John McCandless

John McCandless was born around 1798, given his death date and age on his headstone.  Although most census records state he was born in Pennsylvania, an extensive search of the McCandless families in Pennsylvania around that time give no indication of him belonging to any of the known McCandless lines as of yet.   Some secondary sources have indicated he was born in the western Pennsylvania counties of Washington or Westmoreland.

I have multiple theories as to his parentage.  The first, and perhaps strongest (although there is no definitive evidence) is that he is the son of William McCandless and Esther Hays of Harford, Maryland.  According to Colonial Families of the United States, vol 3, they had three children:

1. John McCandless

2. Sarah McCandless m. ____________ Montgomery

3. Ruth McCandless m. _____________ Bay

Ruth McCandless married William Bay in Harford, Maryland on Jan 19, 1806.  There are headstones for William and Ruthias Bay in the Cumberland Cemetery, Guernsey County, Ohio that would make Ruth as being born around 1789.  https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24581193/ruthias-bay  If John in indeed the son of William and Esther, this would make Ruth John's sister, living in the same county as he did, which helps make the case stronger, if I can establish more familial connections.

I have not yet been able to find Sarah.  

York County, Pennsylvania is just north of Harford County, Maryland, and it is and was common for families to travel back and forth, and even own land in both places simultaneously.  In fact, a farm that used to belong to James McCandless is currently for sale, listing land in both counties.  Most likely William may belong to the McCandless families of York, PA.  I believe William may have been the son of James McCandless, who in turn was the son of Alexander McCandless of York County, PA.  I do need to find credible sources to back this claim.

The second piece of circumstantial evidence is that some sources note John's son George as having the middle name of Hanna.  Esther's sister Mary married a John Hanna, which would make him John McCandless's uncle, and perhaps had some special connection to use his last name as the middle name for his first born son.

The third piece of circumstantial evidence shows Esther McCandless living in District 3 of Harford, Maryland in 1840, which is the same district that the Neel family (John's in-laws) lived before they moved to Ohio.  Perhaps they knew each other?  Perhaps John waited so long to marry, because he knew Mary when she was too young to wed, and he waited for her?

There are two pieces of evidence that call this theory into question.  First, in 1808, William and Esther McCandless sold a piece of land called Howard's Forrest to John McCandless, who in turn sold the same piece of land to his uncle Archer Hays.  If this was my ancestor John McCandless, he would have only been 10 years old at the time.  The legal document does not call him a minor, and his signature is that of an adult.  I have not been able to find any historians that can tell me if this would have been feasible at the time, without noting him as a minor, and with having an adult sign for him without notation of such.  

Added to this the second piece of evidence that makes it difficult to link these two families is the 1776 Census for Susquehanna Hundred, Harford County, Maryland.  The following names appear (I added associated birth years):

Mecendlis, William,  age 25 (b. 1751)

  Elisabeth, age 25 (b. 1751)

Sarah, age 6 (b. 1770)

  John, age 4 (b. 1772)

        Ester, age 1mos (b. 1776)

Holmes, Ann, age 22

6 negros

There are multiple considerations with this primary source.  First, it lists Elisabeth as William's wife, rather than Esther; however, it could be that the census taker wrote her name incorrectly, or she could have gone by both Elisabeth and Esther.  The indication of a younger Ester is encouraging, as children were often named after their parents.  Second, this family is not known to have own slaves in any other documentation.  I have not found anything indicating these slaves were sold or freed.  Perhaps they are Ann's?  William's family did not own slaves, but Esther's did, especially her brother Archer Hays.  Third, who is Ann Holmes?  Was she indentured, or was she living with the family?  Fourth, if this is the family, the presence of the older John does not necessarily prove he was not their son: oftentimes a child with a certain name would die young, and subsequent children would also be given that name.  It would certainly help to find some other documentation to support the birth dates of William and Esther. 

John, son of William and Esther, would have been 26 years old when my ancestor John McCandless was born in 1798 (per his headstone).  Could it be that the link here exists, but we are missing a generation due to the lack of information on the life and death of the former John?  Perhaps the former is the father of the latter?  This would account for the links between Ruth, places, etc.  However, much more research is needed to prove this theory.

My second theory is that John may have been descended from the McCandlesses of Shippensburg, Cumberland, PA.  The 1800 census shows George McCandless, who was an Innkeeper, William McCandless, who was a Farmer, and John McCandless, who also was a farmer, living in this area.  

