Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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George McClelland and Agnes Seaton


Husband George McClelland 1 2 3 4 

           Born: 1780 - near Ballabay, County Monaghan, Ireland 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Feb 1834 - New York state 1 2 3 4
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA


         Father: George McClelland (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Jane McKnight (      -      ) 5


       Marriage: 1803 - Westmoreland Co, PA 4

Wife Agnes Seaton 1 2 4 6 

            AKA: Nancy Seaton 7
           Born: Abt 1780
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1842 1 2 3 4
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA


         Father: George Seaton (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Nancy Amberson (      -Abt 1799/1800) 7


   Other Spouse: William Ogden (      -      ) 8

Children
1 F Jane McClelland 1 2 9 

           Born: 1804 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Feb 1867 11
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: Dr. Nathaniel Duffield Snowden (1803-1864) 12
           Marr: 27 Apr 1833 13

2 M John McClelland 1 2 4 9 

           Born: 6 Sep 1806 or 1807 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Feb 1837 or 1847 2 5 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eleanor Purviance (1815-1890) 1 4 14

3 F Margaret McClelland 1 2 15 16 

           Born: 1807 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 1879 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Arnold Plumer (1801-1869) 2 17 18 19
           Marr: 6 Feb 1827 20 21

4 M Joseph McClelland 1 5 9 

           Born: Mar 1809 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Sep 1899 5
         Buried: 27 Sep 1899 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Lavina Morrison (      -      ) 1 9

         Spouse: Carrie [Unk] (      -      ) 10

5 F Nancy McClelland 1 2 9 22 

           Born: 9 Nov 1809 or 1811 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jul 1881 or 1882 2
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Judge John Bredin (1794-1851) 23
           Marr: 1829 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 2 22

6 F Harriet Eliza McClelland 1 9 24 25 

           Born: 19 Nov 1816 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jun 1901 5
         Buried: 6 Jun 1901 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 26

         Spouse: Samuel Futhey Dale (1816-1876) 1 25 27 28
           Marr: 8 Oct 1840 29

7 M Maj. George Croghan McClelland 1 9 

           Born: 29 Nov 1818-1819 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 1 9 30
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1888 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 30 31
         Buried: 28 Oct 1888 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 32

         Spouse: Ruth Rhoades (      -      ) 33

         Spouse: Abigail Childs (1839-1888) 9 34

General Notes: Husband - George McClelland


He was one of the oldest settlers in Venango County, Pennsylvania, and settled first at a place now called Springville, Sandy Creek township, about 1795. [HVC 1879, 492]

He immigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in 1795. There he grew to manhood and married. In 1803 he came to Venango County, locating in what became Victory township, but within a few years removed to Franklin and conducted the United States hotel. He was a man of much energy and was actively associated with early business and political affairs. He built and operated a furnace at Sandy creek on the Pittsburgh road, one of the first in the county. He was one of the projectors of the Venango Democrat, and a leading man in local politics, serving as county commissioner from 1808 to 1812, as county treasurer, 1813-15, 1820-21, and in 1824, and as county auditor, 1819-21. In the later years of his life he engaged in the business of dealing in stock, buying throughout Venango and adjoining counties and selling in distant markets. [HVC 1890, 749]

He came to America when a youth, locating in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, as early as 1795. He remained there until after his marriage, settling in Venango County in 1803, near Springville, in what later became Victory Township. However, he is best known as a pioneer of Franklin, having removed to the town in 1806 and passed the remainder of his life there. For a number of years he owned and operated the "United States Hotel." He was a man of progressive and energetic disposition, having erected one of the first grist and saw mills in the county and also one of the first furnaces, the latter being located at Sandy creek on the Pittsburgh road. In the later years of his life he was engaged as a stock dealer, buying all over Venango and adjoining counties and selling in distant markets. He was also active in public affairs, serving as county commissioner from 1808 to 1812, as county treasurer in 1813-15, in 1820-21, and in 1824, and as county auditor in 1819-21. He was one of the founders of the Venango Democrat. [CAB, 805]

According to notes left by his daughter Eliza, her father never en-gaged in stock-dealing and did not die in New York state while on a selling expedition, but at his home in Franklin.

General Notes: Wife - Agnes Seaton


She is not listed by the name "Agnes" in the list of the children of George and Nancy, however she is their child per HVC 1890, 749. She may be the same as the child named "Nancy".
She died of apoplexy.

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Sources

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 492.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 749.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 805.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 489.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 511.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 459, 805.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 459.

8 Jane Snowden Crosby, The Seatons of Western Pennsylvania (New York: The Hobson Book Press, 1945), Pg 40.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 806.

10 Jane Snowden Crosby, The Seatons of Western Pennsylvania (New York: The Hobson Book Press, 1945), Pg 56.

11 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 458.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 191, 749.

13 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 192.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1458.

15 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408, 806.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 467.

17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 407, 697.

18 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 656.

19 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 466.

20 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 756.

21 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 408.

22 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 51.

23 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 50.

24 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 489, 511.

25 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 364.

26 Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.).

27 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 526.

28 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 747.

29 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 748.

30 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 775.

31 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 807.

32 Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.), Pg 18.

33 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 829.

34 Charlotte Blair Stewart, The Descendants of Jacob Runninger (Pennsylvania: The Runninger Reunion Committee, 1986), Pg 6.

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