Dr. James Irwin McCormick and Margaret Mansberger Black

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Husband Dr. James Irwin McCormick ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1828 - near Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3
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         Father: John McCormick (1789-1873) 1 5 6 7
         Mother: Esther Sowash (1796-1866) 1 6 8 9

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       Marriage: Abt 1871

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   Other Spouse: Rachel Long Black (Abt 1834-1869) 1 4 10 11 - 26 Sep 1885 12

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Wife Margaret Mansberger Black ^{1 3 10 11}

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         Father: Samuel Black (1801-      ) 1 10
         Mother: Jane Mansberger (      -      )

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Children

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1 M Charles McCormick ¹

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Mary Alice McCormick ¹

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3 F Eugenia McCormick ¹

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4 M James Irwin McCormick ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Irwin McCormick

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He attended Washington College, Pennsylvania, but graduated at Franklin College, Harrison County, Ohio. He subsequently taught school at Johnstown, Greensburg, and other prominent places in Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1855 he was appointed by Governor James Pollock as superintendent of the Westmoreland County schools; which position he held two years, and by his assiduous labors and genius succeeded in raising the standard of the qualifications of the teachers. He then opened a Normal School at New Derry, which became a popular institution, and one noted for the thoroughness of its training. While conducting this he read medicine with Dr. William Burrell, and after graduating at the Western Reserve Medical College, at Cleveland, Ohio, he located at New Florence. Shortly after he located at West Fairfield, and took the practice of Dr. Taylor, then elected to the Legislature. In 1871 he removed to Irwin, where he soon acquired a very extensive practice, and took rank as one of the best physicians and surgeons in the Westmoreland County. He was one of the finest classical scholars in the state, and no one in the county ever equaled him in his labors and success in behalf of the free schools.
He was a Republican in politics, and once the candidate of his party for Congress. He served several years as United States examining physician for pensions. He was an active member of the Masonic order, and of the Ancient Order of United Brethren.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 558.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 632.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1215.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 259.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 629.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1214.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 51.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 630.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 52.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 657.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 633.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 55.