Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. James Irwin McCormick and Rachel Long Black




Husband Dr. James Irwin McCormick 1 2 3 4

           Born: 24 Mar 1828 - near Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Aug 1881 1 3
         Buried: 


         Father: John McCormick (1789-1873) 1 5 6 7
         Mother: Esther Sowash (1796-1866) 1 6 8 9


       Marriage: 26 Sep 1885 10

   Other Spouse: Margaret Mansberger Black (      -      ) 1 3 11 12 - Abt 1871



Wife Rachel Long Black 1 4 11 12

           Born: Abt 1834
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Aug 1869 12
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Black (1801-      ) 1 11
         Mother: Jane Mansberger (      -      )




Children
1 F Emma McCormick 1 12

           Born:  - Stewartsville, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Kifer (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 1881 12


2 M Samuel Black McCormick, D.D. 1 4 12

           Born: 6 May 1858 - Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ida May Steep (      -      ) 13 14
           Marr: 29 Sep 1882 - Carnegie, Allegheny Co, PA 13 14


3 M Dr. John McCormick 1 13 15




           Born: 28 Apr 1860 - New Florence, Westmoreland Co, PA 13 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1905 - Philadelphia, PA 13
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Anna D. Kunkle (      -      ) 13 16
           Marr: 23 Oct 1879 16


4 F Margaret Isabella McCormick 1 17 18

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dr. Albert Stright Sherrick, M.D. (1862-      ) 17 18 19
           Marr: Oct 1882 17


5 M William Henry Harrison "Harry" McCormick 1 18

           Born: 1864 18
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Emma Weaver (      -      ) 18


6 U [Infant] McCormick 20

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 



7 U [Infant] McCormick 20

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Irwin McCormick


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.


General Notes: Wife - Rachel Long Black


She was one of the rarely beautiful women both in person and character, and made very happy the home of her husband and children. While firm and strong in her conceptions of right she was gentle, lovely, and beautiful always, and never in the thirty-five years of her life was known to exhibit sign of impatience or irritability.


Notes: Marriage

The source gives 26 September 1885 [HWC 1906 III, 633] as the date of their marriage. This is obviously wrong - perhaps 1855 is meant.

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Sources


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 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.

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

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

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 634.

14 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 260.

15 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 128.

16 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 129.

17 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 637.

18 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 635.

19 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 347.

20 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 56.


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