Biographies

McCune, Hugh

Hugh McCune, farmer, P.O. Oakville, is a grandson of Robert McCune, who came from Ireland about the middle of the last century. The latter's son, Hugh, father of our subject, was born in this country in 1772, and died in 1828. His wife was Rebecca (Brady) McCune. Their children were as follows: Isabella, born April 18, 1797, wife of William Duncan, now deceased; Jane, born April 26, 1799, wife of James Boyd, and also deceased; Hannah, born August 9, 1802, deceased; Robert, born September 28, 1804, married Nancy Gibb, and died in Illinois; John, born May 24, 1807, married Jane Henderson, and died in Hopewell Township; James, born February 5, 1809, married Matilda Williams, and lives in Westmoreland Co., PA; Samuel, born April 2, 1811, deceased; Elizabeth, born May 13, 1811 [Note: this is as printed in the text, but is obviously an error] ,deceased; Joseph, born March 17, 1817, married Sallie Crider, and died on the home farm, and Hugh, our subject, born December 15, 1815, on the place where he now lives, in a brick house built by Hugh and Joseph. The property has never since been out of the family.

McCune, Samuel Albert

Samuel Albert McCune, retired farmer, Oakville, is a great-grandson of James McCune, who came here about the middle of the last century, with his brother Robert, from Ireland, and jointly took up a tract of 437 acres of land, where his descendants now live, and which is in their possession. The subject of this sketch has a receipt dated April 7, 1824, from the State Treasurer, for $10 patent fees fro 135 acrea of the original tract, and it states that is is surveyed on two warrants to Robert and James McCune, one dated May 13, 1763, and the other October 20, 1766. James' son Samuel was Samuel Albert's grandfather. He was born where his grandson now lives, in 1770, and died November 16, 1813. His wife was Hannah Brady, born January 1, 1776, and died May 16, 1847. They had eleven children, of whom two died in infancy. The others were Jane, born October, 1795, who became the wife of John Sharp; James, born January 22, 1799; Addie, born December 9, 1798; Margaret, born April 9, 1801, was the wife of Moses Kirkpatrick; Rachel, born July 27, 1803; Hugh Brady, born October 11, 1805; William, born January 23, 1807; Rebecca, born October 8, 1811; and Samuel, born April 9, 1814.

McCune, William

Historical Sketch of William McCUNE

By Robert E. Francis1

 

Background. William has proven exceptionally interesting from this researcher’s standpoint. For almost two years, I tried without success to discover William’s roots when, in February 1998, I got a break from a most unusual direction. A Mr. James Sellars wrote to me concerning my research on another ancestor, John Hinkson. James had read internet correspondence that I had with other Hinkson researchers and decided to contact me. The correspondence that followed not only provided a wealth of information on John Hinkson, but also opened the doors to understanding William McCune. As it turns out, McCune and Hinkson were half-brothers! The opening lines of James’ initial correspondence, dated February 3, 1998, reads: