David A. McQuown (1813 - 1879)

Born 13 Jul 1813 in Derry, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States

Husband of Mary (Patterson) McQuown — married 3 Sep 1835 in Lexington, Troy Township, Richland, Ohio, United States

Died 16 Feb 1879 at age 65 in West Windsor, Windsor Township, Eaton, Michigan, United States

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Biography

David A. McQuown was born in Westmoreland Co., Pennsylvania on July 16, 1813. He was the son of David McQuown and Mary Sloan.

At an early age, his father removed with his family, to Belmont Co., Ohio, and from there to Richland County; sometime between the years of 1820 and 1830; the exact date is not known.

He married MARY PATTERSON of Lexington, Ohio on Sep 3, 1835 in Richland Co., OH. She was born 1817 in PA, and died Aft. 1850. The service was by Rev. Adam Torrence, at that time a Presbyterian minister living in Lexington.^[1]

Children of DAVID MCQUOWN and MARY PATTERSON are: i. WILLIAM3 MCQUOWN, b. 1836, OH. ii. LEONIDAS MCQUOWN, b. 1836, Ohio. iii. MARY L. MCQUOWN, b. 1842, OH. iv. THOMAS P. MCQUOWN, b. 1845, OH. v. ANDREW P. MCQUOWN, b. 1847, OH. vi. WARREN MCQUOWN, b. 1849, OH. vii. MARGARET JANE MCQUOWN, b. Aft. 1850.

Census 1850: Troy Twp., Richland Co., OH pg. 472

David McQuown, M age 37 [b. 1813] in Pennsylvania, justice of the peace. $1,000;

Mary (Patterson), F age331 [b. 1817] in Pennsylvania;

Leonidas, M age 14 [b. 1833] in Ohio, attends school;

Mary S., F age 8 [b. 1842] in Ohio, attends school;

Thomas P., M age 5 [b. 1845] in Ohio, attends school;

Andrew, M age 32 [b. 1847] in Ohio;

Warren, M age 1 [b. 1849] in Ohio.

[Note: Mary S. and Louise appear to be the same person.]

Mr. McQuown was Just ice of the Peace in and for Troy Township, for the period of twenty-one years, or seven terms; he was noted as the first Whig Justice of Troy Township; some of the brightest local talent of central Ohio was often engaged in trying cases in his office, and such lawyers as Hon. John Sherman, Samuel J. Kirkwood (now United States Senator from Iowa), ……and others. Mr. McQuown served several times as mayor of the village of Lexington, and took a prominent part as a local Whig and Republican politician. After his removal to Michigan, he served several years as Justice of the Peace. He died in West Windsor, Eaton Co., Michigan, Feb. 16, 1879.^[2]

1860 Federal Census for P.O. Lexington, Troy Twp., Richland Co., Ohio; pg. 130

David McQuown, M age 46 [b. 1814] in Pennsylvania, justice of the peace. $1,000, $300;

Mary (Patterson), F age 41 [b. 1819] in Pennsylvania;

Leonidas, M age 23 [b. 1837] in Ohio;

Louise, F age 17 [b. 1843] in Ohio, attends school;

Thomas, M age 14 [b. 1846] in Ohio, attends school;

Andrew, M age 12 [b. 1848] in Ohio, attends school;

Warren, M age 10 [b. 1850] in Ohio, attends school.

1870 Federal Census for West Windsor, Eaton co., Michigan; image 2/3, pg. 24

David McQuown, M age 57 [b. 1813] in Pennsylvania, farmer;

Mary (Patterson), F age 53 [b. 1813] in Pennsylvania;

Leonidas, Mage 32 [b. 1838] in Ohio, teacher;

Thomas, M age 24 [b. 1846] in Ohio, farm laborer.

David McQuown died Feb. 16, 1879 in West Windsor, Eaton Twp., Michigan.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Richland Co., OH marriages pg 257
2. ↑ History of Richland Co., Ohio compiled by A.A. Graham, 1807-1880, pg. 940
3. ↑ Ancestry.com - Michigan, U.S. Death Records 1867-1852; Windsor, Eaton, Michigan; Death Certificate No. 701614

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