EDWARD G. CUNDALL, of the firm of E. G. Cundall & Sons, dealers in clothing and gents' furnishings, Washington, was born November 7, 1832, in what is now Canton township (then part of Chartiers), Washington Co., Penn. His father, also named Edward G., was born in 1791, in Rhode Island, where he was married to Patience R. Bailey, of Newport, that State, who bore him eight children, of whom three are yet living, viz.: Mrs. Mary E. McIlroy, of Washington, who has been a widow since 1854; Emily M., wife of S. P. Morgan, residence, Jefferson avenue, Washington; and Edward G. One daughter (now deceased) was married to R. W. Miller, who recently died. Mr. Cundall, Sr., came to Washington county, bringing his wife and two children and purchased property in Cross Creek township, whence after a time they moved to Chartiers township. In April, 1865, they came to Washington, where the father died December 4, 1866, aged seventy-four years; the mother passed away in 1881 at the age of eighty-two. The early life of our subject was passed on the old homestead in Canton township, his education being received at the common schools of the district. In 1866 he removed to South Strabane township, and in 1870 to Buffalo township, where he owns a farm. In November, 1891, he purchased the clothing and gents' furnishing business of W. C. Baldwin, and now has an extensive trade, his place being one of the best known in that line in the city. On October 5, 1854, Mr. Cundall was united in marriage with Miss Martha W., daughter of W. H. Cook, of Canton township, and to this union five children were born, viz.: Maggie R., wife of Deforest Wilson, of Taylorstown; Emma J., wife of William McManus, of Taylorstown; W. G., on a farm in Buffalo township, married to a daughter of William Clark, of Chartiers township; Edward M., a dentist in Washington, and W. Harry, with his father in the store. On December 10, 1889, the mother died at the age of fifty-six years. Politically Mr. Cundall is a Republican, and he has served as school director in Canton township. On April 2, 1877, he was appointed superintendent, secretary and treasurer of the County Home, in which position he served fourteen consecutive years, when he resigned.

Text taken from page 450 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed July 1997 by Linda Vourlogianes of Petaluma, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published July 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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