John McFadden Jr (1807 - 1870)

Born 20 Jun 1807 in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Descendants

Died 11 Jan 1870 at age 62 in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA

Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

Matthew T. McFadden, farmer, postoffice Chartiers, is a son of John and Rachel McFadden, and was born in 1852 on his father's homestead, in Stowe township.

John McFadden was born in Stowe township in 1812, and married, Dec. 19, 1837, Rachel, daughter of William McCormick, of Allegheny county. He inherited his father's farm of four hundred acres, and at his death willed it to his widow, and at her death it was divided among the children. John and Rachel McFadden had ten children, six of whom are now living, viz.: William M., Mary A. (wife of Rev. Jonathan Tombes), Lewis A., John W., Matthew T. and Sarah J. (wife of Alexis Pendleton), now a resident of California. John McFadden died in 1873, at the age of fifty-six years, a member of the U. P. Church, as was also his wife.

Sources

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 396)
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXP3-Y7B : 13 December 2017), John McFadden, 1860.
• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 September 2019), memorial page for John McFadden, Jr (20 Jun 1807–11 Jan 1870), Find A Grave: Memorial #32164236, citing Union Cemetery, Carnegie, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by mickermackee (contributor 46903948) .