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Jane McQuain/Michael Crolley

mch75767  (View posts) Posted: 7 Oct 2004 1:21AM GMT
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Surnames: McQuain/Crolley/Crowley
Looking for information on Jane McQuain. Below is from the Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County Pennsylvania, Vol II, Genealogical and Biographical. Can anyone confirm that the Jane McQuain that is referred to is the same Jane McQuain that is the daughter of Hugh McQuain and Catherine Cain?

The family springs from Michael Crolley , born in Londonderry, Ireland , one of a family of eight children, whose parents were residents of the North of Ireland . One of the seven sons remained in their native land, six sons and a sister coming to the United States and settling in Western Virginia in 1830 . Andrew and Hugh became contractors, and were the principal builders of the Northwestern Turnpike. Ambrose later was proprietor of a hotel in Cincinnati, Ohio ; John and Dennis became farmers.
I) Michael Crolley , one of the brothers, settling near Parkersburg , in now West Virginia , also became a contractor and, with his brothers, Andrew and Hugh , worked for several years constructing the Northwestern Turnpike through West Virginia . Later he engaged in mercantile business, having a store in Ritchie and Pleasants counties, West Virginia . He came east to Wheeling in 1846 , to purchase goods for his store, and it is thought was attacked by robbers and then thrown in the river. He married Jane McQuain , born in Gilmore county, West Virginia , of Scotch parents, sister of Katherine , wife of his brother John Crowley . Children: 1. John , became superintendent of a narrow-gauge railroad, and died at Bellaire, Ohio , in 1907 ; married Mary Wheatley , and had: Dennis , Charles and Leola . 2. Dennis Matthew , of whom further. After the tragic death of her husband, his widow Jane survived him twenty years, dying in 1866 .

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