John McClay and Jane Welch

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Husband John McClay ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John McCloy 3
           Born: 1809 - Hopewell Twp, Washington Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1895 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: Samuel McClay (      -1838) 2 6
         Mother: Sarah McClelland (      -1842) 7

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       Marriage: 15 Sep 1841 or 1843 5 8 9

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   Other Spouse: Jane Smith (      -Bef 1841) 5 8 - 26 Apr 1838 5 8

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Taggart (      -Abt 1858) 5 10 - 1857 5 8

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   Other Spouse: Margaret C. Brownlee (      -      ) 3 5 8 - 15 Dec 1869 8

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Wife Jane Welch ^{8 9}

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            AKA: Jane Welsh 2 3
           Born: 16 Jun 1815 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 9
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           Died: 12 Aug 1853 9
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         Father: Robert Welch (1786-      ) 5 11 12
         Mother: Elizabeth Dawson (1787-      ) 12 13

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Children

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1 F Sarah J. McClay ^{2 8 9}

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            AKA: Sarah J. McCloy 3
           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1910
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. William A. Morrison (      -1892) 2 9

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2 M William W. McClay ^{2 8 9 14}

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           Born: 2 Mar 1845 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 15
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         Spouse: Mary Almira Crothers (1843-1890) 14
           Marr: 1878 15

         Spouse: Jennie Maxwell (      -      ) 9 15
           Marr: 1894 15

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3 M John Howard McClay ^{5 8 9}

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4 M Robert Horace McClay ^{9 16 17}

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           Born: 12 Jan 1850 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 18
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         Spouse: Rachel A. Wright (      -      ) 9 18 19
           Marr: 11 Jan 1876 18

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General Notes: Husband - John McClay

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Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA

He was born on the home farm in Canton township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and passed his early youth on the farm, receiving a very limited education in the primitive schools of the period. [CBRWC, 652]

He was a successful business man and carried on farming and stock raising for many years, devoting much attention to the growing of sheep. In his early political life he was a Whig and later became a strong advocate of the abolition of slavery. During the Civil War he lent his support heartily to the preservation of the Union. In early days he was a member of the Covenanter Church but later was identified for years with the North Buffalo United Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder.

He was for many years a director in the First National Bank of Washington.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 652, 920.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 562, 588.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 690.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 920.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 562.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 652, 920, 1382.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 690, 875.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 921.

9 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 169.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 921, 1138, 1290.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 601, 921, 1207.

12 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 168.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1207.

14 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 77.

15 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 588.

16 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 652, 921.

17 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 556, 562.

18 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 557.

19 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 652.