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Hon. J. David McJunkin
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HON. J. DAVID McJUNKIN, who for many years has been prominently identified with the affairs of Butler, Pennsylvania, is one of the practitioners before the courts of
Butler County. He was born on the old homestead in Centre Township, Butler County, September 3, 1839, and is eldest son of William and Priscilla McJunkin. Mr. McJunkin received a preliminary education in the common schools of his home district, supplemented by four years at Butler Academy, Witherspoon Institute and West Sunbury Academy. He taught school for several years, and in 1862 served as a member of Company G, Fourteenth Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia, to assist in repelling Lee's invasion of the State. His preparation for the legal profession was under the preceptorship of Judge McJunkin, and he was admitted to the bar of Butler County, June 8, 1863. The following year he removed to Franklin, Vanango County, Pennsylvania, where he practiced with good results until 1873. During that time he was called upon to serve in official capacity, being elected to the State Legislature of Pennsylvania in 1869, and reelected in 1870 and 1871. He returned to Butler in 1873 and there has since resided and engaged in active practice. His activities have not been confined to his professional work, and in 1879 he was connected with the Bald Ridge Oil Company, whose operations were the means of attracting oil men to the further development of the Butler field. He is a Republican in politics, and has been an active worker for the success of that party. He was in 1880 and 1882 the choice of his coimty for the nomination for Congress; also in 1904 and 1908. Mr. McJunkin was united in marriage with Miss Margaret A. Campbell, a daughter of James Campbell of Butler, and they became parents of the following children: Clara Bell; William David; Mary Christie, wife of Lewis E. Schmertz; Charles Campbell; John Welles; and Margaret Kathleen, who died in January, 1888. Religiously, he is a member of the Presbyterian Church, to the support of which he has contributed liberally. Source: 20th century history of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and respresentative citizens, McKee, James A., 1909, page 626-627. |
