James S. McGarry and Matilda J. Simpson
Husband James S. McGarry 1
Born: 21 Aug 1844 - Mt. Savage, Allegheny Co, MD 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Patrick H. McGarry ( -1876) 1 Mother: Margaret McCue ( -1881) 1
Marriage: 17 Sep 1873 1
Wife Matilda J. Simpson 1
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Father: Alexander J. Simpson (1824-1889) 1 Mother: Julia Ann Murrin ( - ) 1 2
Children
1 F Mary McGarry 1
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2 F Evangeline McGarry 1
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3 M Aloysius Simpson McGarry 1
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4 M Claude Edmund McGarry 1
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5 M James A. McGarry 1
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6 M John V. McGarry 1
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7 F Annie Pauline McGarry 1
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8 M George A. McGarry 1
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General Notes: Husband - James S. McGarry
He was educated at the public schools and an academy of Kittanning. In September, 1862, after the battle of Antietam, he entered the hospital service and served as nurse seven months. He then entered St. Francis College, Cambria county, and grad-uated in a mercantile course January 6, 1866. He afterward spent about one year in Missouri prospecting for oil, locating permanently at Franklin in 1868, where he was successively engaged in the grocery, railroad, hotel, and wholesale liquor business. The family are members of the Catholic church. Mr. McGarry is one of the supreme trustees of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association, and has organized the local branches of the I. C. B. U., C. M. B. A., C. K. of A., and C. B. L. Politically a Democrat, he has al-ways taken the most active interest in the success of Democratic candidates and principles, and was once the candidate of the party for mayor of Frank-lin. [HVC 1890, 828]
1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 828.
2
Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1303.
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