Westmoreland County PA Archives Biographies.....McConnell, Samuel D. Rev.

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Rev. Samuel D. McConnell, D. D.,whose mother and sister reside at New
Alexandria, is a native of Salem township, and is a son of David and Agnes
(Guthrie) McConnell. His grandparents, David McConnell and Rebecca Kirkpatrick
were among the Scotch-Irish settlers who crossed the Alleghenies into
Westmoreland county after the close of the Revolutionary war. Like hundreds of
others they came from Ireland just before the war, stopped for one generation in
Lancaster county and then joined in the new movement to the backwoods. Having
arrived in Westmoreland county they took up a large tract of land lying along
the Whitehorn, a branch which puts into Loyalhanna creek some miles below New
Alexandria. To David McConnell were born twelve children, all of whom lived to
marry. The sons were: Daniel, Thomas, David and Samuel, and of the whole family
only Samuel is now living. For many years David and Thomas lived in old
Congruity, but Thomas moved late in life to Missouri where he died. Samuel was
one of the pioneers in California where he lived twenty years, then returned to
Pennsylvania and now resides in Oil City. David McConnell lived all his life on
the farm in Salem township which he inherited from his father. In his early life
he was like most educated men of his time, a school teacher. A teacher of men he
remained all his life and his influence for good is still felt in that
community. When a young man he married Agnes Guthrie, a daughter of William
Guthrie, one of the early Scotch-Irish settlers on the Beaver Run and a
descendant of Captain Brownlee who was killed at the burning of Hannastown.
David McConnell and his wife had ten children, seven of whom survive. Their
father died in 1868 but their mother is still living. The eldest son, William,
married Dorcas Reed and lives at Saltsburg, Pa., where he is an elder in the
Presbyterian church and a justice of the peace. The only other son is Samuel D.
McConnell, D. D., who is the rector of St. Stephen’s Episcopal church,
Philadelphia, Pa., and one of the leading divines of that church in the United
States. The daughters are: Martha, Mary J., Margaret Kincaid (Mrs. J. C.
Steele), Agnes (deceased), Samantha and Lucinda (Mrs. A. H. Sligh). The
McConnell family for more than a century have been identified with the history
and interests of Westmoreland county and have always been characterized by
strict integrity, good citizenship and all the qualities of a pious, God-fearing
people. With its members, to know the right is to do it, let the consequence be
what it may. Inhabited by such sturdy and upright citizens, it is not remarkable
(hat this county has forged her way to the front and now stands second to none
in intellectual and moral worth.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from
Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Compiled and Published by John M. Gresham & Co.
Samuel T. Wiley, Chief Assistant
1890


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