Husband James McCleery 1
Born: 15 Oct 1789 - County Down, Ireland 1
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Died: 28 Oct 1859 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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Father: John McCleery ( -1816) 1
Mother: Jane Brooks ( - ) 1
Marriage: 24 Mar 1818 1
Wife Catharine Forbes 1
AKA: Catherine Ferbis 3
Born: Abt 1787
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Died: 27 May 1864 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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Father: Alexander Forbes ( - ) 1
Mother: [Unk] Boyd ( - ) 1
Children
1 M John McCleery 1
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Died: Bef 1893
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Spouse: Sarah Irwin ( -Bef 1893) 2
Marr: 1844 2
2 M Alexander McCleery 4 5
Born: 28 Jul 1820 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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Died: 11 Nov 1897 - West Finley Twp, Washington Co, PA 5
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Spouse: Mary Davidson ( -1866) 5
Marr: 13 Mar 1851 2
Spouse: Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ackley ( -1871) 6
Marr: 5 Oct 1870 2
3 M James McCleery 1
Born:
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Died: when eight years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 M Joseph McCleery 1
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Spouse: Sarah Patterson ( - ) 2
Marr: 1855 2
5 M Thomas McCleery 1
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Spouse: Sallie Davidson ( - ) 2
6 F Jane McCleery 1
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Died: Aft 1893
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Spouse: Henry Giles ( -1875) 2
General Notes: Husband - James McCleery
He was reared on his father's farm to the life of an agriculturist, and his education was obtained at the subscription schools of the period. He was married in March of 1818, and settled on the first day of the following April in West Finley township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, on a farm he had bought the previous year, and which was later owned and occupied by Mr. John McCammon.
General Notes: Wife - Catharine Forbes
Her son, Alexander, well remembered his mother telling about the insurgent army of the whisky insurrectionists passing her father's house, when on their way to Inspector Neville's residence. They compelled her husband to go along with them, and he started with the crowd (some 500 or 600 men), but after proceeding several miles he observed that the men were traveling at loose ends, no military discipline being observed, and so decided to make his escape from among them. Accordingly, an opportunity presenting itself, being near the rear he slipped into the brush by the roadside, and laid down behind a log for some time till all stragglers had passed. He then sped homeward by a different route from the one he had come by, so as to avoid any straggler that might have lagged behind. The burning of Neville's house, history says, was done July 17, 1794, so Alexander Forbes and his wife must have first settled on the waters of Pigeon creek some time prior to that year.