My third theory: Several second-hand sources state that John was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  Several second-hand sources also state that his eldest son's middle name is Hanna(h).  Even in this time, this would be an unusual name for a male.  Given the inability to connect John to any other family, I believe that John's family might have lived in Hanna's Town, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.  This Scotch-Irish settlement was founded by Robert Hanna in 1773.  It was the first Seat of Westmoreland County and the first English court west of the Allegheny Mountains.  The town served not only as a refuge for those settling in western Pennsylvania, but also as an active part of the Revolutionary War.   In May 1775 the Hanna's Town resolves were written and signed, directly challenging the British authority before the Declaration of Independence.  The town also served as a recruitment center for militia.  The town, comprised of about 30 houses, was destroyed on July 13, 1782 by a raiding part of Seneca Indians and their British allies in one of the last battles of the Revolutionary War.  If John had grown up hearing about this battle and his family's involvement, he might have named George in honor of the town.  However, there is no hard evidence to back this theory at the present time.

Where ever John traveled from, it would have been a treacherous journey (from Historical collections of Harrison County, in the state of Ohio: ..."By Charles Augustus Hanna, pub. 1900, Chapter 5, Harrison County Pioneers., pg.54-75): "The early pioneers came to Harrison county from Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Maryland, but chiefly from Washington county, Pennsylvania. The journeys from localities east of the mountains were sometimes long and full of danger. The paths across the mountains were rough and difficult. Pack-horses were at first the only means of transportation; on some, the pioneers packed the stores and rude agricultural implements, and on others, the furniture, bedding, and cooking utensils, and again, on others, their wives and children. Horses which carried small children were each provided with a pack-saddle and two large creels made of hickory withes, in the fashion of a crate, one over each side, in which were stowed clothes and bedding. In the center of each would sometimes be tucked a child or two, the top being well secured by lacing, so as to keep the youngsters in their places. The roads, frequently, were barely passable; sometimes lying along the brink of precipices; frequently overflown in places by swollen streams, all of which had to be forded; horses slipping, falling, and carried away, both women and children were often in great danger.

The creels would sometimes break and send the children rolling over the ground in great confusion. It was no uncommon thing for mother and child to be separated from each other for hours whilst on the journey to their new homes, in a wild forest, amidst beasts, and exposed to attacks by the Indians. When the pioneer reached his destination, he usually put up a brush shelter, until he could build his cabin. The latter was made of rough logs, without nail, board, or window-pane. He then turned his attention to clearing a small plot of ground on which to raise such food as was needed for the support of his family.

The food question was the all-important one with the settlers. Their hard labor resulted in giving them keen appetites, and much account was taken of the feasts, merry-making parties, and public gatherings. The quality of the food was not so much regarded as the quantity. Times were when the providential appearance of a deer averted starvation, and the fortunate catching of a fish, or the trapping of game, eked out a scanty subsistence. Journeys of many miles were made for a few pounds of flour or meal. Their cabins contained little or no furniture; beds with no mattresses, springs, or even bed-cords--the couches, being spread upon the floor, and sleeping apartments separated by hanging blankets. About the fireplace were found hooks and trammel, the bake-pan and the kettle. Sometimes chairs were represented by sections of a tree of the required height. Upon the shelves were spoons of pewter, blue-edged plates, cups and saucers, and the black earthen tea-pot; and later, perhaps, one corner of the room was occupied by a tall clock, while in another corner stood an old-fashioned, high-post, corded bedstead, covered with an " Irish chain " quilt--a marvel of patchwork ingenuity and laborious sewing."

THEORY: If John traveled to Harrison county from close by, he could have traveled from Virginia (now West Virginia), Pennsylvania, or Maryland.  Washington, Westmoreland, and Allegheny counties in Pennsylvania are all close to the counties in Ohio where this family lived.  Many McCandless families can be found in Allegheny county at this time--are they related?  How did such a large concentration of McCandlesses end up in this area?

In any case, life was hard for those living in western Pennsylvania in the late 18th century.  From http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/hist.html

• The first settlers of southwestern Pennsylvania were primarily English and came from Virginia and Maryland following Braddock's Road to Redstone Fort. These were the settlers enticed by the Ohio Company to settle and commence trade with the Indians in the early 1760's. Many of these held "Virginia Certificates", which referred to land warrants issued by the Colonial Virginia. With the passage of Pennsylvania's slave emancipation law in 1780, many of these early Virginian and Maryland settlers commenced a migration to Kentucky which continued brisk for the next 10 or so years.

