Arthur C. Magill, Jr. and Jane Courson
Husband Arthur C. Magill, Jr. 1 2 3 4
Born: 20 Jul 1816 - Deerfield, Warren Co, PA 2 5 Christened: Died: 21 Dec 1862 2 4 5 Buried:
Father: Arthur Magill, Sr. (1764-1847) 2 4 6 Mother: Elizabeth Arters ( -1840) 2 7
Marriage: 12 Feb 1838 2
Wife Jane Courson 1 2 4
AKA: Elizabeth [Unk] 8 Born: 25 May 1821 - near Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: 31 Mar 1897 or 8 Apr 1898 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 2 4 Buried:
Father: Anthony Courson (1788-1883) 1 Mother: Elizabeth Gates ( -1842) 1
Children
1 M James Elliott Magill 2 9
Born: Christened: Died: when eighteen years old Cause of Death: Accidental self-inflicted gunshot Buried:
2 F Emaline Magill 2
AKA: Emma Magill,9 Emeline McGill 3 Born: Abt 1840 Christened: Died: 1863 or 1964 3 10 Buried:Spouse: Stephen Hadley Evans (1838-Aft 1899) 11 12
3 F Loretta D. Magill 2 9
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Rev. L. D. Appleton ( -Bef 1908) 9
4 F Mary McKinley Magill 2 9
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Charles Mason ( -Bef 1908) 9
5 M Charles Wilson Magill 2 9
Born: Christened: Died: in infancy Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
6 F Orysavilla Magill 2
AKA: Ora B. Magill 9 Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: H. R. Burgess ( -Bef 1908) 9
7 M Benton S. Magill 2 9
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Alice Cummins ( - ) 9
8 M Lyman Beecher Magill 2
AKA: Simon B. Magill 9 Born: Christened: Died: 1901 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 9 Buried:Spouse: Ella Morrison ( - ) 9
9 F Clara Lenora Magill 2 9
Born: 2 Sep 1857 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 2 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Martin S. Van Every ( - ) 2 Marr: 31 Oct 1881 2
10 M Dr. Arthur Courson Magill III 2 4 8
Born: 5 Nov 1861 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Anna Bell Porterfield ( - ) 9 13
General Notes: Husband - Arthur C. Magill, Jr.
Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA
He settled on a part of the Anthony Courson tract. He was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church; was constable of Deerfield for some years, and was commissioner of Warren County for 1857 and 1860. He was a farmer and a man of the strictest integrity.
He and his wife had a family of nine children.
He was educated in the district schools and by private preceptors. He studied theology and was ordained minister of the Methodist Episcopal church. He never held a parish, although he would frequently preach a funeral sermon at the request of friends and neighbors. He was an upright, God-fearing man, and was much beloved and respected by those who knew him. He pursued the vocation of farming practically all of his life in Warren County. He was county commissioner for eight years. By close attention and good judgment he accumulated a large estate, and was counted one of the most progressive farmers of his time.
He was educated in the common schools of his day and devoted most of his life to agricultural pursuits, but during the season for navigation he acted as a pilot and ran rafts of lumber down the Allegheny river. His farm consisted of one hundred and eighty acres, and in this land he took much pride. He erected a fine farm house on the place after the old colonial style of architecture. This was still in a good state of preservation into the twentieth century and was the fifth house built on the original homestead. Politically he was an old-line Whig.
General Notes: Wife - Jane Courson
She survived her husband many years. She was one of the splendid women of Pennsylvania. After her husband's death she developed unexpected business ability and tact and made for herself and family a name. She managed her affairs with great acumen and came to be regarded as one of the best, if not the best, business person in Tidioute. She was generous in thought and purse, kindly of disposition, always cheerful, even in her last illness. She was the friend of nearly every person in her town, and every one held her in the highest esteem and love, in fact she was one of the most universally beloved women in Tidioute. On the Sabbath afternoon when she was buried from the Methodist Episcopal church, of which she had been a member for sixty years, it was crowded with her friends who wished to render honor and respect to her as a last tribute of their deep regard.
1 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 459.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1097.
3 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 374.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 180.
5 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 460.
6 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 294.
7 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 303.
8 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 304.
9 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 181.
10 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 192.
11 —, Book of Biographies, 37th Judicial District, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 372.
12 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 191.
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J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg lxxviii.
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