John McCandless and Jemima Reeves Sullivan

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Husband John McCandless ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 24 Aug 1798 - Center Twp, Butler Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1860 1 4
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         Father: George McCandless (1771-1842) 1 5
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Fish (Cir 1769-1850) 1 6

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       Marriage: 1824 4

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Wife Jemima Reeves Sullivan ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Jemima Reaves Sullivan,4 Jemimah Sullivan 7
           Born: 20 Oct 1800 - Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA 8
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           Died: Sep 1881 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 1 2 3
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         Father: Charles Craven Sullivan, Sr. (1760-1813) 3 7 9
         Mother: Susannah Johnston (1764-1834) 7

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Children

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1 M George Sullivan McCandless ^{1 10}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Ellen Dodds (      -      ) 10

         Spouse: Sarah Goff (      -      ) 10

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2 F Susannah McCandless ^{1 12}

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            AKA: Suzannah McCandless 11
           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Jeremiah Bryan McCandless (      -      ) 1 12

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3 F Polly McCandless ^{1 13}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 19 May 1894 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George McCandless (      -      ) 1

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4 F Mary Ann McCandless ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Robert McKissick (      -      ) 1 4

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5 M Judge Charles McCandless ^{1 14 15 16}

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           Born: 28 Nov 1834 - Center Twp, Butler Co, PA 15 17
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           Died: 4 Mar 1893 15
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         Spouse: Catherine Zimmerman (1842-1918) 16 18
           Marr: 16 Oct 1860 16

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6 F Keziah M. McCandless ^{11 19}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Robert McCandless Russell (1838-1882) 11 19 20
           Marr: 14 Nov 1861 19

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7 F Minerva McCandless ⁴

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Elizabeth C. McCandless ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
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         Spouse: Anson Christy (      -      ) 4

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9 M Samuel K. McCandless ⁴

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           Born: 22 Jun 1843 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Oct 1864 1 4
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General Notes: Husband - John McCandless

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He was the first white male child born in Centre Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
He was known as 'Judge John' because he was one of the two first men elected as Associate Judges for Butler County when that office was made elective in 1851. John McCandless and his wife were first buried in the Butler cemetery located at the corner of North and McKean Streets. Later they, with others, were reinterred in the North cemetery, Butler.

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General Notes: Wife - Jemima Reeves Sullivan

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She was born on the "Partnership Farm," about seven miles northwest of the town of Butler, in Butler County, PA.

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

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 676.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 271.

4 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 11.

5 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 8.

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

7 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 331.

8 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 56, 331.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 387.

10 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 17.

11 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 56.

12 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 58.

13 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 55.

14 —, Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. II (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889), Pg 221.

15 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 241.

16 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 18.

17 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 67.

18 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 779.

19 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 345.

20 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1406.