Husband Neal McKay 1
Born: 3 Oct 1816 - near Conneautville, Crawford Co, PA 1
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Father: Joseph McKay ( -1827) 2
Mother: Mary Gilliland ( - ) 3
Marriage: 7 May 1839 1
Wife Lydia Smith 1
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Father: Philip Smith ( - ) 1
Mother: Hettie [Unk] ( - ) 1
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1 M David T. McKay 1
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Status: Adopted
General Notes: Husband - Neal McKay
His father died when he was ten years old and he suffered severely by his father's demise, being compelled to labor hard to maintain his mother and himself. He early engaged on the construc-tion of the canal from Meadville to Franklin at $13 per month, and after two years of such toil his salary was advanced to $18 per month, which amount was given to his mother, and on that and what she made by weaving, the fam-ily was sustained.
He had few school advantages, and they were gained by arduous trips three miles through the woods, where wild animals abounded. At the age of twenty-one there was a debt of $700 hang-ing over the old homestead which was contracted after his father's death, and he assumed the responsibility of eradicating the same with the under-standing that the property should be his. This he paid out principally by labor at 50 cents per day.