• From George K. Schweitzer's 1986 work Pennsylvania Genealogical Research, page 22, we read:

• "Most settlers of the new land [western Pennsylvania] followed the river valleys and old Indian trails to the interior, but the trip beyond the Alleghenies was more difficult, since this required going across the mountains. The most used route was known as the Great Pennsylvania Road, running from Philadelphia to Lancaster to York to Gettysburg to Chambersburg to Bedford to Somerset to Greensburg to Pittsburgh."
  The Great Pennsylvania Road started as Braddock's trail, created for Gen. Braddock's ill-fated expedition to take Fort Duquense in 1755. Essentially, this is the course of modern day US Rt. 30.
  See the on-line sites:
  National Road - Route 40
  National Road Heritage Park
  National Park Service's National Road Site

• After provincial Pennsylvania's land purchase from the Indians in 1769, a migration of primarily Scotch-Irish people began coming from the eastern counties of Chester, Lancaster, York, and Dauphin as well as those of Northern Maryland. By 1773 the Scotch-Irish population was increasing steadily. And it was between 1771 and 1775 that the lands west of the Monongahela River were settled. Most of these lands were obtained under Virginia titles, especially along Chartiers Creek, rather than Pennsylvania, mostly because the price Virginia was asking is said to have been one fourteenth the cost asked by Pennsylvania.

• After the Revolution, the preponderance of settlers in southwestern Pennsylvania were Scotch-Irish mingled with some English, Germans, and others. By 1790, ten Presbyterian churches had been established in the area. By the second generation, even more settled by these peoples which overflowed to the north and to the west into Ohio, making the region a stronghold of this ethnic group in the commonwealth.
  
  From a letter written in 1832 by Rev. Dr. John McMillan we get a glimpse of conditions in 1775 when he first crossed the Allegheny Mountains to preach along Chartiers Creek in what is now Washington Co.:

"...But we had neither bedstead, nor tables, nor stool, nor chair, nor bucket. All these things we ad to leave behind us, as there was no wagon road at that time over the mountains." 

Note that "western" or "southwestern" Pennsylvania refers to the area where present-day Washington County (an others) is located, although ownership of the land changed many times before 1786.

• 1669 - Earliest French exploration of western Pennsylvania.

• 1739 and 1749 - More French expeditions to establish fur trade with the Indians.

• 1748 - The Ohio Company is formed by Virginia gentlemen, including two of George Washington's brothers, to affect settlement in southwestern Pennsylvania and carry on Indian trade on a large scale.

• 1750 - Disgruntled Indians pushed back from the east into western Pennsylvania by this time.

• 1753 - French build forts and begin asserting their claim to the region including western Pennsylvania.

• 1754 - Spring, Col. George Washington sent by Virginia with a military force to get the French to leave the territory. Washington loses the ensuing battle at Fort Duquense.

• 1755 - British Gen. Braddock takes troops west, is joined by militia, and is ambushed and massacred before reaching Fort Duquense. Indians begin attacking settlers along the frontier, forcing them back east of the Alleghenies.

• 1755 to 1756 - Settlements begin in the area of present Washington County.

• 1756 - Colony of Pennsylvania declares war on the Shawnees and Delawares. Pennsylvania begins building forts along the frontier, provisioned with men and supplies.

• 1758 - Peace treaty signed between Pennsylvania and the Shawanees and Delawares.

• 1758 - November, British Gen. Forbes takes Ft. Duquense with a force of 2500. Fort renamed Fort Pitt.

• 1759 - French abandon area of western Pennsylvania

• 1762 - British sign treaty with French, British left in possession of all eastern America.

• 1763 - Summer, remaining dissatisfied Indians attack all along the frontier. Some forts defeated. British send troops reinforce Fort Pitt. Indians defeated at battle of Bushy Run.

• 1765 - Settlements made at Redstone (below Brownsville on the Monongahela) and Turkey Foot.

• 1768 - October, Proprietary of Pennsylvania purchases country from the Indians as far west as the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers.

• 1769 - April, opening of land offices for sales of lands obtained in the 1768 Land Purchase. Within one month, 3200 applications for warrants were made, mostly by Scotch-Irish in eastern Pennsylvania.

• 1770-1771 - Influx of Scotch-Irish from Chester, Lancaster, Bedford, and York counties and some directly from Ulster.

• 1775 - April, war breaks out in Massachusetts against the British.

• 1776 - July, Continental Congress declares the American Colonies independent.

• 1776 - Pennsylvania given a new constitution, overthrowing the proprietary Penn government and shifting control away from the Quakers.

