Summary Information
McCabe Family Papers
AIS.1964.17
McCabe family
1776-1945
2.1 linear feet (5 boxes)
Language: English
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.
ULS Archives Service Center
University of Pittsburgh Library System
7500 Thomas Boulevard
Pittsburgh, PA, 15260
412-648-3232
archives-ref@mail.pitt.edu
September 2006
Finding aid prepared by Zachary L. Brodt
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.
Collection 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
Subject Terms
- Hoskins, Bertha McCabe
- Hoskins, Roy
- McCabe, Arabella
- McCabe, H. Dallas
- McCabe, James H.
- McCabe, Richard B.
- Monessen (Pa.)
- Pennsylvania -- Genealogy
- Pennsylvania -- Social life and customs
- Estate records
- Family papers
- Personal papers
Access and Use
No restrictions.
Gift of Mrs. Robert J. Perez on February 19, 1964.
Papers of the McCabe Family, 1776-1945, AIS.1964.17, Archives Service Center, University of Pittsburgh.
This collection was processed by Zachary L. Brodt in September 2006.
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.
Collection Inventory
Series I. Family History
Subseries 1. General Family History
Box 1
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1 |
Genealogical Charts
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| Folder |
2 |
Biographical Information of McCabe Family Members
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| Folder |
3 |
History of the McCabe Family
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Subseries 2. Richard B. McCabe, 1792-1860
| Folder |
4 |
Richard B. McCabe, 1792-1860
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Subseries 3. James H. McCabe, Jr. & Sr., 1814-1891
| Folder |
5-6 |
James H. McCabe, Sr., Biography and Will, 1814-1891
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| Folder |
7-8 |
James H. McCabe, Jr. Army Discharge and Pension Certificates, 1865, 1890
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Subseries 4. Arabella S. McCabe, 1843-1923
| Folder |
9-12 |
Arabella S. McCabe, Will and Obituary, 1843-1923
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| Folder |
13 |
Legal Documents of James H. Sr. and Arabella S. McCabe, 1889, 1892, 1903
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| Folder |
14 |
Legal Papers and Receipts, 1900-1913
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Subseries 5. H. Dallas McCabe, 1872-1925
Box 2
| Folder |
01-07 |
H. Dallas McCabe, Biography and Papers, 1872-1925
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| Folder |
8 |
Statement of Account of the Estate of Lillian M. Dorrance, 1915
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| Folder |
9 |
Scrapbook, H. Dallas McCabe
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| Folder |
10 |
Scrapbook, Monessen History
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11 |
Photographs (some identified McCabe family members) and Nitrate Negatives
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Series II. Publications
Box 3
| Folder |
1 |
Technical Pamphlets by Charles R. McCabe
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| Folder |
2 |
$4,223.00 Profit in One Year on a Town Lot by H. Cecil Sheppard, 1920
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| Folder |
3 |
The Frederick Almanac, 1913
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| Folder |
4 |
"Monessen: Early History and Location" by H. Dallas McCabe, 1923
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| Folder |
5 |
Pennsylvania Society Sons of the American Revolution Official Bulletin, 1924
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| Folder |
6 |
Where the West Began: A Story of Coraopolis and the Ohio Valley by Edward B. Maurey, 1930
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7 |
Semi-Centennial Borough of Coraopolis Golden Jubilee Program, 1937
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Series III. Bertha McCabe and Roy Hoskins
Box 4
| Folder |
1-7 |
Bertha McCabe Hoskins Correspondence and Papers, 1909-1951
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8 |
Bertha McCabe Travel Diaries, 1905, 1908
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9 |
Photocopies of Bertha McCabe's Travel Diaries
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10 |
Bertha McCabe Ledgers of Business Affairs, 1908-1927
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11 |
Woman's Club of Monessen, Pennsylvania Yearbook, 1911-1912
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12 |
Yearbook of the Highland Presbyterian Church, 1928
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13 |
Papers Regarding Spring Meadows Farm in Bedford County
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Box 5
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01-12 |
Deeds for "Big Spring" Tract in Bedford County, 1776-1869
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13 |
Papers Regarding Land in Bedford County, 1842-1931
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14-15 |
Roy H. Hoskins, Assets and Business Papers
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16 |
Property Tax Receipts, 1926-1945
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