Matthew McCollough and Jane "Jennie" Hunter

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Husband Matthew McCollough ¹

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            AKA: Matthew McCullough 2
           Born: 1778 - near Belfast, Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1858 - ? Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - United Presbyterian Church, Prospect, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: James McCollough (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: Bef 1803 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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Wife Jane "Jennie" Hunter ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1842
         Buried:  - United Presbyterian Church, Prospect, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: William Hunter (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Mary McCollough ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895
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         Spouse: David Jones (      -      ) 3

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2 M William McCollough ³

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           Died: Bef 1895
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3 M James McCollough ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895 - Indiana
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4 M Thomas McCollough ³

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            AKA: Thomas McCullough 2
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           Died: Bet 1883 and 1895
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         Spouse: Eleanor A. McCullough (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1837 2

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5 M Matthew McCollough ⁵

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            AKA: Matthew McCullough 4
           Born: 15 Dec 1813 - Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA
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           Died: 22 Sep 1899 - Butler Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane White (      -1844) 3

         Spouse: Fanny Jane Shannon (      -      ) 4 5

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6 M George W. McCollough ³

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7 M Robert McCollough ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895 - Butler Co, PA
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8 M Dinwiddie McCollough ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1895 - Butler Co, PA
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General Notes: Husband - Matthew McCollough

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During the rebellion in Ireland, which took place about 1798, Matthew McCullough emigrated from the land of the Shamrock to American soil. He located first in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, remaining there five years. He removed to Muddy Creek township, Butler County, about the year 1803. He was a stonemason by trade, having learned the business in Cumberland County. He pursued the occupation as journeyman for two years previous to his coming to this township, and after settling here he followed it industriously for many years in connection with farming. [HBC 1883, 347]

He acquired a fair education in his native land, and at the age of nineteen immigrated to Pennsylvania and located at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in teaching. He there learned the stonemasons's trade, which he followed in Cumberland and Butler counties for many years in connection with farming. Soon after settling at Carlisle he married and about 1803, accompanied his father-in-law and family to Butler County. Mr. Hunter purchased 400 acres of land on and near the site of Prospect, in Franklin township, fifty acres of which he gave to Mr. McCollough. On a part of this the present borough of Prospect now stands. A proviso was attached to the gift that if Mr. McCollough moved off the land he was not to sell it, but give it to his two eldest children, which he did in 1818, at the time he removed to Muddy Creek township. He erected a cabin, and began the work of clearing a farm, carrying on his trade in connection therewith. He assisted in the erection of the first jail at Butler, being employed by John Negley, the contractor. In 1818 he purchased 300 acres of land in Muddy Creek township, which later embraced the Hyle farm, and the Robert, William F., and William B. McCollough farms. He cleared and improved 100 acres of that tract, and erected the brick house on the farm later occupied by Robert and William B. McCollough. There he remained throughout the balance of his life. He was a member of Captain Martin's company in the War of 1812, and was stationed at Erie. He was one of the early members of White Oak Springs Covenanter church, but when the United Presbyterian church of Prospect was organized he united with that society, assisted in the erection of the church building, and was connected with it until his death. He was one of the oldest A. Y. Masons in Butler County, having been a member of a lodge in Belfast, Ireland. In politics, he was a life-long Democrat, filled many of the township offices, and took an active interest in public affairs. [HBC 1895, 1239]

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1239.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 347.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1240.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1218.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1151, 1183, 1240.

6 Editor, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 344.