Bios:  McCormick, Winfield S.,  Indiana Co, PA

SUBJECT: MCCORMICK, Winfield S.
SUBMITTER: E.K. Warner
EMAIL: wgene@twd.net
DATE: Oct 25, 1998
SURNAMES: BURNS, EVANS, GLENN, McCORMICK, TAYLOR, WILKINS
as recorded by Prof. J. T. Stewart in "Indiana County, Pennsylvania
- Her People, Past and Present"
Published by J. H. Beers & Co., 1913 Reformatted by E.K. Warner, September
1998

WINFIELD SCOTT McCormick, deceased, who was an engineer on the Pennsylvania
railroad for a number of years, was born April 19, 1846, son of William
and Margaret (Taylor) McCormick.
Patrick McCormick brought his wife and family from their native Ireland
to the United States, locating in Brushvalley township, Indiana Co., Pa.,
where he farmed. He and his wife had two children : William and Robert,
the latter a farmer of Brushvalley township, who married a Miss Glenn and
is now deceased.
William McCormick never knew whether he was born in Ireland or after the
family emigration, but was very small at the time they settled in Brushvalley
township and consequently grew up in that locality, learning how to Farm
and receiving such educational advantages as the neighborhood offered.
In time he became the owner of two farms, and he lived to a good old age.
Mr. and Mrs. McCormick were consistent members of the Presbyterian Church,
and most excellent people. He was the father of nineteen children, nine
by his first marriage, the rest by his wife Margaret (Taylor), namely:
William, Robert, John, Blaine, Catherine, Margaret, Susan (Mrs. Burns,
of Los Angeles, Cal.), Caroline, Henrietta, Henry Taylor, Winfield Scott,
Samuel, Clark, George, David, Alexander, Emma, Mary, and a daughter who
died in infancy, unnamed.
Winfield Scott McCormick was brought up on the farm and attended the local
schools until he entered the employ of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
after which he continued to educate himself, by attending night school.
When he was only seventeen years old, he became a brakeman on the railroad,
and after five months was made, a fireman and finally engineer, having
the run between Conemaugh and Altoona.
In 1872 he married Susan Jane Evans, of Brushvalley township, a daughter
of William and Susan (Wilkins) Evans. They had the following children :
Ella, who is employed in the Savings & Trust Bank of Indiana, Pa.; Rora
E., who died in March, 1912; Robert Scott, who died at the age of twenty
years; and Susan Blanche, who died at the age of eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. McCormick passed their married life in Conemaugh, where he
was killed while boarding his own engine in the roundhouse, preparatory
to taking it out. He was crushed between the engine and the door of the
roundhouse, Sept. 25, 1888. After his death Mrs. McCormick moved with her
children to Indiana, where she is still residing. Mr. McCormick was a powerful
man, six feet, four inches in height, weighed 225 pounds, and was handsome
in appearance. For years he was active in the Presbyterian Church, serving
as elder and superintendent of the Sunday school. In politics he was a
Republican. Faithful in the discharge of his duties, a man held in highest
esteem by all who knew him, he rounded out a useful life, and passed away
while still in his very prime.

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