Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David McNary and Jane Edgar




Husband David McNary 1 2 3 4

           Born: 1771 - Chanceford Twp, York Co, PA 5 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1847 7
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas McNary (      -1820) 4 6 8 9
         Mother: Jennet [Unk] (      -      ) 10


       Marriage: 1816 6 11



Wife Jane Edgar 4 12 13

            AKA: Janet Edgar 6
           Born: 1792 - County Down, Ireland 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 1868 7
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Edgar (      -      ) 14
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Phoebe McNary 14

           Born: 28 May 1818 14
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1893 - Licking Co, OH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Beal (      -      ) 11


2 M Thomas J. McNary 14

           Born: 24 Jan 1820 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



3 M Samuel McNary 1 4 15 16

           Born: 22 Jan 1822 - North Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Sep 1892 - Houstonville, Washington Co, PA 4 17
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Templeton (      -1903) 4 18 19
           Marr: Abt Feb 1843


4 F Jeanette McNary 14

            AKA: Jeanetta McNary 11
           Born: 29 Nov 1823 14
     Christened: 
           Died: while young
         Buried: 



5 F Mary McNary 14

           Born: 6 Feb 1826 14
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Templeton (      -      ) 14


6 M David E. McNary 14

           Born: 3 Mar 1828 - North Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Ann Martin (      -      ) 20
           Marr: 11 Aug 1853 20


7 M Matthew McNary 14

           Born: 21 Feb 1830 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1852 - California 7
         Buried: 



8 M James R. McNary 7

           Born: 17 Aug 1833 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 1891 7
         Buried: 



9 M Joseph D. McNary 6 11




           Born: 28 Jan 1836 - North Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Wallace Caldwell (1835-1896) 6 7
           Marr: Feb 1857 6
         Spouse: Mrs. Phoebe D. Liggitt (      -      ) 21
           Marr: 5 Feb 1907 21



General Notes: Husband - David McNary


About the year 1795 he located in North Strabane township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where he purchased a farm of 320 acres, on which he continued to reside until his death.

He was born in 1771 in Chanceford Township, York County, Pennsylvania, and when about fourteen years of age [1785] came with his father to North Strabane Township, where he was reared.
He was a Whig in politics, and was religiously identified with the Christian Seceders Church.


General Notes: Wife - Jane Edgar


She came to America with her father in 1794; for six years they lived in New York City, and then came to Washington County, Pennsylvania.

She was born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1792. She emigrated to America in 1798, crossing the ocean in a sailing vessel, which required twenty-one weeks, and encountered many severe storms, the voyagers were twice compelled to return to land for repairs on the vessel. Her parents first located in New York, where they lived a few years, when they moved west to Washington County, Pennsylvania, and located two miles south of Canonsburg on a farm in North Strabane Township.

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Sources


1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 874.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 82, 541, 729, 844.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 960, 1082.

4 Editor, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 68.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 729, 844.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1082.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 847.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 873.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 81, 541, 729, 844.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 82.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 844.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 541, 729, 844.

13 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 963.

14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 729.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 541.

16 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 960.

17 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 542.

18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 541, 610.

19 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 960, 985.

20 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 730.

21 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1083.


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