Andrew T. Dunshee and Margaret Short

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Husband Andrew T. Dunshee ¹

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         Father: William Dunshee (      -      ) 2
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Wife Margaret Short ²

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Children

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1 M Capt. William Dunshee ³

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           Born: 20 Aug 1820 - Allegheny Co, PA 3
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           Died: 5 Mar 1905 3
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         Spouse: Mary Ann Adams (Abt 1830-      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew T. Dunshee

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He was born before the end of the eighteenth century near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was a contractor and coal operator. He opened the first coal mine on the Monongahela river, opposite McKeesport, built the first incline coal road, and adopted the first flange wheeled cars for conveying the coal from pit mouth to river, where it was loaded into boats for lower river ports. About 1847 he sold the coal road to his son, William Dunshee, who in connection with Captain Daniel Pollard operated it in running and shipping coal to lower ports until about 1859, when what was known as the Colonel Neal coal was worked out.

He and his wife were the parents of seven children, three sons and four daughters.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 133.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 131.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 132.