Husband Samuel Allen McAlevy 1 2 3 4
Born: 16 Jun 1821 - Huntingdon Co, PA 2 5
Christened:
Died: 30 Mar 1903 4 6
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: George McAlevy (1799-1855) 2 7
Mother: Martha Miller ( -1874) 2 7
Marriage: 23 Feb 1854 3 5 6
Other Spouse: Adesta A. Williams (1826-1852) 5 6 - Nov 1826 5
Wife Isabel Duffield 5 8
AKA: Isabella Duffield 3 6
Born: 5 Jan 1823 3
Christened:
Died: 14 Oct 1885
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Father: John Duffield (1781-1849) 3 9 10 11
Mother: Nancy Johnston ( -1866) 8
Children
1 M John A. McAlevy 6 12
Born: 30 Nov 1855 12
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Althea Palmer ( - ) 12
Marr: 29 Aug 1893 12
2 M Harvey M. McAlevy 12
AKA: Harry M. McAlevy
Born: 4 Sep 1859 12
Christened:
Died: 14 Oct 1860 12
Buried: - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Allen McAlevy
He accompanied his parents to Venango County, PA, in 1837. The fifty-acre farm in Plum Township was all in the woods at the time of their arrival, and as the eldest son he had many of the cares of the property, his father being engaged principally at carpentry and joining, which were then much more profitable. He also learned the trade, and followed it until twenty-seven years old, in the spring of 1848 beginning farming on his own account, in Jackson Township. He was so occupied until the fall of 1859, when he was elected sheriff of the county and moved to Franklin, residing there for about eight years. As sheriff his duties were onerous and at times dangerous owing to the exciting life in the new oil towns. He had some previous experience in public life, having filled the offices of justice of the peace and county auditor, and after the expiration of his term as sheriff he became deputy provost marshal, Capt. D. V. Derrickson, then United States marshal for the district, with office at Meadville, choosing him as his deputy in Venango County. As such Mr. McAlevy made the first draft for the Civil war here, his friends making much capital of the fact that he himself was one of those drafted, as were two brothers and a brother-in-law. His superior officer, however, arranged to retain his services, his ability so peculiarly fitting him for his duties that he was more useful home than at the front. After the war he operated in oil for a time, and on his removal from Franklin in the spring of 1868 he made his home a few miles away at Salem City (Seneca), in Cranberry Township, and engaged in the mercantile business, continuing the same until his appointment, in the fall of 1873, as steward and superintendent at the County Infirmary, in Sugarcreek Township, upon the purchase of the farm. He was the unanimous choice of the commissioners, and his incumbency of this position covered three years and three months. At the termination of his services there in 1876 he came to Oil City, where he did business in partnership with his son Achilles McAlevy, securing the grounds and buildings which now constitute the plant of the Oil City mills, and converting the same into a flouring mill, which he conducted for nine years until its sale to H. H. Fair in 1885. About this time A. W. Cox, county commissioner, died and Judge Taylor appointed Mr. McAlevy to fill out the unexpired term, a period of one and a half years. He then became a justice of the peace in the Sixth ward of Oil City, where he had also served in the council, as a member of that body being instrumental in having Second Street extended to make a good highway to the east, which meant much in the building up of the eastern part of the south side. Mr. McAlevy was a Knight Templar Mason, and a member of the M. E. Church from 1876 until his death, serving twenty-seven years on its official board. [CAB, 664]