McCune, Samuel Albert

Samuel Albert McCune, retired farmer, Oakville, is a great-grandson of James McCune, who came here about the middle of the last century, with his brother Robert, from Ireland, and jointly took up a tract of 437 acres of land, where his descendants now live, and which is in their possession. The subject of this sketch has a receipt dated April 7, 1824, from the State Treasurer, for $10 patent fees fro 135 acrea of the original tract, and it states that is is surveyed on two warrants to Robert and James McCune, one dated May 13, 1763, and the other October 20, 1766. James' son Samuel was Samuel Albert's grandfather. He was born where his grandson now lives, in 1770, and died November 16, 1813. His wife was Hannah Brady, born January 1, 1776, and died May 16, 1847. They had eleven children, of whom two died in infancy. The others were Jane, born October, 1795, who became the wife of John Sharp; James, born January 22, 1799; Addie, born December 9, 1798; Margaret, born April 9, 1801, was the wife of Moses Kirkpatrick; Rachel, born July 27, 1803; Hugh Brady, born October 11, 1805; William, born January 23, 1807; Rebecca, born October 8, 1811; and Samuel, born April 9, 1814. Of this numerous family, one remains--Rebecca, single and living in her nephew's house. Hugh Brady, father of Samuel Albert,lived all his life on the farm. Starting poor, he acquired a farm and other property in the West. He died in September 1881. His wife was Isabella Jane Kirkpatrick, who is now living with her daughter, Hannah M. Their ten childen were Jane Elizabeth, Eleanor Culbertson, Rebecca Shields, Hannah Malvina, Margaret, Samuel Albert, William Alexander, John Kirkpatrick, Cyrus Brady, and James Henderson. Hannah M is the only daughter living. She is the wife of Robert Fulton, of Big Spring, West Pennsborough Township. The sons are all living , except William A., who died May 28, 1883.