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Author: Michael B. Gunn
Born in 1759 in Chester County, Pennsylvania to parents Daniel McMath and wife from Scotland. He served as a Private in the Pennsylvania Militia, in the 1st Company under Captain Thomas Carpenter, Lt. Col. John Hannum’s 3rd Battalion, West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He married Hannah Keller (_-1837); children: William, John, David, Harland, James, Simeon, and Mary. James was born and lived in West Bradford Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania until after the War when he came to Ohio. In OH he lived on a farm in Moorefield Township, Harrison County, OH that had 100 acres in Section 31, Twp. 11, Range 6 until he moved to another farm close by with 64 acres. He died on March 14, 1837 and buried in a family plot in Moorefield Twp. which is no longer marked off of McElhaney Road near the fence between the properties of Thelma Sears and Evalyn McFadden,76700 Township Hwy 308, Freeport, OH 43973. PA ARCH, 5TH SER, VOL 5, P 574. Gravesite unmarked.
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