George Kennedy McGunnegle and Elizabeth Easton Starr

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Husband George Kennedy McGunnegle ¹

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           Born: 10 Jun 1800 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 1
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           Died: 12 Dec 1878 - St. Louis, MO 1
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       Marriage: 1828 1

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Wife Elizabeth Easton Starr ¹

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           Born: 16 Nov 1809 - Rome, NY 1
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           Died: 27 Oct 1864 - St. Louis, MO 1
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Children

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1 M Wilson McGunnegle ¹

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2 M William S. McGunnegle ^{1 2}

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           Born: 7 Nov 1846 - St. Louis, MO 3
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Scott McFarland (1850-      ) 2 4
           Marr: 29 Oct 1874 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 3

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3 F [Unk] McGunnegle

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         Spouse: Gen. Ino W. Davidson (      -      ) 1

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4 F [Unk] McGunnegle

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         Spouse: Benjamin E. Walker (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - George Kennedy McGunnegle

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In early life he acted as book-keeper for William Hill & Bro., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1821 he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he was engaged as clerk for his uncle, Capt. James McGunnegle, of the United States Army, then Quartermaster of that military district. In 1829 a branch bank of the United States was established at St. Louis, and Mr. McGunnegle accepted the position of Chief Clerk. The parent bank at this time was in the zenith of its financial glory, but soon after succumbed to the war waged upon it by President Jackson. In 1833 he went into business as a member of the firm of Hill & McGunnegle, wholesale grocers and commission merchants (changed the following year to McGunnegle & Way), and continued until 1842. In a career covering over half a century, Mr. McGunnegle was more or less identified with the great material interests of the city and state, filling many positions of honor and trust, among which we might mention the Presidency of the Board of Underwriters; Presidency St. Louis Insurance Company; Presidency old Chamber of Commerce; Secretary Ohio & Mississippi Railroad Company; Presidency Ohio & Mississippi Telegraph Company, (later leased to the Western Union). Mr. McGunnegle was elected to the House of Representatives in 1837, and to him probably as much, if not more than to any other man, was due the complete system of railroads in the state. He drafted the memorial to that body, and had passed the bill to charter a railroad, this being the first step taken in that direction. At this time he had chartered also the St. Louis Insurance Company, was elected its President and continued in office until within a few years of his death, when growing infirmities compelled him to relinquish active work. [HCC 1885, 751]

He and his wife had eight sons and two daughters.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Easton Starr

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She was a niece of Col. Rufus Easton, and sister of the first wife of Senator Henry S. Geyer.

1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 751.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1110.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 752.

4 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 751, 752.