William P MCCALL

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John married Angeline MCCANDLESS about 1861. Angeline was born about 1836 in Pennsylvania, USA; and died. [Group Sheet]

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William John McCall, second son of Samuel McCall, early settler of Butler County, Pennsylvania. William John McCall was born on December 3, 1797. He must have been brought to Butler County as a very young child. Only a few white children were born in Butler County prior to 1800. The area was opened for settlement in 1796, although there were a few families already settled there prior to 1796 who had taken the chance that the indians would not molest them. Those settlers who did take up a claim in the wilderness, did not bring their wives and small children until they had established some kind of a home and cleared an area to plant. We know that William's father, Samuel, and possibly his family were already living in Butler in 1803, as we find him listed on the tax list of that year. Where was William John born? Maybe in Westmoreland County or possibly Washington County. A David McCall lived in Plum Township at this time, among other families who also moved into Butler County. They were the McCandless and McJunkin families of Westmoreland County.
William John McCall married Jane Wasson, daughter of William Wasson and Jane (Jean) McDowell, of the town of Isle, which was located a short distance from the McCall homestead. (This area is now covered with waters of Lake Arthur in Moraine State Park.) William's nickname was "Little Billy". He was 20 years old when he married Jane Wasson on April 30, 1818. Their first child arrived on April 5, 1818. A story has been related by one of Little Billy's descendants that he had been married to another before he married Jane Wasson and had fathered two or three children. If this is a fact, he would have been very young. There is no proven evidence of this story, but if this has been told by word of mouth down through the generations, it must be given some credence.
William John McCall took claim to 432 acres of land about eight miles from that of his father, in what would later become Clay Township, Butler County. It was then in the Township of Centre. According to the many records of "land deals" in the County Court House, our William John must have been a land speculator. He bought and sold land in many parts of Clay and Concord Townships and it is told that he held thousands of acres by lease, although farming must have been his principal occupation. Part of his original grant was later to become the town of Euclid, where there was a coal mine, lumber company and grain mill. Later still, the main line of the Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad bisected his farm from east to west. The railroad at that time was called the Shenango Allegheny Railroad. Eventually William John broke up his farm into sections for his two oldest sons, William Wasson McCall and Samuel Robison McCall. He also sold several small pieces to his neighbors.
Nine children were born to William John McCall and Jane Wasson. The youngest, Jemima, was born in 1843. We know that Jane Wasson died in May of 1850. She must have had a lingering illness, as William John had to have a girl to take care of her and the small children. William John married this girl shortly after the death of Jane Wasson. She was Jane Brannan Currie, young widow of Francis Currie. Jane was 26 years old ...younger than some of William John's children...he was 53. Jane Brandon Currie had her own two children with her at this time, they were
William Brannan Currie, about 4 years old, and Margaret Ann Currie.
This marriage did not "go" well with William John's older children and must have caused a split in the family that has never healed to this date. His oldest son, William Wasson McCall, soon sold his portion of the family farm to the Stoner family and moved farther south in Centre Township. He did not live there very long and moved south again to Clinton Township, where most of his descendants still live. The next son, Samuel Robison McCall gave his portion of the farm to his younger brother, John McCall and his young wife Margaret Jane Prior. Samuel Robison McCall took his wife, Martha McCandless, sister of the wife of his brother (William Wasson McCall), and their young family and moved West. The family later moved to Rural Dale, Grundy County, Missouri.
John and Andrew found living with or near their new step-mother intolerable. John sold his portion of the farm left to him by his brother Samuel and went west to the Ohio country. His younger brother, Andrew, packed a few articles and ran away from home to follow his brother to Ohio. Only Jemima, a little girl was left at home with her father and step-mother.
William John McCall's second family began arriving soon after his marriage to Jane Brannan Currie. A son, Thomas Reed McCall was born in 1852, followed by four daughters, the last born in 1859 when William John was 62 years old.

William John McCall married Jane Wasson on the 30th day of April 1818. After the death of Jane Wasson in 1850, William John married a very young girl named Jane Brannan Currie who had been caring for his ailing wife. She was the widow of Francis Currie and was about 26 years of age. William John had three children older than she, and he was 53 years of age. We have a story passed down, that William John's two young sons, still at home at the time of their Father's second marriage, were very discontented and ran away from home. They were John and Andrew. John left first and resided in Ohio. Andrew left soon after and followed his brother. We are told that they never saw their father again. The descendants of both are all located in southern Ohio.

