Husband Judge John Bredin 1
Born: 1794 - Stranorlar, County Donegal, Ireland 1
Christened:
Died: 21 May 1851 2
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: James Bredin (Abt 1766-1850) 1
Mother: Jane Dunlap (Abt 1757-1825) 1
Marriage: 1829 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2 3
Wife Nancy McClelland 2 3 4 5
Born: 9 Nov 1809 or 1811 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 3
Christened:
Died: 7 Jul 1881 or 1882 3
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Father: George McClelland (1780-1834) 3 4 6 7
Mother: Agnes Seaton (Abt 1780-1842) 3 4 7 8
Children
1 F Jane Bredin 9
Born: 1830
Christened:
Died: 1854 10
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Judge Ebenezer McJunkin (1819-1907) 10 11
Marr: 1848
2 M Judge James Bredin 12 13 14
Born: 9 May 1831 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 13 15
Christened:
Died: 23 Nov 1906 16
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Matilda E. Spear (1837-1935) 15 17
Marr: 7 Oct 1856 14
3 F Nancy Bredin 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1883
Buried:
Spouse: I. J. Cummings ( -Bef 1883) 2
4 M Dr. Stephen Lowry Collins Bredin 18 19 20
Born: Feb 1834 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 19 21
Christened:
Died: 1918
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Catharine Sloan (1837-1920) 19 21
Marr: 1859 21
5 M George M. [1] Bredin
Born: Abt Dec 1835
Christened:
Died: 9 Nov 1838
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Sarah Collins Bredin
Born: Cal 28 Sep 1837
Christened:
Died: 6 Mar 1840
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Margaret Bredin 2
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1883
Buried:
Spouse: Louis Z. Mitchell (1824- ) 22
8 M George M. [2] Bredin 2
Born: 4 Mar 1841
Christened:
Died: 6 Dec 1862 - Falmouth, Stafford Co, VA
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
9 F Eliza D. Bredin
Born: Cal 4 Sep 1843
Christened:
Died: 16 Dec 1851
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
10 F Elvira G. Bredin 2
Born: 1845
Christened:
Died: 1927
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Edwin Lyon ( -Bef 1883) 23 24
11 M Joseph Bancroft Bredin 25 26
Born: 24 Dec 1846 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 26 27
Christened:
Died: 17 Oct 1907 28
Buried: - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA
Spouse: Mary J. Spear (1849-1926) 29
General Notes: Husband - Judge John Bredin
The family came to this country in 1802, and settled in Donegal Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where they obtained 200 acres of land by "settlers' right," but John Bredin, in 1812, bought land two miles southeast of Butler, in the present township of Summit, to which his parents removed. The young lad, who was to become one of the foremost citizens of the county, had only such limited advantages of education as were afforded in the sparsely settled country, but he made the best of them in the later years of his boyhood, and the early years of his manhood, although actively engaged in sustaining himself by honorable, if humble, employment, found time and means for self-culture. At sixteen years of age, he was a clerk in a Pittsburgh store, and was afterward clerk to Prothonotary Mechling in Butler. He studied law under Gen. William Ayres, and was admitted to practice in 1817. A little circumstance connected with his preparation for the profession he had chosen, serves to illustrate the character of the young man. He desired to study Coke on Littleton, which was in his time a standard text-book, though now gone out of favor, but he could only obtain a copy of the Norman-French edition. The fact, however, did not deter him from reading Coke on Littleton, for he went diligently to work and acquired a knowledge of the language in which the book was written. The young attorney quickly gained a large practice, and had numerous clients in Armstrong and Venango Counties, as well as Butler. At the time he was admitted to practice, and for a number of years after, many of the most important suits in the courts of Butler and adjoining counties were contests for the possession of land, growing out of confused title. Mr. Bredin had a great reputation for his success in this class of suits, and his thorough and minute knowledge of the intricate land laws applying to Western Pennsylvania gave his opinion great weight in the estimation of the people. He was one of the ablest lawyers of his time.
Although extensively engaged in the practice of his profession, the subject of our sketch gave much attention to other matters. He became possessed of considerable real estate, and always had an active interest in public affairs.
Judge Bredin was an ardent friend of the common school system, and was a very efficient factor in its success, as well in the borough as in the county; he was for over ten years a School Director and President of the board. A distinguishing trait in his character was his large generosity and benevolence, and his liberal aid in every enterprise that tended to promote the welfare of the county. He was an upright Judge and a devoted father and friend. In company with his elder brother, Maurice Bredin, he carried on, during the years from 1824 to 1830, the Butler Repository, an able Democratic Republican newspaper. In 1831, on the formation of the Seventeenth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Butler, Beaver and Mercer, he was appointed President Judge of said district by Gov. Wolff, and was re-appointed by Gov. Porter in 1841. Judge Bredin occupied the bench until his death. [HBC 1883, 50]
He died in 1857. [HBC 1888, 157]