William Houston McQuaid and Anna L. Finch

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Husband William Houston McQuaid ¹

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           Born: 16 Dec 1868 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Armstrong Duffield McQuaid (1826-1912) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Isabelle Gelvin (Abt 1835-Abt 1904) 2

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       Marriage: 30 Sep 1891 - ? Venango Co, PA 2

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Wife Anna L. Finch ²

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            AKA: Annie L. French 6
           Born:  - Sheerness-on-Sea, Isle of Sheppey, County Kent, England
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         Father: H. C. Finch (Abt 1834-1911) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Elvin (Abt 1837-1910) 2

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Children

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1 F Eva Ruth McQuaid ²

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           Born: Abt 1912
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         Status: Adopted

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General Notes: Husband - William Houston McQuaid

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He was educated in the local schools, and in his early life learned to make himself useful both in agricultural duties and about the oil wells, his taste for mechanics leading him to serve an apprenticeship at the machinist's trade, at Oil City. After following it in Franklin for five or six years he became a drilling contractor, operating three strings of tools, and in the course of such operations sank fifty-seven wells in the Sugar Lake field, several in the Clintonville field, twenty-seven on the County Farm, and several on his own land. He was interested as an investor in the Sugar Lake development, up in Crawford County. He continued drilling for sixteen years, and then for ten years was engaged as gauger on the Franklin Pipe Line, handling the Sugarcreek district, all first sand oil, and covering the Galloway Hill territory. After giving up this work he was in the restaurant business at Franklin, in the Third ward, where he had a popular establishment which took most of his time. Mr. McQuaid was of active temperament mentally as well as physically, and he considered it the duty of every citizen to take public affairs seriously, believing all should feel equal responsibility in such matters. Moreover, he endeavored to live up to his principles in this respect, having given two years of service as township clerk and six years as member of the school board, with a record of intelligent and public-spirited attention to his obligations which speaks well for his sincerity. He was a Democrat on questions of general policy. He was a regular supporter of the Sugarcreek M. E. Church and one of the workers in that congregation, while his wife was one of its zealous members, having been music director and Sunday school teacher, for the past fifteen years. Fraternally he was affiliated with the Knights of the Maccabees. [HVC 1919, 877]

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General Notes: Wife - Anna L. Finch

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She came to America with her parents when she was three years old, and was educated in the public schools, graduating from Franklin, Pennsylvania, high school in 1889.

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 876.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 877.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 649.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1042.

5 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 36.

6 —, The Duffield Family; A Sketch of William Duffield, of Venango County, PA, and His Descendents (PA: The William Duffield Association, 1905), Pg 38.