John McCreight and Eliza C. Uncapher

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Husband John McCreight ^{1 2}

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            AKA: "Honest John" McCreight 3
           Born: 11 Jul 1821 - Armstrong Co, PA 2
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           Died: 23 Jul 1900 - DuBois, Clearfield Co, PA 3
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         Father: Andrew McCreight (1787-1861) 1 2 4 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Ann Sharp (cal 1794-1858) 2 4 7 8

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       Marriage: 7 Oct 1851 9

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Wife Eliza C. Uncapher ³

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           Born: Abt 1830
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         Father: Adam Uncapher (      -1844) 9
         Mother: [Unk] Ludwick (      -      )

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Children

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1 F Susan Jane McCreight ³

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         Spouse: McCloud M. McAdoo (1854-      ) 3
           Marr: 1883 3

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2 M Joseph S. McCreight ³

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3 M William McCreight ³

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4 M Major Israel McCreight ³

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5 M Bruce McCreight ⁹

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6 F Lillie B. McCreight ⁹

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         Spouse: Ambrose Quinlan (      -      ) 9

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General Notes: Husband - John McCreight

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Active, both mentally and physically, he was one of the most enterprising men of his section, acquired large interests and became influential among his fellow citizens. He followed lumbering and farming, owning one farm at Big Soldier, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania; another, which was later known as the Fye place; a large tract at Reynoldsville and the Peter Yeager farm of 116 acres in Winslow township, all valuable properties. He served many years as a justice of the peace in Winslow township, where he was also elected to the office of supervisor and other township positions.

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General Notes: Wife - Eliza C. Uncapher

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Her elder brother, Israel, earned the title of major in the Mexican war, and in his honor she named one of her sons Major Israel.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 475.

2 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 44, 495.

3 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 495.

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428.

5 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 203.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 462.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1096.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 65.

9 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 496.