Joseph McCord "Squire" Means and Jane Woods
Husband Joseph McCord "Squire" Means 1
Born: 10 Feb 1796 2 Christened: Died: 8 Jun 1880 3 Buried: - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
Father: John Means (Abt 1745-1795) 1 Mother: Martha Ramsey (Abt 1751-1849) 4
Marriage: 15 Feb 1820 5
Wife Jane Woods 1
Born: Christened: Died: 8 Jan 1878 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3 Buried: - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
Children
1 M John Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: when twenty-three years old Buried:
2 F Jane Mary Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Martha Ramsey Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Samuel Woods Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M James Ramsey Means 3 6 7
Born: 30 Oct 1829 - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 4 Dec 1901 6 8 Buried: - Ashland Cemetery, Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PASpouse: Susan Smith McClelland ( -Aft 1905) 7 9
6 F Elizabeth Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 M Joseph McCord Means 10
AKA: McCord Means Born: 22 May 1834 - Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 11 Christened: Died: Aft 1905 Buried:Spouse: Catherine Eliza McClelland ( -1901) 12 Marr: 9 Dec 1858 - near Upper Strasburg, Franklin Co, PA 13Spouse: Danna McCullough (1846- ) 14 Marr: 5 Mar 1903 14
8 M William Davidson Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
9 F Agnes Rebecca Means 15
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dalbert Wallace Houston (1844- ) 16 Marr: 1872 16
10 M John Alfred Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
11 M [Infant] Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:
12 M [Infant] Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:
13 M [Infant] Means 3
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Joseph McCord "Squire" Means
He was the youngest child of his parents.
As soon as his years and strength permitted, he learned the tanning trade under his brother, Nathan, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and later, in quest of employment, came to Carlisle, Cumberland County, on foot, carrying in a small budget all his personal effects. He first obtained work with Andrew Blair in Carlisle, who then had a tannery on the lot on South street, where later were the Eppley livery stables. Next he for some time worked at Newville for a man named Davidson. After his marriage he located at Newburg, in the northwestern part of Cumberland County, where, with no capital save his own energy and a thorough knowledge of the trade, he succeeded in establishing a large and profitable tanning business, and also acquiring several farms.
In January, 1827, Gov. Shulze appointed him a justice of the peace for the district composed of the townships of Shippensburg and Hopewell, a position which he held for more than forty years. He was known by the familiar title of "Squire Means" during more than half his long lifetime, and by it recalled to memory for many years after his death. In 1835 he was elected county auditor, and in 1845 member of the State Legislature.
The training of his pious mother landed him within the folds of the Presbyterian Church in his early youth, and he continued active and zealous in its cause all through life. In the year 1836 he was elected an elder in the Middle Spring Presbyterian Church, and held that honored station until 1875, when he transferred his membership to the Second Presbyterian Church of Carlisle. In 1867 he removed from Newburg to a property he purchased at Middle Spring. The years were now rapidly accumulating upon his head, and he was gradually entering upon a well-earned retirement. Six years later he removed to Carlisle where his wife died. After her death he had his home with his daughter, Mrs. D. W. Huston. As man and wife they had lived as one for almost three score years, and in death were not long divided.
General Notes: Wife - Jane Woods
Dickinson Twp, Cumberland Co, PA
1 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 92, 227.
2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 228.
3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 93.
4 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 92, 228.
5 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 92.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 142.
7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 602.
8 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94.
9 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94, 750.
10 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 93, 227.
11 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 227.
12 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 229, 750.
13 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 229.
14 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 230.
15 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 93, 685.
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—, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 685.
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