It has been reported that William John was married three times, the first being to a girl from Middlesex Township, and that he fathered seventeen children altogether. We have no record of this marriage or the children born. He married Jane Wasson who was from the village of Isle when he was just 20 years old, so he must have been very young at the time of the first marriage.


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William married Nancy Jane WASSON on 30 Apr 1818 in Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. Nancy (daughter of William McClelland WASSON and Jean (Jane) MCDOWELL) was born on 30 Jan 1795 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 4 May 1850 in Center TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Union Cemetery, West Sunbury, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Jane Wasson McCall is mentioned in the will of Jean/Jane (McDowell) Wasson, her mother.

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Samuel McCall was born in Pennsylvania, served with the Militia in the Indian Wars, under the maintenance of the Post at LeBouf (Erie, Pennsylvania) under the Command of Major Ebenezer Denny. Samuel McCall, Private: Commencement of Service: Feb. 12, Expiration of Service: May 31, 1795.

An Act by the Senate & House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on the 12th day of June, 1840, Samuel McCall was granted $40.00 pension, $40.00 grat. from Jan l, 1840..."Laws of Pennsylvania 1840, p. 653, 654."
From: Laws of Pennsylvania, pg. 653, (No.244) AN ACT, For the relief of Samuel McCall and others, soldiers and widows of soldiers of the revolutionary war.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same: That the State Treasurer be, and he is hereby authorized and directed to pay to Samuel McCall of Butler......and others.....widows of soldiers of the revolutionary and Indian wars, or their respective orders, forty dollars each immediately as a gratuity, and an annuity of forty dollars each during life, to be paid half yearly, commencing on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty. The foregoing gratuities and pensions to be paid in conformity with the existing laws.

Samuel McCall, son of (Father Unknown) and of (Mother Unknown), born 1770, Pennsylvania; died 11 Nov. 1843, Centre Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania; buried Muddy Creek U.P. Church Cemetery, Butler County, Pennsylvania. He was married to Else Davis.
Samuel McCall was the progenitor of the Butler County McCall families. His descendants can now be found in all parts of the nation. Samuel was born somewhere in Pennsylvania in the year 1770. Who were his parents? Did he have brothers and sisters? Where did he marry? Did his parents come over from Scotland or Ireland? Did they all cross the mountains to Western Pennsylvania together? Who was Samuel? What did he look like? These questions may never be answered. No portrait has been found of him. No description of him has been passed down from other generations now gone. No personal stories have survived to give us some idea of his personality. Samuel must have been strong and courageous, as most of the Scotish settlers were, to be able to come into the wilderness of Western Pennsylvania.
We know nothing about Samuel , except the bare statistics that are found on the black and white pages of a few records found in histories and the very old documents at the Butler County Court House... we will try to build a picture of Samuel McCall almost 200 years later.
The first census record of 1790, page 19, shows a Samuel McCall in Bedford County as head of the household, over 16 years of age. Samuel would have been 20 years old at that time. Another male over the age of 16 is also present in the household. Could this have been his father or a brother? Also, there is one female over the age of 16. This Samuel may or may not have been our Samuel McCall. In the 1800 Census we find a Samuel McCall in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, with a wife and two sons under the age of five years. This would line up with the ages of our Samuel McCall and his two oldest sons. Then in the 1810 Census our Samuel McCall is settled here in Butler County. An earlier record than the 1810 Census is the 1803 Tax List of Butler County. Samuel McCall is listed in this tax list as living in Connoquenessing Township, Butler County. He is taxed for one cow in the amount of $3.00. Butler County had just four townships at that time. In 1804 the county was divided into 13 townships and Samuel's residence was now in Centre Township. Then in 1854, the county was again divided into 33 townships and Samuel's residence was in Franklin Township. Although Samuel never moved from the place he first settled in Butler County, we can find his records in three different townships.
The 1883 History of Butler County states that Samuel McCall was an early settler of the county. He came here with his brother-in-law, William Davis and settled on the southern side of the Muddy Creek. Samuel's descendants live on this location to this day (Earl and Mary McCall Stamm). The farm is within the boundaries of Moraine State Park. According to Mary McCall Stamm, the original log home was located a few yards in front of the present farm home. Now we have tangible evidence of Samuel McCall. The sheepskin deed for this property is in the possession of another of Samuel's descendants who also lives on part of the original farm (Mrs. Howard McCall - Emily). The deed was not recorded until 1837, which was not unusual in those days. The farm contained 400 acres and ninety-two perches for which he paid forty-two cents.
Across the nearby stream called Muddy Creek is a small church called Muddy Creek United Presbyterian Church. The existing red brick church is the second structure on this site and was built in 1845. In the historic records of this church, Samuel McCall is listed as one of the organizers of Muddy Creek Church in 1803. Therefore he settled in Butler County sometime between 1800 and 1803. Here he lived until his death in 1843.
Samuel McCall was a pensioned veteran of the Revolutionary War. In June of 1840 a State Law was passed giving him this pension. In the 6th Series V, page 81 and 82 of the Pennsyvlania Archives is found Samuel's military service. Pennsylvania Militia 1790-1800 Muster and Payrolls. Militia under the maintenance of the Post at Fort LeBouf. Samuel was a private and served from February 12 to May 31, 1795, under the command of Major Ebenezer Denny. This fort is the present town of Waterford, Pennsylvania , near Erie.
Among the microfilmed records in the Butler County Court House are some other interesting transactions of Samuel McCall. Samuel McCall died on November 11, 1843 and just three days later on November 14, 1843, his wife Else also died. They were both in their eighties. There is no record of cause of death. Their deaths so close together makes one wonder. Did they die of smallpox or some other contagious disease? Or maybe some kind of accident? After their deaths in November 1843, the contents of their home was sold at auction on December 10, 1843. A document in the Court House lists each article, who purchased it, and what they paid for it. Samuel's sons, sons-in-law, and neighbors were the persons who purchased the items.
Another document dated May 23, 1846, where the children of Samuel McCall have made an agreement to give the property left by his death to two of his sons, namely, Samuel, Jr., and Allen. The other six sons and daughters give up all claim to the property. In 1850 Samuel, Jr. died, and the original property then belongs to the youngest son, Allen. It is the descendants of Allen who live on the property today.
The burial site of Samuel and Else is unknown. They most likely are buried in the "old" section of the Muddy Creek United Presbyterian Cemetery, but there are no headstones for them. There are headstones for the burial sites of his sons, Samuel McCall, Jr., Allen McCall and Wilson McCall in this cemetery. A Veteran's Marker, in memory of Samuel McCall, was placed on the lot of his son Samuel McCall, Jr.
Samuel McCall built a log home on his settlement but it no longer exists. The frame home that stands near the location of the log home was built by Samuel's grandson, Frank McCall. It is the home of Earl and Mary McCall Stamm. The farm has been listed with the " Century Farms of Pennsylvania" as one that has been continuously farmed by the same family for over one hundred years.

