James Harvey McCabe and Dorcas Reed

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Husband James Harvey McCabe ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 3 May or 16 May 1814 - Moon Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Apr 1891 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: James H. McCabe (1782-1850) 1 6
         Mother: Jane "Jennie" Vance (      -1819) 1 2 3 7 8

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Dorcas Reed ^{2 5}

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           Born: 1816 - Findlay Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1886 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: James Reed (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Mary Jane McCabe ^{2 9}

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           Born: 
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           Died: when fifteen or seventeen years old
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2 M James Harvey McCabe ^{2 9}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1842 2 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Apr 1889 9 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Arabella Sayre (      -Aft 1906) 2 9
           Marr: 16 May 1866 2

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3 M Milton Dallas McCabe ⁹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when twelve years old
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M William Reed McCabe ⁹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1915
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 F Margaret McCabe ⁹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1915
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Bailey (      -Bef 1915) 9

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6 M John M. McCabe ⁹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1915
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary McCoombs (      -      ) 9

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7 F Virginia McCabe ⁹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when three years old
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M Junius D. McCabe ^{9 11}

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           Born: 15 Mar 1858 - Moon Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 9
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Etta Lytle McKee (      -      ) 9 11
           Marr: 30 Apr 1890 9

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General Notes: Husband - James Harvey McCabe

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He grew to manhood on the paternal farm in Moon township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and being the eldest son, was entrusted with much of the important work in managing the estate, attending school as the opportunity presented itself. After his marriage he purchased forty acres of the homestead and engaged in independent operations, later purchasing the interests of his co-heirs in the estate and becoming the owner of one hundred and sixteen acres. The city of Coraopolis was later built on this property. River life attracted him as a young man and for a few years he held the position of mate on a steamboat plying the rivers of that locality. After the application of the leading citizens of the town of Coraopolis for a borough charter had been granted, Mr. McCabe was elected the first burgess, and under his administration the departments of the new government were, in a short time, working with great efficiency. It was his energetic championing of the projected laying of the tracks of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad through the borough that made that enterprise possible, his active assistance in securing rights of way being an important factor in its success. He also advocated the establishment of a Presbyterian church in the town, donating ground on which the sanctuary should be raised, and he and his wife were among the first members of the church organization, which was named the First Presbyterian Church of Coraopolis. In every interest of the town, from the time of its laying out on his farm, when it was named Henrici, in honor of the president of the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad, he was prominent, and to his devoted efforts in the days of its infancy, Coraopolis owed much of its sturdy permanence.

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General Notes: Wife - Dorcas Reed

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from Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 706.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 471.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1576.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 539.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1577.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 470.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 598.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 540.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1578.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 472.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 831.