John Thompson McKennan and Harriet E. Bowman

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Husband John Thompson McKennan ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

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            AKA: John L. McKennan 4
           Born:  - Washington, Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1830 - Reading, Berks Co, PA 7 8
         Buried:  - Reading, Berks Co, PA

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         Father: Capt. William McKennan (1758-1810) 2 9 10 11
         Mother: Elizabeth Thompson (Abt 1761-1839) 5 9 10 12

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Harriet E. Bowman ^{1 4 8 13}

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           Born: 16 Jun 1792 or 1795 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1832 1 14
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jacob Bowman (1763-1847) 1 4 15
         Mother: Isabella Lowry (      -1845) 16

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Children

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1 F Isabella L. McKennan ⁸

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           Born: 27 Jul 1818 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Dec 1841 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 8
         Buried: 

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2 F Elizabeth L. McKennan ^{8 17}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 

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3 F Mary S. McKennan ⁸

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           Born: 6 Aug 1823 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jul 1866 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 8
         Buried: 

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4 M Jacob B. McKennan ^{8 17}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 

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5 F Annie B. McKennan ⁸

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           Born: 23 Sep 1827 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Mar 1830 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M William Bowman McKennan ^{6 8 17 18}

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           Born: 4 Mar 1829 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 8 17
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah Ann Quail (1829-1857) 17 18
           Marr: Jun 1854 or 1855 17 18

         Spouse: Adaline Dodridge Ramsey (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 4 Sep 1860 14

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General Notes: Husband - John Thompson McKennan

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He was born in Washington, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and there passed his early life. He received a good education, and graduated at Washington College, afterward engaging in the tanning business at Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

He was born in Delaware and was educated at Washington Academy and Washington College. After graduating, he removed to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in business. He was also for many years cashier of the old Monongahela Bank of Brownsville. [TCHWWC, 793]

He was a Whig, and a member of and elder in the Presbyterian Church for many years.
There is a remarkable coincidence in his and his brother's (Thomas M. T.) deaths, taking place in the same house, far removed from their homes. In September, 1880, while on business for the Bank of Brownsville, John T. McKennan was taken sick, and died on the 18th of that month at the house of his sister-in-law, Mrs. Bell, in Reading, Pennsylvania. In July, 1852, his brother, Thomas M. T., while in the East on business connected with the Hempfield (later the Baltimore & Ohio) Railroad, was taken sick and died at the same house of the same sister-in-law. John T. was buried in the heart of the city of Reading, and an Episcopal church was built over his grave. There the body remained until the Reading cemetery was established, when the remains were taken to the cemetery.

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 425.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 252, 485.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 14, 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 793.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1643.

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

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 486.

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

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 14.

10 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 793, 880.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1642.

12 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 252.

13 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1644.

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

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 17.

16 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 457.

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

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