The McIntyre Family of Bradford, Pennsylvania

The branch of the McIntyre family herein recorded is of Scotch descent. The list of their ancestors would contain the names of some of Scotland’s most honored and revered citizens, foremost in any line of endeavor in which they were engaged. The emigrant ancestor was Grandfather McIntyre, born, of course, in Scotland, died in Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, 1852. Upon landing in the United States he journeyed by team through the forests to Amboy, New York, from there to Jamestown, New York, finally coming to Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, where he settled on a farm. He was a Whig in politics, and he and his wife were members of the New Light sect in religion, later joining the United Brethren church. He married, and had issue:

1. Nathaniel, of whom further.
2. William, a minister, died in Centreville, Pennsylvania; married Belinda Hill, deceased.
   1. Jane.
   2. Julia.
   3. Joan.
   4. Alanson.
3. Eleanor, married Calvin Wood, and lived on a farm in Herkimer county, New York.
   1. John, lives in Herkimer county.
4. Alanson, a minister, died in Sugargrove, New York; married Polly Sullivan, deceased.
5. A daughter, deceased.
6. John, married, had children, and from the latest reports was a cattle dealer in Amboy, New York.

(II) Nathaniel McIntyre

Nathaniel, son and eldest child of Grandfather McIntyre, was born in Utica, New York, January 4, 1804, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, May 28, 1892. He obtained his education in the public schools, and later studied for the ministry of the United Brethren church, and had parishes in Warren, Crawford and Erie counties. He was an honorable, upright, God-fearing man, abounding in good works and a veritable angel of mercy to needy ones. His warm heart and generous nature responded quickly to any one in less fortunate circumstances than himself, and his purse always obeyed the impulses of his high strung, emotional nature. He was largely responsible for the building of the United Brethren church at Sugargrove. He married (first) Phoebe Kinney, died in Warren county, Pennsylvania, 1835; (second) Rebecca Harmon, born in Sugargrove, Warren county, Pennsylvania, died in July, 1857, daughter of William Harmon; (third) Elizabeth Sheldon Lytle.

Children of William Harmon

1. William.
2. John, a farmer; married, had children and died in Wisconsin.
3. Hosea, a cattle dealer, lumberman and oil producer; died in Sugargrove, Pennsylvania; married Sally Johnson, deceased, from Sugargrove.
   1. Emma, deceased.
   2. William, deceased.
4. Sarah, died in North Warren, Pennsylvania; married Amasa Baker, a hotel proprietor from Chautauqua county, New York.
5. Rebecca, mentioned above, married Nathaniel McIntyre.
6. Hulda, died in Sugargrove, Pennsylvania; married Joel Cady, a farmer, from Sugargrove.
   1. Hosea.
   2. Thomas.
   3. William.
   4. Laura.
   5. Harry.
   6. John.
   7. Susan.

Children of first marriage of Nathaniel McIntyre

1. Sally Elizabeth, born in Herkimer county, New York, died in Pittsfield, Warren county, Pennsylvania, 1895; married James McGuire, a lumberman from Warren county, Pennsylvania, died in Pittsfield, same county.
   1. Jennie, married Charles McKinley, and lives on a farm at Corry, Pennsylvania.
2. Silas, a farmer, born in Herkimer county, New York, died in Pittsfield, Pennsylvania; married Harriet Alger, from Warren county, Pennsylvania.
   1. Levi.
   2. Jerry.
   3. Frederick.
   4. Phoebe.
   5. Charles.
   6. Wesley.

Children of second marriage of Nathaniel McIntyre

1. Eleanor, born in Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, July 5, 1842, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1908; married Andrew D. Hervey, born in Allegany, New York, December 11, 1824, a retired merchant of Bradford.
   1. Verna, born in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, December 10, 1868, died August 28, 1900, married William Roden, an oil producer of Titusville, Pennsylvania.
      1. Jessie, born July 4, 1887, lives in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
      2. Eleanor, born in Titusville, May 31, 1892.
   2. Maud, born in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, February 2, 1873; married John L. Mead, born in Pittsfield, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1871, where he is employed by the railroad as ticket agent.
   3. Lillian, born in Spartansburg, November 1, 1877, married Herman Girard, born in Elmira, New York, May 24, 1877, a linotype operator in Bradford.
2. Emeline, born in Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, 1845, died in Centerville, Pennsylvania, 1879; married Simon Huckleberry, deceased, a farmer from Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
   1. Minnie, lives in Crawford county.
   2. George, deceased.
   3. Frederick, lives in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
   4. Archibald, lives in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
   5. James, lives in Crawford county, Pennsylvania.
3. Richard E., of whom further.
4. William, born in Sugargrove, Pennsylvania, November, 1853, a farmer near Warren, Pennsylvania; married Martha Jaquay, deceased, from Sugargrove.
5. Alice, born in Sugargrove; married (first) Zell Weaver, deceased, a minister of the United Brethren church; (second) Frank Allen, a tank builder in Warren, Pennsylvania. Children all by first marriage. The death of Zell Weaver and three of his children was caused by black diphtheria.
   1. Birdie, deceased.
   2. Delia, deceased.
   3. Elizabeth.
   4. Snow, deceased.
   5. Clair.
6. Lansing, born in Sugargrove, July, 1856, a minister at Diamond, Pennsylvania; married (first) Myra De Pew; (second) Clementine Wright.
   1. Horace, son of second marriage, born February, 1901.

