Joseph Trevor McCormick and Susan Newmyer

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Husband Joseph Trevor McCormick ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1830 - near Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA 2 4
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         Father: Provance McCormick (1799-1887) 1 4 5
         Mother: Susan Bowers (1800-1868) 4 6

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       Marriage: 2 Oct or 27 Oct 1855 2 3 4

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Wife Susan Newmyer ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 31 Aug 1833 3
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         Father: Jonathan Newmyer (1798-1879) 2 4 7
         Mother: Mary A. Strickler (1799-1863) 7 8

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Children

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1 F Mary Maud McCormick ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Rev. J. M. Scott (      -      ) 2

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2 M Karl C. McCormick ^{2 3}

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3 M Dr. Louis Provance McCormick ^{2 3 9}

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           Born: 7 Aug 1866 - Connellsville, Fayette Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Kathryn Felsinger (      -      ) 10
           Marr: 1 Feb 1906 10

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Trevor McCormick

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The common schools of his day were not the best, but by faithful application and private study, he managed to obtain an education sufficient for the ordinary affairs of life. At the age of nineteen he began to teach, but at the end of three years abandoned teaching and went into the drug business in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, retaining an interest therein until 1876. In 1859, and again in 1863, he was engaged in the surveyor-general's office at Harrisburg, and during the latter term superintended the removal of all the records to Philadelphia, to prevent their falling into the hands of the Rebels, who were then at Chambersburg; after which, in a burst of patriotism, he joined a company of department clerks, who offered their services to Governor Curtin to assist in driving the Rebels out of Pennsylvania, but instead of sending them to the front, he ordered them to pack their knapsacks and march for home, which they did without much loss of time. After this event, patriotism assumed a milder form. At the expiration of his term of office, in 1866, he returned to Connellsville and engaged in the manufacture of cars and machinery.

He attended the public schools, and after completing his studies, taught school for several years in Connellsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He turned to the drug business and established a store which he ran for several years, when he was appointed a draughtsman in the Department of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg. He continued there five years. In 1866 he entered into partnership with James McGrath and established the Connellsville Machine and Car Company, manufacturing all machinery used in the mining of coke and the transportation of coal. This was one of the largest enterprises of Connellsville, and the most successful. Mr. M'Cormick was treasurer; Mr. McGrath superintendent, each owning half. Mr. M'Cormick also was president of the Second National Bank of Connellsville until his death. He was a charter member of the Masonic Order in Connellsville. In politics he was always a Democrat. [PH, 21]

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 365.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 452.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 583.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 21.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 449.

6 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 451.

7 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 489.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 582.

9 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 20.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 22.