Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Daniel McLean and Catharine Reed




Husband Rev. Daniel McLean 1 2 3 4

           Born: 10 Sep 1771 - Lancaster Co, PA 1 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jun 1855 - Crawford Co, PA 6 7
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Mary Glover (      -Abt 1860) 6 - 1804 6



Wife Catharine Reed 4 6 8

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         Father: John Reed (Abt 1744-1817) 6 9 10 11 12
         Mother: Anna Atcheson (      -      ) 13




Children
1 F Anna McLean 6 11 13

            AKA: [Unk] McClain 14
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           Died: 3 Aug 1831 15
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         Spouse: Joseph Reed (1796-1885/1888) 6 10 16 17



General Notes: Husband - Rev. Daniel McLean


His father and two brothers came from Scotland and settled originally in eastern Pennsylvania. When he was young, the family left Lancaster County and moved to Washington County, which was then the frontier settlement in that section of the State. The place they occupied was a farm about four miles from Cannonsburg, a village then unknown, since renowned as the seat of Jefferson College, prior to which was the academy of Rev. John McMillen. At this academy Rev. Daniel McLean was educated, among the very first who ever attended there. In 1798 he placed himself under the care and instruction of Rev. John Anderson, to complete his academical course and to study theology. This divinity and collegiate school was located at Service, Beaver County, and was the first divinity hall established in this country. His was the first class under Dr. Anderson's care, and consisted of William Willson, James Duncan, Ebenezer Henderson and himself. Mr. McLean was licensed to preach in 1799, and was the third one who graduated from that school. He was first sent to New York City by the Presbytery of the Associate Presbyterian Church, where he preached acceptably to those to whom he was sent; from there he went into eastern New York, notably Washington County, and ministered there for some time, returning to Ligonier, Pennsylvania, where he preached for a time in accordance with instructions from his Presbytery, to which he reported on his return. He was then sent to western Pennsylania, where for two years previous many Presbyterian families of Scotch and Scotch-Irish descent had come from the lower or eastern counties of the State, and which was then known as the "big vacancy," for as yet no Associate Presbyterian minister had visited there. After remaining in Crawford, Erie and Mercer Counties for some time, and laboring to organize congregations at different places, but especially at South Shenango, Sandy, and Salem (later Greenville), he returned to his home in Washington County, where he received calls for his pastoral services from Ligonier, and from Shenango and Sandy. Regarding these latter as the most profitable field for usefulness, although the country was almost an unbroken wilderness, he accepted the call from Shenango and Sandy, to which was afterward added Salem (later Greenville). This occurred January 1, 1802, the salary fixed at £135. This arrangement continued until 1805, when his whole services were divided between Shenango and Greenville, until the fall of 1840, when he resigned the charge at Greenville, to take effect May 1, 1841, at which time his son, Rev. D. H. A. McLean, D. D., became the pastor of the Greenville Church in Mercer County, and Rev. Daniel McLean continued pastor for all his time at the Shenango Church in Crawford County. His pastoral labors extended up to April, 1855, when he was at his own request released from further pastoral duties, and June 5 of the same year he passed from death to Life, being in the eighty-fourth year of his age, and the fifty-sixth of his ministry, fifty-four years of which had been spent in the pastorate of the Shenango Church.
By his first wife he had one daughter. By his second wife he had four sons and two daughters who grew to manhood and womanhood, and three children that died early in life.
In person Mr. McLean was compactly built, and had a strong, vigorous constitution that met the demands made upon it in his pioneer life readily and without injury to him. In manners his life was the reflection of perfect grace and courtesy of the old school. In sincerity no man excelled him; love of the truth for its own sake inspired his whole life; love for man, for the eternal welfare of human souls, was the strong force that was the secret of the fervor and influence he wielded wherever known. His conception of Christian life and duty were very exalted. His personal life was in strict accordance with his conceptions. [HCC 1885, 996]

He died in 1854. [HMC 1888, 499]

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Sources


1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 996.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 268.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 790.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1015.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 248.

6 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 997.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 499.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 860.

9 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 859.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 885, 1015.

11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1199.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 878.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 885.

14 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1311.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 886.

16 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 699.

17 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1199, 1311.


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