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Abishai McCausland
ABISHAI McCAUSLAND, deceased, was born in Cowanshannock township, Armstrong
county, Dec. 25, 1829, son of David and Margaret (Guthrie) McCausland. He was
well known in that and Wayne townships, and his death on Nov. 20, 1905, was
deeply regretted by all who knew him. He was of Scotch-Irish descent.David McCausland, the father was for many years a farmer in Cowanshannock
township, where he died. He and his wife Margaret Guthrie had children as
follows: James, William, David, Jane, Margaret, Rebecca, Jacob, Samuel, and
Abishai.Abishai McCausland was reared on his father’s farm and followed
agricultural pursuits all his life, spending the greater part of his time on
the fine property he owned in his native township. His death occurred at
Dayton, Pa., of a sudden attack of heart disease, while he was engaged in talk
in one of the mercantile establishments. He was buried in the Glade Run
cemetery. A faithful member of the United Presbyterian Church, he took an
active part in its work, and in politics was identified with the Republican
party.Mr. McCausland married Mary A. Russell, a daughter or John and Susanna (Weamer)
Russell, and they had three children: Susanna J., who died Jan. 29, 1898, aged
twenty-four years, two months, eleven days; Margaret B., born June 3, 1878,
who was the wife of John M. Holbek, and died Nov. 17, 1906, survived by one
son, John Clair; and Mary R., who lives at home with her mother.After her husband’s death Mrs. McCausland continued to live on her farm of
158 acres, in Cowanshannock township, until February, 1907, at that time
removing to Dayton, where she has a spacious residence. She still retains the
farm, which is rich in coal.James Russell, grandfather of Mrs. McCausland, came to Westmoreland county
from the eastern part of Pennsylvania and followed farming through the rest of
his life. He married Margaret Miller, and they had the following children:
Margaret, Mary, John, David, Samuel, Isabella, Elizabeth, William, James,
Ellen, Caleb and Alexander.John Russell, son of James and father of Mrs. McCausland, was born in
Westmoreland county, Pa. In 1837, he came to Armstrong county with his wife
and family and bought a tract of 158 acres, one of the old Kirkpatrick farms,
in Cowanshannock township, and there the rest of his life was passed, his
death taking place in March 1864; he was interred in Glade Run cemetery. Mr.
Russell served as a soldier in the war of 1812. He married Susanna, daughter
of Andrew and Catherine Weamer, and they had two children, James and Mary A.
The former was a soldier serving in the Civil war at the time of his death.
The latter is the widow of Abishai McCausland.Source: pages 652 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 1998 by P. Godesky for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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