Humes Alexander McCandless and Martha Matilda McCandless

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Husband Humes Alexander McCandless ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Jun 1832 - Center Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 22 Oct 1909 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Nathan Fish McCandless (1803-1890/1891) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Thompson (1807-1855/1856) 4 5 6 7

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       Marriage: 21 Oct 1857 2

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   Other Spouse: Martha Thompson (      -1924) 1 - 1868 1

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Wife Martha Matilda McCandless ²

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           Born: Abt 1836
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           Died: 1859 2
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         Father: John S. McCandless (      -1859) 8 9
         Mother: Martha "Mattie" Thompson (      -Abt 1840) 9 10

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Humes Alexander McCandless

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He obtained his education in the country schools, grew to man­hood on the home farm, and has made farming his main business in life. In 1864 he gave one year to the service of his country, enlisting in Company A, Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery. After the close of his military service he returned to the farm at home, where he remained until his marriage. He was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church in Center Township. [HBC 1909, 627]

He is not listed among the children of Nathan F. and Elizabeth (Thompson) McCandless in HBC 1895, 1071.

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 627.

2 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 23.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 339.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1071.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1336.

6 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 13.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 364, 417.

8 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 338.

9 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 10.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 336x, 338, 364, 417.