McCaw, Hugh

MCCAW, EWART, JEFFREY

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Date: 11/21/2012 at 10:43:24

1880 History of Poweshiek County Iowa

LINCOLN TOWNSHIP

Page 758

MCCAW, HUGH--Section 31, P.O. Brooklyn. His ancestors were Scotch-Irish. His father (Hugh) was born in County Down, Ireland, in December 1796. Was a shoemaker. Immigrated to America in 1849. Worked for a few years at his trade in Rock Island, Illinois, and finally bought eighty acres in that county, on which he farmed until his death in July, 1857. His mother's maiden name was Jane Ewart; was a native of County Down, Ireland, and died in Rock Island county, Illinois. Hugh's nativity was the same as his parents, and his birthday February 22, 1839. He was educated, in most part, in Ireland, and followed his father and brothers, with his mother, and three sisters, to the United States in the spring of 1850. He worked at home until his father died. Bought his present place in 1871; improved it, and settled upon it in the spring of 1874. He married, February 23, 1874, Agnes Jeffrey, of Rock Island, Illinois, who was born in her husband's native county, June 28, 1852, and immigrated to America with her sister, Sarah, in April, 1869. They have three children: Elizabeth (born January 1, 1875), Wm. J. (born December 13, 1876) and Hugh Thomas (born November 27, 1878). Mr. M. owns a good farm of ninety and a half acres, well-stocked and entirely out of debt.