Charles Magill    

CHARLES MAGILL, farmer, P.O. Tamarac, was born in Philadelphia, Penn., in 1822, son of James and Mary (Caska) Magill, natives, of Ireland. The subject of this sketch moved to Erie City, Penn., in 1824, and there received his early education. For about twenty-two years be was an engineer on lake steamers plying between Buffalo and Chicago; he came to Crawford County in 1860, and for some time continued engineering here. He now resides on a beautiful place, about two and a half miles west of Evansburg, this township, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising.  Our subject was married. November 1, 1845, to Margaret Kennedy. By this union were four children, viz.: Jennie, born February 14, 1847; Charles, Jr., born January 27, 1854; Hattie K., born May 27, 1857; and Georgina, born July 31, 1859, died April 9, 1884. Mr. Magill is a charter member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge at Evansburg. His wife is an adherent of the United Presbyterian Church.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 990. View image of this page of the book on line at ancestry.com.  Free access  More Crawford County History Books  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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