Remby Cemetery, Morgan TWP, Scioto County, Ohio, USA
Notes
Notes on Andrew Black McCall
From: Hazel McCall Ellis (his granddaughter)
Andrew's mother, Nancy Jane Wasson, died when he was twelve years old, in 1850. His father, William John McCall, then married the young girl who had worked for them and took care of the mother in her last illness. Her name was Jane (Brannan) Currie. She was the young widow of Frances Currie. Jane Currie had a little boy of her own named William Brannan Currie with her. Her little girl had died shortly before her marriage to William John McCall. Jane was younger than some of her new husband's children.
Andrew said that Jane, his stepmother, mistreated him, so he took a change of clothing, some cold biscuits from the safe, tied these in a flour sack, ran a stick through it, put it over his shoulder and left for Ohio, where his brother John was already living.
He walked all the way. He would stop along the way and do small jobs for food and whatever clothing the people would give him. He had started out with eyeglasses, but had to sell them. Andrew had always been great on wanting to be a doctor and told about roots and leaves and how to make teas for certain diseases.
It took him two years to make the trip. He never returned to Butler County, Pennsylvania and never saw his father or step-mother again. This would have been in 185l or 52.
In 1858 he married Maryann McJunkin, the daughter of William T. McJunkin, who was a close neighbor of the McCalls in Scioto County, Ohio, where both John and Andrew McCall lived. Andrew was 20 years old and Maryann 15. They lived in the old log home where Maryann had been born and there she bore twelve children, seven girls and five boys.
Andrew was the mail carrier for the area which he delivered on horseback. One day while at the post office he heard some men talking about the great Civil War that was going on and about enlisting in the Army. So Andrew finished for the day, and went home and told Maryann that he was going the next day to join the army. He served in Co. I, 26th Ohio Infantry. He was wounded in battle and almost lost his leg.
Andrew later sold the old homestead to his son Charles Wesley in June 1905. A newer home had been built by this time and the old log home was used for storage of hay, etc. Charles then built still another house on the farm for his father and mother and his brother Grant and his sister Nettie who still lived with their parents.
Andrew McCall died in the flu epidemic of 1921. He is buried in Remby Cemetery, Ohio.
Civil War Service Record:
McCall, Andrew B., Company I, Unit: 26 Ohio Infantry, Rank Induction: Private, Rank Discharge: Corporal, Allegiance: Union.
William John MCCALL (ID:I306), b. 3 Dec 1797, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 28 Feb 1877, Clay TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 79 years)
Mother
Nancy Jane WASSON (ID:I307), b. 30 Jan 1795, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 4 May 1850, Center TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 55 years)
Married
30 Apr 1818
Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA
Age at Marriage
William was 20 years and 4 months old; Nancy was 23 years and 3 months old. (They were married 32 years and 1 month).
[S127] 1860 Census of Scioto County, Morgan Twp., Ohio.
Aug. 1, 1860, P.O. Jasper Pike Co. Ohio; Dwelling House 55, Andrew McCall, age 22; M, Occ. Farmer; R.E. $100.; Born: PA; Mary J. age 19, F. Born: PA; Sarah J. age 1, F.; Born: PA; Wm. M. Curry age 23; M. Occ. Miller; Born: PA
[S144] 1870 Census of Scioto County, Morgan Twp., Ohio.
P.O. Lucasville, June 14, 1870, Image 19, Andrew B. McCall, age 31, Occ: Farmer, Value of R.E. 150, Value of P. E. 242, born PA; Mary A. age 29, Occ: Keeping House, born PA; Ulysses G., age 6, born Ohio; Elisabeth, age 4, born Ohio; Lavina age 3, born Ohio; William M. age 1, born Ohio. Also: Mary McJunkin, age 64, Occ: Domestic Servant, born PA.
[S145] 1880 Census of Scioto County, Morgan Twp., Ohio.
June 4, 1880, Page 127, Image 7, ED 167, SD 4; A. B. McCall, age 4l, Occ: Farmer, Born: PA; Wife: Mary A., age 37, Occ: Keeping House, Born: PA; Dau. Mary L. age 18, Born: Ohio; Son Ulysses S. G., age 16, Occ: Farm Labor, Born: Ohio; Dau. Elisabeth A., age 14, Born: Ohio; Dau. Lavinia S., age 12, Born: Ohio; Son William N., age 11, Occ: Farm Laborer, Born: Ohio; Son Charles W., age 8, Born: Ohio; Dau. Margaret U., age 5, Born: Ohio; Dau. Bertha G., age 2, Born: Ohio. Next Household: Mary McJunkin, age 76, Occ: Keeping House, Born: PA.