William A. McQuiston and Emma Clay

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Husband William A. McQuiston ¹

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           Born: 29 Mar 1863 - Concord Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1957
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: Alexander C. McQuiston (1825-1910)
         Mother: Margaret Gibson (1830/1837-1917)

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Wife Emma Clay ¹

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           Born: 1862
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           Died: 1945
         Buried:  - Scrubgrass Stone Church Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: George W. Clay (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Myrtle E. McQuiston ¹

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2 M George L. McQuiston ¹

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3 M David B. McQuiston ¹

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General Notes: Husband - William A. McQuiston

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He was reared in Concord Township, Butler County, PA, until he was fourteen years old and then accompanied his par­ents to Allegheny Township, where he resided thereafter. He was a self-made man, and depended upon his own efforts beginning when he was seventeen years of age. In 1893 he became interested in the oil industry and made the business profitable.
He and his wife were members of the Scrubgrass Presby­terian Church, in which he was a trus­tee for many years. He served multiple terms as a member of the School Board of the township and was secre­tary of that body. He belonged to the order of Knights of Maccabees, being identified with Emlenton Tent, No. 111.

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General Notes: Wife - Emma Clay

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from Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA

1 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 838.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 62.