David A. McAlevy and Mary A. Small

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Husband David A. McAlevy ¹

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            AKA: David McAlevey 2
           Born: 22 Dec 1853 - Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Aug 1928
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: William McAlevy (1827-1901) 4
         Mother: Matilda A. Mathews (1827-1918) 4

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       Marriage: 1892 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Wife Mary A. Small ⁵

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           Born: 1857
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Jun 1928
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Moses H. Small (1813-Aft 1879) 2 6
         Mother: Sarah Collins (      -      ) 2 7

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - David A. McAlevy

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He was born on the old McAlevy homestead in Jackson Township, Venango County, PA, where he still [1917] resides, lying three miles northeast of Cooperstown. He worked there with his father until he reached his majority, obtaining a good practical education in the common schools of the locality, and when twenty-one years old took employment at oil wells, following this line for the next fifteen years. He was engaged both as pumper and driller, acquiring a working knowledge of the business which has been very useful to him in his independent operations as a producer. For the last twelve years he has owned the farm held by his grandfather and father in turn, having bought the interests of his brothers and sisters, and the entire fifty acres has undergone marked improvement in his hands, both as to land and buildings. Twelve years ago he erected a substantial and comfortable dwelling, and two years later a good barn, and he follows general farming in the cultivation of the soil. Wells had been sunk and oil produced before he took hold of the property, but all the wells pumping there now have been put down by him, and the yield is up to the average, greatly increasing the value of his tract. However, he has never neglected his agricultural work, in which he has met with unusual success by dint of in­telligent application to the requirements of his land, and he keeps in close touch with such interests through his membership in the Grange, he and his wife being regular attendants at the meetings. Socially he belongs to the I. O. O. F. lodge at Cooperstown. Though his father and grandfather were stanch Republicans he is independent on political questions, supporting whatever measures appeal to him as best, regardless of the party sponsor­ing them. [CAB, 1084]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary A. Small

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She cared for both her parents in their old age. She and her husband had no children, but a nephew, Walter McAlevy, made his home with them from the age of twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. McAlevy were churchgoers and supported church and other religious enterprises, Mrs. McAlevy taking an active part in the women's work.

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Notes: Marriage

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They had no children, but a nephew, Walter McAlevy, made his home with them from the age of twelve years, he being born about 1894.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1083.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 524.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 68.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1084.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 524, 1084.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 603, 604.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 604.