Owen McCabe (abt. 1720 - 1800)

Born about 1720 in County Tyrone, Ireland

Husband of Catherine Sears — married 1750 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Descendants

Died 1800 at about age 80 in Shermans Valley, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Owen McCabe, great great grandfather of Junius D. McCabe, was born about 1720, and was reared to manhood in county Tyrone, Ireland, there becoming a communicant of the Roman Catholic church, although prior to that time the family religion had been Presbyterian. In young manhood he emigrated to the colonies, following the Susquehanna river to Lancaster county, a locality then regarded as far out on the western frontier. He there married and a few years later he and his family were the first settlers in Sherman's Valley, Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, Owen McCabe naming Tyrone township, in what is now Perry county, in remembrance of his former home. In Pennsylvania he returned to the religion of his fathers and was a Presbyterian until his death. He was famous for a tenor voice of extraordinary sweetness and strength and in each generation of his descendants this trait has persisted, several of each being singers of unusual ability, while a few have made that art their profession. Owen McCabe married, in Lancaster county, Catherine Sears. Children of Owen and Catherine (Sears) McCabe: 1. James, married a Miss Hughes, and died in young manhood. 2. William, of whom further. 3. Mary, married Mr. Mclntyre. 4. John, died near Dayton, Ohio, a wealthy business man, the father of a large family.

Sources

• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, Vol. 3, p. 1575-1581)