SAMUEL
MC CLIMANS,
farmer, post-office Greenville, was born February 5, 1814. His farther,
Hugh R., was born in Virginia, September 22, 1777, and was of
Scotch descent. He came to Pennsylvania in his earlier years, and was
married about 1793 to Elizabeth Ferguson, of
Indiana County, Penn. They first located in Butler County near North
Washington. About 1828 they came to Mercer County and located on a farm of
100 acres, in West Salem Township, which was known as the Sheriff
Scott farm. To them were born fourteen children: William,
James, Margaret, John, Elizabeth, Hugh, Mary, Robert, Samuel, Jane
(wife of William J. McClimans, of West Salem
Township), Elliott, Isabella, David and Haynes,
of whom only Samuel, Jane and Haynes
are living. Hugh P. was a Democrat. He and
his wife were members of the United Presbyterian Church. He died about
1854. Samuel was reared at home, and was
married April 26, 1838, to Jane, daughter of Thomas
and Margaret Canon, of Salem Township. They settled on a farm in
Salem Township, where they remained about twelve years, and then lived in
various places in the county until 1869, when they made a final settlement
in Sugar Grove Township. There were ten children born to them: Margaret
L., deceased; Martha, wife of Lewis
Roberts, of Sugar Grove; David A.; James B.;
Elizabeth, wife of David M. Stevenson;
Matthew E.; Sarah M., wife of W. H. Hill;
William E., Samuel A. and Thomas M. Two
of the sons, David A. and James B., were in
the service in the last war. Samuel is a
Republican, and a member of the United Presbyterian Church. His wife died
November 23, 1883.
History
of Mercer County, 1888, page 1140
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