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Josiah P. McCall
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JOSIAH P. McCALL, general farmer, who resides on his excellent estate of eighty-nine acres, which is situated in Franklin Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, was born on this farm on October 8, 1852, and is a son of Allen and Martha (Turk) McCall. Allen McCall, father of Josiah P., was born about 1807, in Butler County, his old home farm being now owned by Lorenzo B. Snyder. He died in 1867. In early years he was a Whig but later became a Republican. He was an active citizen but never accepted any office but that of school director. He married a daughter of William Turk, of Brady Township, Butler County, and they had the following children: Samuel James and Robert T., both now deceased; Margaret Emeline, wife of Asaph Cranmer, of Clay Township; Rebecca Jane (deceased) who was the wife of Hezekiah Patterson; Mary Elizabeth, deceased; Josiah P.; William John, residing in Franklin Township; Sarah Belle (deceased) who was the wife of Elva Snyder, of Brady Township; and Elmer Allen, residing at Butler. The father was a trustee of the Muddy Creek Presbyterian Church. Josiah P. McCall has spent his life in Franklin Township. After he completed his school attendance he settled down to farming and has made his life-work both pleasant and profitable. Of his eighty-nine acres he has fifty under the plow and raises corn, oats, wheat, hay, potatoes and buckwheat, devoting the remainder of his land to pasturage, keeping eight cows for dairy purposes and making choice butter for particular customers at Butler. Mr. McCall married Miss Mary Ann Snyder, who is a daughter of Conrad Snyder of Brady Township, and they have had three children: Conrad Allen, who died aged two years; Willis Austin, who married Valera Thompson of Clay Township and reside in Washington County (he is a physician and has a daughter, Mary Dorothy); and Orren Josiah, who married Marie Brown, of Clay Township and has one child, Edna Mary. Mr. McCall and family belong to the Muddy Creek Presbyterian Church, in which he has served as a trustee. In politics he is a Republican but is no more active than the demands of good citizenship require, having no desire for political honors. Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 611. |
