William McCullough Darlington and Mary Carson O'Hara

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Husband William McCullough Darlington ¹

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           Born: May 1815 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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           Died: 28 Sep 1889 - "Guyasuta", Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Benjamin Darlington (      -1856) 1
         Mother: Agnes McCullough (      -      ) 1

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Wife Mary Carson O'Hara ¹

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           Born:  - "Guyasuta", Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Richard Butler O'Hara (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Boyd (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M O'Hara Darlington ¹

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2 M Hilborn Darlington ¹

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3 F Mary O'Hara Darlington ¹

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4 F Edith Darlington ¹

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           Born:  - "Guyasuta", Allegheny Co, PA
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         Spouse: Samuel A. Ammon (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1891 2

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General Notes: Husband - William McCullough Darlington

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He was an author of repute, and his wife was of the greatest assistance to him in translating and copying from original documents, which were largely French and Spanish in language.

He was by profession a lawyer but for several years before his death devoted himself exclusively to literary work and historical research. Owing to his knowledge of property and local history he was an authority often consulted by judges and leading attorneys of Allegheny County. In 1888, on the completion of the new court house, he received the keys from the county commissioners as being the oldest member of the county bar, though not the oldest man. His library, which he was collecting all through his life, number 11,000 volumes, being one of the best in quality and largest in quantity of any private collection in the State. He was a member of several historical societies,-a vice-president of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, and was considered an authority on American history, especially that of Western Pennsylvania, and the Ohio Valley. He compiled and published "Illustrative Notes to Journal of Colonel John May, of Boston, 1788-89"; "Christopher Gist's Journal, Notes and Biographies"; "An Appendix of Illustrative Notes to Colonel Smith's Narrative of Captivity with the Indians, 1755-59." He also prepared a great number of historical papers and genealogical sketches which were published by others in various publications.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Carson O'Hara

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She was educated at Edgeworth (later Braddock) Seminary, and Miss McLeod's School for Young Ladies, Staten Island, New York. She was an accomplished linguist, speaking, reading and writing with fluency, French, German and Spanish. She devoted a great deal of her life to genealogical research and historical writing. Her "Fort Pitt" (her only published volume) was a standard authority and widely quoted. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, and an honorary member of Pittsburgh Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 883.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 884.