Benjamin Ramsey McKennan

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Husband Benjamin Ramsey McKennan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1865 - Franklin Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: William Bowman McKennan (1829-1917) 2 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Adaline Dodridge Ramsey (1837-1911) 6

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Ramsey McKennan

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He was graduated from Gabby School at North Franklin, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and then engaged in farming until 1898, when he enlisted in the United States Army and saw service in the Philippines for fourteen months, as a member of the 10th Regiment, Company H. He later saw service with the 10th Regiment on the Mexican Border, as color sergeant, for four and one-half months, and during the World War he was also a member of the 10th Regiment, but was discharged from active service due to disability, having been wounded in the Spanish-American War. He then devoted his entire efforts to his farming interests in Franklin Township, with his brother, and on September 27, 1917, received the appointment as Tipstaff to the Washington courts.
He was widely known in fraternal circles, being affiliated with Lodge No. 776, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Sunset Lodge, No. 623, Free and Accepted Masons, Chapter and Commandery, Knights Templar, Pittsburgh Consistory, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, and Syria Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine at Pittsburgh. He was also a member of the Washington County Historical Society, and was connected with Edwin Scott Linton Post, No. 175, American Legion. In addition he held membership in the Sons of the American Revolution, through an ancestor, Colonel William McKennan.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 508.

2 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 19.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 507.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 794.

5 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 137.

6 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 65.