Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....Machesney, Morgan Burgett July 6, 1874 - ????
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Source: History of Henry County Illinois, Vol II, 1910
Author: Henry L. Kiner

Morgan Burgett Machesney, a progressive and enterprising agriculturist
residing on Section 29, Annawan Township, was born in the house where he
now lives, and the farm which he cultivates has been his place of abode
from his birth to the present time.  His natal day was July 6, 1874.
His parents, James and Selinda (Burgett) Machesney, are mentioned at
greater length in connection with the sketch of M. Howard Machesney, a
brother of our subject.

Morgan B. Machesney received a good common-school education and grew to
manhood under the parental roof.  When twenty-one years of age he began
to farm a part of his father¹s land and has thus been actively
identified with agricultural interests to the present time, his labors
in the fields being annually rewarded by bounteous harvests of golden
grain.  The neat and attractive appearance of the place indicates his
careful supervision and practical and progressive methods, and he is
widely recognized as one of the energetic and up-to-date farmers of the
community.

On the 7th of September, 1898, in Annawan Township, Mr. Machesney was
united in marriage to Miss Nora Batten, a native of that township and a
daughter of James and Julia Ann (Blin) Batten.  They now have four
children, namely:  Lawrence E., who was born on the 6th of March, 1900;
Bernice Irene, whose birth occurred July 21, 1901, Lewis Glenn, whose
natal day was June 24, 1904; and Gladys, born October 4, 1905.

Mr. Machesney cast his first presidential ballot for William McKinley in
1896 and has always supported the men and measures of the Republican
Party.  He is now serving as a school director but has not been an
office seeker, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his private
affairs.  Fraternally he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of
America and the Knights of Pythias of Annawan.  Both he and his wife are
widely and favorably known throughout the county in which their entire
lives have been spent, the circle of their friends being almost
coextensive with the circle of their acquaintances.

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