• 1780 - Pennsylvania passes slave emancipation law.

• 1781 - March, County of Washington established with population 23,866.

• 1781 - October, British surrender to the Americans and the Revolution is over.

• 1786 - Region of southwestern Pennsylvania previously under the claim of Virginia is ceded to Pennsylvania by a joint commission of the two states.

• 1787 - Early, Constitutional Convention convenes in Philadelphia.

• 1787 - December, Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the Constitution.

• 1788 - Allegheny County established, taken from Washington and Westmoreland Counties.

• 1789 - April, George Washington inaugurated President.

• 1791 - Tax on whiskey passed by the Federal government.

• 1794 - Farmers in southwestern Pennsylvania openly oppose all efforts collection of the tax. President Washington sends militia troops to the area and the rebellion is quashed.

CHRONOLOGY OF JOHN MCCANDLESS

Between Jan 1-Apr 27, 1798..............Born probably in Pennsylvania

October 6, 1827...............................Mentioned in Harrison County, OH newspaper

October 9, 1828...............................Marriage to Mary Ann Neel in Harrison County, Ohio

1830..............................................Listed as Head of Household in Freeport Twp., Harrison County, Ohio

June 30, 1830..................................Son George H. was born

August 3, 1832................................Son William Neel was born

1835..............................................Daughter Sarah Jane was born

1837..............................................Son Asberry was born

February 25, 1839.......................Land purchased in Guernsey County, Ohio

1840..............................................Listed as Head of Household in Madison Twp., Guernsey County, Ohio

abt. 1840........................................Daughter Mary A. was born

1841..............................................Son John Alexander was born

April 4, 1842..................................Father-in-law William Neel dies.  

December 6, 1842............................Sale of land to Lee Neel (his brother-in-law)

April 27, 1845..................................Dies in Guernsey County, Ohio

September 8, 1845...........................Estate of John McCandless

February 14, 1846............................Daughter Temperance Elizabeth was born

The earliest record I can find is a message in a Cadiz, Ohio newspaper in 1827 stating that John McCandless needed to pick up his mail from the local post office.  This was approximately one year before his marriage to Mary Ann Neel.  They were married on October 9, 1828 in Harrison County, Ohio by Reverend Benjamin Wood.   

John McCandless and Mary Ann Neel had seven children:

1.  George Hanna McCandless, b. June 30, 1830 in Harrison County, Ohio; d. Oct 16, 1886 of "consumption" in Stafford County, Kansas

    +Eliza Ruth Calvert on August 30, 1855 in Hiramsburg, Noble County, Ohio

2.  William Neel McCandless, b. August 3, 1832 in Harrison County, Ohio; d. Jul 1, 1886 of "consumption" in Noble County, Ohio

    +Martha A. Thompson on Sep 24, 1857 in Noble County, Ohio

3.  Sarah Jane McCandless, b. 1837 in Guernsey County, Ohio; d. 1909 in Fairgrove, Michigan

    +Thomas Shannon on Mar 16, 1858 in Guernsey County, Ohio

4.  Asberry McCandless, b. 1837; d. Dec 8, 1928 in Kings County, California

    +Henrietta E. Rosengrant on Sep 15, 1859 in Guernsey County, Ohio

5.  Mary Ann McCandless, b. 1840 in Guernsey County, Ohio; d. 1922 in Noble County, Ohio

    +Jeremiah Downey in 1862 in Noble County, Ohio

6.  John Alexander McCandless, b. 1841; d. July 12, 1860

7.  Temperance Elizabeth McCandless, b. February 14, 1846; d. Aug 12, 1875 in Noble County, Ohio

    +Armstrong Johnson on Oct 28. 1865

To see more of this family line, see the Descendants of John McCandless.

John died on April 27, 1845 in Antrim, Madison Township, Guernsey County, Ohio at 47 years of age.  He is buried in the Antrim United Presbyterian Cemetery, Antrim, Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.  I believe he died suddenly as his last child was born February 14, 1846.  This is actually just short of 44 weeks after John's date of death, making Temperance long overdue or not actually John's child (term birth is considered at 40 weeks).  Babies born after 42 weeks often suffer complications due to a failing placenta.  However, it is not unheard of and it is possible that Temperance Elizabeth is John's child, carried past term.  It should be noted that Mary never remarried.

Headstone of John McCandless

Ohio Marriages

Source Citation

"Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XDN6-DN5 : accessed 26 May 2012), John Mc Candless, 1828.

Marriage License:

"John McCandless to Mary Ann Neel

Marriage License issued, October 7th AD 1828.

