

He and his wife were early settlers of Black-lick township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, near Bell's mills.

His father had located a tract in Burrell township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1774. When the son was only six months old, they were forced to flee to Wallace's fort, in Westmoreland County. Mrs. McCrea hastened to the fort, bearing John, their only child, and her husband waited behind to hide the household furniture, and was closely pursued by the Indians as he hurried to the fort. He died the next day from the effect of his over-exertion. His widow returned to Franklin county, where she re-married.

He lived with his mother and step-father until 1800, when he returned to the place of his birth, and turned his attention to developing a farm from the wilderness. He became the owner of more than three hundred and fifty acres of land, much of which he reclaimed from the wilderness, and he devoted his active life to farming in his native county. He died on his farm, near Smith Station, in 1861, while living with his son Samuel, his age at the time of his demise being eighty-four years, seven months, four days.
He was a Democrat in his political proclivities, and both he and his wife were zealous members of the United Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 369, 395, 409.

2 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 238.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1342.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409.

5 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 369, 409.

6 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 237.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 369, 395.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 395.

9 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 81, 106.

10 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409, 444, 516.

11 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 444.

12 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 78, 237.

13 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409, 504.

14 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 504.

15 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1128.

16 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409, 531.

17 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1127, 1341.

18 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 369.

19 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409, 439.

20 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439.

21 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 533.

22 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 236.

23 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 409, 533.

24 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 27.


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