Husband Samuel Jamison McMains, D.D.S. 1
Born: 29 Mar 1867 - Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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Father: Jesse Moore McMains (1839- ) 3
Mother: Joanna Reid (1841-1910) 3
Marriage: 28 Nov 1894 2
Wife Margaret Thompson Moorhead 2
Born: - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA
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Father: John Calvin Moorhead (1845- ) 2 4
Mother: Matilda Jane Lintner ( -Aft 1913) 4 5 6
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1 M Charles Van McMains 2
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2 F Eleanor McMains 2
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Jamison McMains, D.D.S.
He was born at Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and there he began his education in the public school. He graduated from high school at the age of fifteen. Until he was twenty years of age he clerked in the Fergus department store at Elizabeth. Then he went to Pittsburgh and engaged as clerk with Biber & Easton for one year. He then began the study of dentistry with Shaw & McBurney, on Penn avenue, in Pittsburgh, and on Sept. 12, 1889, he entered the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, at Philadelphia. Graduating in 1891, he located at Leechburg, Armstrong County, on April 8th of that year opening an office and commencing to practice.
Dr. McMains was quite active in a number of local enterprises and proved himself a man of good business judgment. He was a director of the Leechburg Board of Trade; was president of the National Producer Company, manufacturers of mechanical artificial gas producers; was the organizer of the Acme Natural Gas Company of Leechburg, of which he was secretary and treasurer; was one of the organizers and served as a director of the Kiskiminetas Agricultural and Driving Association; organizer of the Eureka Natural Gas Company, operating near Saltsburg, of which he was secretary and treasurer; and was interested in the real estate business, owing a five-acre tract in Gilpin township, adjoining the borough of Leechburg, where he built houses to order, for sale or rent. It was known as McMains' addition to Leechburg. The Doctor served two terms as member of the borough school board, acted as president of that body, was secretary of the borough council for several years, was a mem-ber of the poor board, and was an all-around active citizen of Leechburg. He was State Registrar for Leechburg, Gilpin and Park townships. He was a Republican on political questions, and in religion a member of the United Presbyterian Church. Fraternally he was an Elk, holding membership in the local lodge, and was secretary of the Elks' Building Association.
Dr. McMains' numerous associations, professional, business, political, social, widened his interests and made his name well known all over the State, and in some connections, he acquired a national reputation. As a glee club and campaign singer he was a popular figure at many public gatherings, and his ability as a speaker also created a demand for his services at political and other assemblages.
General Notes: Wife - Margaret Thompson Moorhead
She graduated from the Indiana State normal school in 1891. She taught public school at Leechburg, Pennsylvania, several years before her marriage.