Certificate

This is to certify that on the 9th day of October 1828 I joined together in the marriage relation John McCandless and Mary Ann Neel signed this 11 day of October 1828.

Benjamin Wood

Preacher of the Gospel."

1830 Census for Harrison County, Ohio

Source Citation

"United States Census, 1830," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHGK-GC8 : accessed 26 May 2012), John Mccandless, Freeport, Harrison, Ohio.

1830 Harrison County, Ohio Census:

John McCandless, pg. 227

Household consisted of one male 30-40, one female 20-30, and one male under 5.

John Chicken/Chiskar was listed below him and John Reeves was listed above him.

Listed in the 1840 Heads of Household for Guernsey Co., OH:

"M225 McCandlas, John Madison Twp. p. 345"

John owned 73 acres in section 13 of Madison Township, Guernsey County, Ohio. 

Source: Land Owners in Guernsey County.

John McCandless Estate

"John McAndless Estate

Mary McAndless........one pair of doubletrees.......$25

Joseph Hagen............to one rag?..........................$20.25

Benjamin Berry.........." " trindmill?........................$9.50

Archibald Neel............to one bay mare..................$55.00

James? Strictisle?.....to one draw? knife...............$25.00

Asberry Neel..............to one ? (unreadable)..........$2.50

Nimina? Hantina?......to one barshearpton?...........$1.50

James Hogie.......................to one ? knife.......................$4.50

Do..................(unreadable).........................$3.50

Archibald Neel............to one ?................................$6.31

Alexander Neel..........to two calves........................$1.50

Benjamin Berry.........to one barshearpton?...........$1.50

Lee Neel...............................?................................$?

Jackson Buckhammon...(unreadable).....................$1.00

Barry Gills..................to one iron square...............$.19

Joseph Hagen............to onebridle..........................$?

Lee Neel.....................to one cutting box?..............$.50

" " .......................one grind stone....................$?

" " .......................one foot?..............................$.25

Jackson Buckhammon..." frot?..............................$.25

Archibald Neel Clerk ----------

The State of Ohio Guernsey County $118.79

Lee Neel Admin of John McAndless lot (unreadable) of said county deceased so solemnly swear that the indexed? sale? will? is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief from? to and subscribed? before me this eighth day of September AD 1845.

Tho. W. Peacock Clerk Guernsey County Court Pleas

Estate of John McAndless. Notice is hereby given to all concerned that at the June term (1845) of the Court of Common Pleas for Guernsey County Ohio the sub? senilor? was duly qualified as administrator of the Estate of John McCandless late of Madison Township in said county deceased all persons indebted to said Estate and hereby called to make immediate payments and then having claims against the same will present their accounts properly authenticated for settlement within eighteen months from this date. 

Lee Neel, Administrator

State of Ohio Guernsey County

I Charles I. Allbright, publisher of the Guernsey Times Newspaper do hereby swear that the advertisement of which the annexed is (unreadable) was published in said paper for three weeks from the date thereof, and that it was (unreadable) and charged in accordance with the provisions of the act entitled (unreadable) fixing the price of printing for the insertion of legal advertisements.

My fee for advertising....$.98

As for Affidavit................$.121/2

---------- C.I. Allbright

$1.101/2 

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of October AD 1845.

Tho. W. Peacock, Clerk" 

Guernsey County (Ohio) Clerk could find no will on record. However, she did find an appearance docket:

"No. 1407

Judge's Fees: $6.00

L. Burris Sheriff: $3.30

Appearance Fees: $3.00

$12.30

Lee Neel Adm. of John McCandless, dec'd. vs. Mary Ann McCandless

Petition to sell real estate Nov. 10th A.D. 1856. Petition filed by T.W. White, Esq., attorney for Administration. Same day subpeona issued for Defts residing in Guernsey county Nov. 22nd. Notice to Defts in Noble Co. filed on Dec. 1, 1856. Subpeonas returned endorsed rec'd the writ on the 10th day of Nov. 1856 and on he same day service the same on Mary Ann McCandless, Sarah Jane McCandless, Asberry McCandless, Mary Ann McCandless, jr., Alexander McCandless, Temperance Elizabeth McCandless by delivering to each a certified 

copy of this writ. Aslo by delivering to said Mary Ann McCandless, mother of said minors with whom they reside with a certified copy of this writ. L. Burris, Shff Journal no. 1 p. 490. Order of appointment opened Dec. 15. Report of Appt. filed and order of sale made Jan. 29, 1857. Report of sale filed and motion for confirmation Journal No. 1 p. 503. Sale confirmed and Deed ordered."

