| Robert S. McKay | |
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Born: May 30, 1824 Loc: Randolph, Crawford Co. PA Died: Jan 27, 1914 Loc: North Shenango, Crawford Co. PA |
Father: Joseph McKay |
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Married: Sept 16, 1845 |
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| Children: Helen Jane /John S. /Joseph O/Catherine Agnes /Myrtie E. /L. Boyd /Nell G. | |
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ROBERT S. McKAY, farmer, P. O. Espyville, was born in Randolph
Township, this county, May 30, 1824, son of Joseph and Mary (Gilliland)
McKay, who settled in Randolph Township, this county, about 1814,
locating on the farm now owned and occupied by Neal McKay, and which
they cleared and improved. Joseph, who was a son of Neal McKay, a native
of Scotland, an early settler of Randolph Township and later of
Waterford, Erie Co., Penn., died in 1827; his wife was a daughter of
Hugh Gilliland, formerly of Fayette County, and an early settler of
Conneaut Township, this county. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph McKay had seven
children: Hugh G.; Neal; Nancy, deceased; James, deceased; Eliza,
deceased; Robert S.; Angeline, deceased. Our subject was reared in
Randolph Township, this county, until thirteen years of age, when he was
thrown on his own resources. For one year he worked in a tan-yard, and
then in a carding-mill in Conneaut Township, this county, until
twenty-six years of age. In 1848 he settled in North Shenango Township,
on his present farm, part of which he cleared and fenced, and on which
he made all the improvements in buildings, etc. He was married September
16, 1845, to Susan, daughter of John and Catherine (Brown) Garrison, of
Pine Township, this county, by whom he had seven children: Helen J., now
Mrs. H. Fonner; John S., Joseph O., Kate A., Myrtie E., Boyd and Nell G.
Mr. and Mrs. McKay are members of the United Presbyterian Church, with
which they have been connected since 1859, and in which he is an Elder.
Our subject was appointed Mercantile Appraiser by the County
Commissioners in 1862, serving in that capacity one year; he has held
nearly all the offices in the gift of the township. In politics he is a
stanch Republican; a strong advocate of prohibition. Crawford County, Pennsylvania History & Biography 1885 Part V: Biographical Sketches NORTH SHENANGO TOWNSHIP pages 909-10 |
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