Samuel Plumer McCalmont and Harriet Osborne

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Husband Samuel Plumer McCalmont ^{1 2}

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           Born: 12 Sep 1823 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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         Father: John [2] McCalmont (1788-1877) 4 5
         Mother: Mary Harriman Plumer (1799-1848) 6 7 8

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       Marriage: Apr 1859 1

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Wife Harriet Osborne ^{9 10}

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           Born: 20 Jan 1836 9 10
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         Father: Platt Smith Osborne (1798-1887) 9
         Mother: Mary A. Platt (      -      ) 9

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Children

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1 F Mary Plumer McCalmont ¹¹

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2 M Samuel Plumer McCalmont, Jr. ¹

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3 M John Osborne McCalmont ^{1 11}

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4 F Dr. Harriette Osborne McCalmont ^{1 10}

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            AKA: Harriet Osborne McCalmont 11
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5 M James Donald McCalmont ^{1 11}

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           Born: 10 Feb 1870 11
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6 F Constance Plumer McCalmont ^{1 11}

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           Born: 6 Jul 1874 11
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7 M David Burnett McCalmont ^{1 11}

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           Born: 1 Dec 1876 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 11
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         Spouse: Lucretia Edna Swan (1878-      ) 12
           Marr: 26 Sep 1900 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 13

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Plumer McCalmont

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S. P. McCalmont is one of the oldest lawyers now practicing in the courts of Venango county, Pennsylvania, where he commenced his legal career nearly forty-three years ago. His education was limited to the country subscription schools of his boyhood days and a few months at college. He read law with McCalmont & Wilson, and was admitted to the bar November 25, 1847. He went to California in April, 1850, and spent three years on the Pacific slope. Returning to Franklin he resumed practice at this bar, and has here since steadfastly remained at the post of his professional duties. In 1855 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the legislature, and twice re-elected. In 1874 he assisted in organizing the Prohibition party in Venango county, and was one of the leading Prohibitionists in western Pennsylvania. [HVC 1890, 183]

His boyhood days were passed in the hardy and laborious occupation of pioneer farming, and his educational advantages consisted of what the early-day subscription schools afforded, afterward supplemented by a few months at college. He then entered the law office of his uncle, Judge Alexander McCalmont, and Edwin C. Wilson, and was admitted to practice November 25, 1847. In April, 1850, he went to California where he spent three years, and then returned to Franklin and resumed the duties of his profession. For the past thirty-seven years Mr. McCalmont has continued in active practice, and is to-day one of the best known members of the Venango bar.
Politically he was originally a Democrat, and afterward one of the men who organized the Republican party in this county. In 1855 he was elected to the legislature and twice re-elected to the same position. In 1874 he identified himself with the temperance movement, and assisted in organizing the Prohibition party. After that date he was an ardent supporter and advocate of prohibition measures and principles. He established a newspaper at Franklin to help fight the battles of temperance, and gave liberal financial aid to the cause. In fact he was one of the most pronounced and prominent Prohibitionists in this section of the state.
For several years Mr. McCalmont was extensively engaged in the producing and refining of petroleum, and also financially interested in several enterprises of great public benefit. Inured to hard work and frugality during his youth, he learned well the lesson of economy ere reaching manhood, which, coupled with the most rigid industry and the closest personal supervision of all his business affairs, enabled him to accumulate through the passing years a handsome competence. [HVC 1890, 761]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 761.

2 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 87.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 183, 761.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 545, 760.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 453, 587.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 457.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 760.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 697.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 481.

10 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 340.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 260.

12 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 227.

13 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #4914.