"Swamp" Robert S. McCandless
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Immigrant 1819
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth | calc 1799 | County Down, Ireland | ||
| Marriage | to Mary "Polly" McCandless, dau. of William "Tailor Billy" McCandless | |||
| Death | 3 Feb 1864 | Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA | ||
| Burial | 1864 | Emanuel Lutheran, Prospect | with wife Mary |
Ancestry chart segment
Generation 6 Generation 7
+-- Unknown McCandless II
| (????-????)
"Swamp" Robert S. McCandless --+
(????-????) |
+-- [unknown]
(????-????)
Sources:
Children
(all children with Mary "Polly" McCandless)
| Name | Gender | Date of Birth | Birthplace | Spouse | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William T. McCandless | M | (1822-1890) | ||||
| Mary McCandless | F | d. 1876) | James L. Dixon | |||
| Nancy McCandless | F | (d. <1883) | Caldwell McCandless | |||
| Jane McCandless | F | Simon Black | ||||
| Eliza McCandless | F | d. <1883) | David Harbison | |||
| Margaret "Peggy" McCandless | F | Fred Hilliard | ||||
| Nelson McCandless | M | Sarah Dunlap | died in Civil War | |||
| Levina McCandless | F | John Cress |
Photos
Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1865 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 20. Census dated 12 Aug 1860. Lines 20-27: Robert S. McCandless, 50, farmer, $1800 real property, b. Ireland; Mary, 59, b. PA; Eliz. 11, b. PA; Jane, 23, b. PA; Nancy, 18, b. PA; MArgret, 14, b. PA; Robert N., 12, b. PA; Levina, 8, b. PA. Youngest four children attended school |
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| 2 | 1860 United States Federal Census, Franklin Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 19. Census dated 28 June 1860. Lines 28-32: Robert S. McCandless, 60, farmer, $2500 real, $637 personal property, b. Ireland; Mary, 48, b. PA; Eliz. 26(?), b. PA; Robert, 10, b. PA; Levina, 19, b. PA. |
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| 1 | McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, researched & compiled by Joseph A. Ferree, Sr.; ed. & publ. by Joseph A. Ferree, Jr., Natrona Heights. PA. Pg. 69: Robert S. McCandless, and p. 68: "The Second Group of Three Brothers" (immigrants): Robert S. McCandless married Mary (Polly) McCandless, a daughter ofWilliam "Tailor Billy" McCandless. The homestead later became the Peggy McCandless & Fred Hilliard farm. Robert S. McCandless & wife Polly buried at Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect PA. Lists 8 children. |
(complete text James McCandless, The McCandless and Related Families) |
| 2 | 1883 History of Butler County, Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago, p. 331 Robert S. McCandless emigrated from Ireland when a young man, and about 1819 settled in Franklin Twp. He brought up a family of six daughters and two sons, whose names are as follows: William t., Penn Township; Mary (Dickinson), dead; Nancy (McCandless), dead; Jane (Black), Butler Co.; Eliza (Harbinson), dead; Peggy (Hilliard), Franklin Twp; Nelson, died in the army; Lavina (Cress), Connoquenessing Twp. | |
| 3 | Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. II, Emanuel Lutheran Church, Franklin Twp., Prospect Borough. McCandless, Robert died 02-03-1864 aged 65y Mary McCandless died 11-29-1871 aged 69y,10m, 2 d, wife of Robert. | |
| 4 | Gravestone transcriptions, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect, Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA, June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. *"Robert (M?) McCandless died Feb 5, 1861 Aged 65 yr", (poorly visible) *"Mary wife of Robert McCandless" (remainder missing or buried; broken stone, top half placed vertically in ground.) | |
| 4 | Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams. | N/A
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Source notes
While the "second group of three brothers" were said to be cousins of the first McCandless immigrants to Butler County PA, it is likely they were one generation younger, and so not likely first cousins as we use the term today. They married children or grandchildren of the first group of immigrant McCandlesses.
