Hon. James McAnlis and Deborah Aley

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Husband Hon. James McAnlis ¹

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           Born: 1 Apr 1841 - Big Beaver Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert McAnlis (1813-1856) 2 3
         Mother: Jane Patterson (Abt 1820-1896) 1 4

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   Other Spouse: Margaret Lowery (      -      ) 5

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Wife Deborah Aley ⁶

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           Died: 1873 5
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         Father: Jonathan Aley (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Ann Edwards (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 F Laura McAnlis ⁵

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         Spouse: Edward Agnew (      -      ) 5

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2 M Robert McAnlis ⁸

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         Spouse: Elizabeth Shurlock (      -      ) 9

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3 F Eva McAnlis ⁵

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         Spouse: C. J. Clark (      -      ) 5

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4 M Edward McAnlis ⁵

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           Born: Abt 1871
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           Died: 27 May 1898 5
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. James McAnlis

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He was reared on the home farm, and, as he was the eldest of the family, much of the work fell upon his shoulders when his father died. At the age of twenty-five years he left home and engaged in teaming and boating oil, in the oil fields surrounding Oil City, Pennsylvania. He continued for two years, then returned to his home for one year, and in the fall of 1867 opened a boarding house at Wampum, which he conducted for five years. In the meantime, he embarked in the butchering business, which, he pursued in connection with buying and shipping stock extensively to Pittsburgh, his sons, Robert and Frank, later having charge of the business later.
In 1898 he was elected to the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania, and in 1902 he was again made the representative of the people in that body. In 1902 he fostered and secured the enactment of the law forbidding first cousins to marry, but it was only after the hardest kind of a fight that this was accomplished. For two weeks his bill lay in the waste-basket and seemed doomed to an ignominious death, but he fought it to a vote and final passage. At his request, Senator Phillips introduced the measure in the State Senate, and after another hard fight was voted to passage in that body.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church. He was a Republican in politics, and served in numerous township offices and was a member of the village council. He was a director of the First National Bank of Wampum, and in connection with his oldest son was owner of sixty acres of land in Big Beaver Township.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 552.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 362.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 552, 698.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 719.

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 553.

6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 553, 562.

7 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 562.

8 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 553, 943.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 943.