Samuel McMillan (1814 - 1876)

Born 13 Jun 1814 in Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Mary (Hosack) McMillan — married 22 Oct 1844 in Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Died 17 May 1876 at age 61 in Cool Spring, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Samuel McMillan was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania on 13 Jun 1814. He passed away on 17 May 1876.

Biography of Samuel McMillian ^[1]

Samuel McMillan, deceased, was born June 13, 1814, in Mercer County, to John and Isabella McMillan, the parents of Samuel and Mary, the latter of whom married Israel Forker. His grandfather was John McMillan, deceased, of Cool Spring Township. Samuel was educated in the country schools, learned stone-cutting, and worked at it and on canals, together with farming. He was married to Mary Hosack October 22, 1844. She is a daughter of Col. Thomas and Margaret (Johnston) Hosack of Adams County, Penn. Her parents had; Elizabeth, married Isaac Patterson; Martha, married John Armstrong; Henry H., Mary, Jane, married Adam Forker; James J., Nancy, deceased wife of A.J. Zahniser; William, deceased. The parents were United Presbyterians. Samuel McMillan was blessed with five children by his marriage: Thomas H., Margaret, died at the age of three years; Elizabeth, married Alexander Hunter and lives in Virginia; Isabella, a school-teacher of fine reputation, and Nancy, who died young. Mr. McMillan died May 17, 1876, and was a Democrat. His widow resides on the home place, was born July 16, 1815, and is a member of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Mercer. Further mention of the Hosack and McMillan families appears in the historical chapters of this work.

Sources

1. ↑ * History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania - Its Past and Present, 1888, Chicago, Illinois; Brown, Runk & Company; https://archive.org/details/historyofmercerc00unse/page/983/mode/1up

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4CS-VWH : 12 April 2016), Samuel Mcmillen, Cool Spring, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States; citing family 1102, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX5C-PR3 : 13 December 2017), Samuel Mc Millan, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ5S-F77 : 15 June 2019), Samuel McMillen, 1870.

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 28 October 2019), memorial page for Samuel McMillan (1816–17 May 1878), Find A Grave Memorial no. 191707180, citing Coolspring Cemetery, Cool Spring, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, USA ; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/191707180