Samuel McConnell and Catherine Shearer

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Husband Samuel McConnell ¹

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           Born:  - Baltimore, MD
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Wife Catherine Shearer ¹

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           Born:  - York Co, PA
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         Father: Jacob Shearer (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Christina De Hoff (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Rev. John McConnell ¹

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           Born: 24 Jun 1823 - York Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: Rachel Humberton (1827-      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel McConnell

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This McConnell family came from the north of Ireland, but were of Scotch descent. The paternal ancestor in this country married a pure Celt, and settled in Baltimore, Maryland, where he was a professor of Hebrew in an institute of learning that was active in the work of the Reformed church.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 79.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 80.