James A. McKean and Julia S. Fox

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Husband James A. McKean ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Aug 1845 - Glen Cove, Long Island, NY 1 3
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         Father: Bernard McKean (1810/1811-1890) 1 3
         Mother: Bridget Graham (1819-1888/1888) 1 3

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       Marriage: Jan 1869 3 4

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Wife Julia S. Fox ^{2 4}

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           Born: 1837 - Windsor, Ontario, Canada 3
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   Other Spouse: Simon Hubbard (      -1866) 3

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Children

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1 M William Hubbard McKean ⁴

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2 F Margaret Mary "Maggie" McKean ^{4 5}

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           Born: 8 Jan 1873 - Kane, McKean Co, PA 5
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         Spouse: Frederick D. Gallup (1872-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 22 Sep 1896 5

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General Notes: Husband - James A. McKean

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He had the advantage of only a common-school education, but improved every opportunity to obtain a knowledge of the English branches. During the summer his services were required on the farm, and in the winter months he attended the district school, there being but one in a district of ten miles, and a tramp of miles through the snow of the valley was necessary each day. When eighteen years old he entered the employ of James E. Butts, at Buttsville, for whom he worked two years, in the meantime having charge of the building of the high dam across Three-mile Run. Later, he worked at the carpenter's trade, and then went to Kane, where he was employed in the car shops of the Pennsylvania & Erie Railroad, five years. In 1874 he bought a farm, which adjoined his father's on the south, and then became extensively engaged in the lumber and bark business, employing during the bark and timber season from fifty to one hundred men. Mr. McKean was always a stanch Republican, and cast his first presidential vote for Gen. Grant, in 1868. He served two terms as supervisor of his township, and, in 1887, was elected a member of the county board of commissioners. [HMEF, 447]

He was three years old when his father removed to McKean County, Pennsylvania; having received only a common school education, he improved every opportunity to acquire a knowledge of the higher English branches; at the age of eighteen he entered the employment of James E. Butts, at Buttsville, and during the two years spent in his service had charge of the building of the high dam across Three-Mile Run; afterward he worked at the carpenter's trade, and was later employed at Kane in the car shops of the Pennsylvania & Erie Railroad Company; in 1874 he bought the farm adjoining his father's to the southward, and he then was extensively engaged in the lumber and bark business, often in the season employing one hundred men; having built one of the most imposing residences in Smethport, he resided there; his first presidential vote was cast for Grant in 1868, and he was a staunch Republican; for two terms he was supervisor of his township, and in 1887 was elected a member of the county board of supervisors; among his business interests were the Hamlin Bank and Trust Company and the Smethport Water and Gas Company. [GPHAV, 86, 102]

1 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 447.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 86.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 102.

4 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 448.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 86, 102.

6 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 429.