Guide to the McCabe Family Papers, 1776-1945 AIS.1964.17

Arrangement

Repository
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title
McCabe Family Papers
Creator
McCabe family
Collection Number
AIS.1964.17
Extent
2.1 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Date
1776-1945
Abstract
The McCabe family came to the United States from Tyrone County, Ireland, prior to the Revolutionary War. After the war the family slowly migrated from central to western Pennsylvania where they became prominent members of the Middletown (Coraopolis) and Monessen communities. This collection includes biographical data, family photos, genealogical charts, deeds to the Big Spring tract in Bedford County, Pa, and scrapbooks outlining the history of Monessen, Pa.
Language
English .
Author
Zachary L. Brodt
Publisher
ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address
University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
Contact Us: www.library.pitt.edu/ask-archivist
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History

The McCabe family came to the United States from Tyrone County, Ireland, prior to the Revolutionary War. Owen McCabe settled in Cumberland County, present day Perry County, in central Pennsylvania. He and two of his sons, Robert and William, fought in the Revolution. Owen's grandson, Richard, became Pennsylvania's Secretary of State in 1820 before becoming a lawyer in Huntington County.

Richard's cousin, James "Squire" McCabe, lived in Middletown, now Coraopolis, and was appointed as a magistrate of Pennsylvania. Squire's son, James H. McCabe, Sr., was born in 1814. James Sr. was instrumental in the building of the First Presbyterian Church in Middletown and served as the third Burgess of Coraopolis. His son, James H. McCabe, Jr., was a war musician during the Civil War and spent much of his three year service at Fort Delaware. He also served as President Lincoln's bodyguard as he lay in state in Philadelphia.

After the war, James Jr. married Arabella Sayer and had five children, three of which are represented by documents in this collection. Their son H. Dallas McCabe worked at an uncle's engineering firm in Pittsburgh and became the surveyor for the new town of Monessen between 1893 and 1898. H. Dallas became Monessen's council president and started various businesses and two banks within the town. The Big Spring tract of land in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, where H. Dallas's sister, Bertha McCabe, and her husband, Roy Hoskins, resided, consisted of about 300 acres on the southwest side of Dunning's Creek in present East St. Clair Township. In 1928, the state purchased part of the land and built the Reynoldsdale State Fish Hatchery, which covers 130 total acres and is still active today.

Scope and Content Notes

The Papers of the McCabe family include biographical data of Richard B. McCabe (1792-1860), James H. McCabe, Sr. (1814-1891), and H. Dallas McCabe (1872-1925) along with genealogical charts and a McCabe family history. Also present in the collection are the wills and estate inventories of James H. McCabe, Sr., Arabella S. McCabe (1842-1923), H. Dallas McCabe, and Bertha McCabe Hoskins; correspondence and business papers of H. Dallas McCabe, Roy H. Hoskins and Bertha McCabe Hoskins; and McCabe family photographs. Scrapbooks and reports about Monessen, Pennsylvania are also included.

Arrangement

These files are arranged chronologically by family member. A series with extensive scope notes about Bertha McCabe and Roy Hoskins is included.

  • Series I. Family History
  • Series II. Publications
  • Series III. Bertha McCabe and Roy Hoskins

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Mrs. Robert J. Perez on February 19, 1964.

Previous Citation

Papers of the McCabe Family, 1776-1945, AIS.1964.17, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh.

Preferred Citation

Papers of the McCabe Family, 1776-1945, AIS.1964.17, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Zachary L. Brodt in September 2006.

Copyright

Copyright and property rights reside with the University of Pittsburgh. For permission to reproduce or publish any of the documents within this collection please contact the Archives Service Center.

Subjects

    Personal Names

    • Hoskins, Roy
    • McCabe, Arabella
    • McCabe, H. Dallas
    • McCabe, James H.
    • McCabe, Richard B.
    • Hoskins, Bertha McCabe

    Family Names

    • McCabe family

    Geographic Names

    • Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs
    • Pennsylvania -- Genealogy
    • Monessen (Pa.)

    Genres

    • Family papers
    • Estate records
    • Personal papers

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