S. A. McCALMONT. This gentleman belongs to a prominent pioneer family, who were identified with the early history of Pennsylvania. John McCalmont was born in Lancaster county, Penn., and there married Mary Proudfit, a native of the same place. The young couple came to Washington county, and settled in Mt. Pleasant township, where the wife died. He was there married to Mrs. Margaret (McKee) Moore, who died on the farm now owned by their grandson. John McCalmont, son of John and Mary (Proudfit) McCalmont, was born in 1818, in Mt. Pleasant township, and on April 15, 1842, was united in marriage with Mary Ann Moore, born January 7, 1822, in the same township, a daughter of John and Margaret (McKee) Moore. The father who was a lifelong resident of this county, was killed in 1834 while attending the raising of the U. P. church in Hickory. His widow some years after married this same John McCalmont. John and Mary A. (Moore) McCalmont celebrated their golden wedding June 14,1892, and on March 10, 1893, he was called to his rest. Their family are as follows: Margaret N., (yet living with her parents), John H. (sketch of whom follows), S. A. (of whom further mention is made), J. Andrew (first married to Anna Harsha, deceased, then to Hester Felinghuyson; is a U. P. minister at Dexter, Iowa), W. A. (married to Emma, daughter of Rev. W.A. McConnell, of Hickory, this county), Mary A. (wife of John P. White, of Mt. Pleasant township), Jennie E. (Mrs. R. G. Jeffrey, Cross Creek township), and Rev. D. T. (married to Lelah Donaldson; is a U. P. minister at Glade Mills, Butler Co., Penn). The father had been an active worker in the Republican party, and he and his wife were members of the U. P. Church at Hickory, this county.
John H. McCalmont was born December 21, 1844, on the old farm in the southern part of Mt. Pleasant township, near Mt. Prospect church. He is the second child of John and Mary Ann (Moore) McCalmont, whose history is given in these pages. He attended the Rankin and Cherry Valley district schools during his boyhood, and in March, 1865, enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Tenth P. V. I., was mustered into service at Pittsburgh, Penn., and assigned to the Second Corps, Army of the Potomac. He served till the close of the war, took part in the Grand Review at Washington and Bailey's Cross Roads, and was discharged in 1865, at Arlington Heights. After the war the soldier garb was exchanged for the attire of a farmer, and he began working in the harvest field.
On February 27, 1879, he married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Rachel (May) McConnell, all three natives of Cecil township, this county. In 1883 her parents moved to Hickory, where the mother died January 9, 1887. In 1881 Mr. and Mrs. McCalmont settled on their present farm, which contains 132 acres of well-cultivated land. For the past five years he has been engaged in the dairy business milking from eighteen to twenty cows per day. He is actively identified with the Republican party, and both he and his wife are members of the Mt. Pleasant U. P. Church, at Hickory. They have two children, Wilbert and Rachel May.
S. A. McCalmont (whose name opens this sketch) was born December 22, 1846, on the home farm in Mt. Pleasant township, and received his education in the district schools. On September 28, 1875, he was married to Mattie A. Jeffrey, who was born in Cross Creek township, this county, daughter of Robert and Eliza (Russell) Jeffrey. The father was born in Canton township, the mother in Chartiers township, and after their marriage they settled in Cross Creek township. Mr. Jeffrey commenced life a poor boy, but accumulated a good property; his wife died in January, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. McCalmont began married life in Mount Pleasant township, where she died November 7, 1877. Mr. McCalmont is an active member of the Republican party, and a member and trustee of the United Presbyterian Church at Hickory.
Text taken from page 521 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).Transcribed May 1997 by George & Mary Ann Plance of Gainesville, FL as part of the Beers Project.
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