Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George McKean and Mary Johnson




Husband George McKean 1

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           Died: 
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       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Smith (      -      ) 1



Wife Mary Johnson 1

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Children
1 M Johnston McKean 2

            AKA: Johnson McKean 1
           Born: Abt 1801 - Westmoreland Co, PA
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           Died: 1877 - Beaver Co, PA 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Adams (      -      ) 1 2



General Notes: Husband - George McKean


He came from Westmoreland county, and his great-grandfather
His father came from Scotland and settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and opened an inn, which came to be known as McKean's hotel. Here his son George was born and reared, and took part in the "Whisky Insurrection." He came to Beaver County in 1795, purchased 500 acres of land, farmed it and afterward built on it a tannery which he managed for fifty years.

With his first wife he had six sons and four daughters. His second wife bore him seven children.

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 686.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 902.


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