Samuel married Else DAVIS. Else (daughter of William DAVIS and Ann GOOD) was born about 1777; died on 14 Nov 1843 in Center TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Else Davis, born about 1777, daughter of William Davis and Ann, married Samuel McCall, (1770-1843). They moved to the Franklin Township area of Butler County about 1802. They were the parents of 8 children: John (1796-1857), m. Nancy Jane Stewart; William (1797-1877), m. (1) Jane Wasson, and (2) Jane Currie, nee Brannan; Nancy, (1799-1871), m. John Sutton; Rebecca Jane,(1803- ), m. William Stewart; Samuel, (1806-1850), m. Elizabeth Martin; Wilson McCall (1808-1847); Allen, (1810-1870), m. Martha Humes Turk; Louisa, (abt. 1813 - ).

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From: " American Revolutionary Soldiers of Franklin Co., Pa.," page 223
William Wason was a private under Captains William Smith and Thomas McDowell, probably a son of Thomas Wason. On Aug. 3, 1786, William Wason was married to Jean McDowell by Rev. John King, Mercersburg, Penna. They went to Butler Co., Penna., where Jane Wasson, widow and relict of William Wasson, decd., of Centre Twp., left a will, prob. Jan. 24,1833, naming dau. Ann, now the wife of John Adams; son Thomas; John and William Thompson, sons of my said dau. Ann; son William's dau. mar. to William McCall; To Grandau. Anibel McCall; To Jane Thompson McCall and Jane Thompson mar. to Joseph Adams. Grandaus; Jane McDowell Wasson and Mary Jane Wasson, daughters of son Thomas; To grandau. Anibel Thompson; To William Wasson, son of my son William; To Ann, wife of my son Thomas.
"Penna Arch. 5th Ser. Vol. 6, p. 276, 315."

From Marriage Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church:
William Wasson and Jean McDowell were married in the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, Mercersburg, Franklin Co. Pennsylvania, Aug. 3, 1786, by John King D.D.

William married Jean (Jane) MCDOWELL on 3 Aug 1786 in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. Jean was born in in Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 8 Feb 1832 in Center TWP, Butler County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet]

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