Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William McPeak and Ella McNary




Husband William McPeak 1

            AKA: William McPeake 2
           Born: 7 Feb 1841 - Cecil Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: James McPeak (1800-1880) 1
         Mother: Jane Cochran (1810-1885) 1


       Marriage: 22 Sep 1897 1

   Other Spouse: Abigail Hickman (      -1896) 1 - 18 Dec 1866 1



Wife Ella McNary 1 3

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         Father: Samuel McNary (1822-1892) 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Templeton (      -1903) 7 8




Children

General Notes: Husband - William McPeak

near Bishop, Washington Co, PA

He engaged in farming as soon as his period of school attendance was over and always continued in the same line, although he lived in Canonsburg from 1892 until September 27, 1905, when he returned to the farm.
During the Civil War, he was out for nine months as a soldier in the State Guards, but his company was never called into battle.
He was a leading member of the Venice United Presbyterian Church and for several years was superintendent of the Sunday-school. He identified himself with the Prohibitionist party.

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Sources


1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1067.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 963.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 542.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 874.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 541.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 960.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 610.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 960, 985.


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