David Lowry McNees and Ada Irene McEwen

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Husband David Lowry McNees ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Jan 1866 - Butler Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 10 Jun 1931 2
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         Father: John Munson McNees (1833-1900/1911) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Snyder (1840-1906) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 9 Jan 1895 2 4

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Wife Ada Irene McEwen ^{2 4}

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           Born: 15 Aug 1869 2
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         Father: James McEwen (      -      ) 2 4 5
         Mother: Isabella Williamson (      -      ) 4 5

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Children

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1 M Wilbert Harold McNees, Sr. ^{2 4}

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           Born: 19 Oct 1895 2
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           Died: Jan 1981 - ? Imperial, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: Blanche Rutter (1900-1931) 2
           Marr: 24 Dec 1924 2

         Spouse: Leona Peytin (1912-      ) 2
           Marr: 3 Mar 1933 2

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2 M Floyd Raymond McNees, Sr. ^{2 4}

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           Born: 13 Jul 1897 2
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         Spouse: Ione Earl (1896-1970) 2
           Marr: 11 Jul 1923 2

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3 M Albert Iren McNees ²

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           Born: 15 Aug 1899 2
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           Died: 1 Nov 1899 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Ruth Elizabeth McNees ^{2 4}

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           Born: 30 Jun 1901 2
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         Spouse: Eric T. Burgess (1906-      ) 2
           Marr: 2 Apr 1935 2

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5 F Helen Isabel McNees ^{2 4}

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           Born: 26 Mar 1904 2
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General Notes: Husband - David Lowry McNees

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His early education was received in the public schools and in Prospect Academy, after which he entered Allegheny College and graduated in the class of 1892 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Mr. McNees was identified with the field of journalism during the whole of his business career. Upon leaving college he secured a position as reporter on the staff of the Beaver "Star," and remained with that paper with increased responsibilities until 1908 when he came to Ambridge and bought out the interests of Paul Revere in the "Citizen." This newspaper had been established by Mr. Revere in 1905 as an eight-page, six-column weekly, and was so continued by Mr. McNees during the first years of his management. In 1912, however, it became a semi-weekly and in 1923 a tri-weekly publication, and came to be an eight to twelve-page, seven-column newspaper, outstandingly modern both as to make-up and general outlook on the affairs of the community, with a circulation of 3,100. In addition to his newspaper interests, Mr. McNees carried on an exclusive business in job and commercial printing, the business being incorporated with David L. McNees as president, and F. R. McNees as secretary and treasurer.
During the first World War he served as chairman of the "four-minute" men and did work on Liberty Loan and War Chest drives, for which he received a special certificate of recognition. He was a leading member of the Ambridge Rotary Club, and was its first president, and in addition took an active interest in the concerns of the Ambridge Board of Trade, and in the Economy Building and Loan Association, of which he was vice-president. Politically, Mr. McNees was a Republican, and his religious affiliation was with the Presbyterian Church, in which he served as superintendent of the Sunday School.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 163.

2 Jeff McBride, Thomas Armstrong in Path Valley (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1250.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 164.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 532.