Monday, August 10, 2020

#52Ancestors: Jane Rebecca McCABE, 1803-1883

Another in the year-long challenge, #52Ancestors by genealogist Amy Johnson Crow. I am a little behind, but every post is another post! This week I am writing about Jane Rebecca McCABE, my 2nd great-grandmother on my mother's KUHN line, 3rd great-grandmother to my children, 4th to my grandchildren. 

Jane,  born Oct 25, 1803 in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, was the youngest of the three children of Edward McCABE from County Monaghan & Rebecca HUDSON.

Jane married Joseph Jacobus KUHN (1803-1878) on Nov 5, 1826 in the Conewago Chapel, Conewago, Adams, Pennsylvania. The service was presided over by the Reverend DeBarth. There is a lovely image of the KUHN obelisk in the Conewago Chapel cemetery, listing many of the Kuhn ancestors, siblings, their marriages, etc.

Children of Joseph & Jane, all born in East Berlin, Adams, PA: 

   1.  Edward John, b. 23 Sep 1827, d. 25 Feb 1906 Hanover PA; m. abt 1856
          in Missouri 1st Annie P. Gill [d.1862], 3 children; m. 2nd Sarah Jane
          Hilt, abt 1870 in PA, 6 children
   2.  Dr. Louis/Lewis DeBarth, Ancestor, b. 22 Oct 1829, d. 7 May 1908
            NY; m. 17 Jan 1864 to Amelia A PETTYGROVE [d. 1888], 10
            children
   3.  Sarah Jane, b. 25 Dec 1831, d. 29 Apr 1834. 
   4.  Maria Rebecca, b. 2 Feb 1834, d. 8 Nov 1857 in Cuba on honeymoon;
            m. 1857 to Charles F. Leisen.
   5.  Charles Edmund, b. 16 Nov 1836, d. 23 Nov 1909 in Denver CO;
            m. 1862 to Jennie M. Myers; 1 daughter
   6.  Jane Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb 1839, d. 8 Jun 1916; m. abt 1865 to Philip
            Reilly, 5 children
   7.  Joseph Augustine, b. 1 Sep 1841, d. 4 Oct 1918 Port Townsend WA
   8.  John Randolph, b. 28 Aug 1844, d. 2 Nov 1926; m. 13 Feb 1870
             Brooklyn NY to Henrietta M. Rabitte; 13 children
   9.  Dr. George Richard Montgomery, b. 2 Sep 1847, d. 5 Nov 1915
             Brooklyn NY; m. 13 Nov 1879 to Mary E. Hussey; 5 children

Unfortunately there is nothing further I have found about Jane Rebecca, aside from her having borne 9 children in 20 years. I have newspapers to search soon, hoping for any obituary write up on her. Her husband, Joseph J KUHN, died 18 Sep 1878, aged 74, in McSherrytown, Adams, PA. Five years later, she died 15 June 1883 in Brooklyn NY, aged 79 years.

She is listed on the very large KUHN obelisk with her husband, showing her maiden name - a treasure when I found this image.  


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Family, friends, and others - I hope you enjoy these pages about our ancestors and their lives. Genealogy has become somewhat of an obsession, more than a hobby, and definitely a wonderful mystery to dig into and discover. Enjoy my writing, and contact me at celia.winky at gmail dot com if you have anything to add to the stories. ... Celia Lewis