Children of third marriage of Nathaniel McIntyre

1. Eugene, born in Grand Valley, Warren county, Pennsylvania, 1862, died in infancy.
2. Albert, born in Grand Valley, Warren county, Pennsylvania, February 19, 1867, died in Bradford, Pennsylvania, May 17, 1898.

(III) Richard E. McIntyre

Richard E., son of Nathaniel and Rebecca (Harmon) McIntyre, was born in Sugargrove, Warren county, Pennsylvania, August 16, 1847. He attended the public schools until he was fourteen years of age, when he left to become a teamster in Grand Valley and Titusville. He drew the first load of oil taken from the Maple Shade wells of Oil Creek, and carted the first lumber to Pithole, Pennsylvania, for the oil tanks, the lumber being valued at seventy-five dollars per thousand feet. Until 1881 he engaged in various occupations, cattle driving at Triumph, Pennsylvania; lumbering at Spring Creek, Pennsylvania; teaming in New London, Pennsylvania, and Edenburg, Pennsylvania; farming in Ohio and Crawford county, Pennsylvania, and in that year he began at Mount Alton, Pennsylvania, in the occupation in which he has had the most success, that of butcher. He supplied the meat for the company which erected the Kinzua Bridge, said to be the highest in the world. In 1883 he moved to Lafayette Corners, Pennsylvania, where he conducted a hotel and meat market, leaving that town to go to Bradford, Pennsylvania, establishing what is now one of Bradford’s most popular meat markets. He is a member of the United Brethren church, and takes an active interest in all its affairs, having been trustee and treasurer. He belongs to Tent No. 4, Knights of the Maccabees, Bradford; Knights of St. John, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having been a charter member of the Mount Alton Lodge of that order.

He married, September 11, 1871, Lydia Sheldon, born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, December 4, 1855, daughter of Allen Sheldon, born in Vermont, a farmer, Republican, and member of the Methodist Episcopal church; married Elizabeth Lytle. Allen Sheldon was a son of Isaac Sheldon, born in Vermont, died in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania.

Children of Isaac Sheldon

1. Allen, mentioned above, married Elizabeth Lytle.
2. Jonathan, died in Warren county, Pennsylvania, 1911, a lumberman and farmer; married Ann Lytle, deceased.
3. Harrison, enlisted in Pennsylvania Bucktail Regiment; was captured and sent to Libby prison, and was lost track of after the war.
4. Mary, married Willard Burton, from Riceville, Pennsylvania, and lives in Titusville, Pennsylvania; Mr. Burton is the owner of a grist-mill.

Children of Allen and Elizabeth (Lytle) Sheldon

1. Frances, born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, June 10, 1848, died 1855.
2. John, born in Pleasantville, Pennsylvania, June 24, 1851, a retired oil producer of Bradford; married June 25, 1878, Caroline Hewlings, from Clarion county, Pennsylvania, born May 2, 1859.
   1. Myrtle, born at Edenburg, Pennsylvania, April 13, 1880; married Ernest Jackson, July 4, 1912.
   2. Don, born at Edenburg, Pennsylvania, December 17, 1881, an oil well driller in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
   3. Jennie, born at Edenburg, Pennsylvania, June 17, 1884.
   4. Jed, born at Edenburg, Pennsylvania, November 12, 1886, a chauffeur, in Bradford, Pennsylvania.
3. Jennie, born in Pleasantville, June 20, 1852, died December 9, 1883; married John King, an oil well driller from Jefferson county, Pennsylvania.
   1. Anna, born July 20, 1878.
   2. Frank, born April 2, 1880, married, January, 1912, Cary Marshall.
4. Lydia, mentioned above; married Richard E. McIntyre.

Children of Richard E. and Lydia (Sheldon) McIntyre

1. Lee, born in Centerville, Pennsylvania, April 25, 1875, a minister in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; married Lillian Corry, from Coryville, Pennsylvania.
   1. Mazie, May 1, 1896.
   2. Paul, born April 3, 1901.
   3. Lee (2), born October 7, 1910.
2. Snowy, born Edenburg, Pennsylvania, May 9, 1877, died there in May, 1878.
3. Pearl, born in Edenburg, May 29, 1880; married Harry Blanchard, born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1881, son of Charles K. and Laura V. (Slade) Blanchard. He engages in the butcher business with his father-in-law; is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Bradford, the United Commercial Travelers, the Western Travelers and the Protected Home Circle. Pearl (McIntyre) Blanchard is a member of the United Brethren church.

See: Genealogy of the Allegheny Valley Pennsylvania

Source

Jordan, J. W. 1840-1921. (1913). Genealogical and personal history of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania. New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co.

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