Samuel McGara and Mary Swan

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Husband Samuel McGara ¹

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           Born: 1816 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Clements McGara (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Polly McLaughlin (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1843 2

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Wife Mary Swan ¹

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         Father: Thomas Swan (Abt 1782-1845) 3
         Mother: Jane Spence (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Sarah McGara ^{1 5}

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         Spouse: John T. Kinter (1831-Aft 1913) 1 5

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2 M Thomas B. McGara ²

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         Spouse: Sarah J. Dodson (      -      ) 2

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3 F Caroline McGara ²

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         Spouse: John Thomas (      -      ) 2

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4 F Cordelia McGara ²

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            AKA: Cordelia McGeary 2
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         Spouse: Foster Lightcap (      -      ) 2

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5 M John B. McGara ²

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         Spouse: Clara Shields (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel McGara

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He was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Indiana County in 1844. During his early business life, he was engaged in the mercantile, lumber and milling occupations. He purchased, in 1848, a farm of George Swan. He also came to own the Steffey farm, near Chambersville. A six-foot vein of coal underlaid his property.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 526, 528.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 528.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 450, 526, 528.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 450, 526.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1198.