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Title: Genealogical and personal history of western Pennsylvania Vol. 2; editor-in-chief, John W. Jordan.
Author: Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921.
pg 1016
“CALHOUN - At about the beginning of the war for independence, ADLY CALHOUN, a native of Ireland and the immigrant ancestor of this line of the CALHOUN family, settled in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, in which locality his descendants still reside. He secured from the government a patent for several hundred acres of land, and built thereon a large house, which after it had outlived its usefulness as a dwelling was used as a shelter for farm machinery, now standing but almost a complete ruin. On this place ADLY CALHOUN passed his remaining years, cultivating his wide acres. He married and had children: 1. JANE, died in girlhood. 2. NANCY, died unmarried, aged eighty-four years. 3. MARY, married a MR. CLUGSTON, and died near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 4. MARGARET, died in girlhood. 5. JOHN, of whom further.
(II) JOHN CALHOUN, son of ADLY CALHOUN, was born in the log home in (pg. 1017) Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. He was reared at the family home, and being the only son, inherited the entire tract upon his father’s death. After his marriage he brought his wife to the farm and lived in the old log house until his death, which occurred in June, 1849. He completed the clearing of the farm, and lived prosperously and comfortably, his agricultural operations uniformly successful. He married MARGARET, born in Ohio, daughter of ADLY CALHOUN, a native of Ireland, who passed his life as a farmer in Ohio. She died in April, 1849, two months prior to the death of her husband. Children: 1. ADLY, a minister of the Presbyterian church, died aged twenty-seven years. 2. MARY A., married JOHN K. GRAHAM, and died in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. 3. JOHN, a farmer, died in young manhood. 4. NANCY, married THOMAS RANKIN and died in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county. 5. JAMES, proprietor of a saw-mill, died aged forty-nine years. 6. THOMAS, a farmer, died in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 7. MOSES, a farmer, died in Washington county, Pennsylvania. 8. ALEXANDER, of whom further.
(III) ALEXANDER CALHOUN, son of JOHN and MARGARET (CALHOUN) CALHOUN, was born in Lincoln township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1839. He was reared on the home farm and obtained his education in the public schools. Upon the death of his father he fell heir to a portion of the old home property, and through purchase of a part of the share held by his brother JAMES became the owner of a farm two hundred and twenty-five acres in extent. The land was well improved, JAMES CALHOUN having erected a comfortable home upon his property, in which ALEXANDER CALHOUN resided until his death, May 23, 1903. General farming was the line he followed during his active years, his fertile land giving large yields under his skillful cultivation. He held the confidence and favor of his neighbors, in his dealings with whom he was ever fair, courteous, and honorable. In political action he was a Democrat, serving for many years as school director of his township, and with his wife belonged to the Presbyterian church, in which he held the position of elder.”
MR. CALHOUN married, January 2, 1862, SARAH, born in Lincoln Township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1841, daughter of FRANCIS and MARTHA (CURRY) McCLURE. FRANCIS was a son of ALEXANDER and SARAH (McCLURE) McCLURE, ALEXANDER, a son of RICHARD McCLURE, who came to western Pennsylvania from the eastern part of the state, settling on the present site of Glassport.
ALEXANDER McCLURE, son of RICARD McCLURE, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, and after his marriage made his home on a farm upon which the borough of Port Vue has grown up. He and his wife, SARAH (McCLURE) McCLURE, were the parents of twelve children. SARAH was a daughter of JUDGE FRANCIS and MARGARET (McCLURE) McCLURE, who came from “east of the mountains” at an early date and settled first in Wheeling, West Virginia, later moving to Mifflin township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. JUDGE FRANCIS McCLURE sat upon the bench of Allegheny county for many years, a judge and popular jurist. FRANCIS, son of ALEXANDER and SARAH (pg. 1018) (McCLURE) McCLURE, was born in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1807, died May 30, 1861. After his marriage he lived on a one hundred and twenty-two acre farm in the present township of Lincoln, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife, MARTHA (CURRY) McCLURE, were members of the United Presbyterian Church. She was born in Coal Valley, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1812, died April 15, 1888, daughter of ROBERT and MARY (BARNES) CURRY. Her grandfather was a soldier in the American army in the Revolutionary War, her parents born near Havre de Grace, Maryland, where they were married, moving first to West Virginia and afterward to Coal Valley, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Children of FRANCIS and MARTHA (CURRY) McCLURE: 1. SARAH, of previous mention, married ALEXANDER CALHOUN. She was educated in the schools of McKeesport and the Remington Academy. Since the death of her husband she has continued the family home. 2. ALEXANDER, a farmer, died on the homestead in Allegheny county. 3. NANCY BELLE, married JOSEPH FINNEY and resides in Lincoln township, Allegheny county. MR. and MRS. McCLURE had three other children, who died in infancy.
Children of ALEXANDER and SARAH (McCLURE) CALHOUN: 1. JOHN FRANCIS, an attorney of McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 2. EDWARD ALEXANDER, lives on the home farm. 3. ROBERT CALVIN, a court-house employee, lives in Lincoln township, Allegheny county. 4. JOSEPH WALTER, manages the home farm. 5. SARAH BELLE, married WILLIAM C. BOYD, and lives in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.”
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