"Swamp" Robert S. McCandless
From MouserAncestry
| 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 | ||
| Burail | 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 |
Sources
| Ref. Num. | Description | Image of original |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County Pennsylvania , 1977, self published by Joseph A. Ferree. Natrona Hgts. PA, p. 69 Robert S. Mccandless, and p. 68 The Second Group of Three Brothers (immigrants): Robert S. McCandless married Mary (Polly) McCandless, a daughter of William "Tailor Billy" McCandless. Homestead later became the Peggy McCandless & Fred Hilliard farm. 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 | 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.
