Hon. Joseph Benson McEnally and Amelia Wright

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Husband Hon. Joseph Benson McEnally ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Judge  McEnaly 3
           Born: 25 Jan 1825 - Lycoming Co, PA 1
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         Father: Rev. Peter McEnally (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Margaret Bloodhart (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1852 4

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Wife Amelia Wright ^{2 3 4}

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         Father: Hon. Abraham K. Wright (      -1871) 2 3
         Mother: Emily Alexander (      -Aft 1878) 2 3

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1 M A. K. McEnally ²

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Joseph Benson McEnally

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After having acquired an elementary education, he became a teacher, and, as such, taught school at various places, among them Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the vicinity of Baltimore, Maryland, and Curwensville, in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. He underwent a preparatory course at Carlisle, after which he entered Dickinson College at that place for the regular classical course, and from which he graduated in the month of June, of the year 1845. During his years of study, however, he had in mind an intention of becoming a member of the legal fraternity, and to this end devoted his leisure time to the examination of such works as would best school his mind for that profession; and still later he registered as a law student in the office of Alexander (afterward President Judge) Jordon, at Sunbury. In the year 1849 he was admitted to the bar of Northumberland County. He entered upon the practice of his profession at Tamaqua, Schuylkill County, where he remained about one year, after which he came to Clearfield and was admitted to practice at the bar of Clearfield County. After a short time he was appointed deputy attorney-general of the county. He applied himself to the labors of his profession, and maintained a distinguished position among its ablest members. In the conduct of his legal business he was methodical, cautious, laborious. It was his policy to discountenance, rather than to promote litigation. Before the jury, he addressed the understanding of his hearers instead of appealing to their passions, and approached the subject at hand in the light of principle and common sense.
He was, on the 2d day of July, 1868, appointed by Governor John W. Geary to the office of president judge of the Twenty-fifth Judicial District, in place of Judge Linn, who had resigned. At the earnest solicitation of friends, members of the profession and others, Judge McEnally became the candidate of the Republican party for election to the office that he had held by appointment, against Charles A. Mayer, the Democratic nominee. The latter was elected, there being a majority in the district so great that Judge McEnally could not overcome it. After leaving the bench he resumed the practice of his profession at Clearfield. In the year 1872 he formed a law partnership with Daniel W. McCurdy, a former student in his office. Upon the occasion of the formation of Clearfield County into a separate judicial district, Judge McEnally was made the candidate of his party for the office of president judge, but being so engrossed with the care and importance of his business, absolutely declined the nomination.

1 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 696.

2 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 110.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 550.

4 Lewis Cass Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 697.