Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Munnel and Harriet L. Ringland




Husband Samuel Munnel 1 2

            AKA: Samuel Munnell 3
           Born: 27 Mar 1832 - South Strabane Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Munnel (1795-1881) 2 4
         Mother: Nancy McQuistion (Abt 1805-1891) 2


       Marriage: 1860 2 5

   Other Spouse: Nancy E. "Nannie" Crawford (      -      ) 2 4



Wife Harriet L. Ringland 2 5

            AKA: Margaret Ringland 4
           Born: Abt 1830
     Christened: 
           Died: 1870 or 1871 2 5
         Buried: 


         Father: William Ringland (      -      ) 2 6 7
         Mother: Mary Bane (      -      ) 5 8




Children
1 F Mary Ringland Munnell 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Samuel Munnel


He was born on the home farm in South Strabane township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, where his youth was passed. He then learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed three years, working for Hugh Reynolds, at $25 a year. He made a trip to the West, and returning to Washington County purchased a sawmill in South Strabane township, conducting it for twenty-five years. He afterward bought another mill in North Strabane township, and a portable sawmill. In 1869 he came to Canonsburg, continuing in the mill business, and for at least fourteen years was engaged in the ice business. In 1886 he entered the hardware and building business in partnership with H. W. Taylor. During the [Civil?] war he was a member of the State militia. In politics he was a Democrat, serving in various township offices, and in religion was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian Church.

attended the district schools of South Strabane Township and remained on the home farm until he was 17 years of age and then learned the carpenter trade and later conducted a saw-mill in South Strabane Township for a few years, moving from there to North Strabane Township, where he continued in the same business for 25 years. After coming to Canonsburg he embarked in the ice business, which he conducted for 15 years and for 16 years also had a hardware store. Later for some years he gave his attention to the tile manufacturing industry and dealt also in all kinds of builders' supplies.

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Sources


1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 767, 1435.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 949.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 632.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1435.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 767.

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 653, 842.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 766.

8 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 653, 843.


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