Demas Lindley McVay and Mary E. Hanna

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Husband Demas Lindley McVay ¹

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           Born: 13 Jan 1844 - Morris Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Benjamin Franklin McVay (      -1853) 3 4
         Mother: Priscilla Day (      -Aft 1893) 3 5

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       Marriage: 24 Sep 1869 2

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Wife Mary E. Hanna ²

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         Father: Thomas Hanna (      -      ) 2
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1 U [Infant] McVay ²

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2 U [Infant] McVay ²

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3 F Lee Anna J. McVay ²

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4 F Priscilla D. McVay ²

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5 M T. Franklin McVay ²

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General Notes: Husband - Demas Lindley McVay

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When he was but ten years of age his father died, and he and his mother struggled bravely, enduring many hardships, but they succeeded in keeping the fatherless family together until they were able to care for themselves.

He resided on a place known as the "Old Hanna farm," the property of his father-in-law, but he owned a well-improved farm, situated one mile below Prosperity, Washington County, on Ten-Mile creek. He was a prominent stock-raiser, and gave considerable attention to the breeding and raising of Shorthorn cattle and Blacktop sheep.

He enlisted for service in the war of the Rebellion, August 18, 1862, in Company I, Fifteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, served until the end of the war, and later drew a small pension. He resided in Franklin township eleven years after his marriage. Contrary to the political opinions of his ancestors, he was always a straight Republican, and he and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a deacon.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 647, 1075.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1075.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 844.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 24, 647.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 24.