Husband Joseph Rea McNary 1 2
Born: 19 Jul 1847 - near Burgettstown, Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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Father: Joseph McNary (1802-1874) 3 4
Mother: Jane Rea ( - ) 3 4
Marriage: Nov 1875 3 5
• Residence: : Smith Twp, Washington Co, PA.
Wife Catharine W. Ghrist 3 6
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Father: Samuel J. Ghrist (1818-Aft 1893) 7 8
Mother: Elizabeth Stevenson ( -1854) 8
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1 F Bessie Jane McNary 3 5
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Spouse: John M. Scott ( - ) 5
2 F Ethel R. McNary 3 5
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3 M Joseph Vance McNary 3
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Spouse: Catherine Luke Hays ( - ) 5
Marr: 16 Oct 1907 5
4 F S. Georgiana McNary 3
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Spouse: William Ernest Taylor ( - ) 5
5 F Katherine G. "Kate" McNary 3 9
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Spouse: Samuel J. McCalmont ( - ) 10
6 M Samuel James McNary 3
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Rea McNary
He worked on the farm in his boyhood, attending the district schools, and later, the grammar school of Prof. S. F. Patterson (afterward speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives). In early life he began reporting for the county papers, and he became a well-known writer for the agricultural publications of the country. At his father's death he took charge of the home place, where he engaged in farming and stock raising. He always took a leading part in public affairs, and early became interested in matters political, representing his district in county convention before being of age. He filled the positions of auditor, school director, and member of the Union Agricultural Association; and at the age of twenty-five years was the Democratic nominee for county auditor, securing a handsome endorsement outside of his party, in his own district. Owing to the misfortune of a loss of hearing, from an accidental cause, in November, 1886, Mr. McNary retired from active public life, giving his attention to stock raising, and to agricultural affairs. He enjoyed the reputation of being an extensive reader, a progressive farmer, the possessor of a retentive memory, and of being well informed upon the current issues of the day.
After disposing of the farm to the Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Company, he and his family removed to Burgettstown in 1905, where he lived a retired life.
Early in life, Mr. McNary developed a taste for literature; being of an inquiring bent of mind, and a diligent and persistent reader, he soon took rank as one of the well informed citizens of the township, and became a writer of some note. While on the farm he was attached to the editorial staff of the National Stockman and Farmer, of Pittsburgh, the leading agricultural paper of the East, to which publication he contributed for many years.
As corresponding secretary he was largely instrumental in compiling and publishing of a complete history (in 1907) of the McNary family of Pennsylvania; giving names and address of upward of 2,000 members of the "clan."
In politics, Mr. McNary was a devout believer in the pure and simple Democracy of Thomas Jefferson. In religion, Mr. McNary and family were Presbyterians, members of the First Presbyterian Church, Burgettstown.