Dr. Thomas McKennan and Margaret M. Stockton
Husband Dr. Thomas McKennan 1 2 3 4
Born: 21 May 1825 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2 3 5 Christened: Died: Bef 1910 Buried:
Father: Hon. Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan (1794-1852) 3 4 6 7 8 Mother: Matilda L. Bowman (1796-1858) 1 4 6 9
Marriage: 1854 9 10
Wife Margaret M. Stockton 5 9 10
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1910 Buried:
Father: L. W. Stockton ( -1844) 9 Mother:
Children
1 M T. M. T. McKennan, M.D. 9
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1893 Buried:
2 F Matilda McKennan 9
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1893 Buried:Spouse: James Cummins ( - ) 9
3 F Henrietta L. McKennan 11
AKA: Henrietta S. McKennan 5 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Dr. Charles Francis Linn, M.D. (1874- ) 11 12 Marr: 15 Nov 1908 11
4 M James W. McKennan 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
5 M Jacob Bowman McKennan 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
6 F Annie E. McKennan 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
7 F Rebecca S. McKennan 5
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Thomas McKennan
He attended the common schools of his native town, and at an early age entered Washington College, from which he graduated in 1842. He then began the study of medicine, attended the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, graduating therefrom in 1846, after which he was professionally engaged in the Philadelphia Hospital and Almshouse at Philadelphia, one year, and for the following three years in the practice of medicine at Allegheny. In 1851 he returned to Washington, Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in the active practice of his profession for a period of over forty years, during which experience he met with unqualified success and gained unlimited popularity. His practice has extended far and wide throughout the surrounding country, and in addition to general pathology he had many surgical cases, in all of which he proved eminently successful.
Politically he was originally a Whig, and at the organization of the party became an uncompromising "black Republican." He was a trustee of Washington and Jefferson College many years, a member of the board of managers of Pennsylvania Reform School; member of the school board of Washington; trustee of Washington Female Seminary, and president of the board of managers of Washington Cemetery Company.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania electoral college in the presidential election of 1880.
In 1859 he was a ruling elder of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington, and in 1863 a commissioner to the O. S. General Assembly.
He was reared in the midst of the most fortunate surroundings for the development of his unusual abilities. Wealth and social prestige both were his. In 1842 he was graduated at Washington College, immediately after which he entered upon the study of medicine, and in 1846 he was graduated in this science, at the University of Pennsylvania, at Philadel-phia. After a year's service as an interne, in the charity institutions of that city, he located in Allegheny, where he engaged in practice until 1851, when he settled permanently at Washington. Here he became eminent and through the many continuous years of medical and surgical work, met with such professional success as to make his name a household word over a large part of Washington County. He was never desirous of political honors, although stanch in his adherence to the principles of the Republican party, but on many occasions he permitted his name to be used on educational and benevolent boards. For many years he served as a trustee of Washington and Jefferson College; was a trustee of Washington Seminary and a member of the school board of the borough of Washington. He was interested in benevolent organizations of all kinds and was a member of the board of managers of the Pennsylvania Reform School, lending his influence and professional knowledge to the solving of many of its most complex problems. [TCHWWC, 881]
He and his wife had twelve children; three were deceased before 1893.
1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 252.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 14.
3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 880.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1644.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1646.
6 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 425.
7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 252, 485.
8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 14, 100, 190.
9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 17.
10 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 881.
11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 547.
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—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 203.
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