Husband Harvey Dallas McCabe 1 2
Born: 7 Sep 1872 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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Father: James Harvey McCabe (1842-1889) 4 5
Mother: Arabella Sayre ( -Aft 1906) 4 5
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General Notes: Husband - Harvey Dallas McCabe
He was educated in the public schools of Sewickley, Pennsylvania, and East Liverpool, Ohio. Immediately after the death of his father in 1889 the family removed to Coraopolis (Middletown), and Mr. McCabe, then seventeen years of age, entered the service of the engineering firm of McBride and McCabe in Pittsburgh. His uncle, Junius D. McCabe, was the junior partner of this firm, and the kindly interest which he and his partner McBride took in the welfare of the young student in their office had much to do with developing his capacities for engineering and business undertakings. From 1889 to 1893 he was given a thorough drilling in engineering, both in the field and in the office, also acting during this time as bookkeeper for the firm. About this time some capitalists in Pittsburgh conceived the idea of starting a town on the site forty miles south of Pittsburgh, near Lock 4, now occupied by Monessen. The firm of McBride and McCabe, who had had extensive experience in this line of work at Jeannette, Charleroi, Ellwood and other new towns, were engaged to map out the town, and young McCabe was given charge of the surveying corps. The entire summer of 1893 was spent in this work, but in the fall the enterprise was abandoned by its Pittsburgh backers, owing to the financial stringency then prevailing.
During the next four years Mr. McCabe gained a wide experience in both civil and mining engineering, all of this time being spent in the service of the same firm, except seven months in the winter of 1894-1895, when he was assisting Engineer Robert McConaghy, of New Castle, Pennsylvania. In June, 1897, the East Side Land Company took up the project of founding a town on the site near Lock 4 where Monessen now stands, and he was again given charge of the surveying corps by his uncle, Mr. McBride having retired from the firm. He worked steadily at Monessen until February, 1898, when he severed his business connection with his uncle and went to Ford City, Pennsylvania, where a new town was being laid out. This move was made at the request of the manager of the East Side Land Company, who was closely identified with the Ford City enterprise. In August, 1898, Mr. McCabe returned to Monessen, taking charge of the local office of the company, and in April, 1900, was made manager of the East Side Land Company, and the main office of the company was transferred from Pittsburgh to Monessen.
In the year 1900 the Monessen Water Company was formed, and Mr. McCabe was appointed superintendent and instructed to prepare plans and award contracts for the construction of the plant. In 1901 the plant went into operation. Many extensions were later made under Mr. McCabe's supervision. The most notable of these improvements was the construction in 1904-05 of a modern mechanical filtration plant, which gave to Monessen one of the finest systems of water supply in that part of the country. He was one of the organizers of the Webster, Monessen, Belle Vernon and Fayette City Street Railway Company, in which company he held the office of secretary. He was also one of the organizers of the First National Bank and of the Monessen Savings & Trust Company, and held the offices of vice-president in both institutions until November, 1904, when he retired from the banks, owing to the pressure of his other duties. In June, 1903, Mr. McCabe was elected a director on the board of the Monessen Foundry & Machine Company, and was made secretary of the company. He has taken an active part in the building up of Monessen, and when the town was incorporated into a borough, September 3, 1898, Mr. McCabe was appointed by court as one of the councilmen and was elected president of council by his colleagues. At the succeeding election he was defeated for the nomination at the Republican primaries, but the year after (1900) was nominated and elected for a three year term. Upon the institution of the Monessen Chamber of Commerce in 1906 he was installed as secretary of the organization.
He was an active member of the Presbyterian church, in which he served as trustee.