She was born in New Castle, May 10, 1816, and died there Dec. 12, 1889. She was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Gordon) McCleary, who died at the ages of forty-four and sixty years respectively. Samuel McCleary was a stone-mason in early life, and it is claimed that in 1812 he erected the first two-story building in New Castle, building it on the plot of ground where the Y. M. C. A. Building now stands. He was also a large farmer, and owned a valuable tract of 400 acres, now located in the borough of West New Castle. In addition to his other lines of business and occupation, he kept a large store, where the Rink Building is now located on Beaver and Washington Streets. He was a man of unusual business tact and energy, and although he died at the early age of forty-four years he had accumulated a fine fortune for those days
Of the six children born to John and Jane (McCleary) Moorhead, only two survive: Samuel, the eldest, and Charles, the third in order of birth.
Source : Biographical Sketches of Lawrence County PA, 1897 (page 175)
Of the six children born to John and Jane (McCleary) Moorhead, only two survive: Samuel, the eldest, and Charles, the third in order of birth.
Source : Biographical Sketches of Lawrence County PA, 1897 (page 175)
She was born in New Castle, May 10, 1816, and died there Dec. 12, 1889. She was a daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Gordon) McCleary, who died at the ages of forty-four and sixty years respectively. Samuel McCleary was a stone-mason in early life, and it is claimed that in 1812 he erected the first two-story building in New Castle, building it on the plot of ground where the Y. M. C. A. Building now stands. He was also a large farmer, and owned a valuable tract of 400 acres, now located in the borough of West New Castle. In addition to his other lines of business and occupation, he kept a large store, where the Rink Building is now located on Beaver and Washington Streets. He was a man of unusual business tact and energy, and although he died at the early age of forty-four years he had accumulated a fine fortune for those days
Of the six children born to John and Jane (McCleary) Moorhead, only two survive: Samuel, the eldest, and Charles, the third in order of birth.
Source : Biographical Sketches of Lawrence County PA, 1897 (page 175)
Of the six children born to John and Jane (McCleary) Moorhead, only two survive: Samuel, the eldest, and Charles, the third in order of birth.
Source : Biographical Sketches of Lawrence County PA, 1897 (page 175)
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