POSSIBLE CLUES:

The book, Early Ohio Settlers, Purchases of Land in East and East-Central Ohio 1800-1840 lists a John McCandless from Washington Co., PA as purchasing land on October 29, 1829.

Notes for MARY ANN NEEL:

**1850 Guernsey County, Ohio Census for Madison Twp with her children (pg. 409 A):

"Mary A. McCandlass age 41 b. OH

Geo, 19, OH

Wm, 17, OH

Sarah, 15, OH

Asberry, 13, OH

Mary A., 12, OH

John, 9, OH

Temper E., 5, OH"

**Also listed is another McCandlass in same Twp, (pg. 394B), relation unknown:

"Eliza McCandlass age 21 b. OH

William age 20 b. OH"

**1860 Census--Noble Twp., Noble Co., OH

511-502

Mary A. McCanless 51 widow Domestic OH

John A. 17 farm hand OH

Temperance E. 14 OH

524-515

George McCanless 30 Carpenter OH

Eliza R. 29 Domestic OH

Mary 03 OH

John C. 01 OH

525-516

William McCanless 27 Carpenter OH

Martha 22 Domestic OH

John A. 02 OH

**1880 Census--Hiramsburg, Noble Twp., Noble Co., OH

112-112

Downey, Jeremiah 38 Farmer OH

Mary A. 40 Wife OH

Sarah E. 17 dau OH

Ulysses A. 14 son OH

William R. 11 son OH

Abneer D. 08 son OH

Elijah H. 06 OH

McCandless, Mary A. 72 widow, mother OH

More About MARY ANN NEEL:

Burial: 1883, Antrim United Presbyterian Cemetery, Antrim, Madison Twp., Guernsey Co., OH

Medical Information: 74 years old at death

Children of JOHN MCCANDLESS and MARY NEEL are:

2. i. GEORGE HANNAH MCCANDLESS, b. June 30, 1830, Antrim, Madison Township, Guernsey County, or Harrison County, Ohio; d. October 16, 1886, Rose Valley Township, Stafford County, Kansas.

3. ii. WILLIAM NEEL MCCANDLESS, b. Abt. 1833, Harrison County?, Ohio; d.July 01, 1886, Noble Co., OH.

iii. SARAH JANE MCCANDLESS, b. 1835, Ohio; d. Monroe Twp., Guernsey County, Ohio; m. THOMAS SHANNON.

4. iv. ASBERRY MCCANDLESS, b. 1837, Ohio; d. In 1880 Census he lived in Wills Twp., Guernsey Co., OH.

v. MARY A. MCCANDLESS, b. Abt. 1840, Ohio; m. JEREMIAH DOWNEY, 1862; b. Abt. 1842.

Notes for MARY A. MCCANDLESS:

**1880 Census--Hiramsburg, Noble Twp., Noble Co., OH

112-112

Downey, Jeremiah 38 Farmer OH

Mary A. 40 Wife OH

Sarah E. 17 dau OH

Ulysses A. 14 son OH

William R. 11 son OH

Abneer D. 08 son OH

Elijah H. 06 OH

McCandless, Mary A. 72 widow, mother OH

More About JEREMIAH DOWNEY and MARY MCCANDLESS:

Marriage: 1862

vi. JOHN ALEXANDER MCCANDLESS, b. 1841, Ohio; d. July 12, 1860, Noble Co., OH.

More About JOHN ALEXANDER MCCANDLESS:

Burial: Ragan Chapel Cemetery, Noble Co., OH

vii. TEMPERANCE ELIZABETH MCCANDLESS, b. 1845, Ohio; d. August 12, 

1875, Noble County, Ohio; m. ARMSTRONG JOHNSON, October 28, 1865, Noble County, Ohio.

More About TEMPERANCE ELIZABETH MCCANDLESS:

Burial: Barry's Ridge, Noble County, Ohio

More About ARMSTRONG JOHNSON and TEMPERANCE MCCANDLESS:

Marriage: October 28, 1865, Noble County, Ohio

>From the McCandless e-mail message list--could this be my John?

Name: JOHN MCCANDLESS

Date: 01 Jun 1831

Location: OH,

Document #: 2811

Serial #: OH0390__.304

Sale Type: CASH ENTRY SALE

Acres: 78.4900

Meridian or Watershed: OHIO RIVER SURVEY

Parcel: Township 11 N, Range 13 W, Section 22