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Ancestors of Samuel Marshall "Marsh" McGough II

Generation No. 2

      2. Samuel Parker McGough, born 26 February 1874 in Franklin, Venango Co., PA; died 03 January 1935 in Chicago, IL. He was the son of 4. Samuel Marshall McGough I and 5. Amelia Virginia Parker. He married 3. Jean Gibson Donnell 17 July 1902 in Pittsburgh, PA.

      3. Jean Gibson Donnell, born 20 March 1879 in Allegheny, PA; died 11 March 1962 in Pittsburgh, PA. She was the daughter of 6. Charles Gibson Donnell and 7. Hannah Wiley Morrison.

Notes for Samuel Parker McGough:
      In 1893, at the nineteen, he went to work for the B&O Railroad. He began as a Roadman and by 1900 was Division Engineer. After a year as Construction engineer for a firm in New York, he returned to the B&O as Construction Engineer. He was soon appointed Sales Agent for the Continuous Rail and Hoint Co. and in 1902 became manager of their western office. During the First World War he was called to supervise maintenance of the B&O track. Following the war he was Sales Agent for Lorain Steel Co. and Vice President and General Manager of the North American railway Construction Co.
      He must have been a patient man, for shortly after he and his bride moved to Chicago his parents, her mother and her grandmother moved in with them. From stories I have heard he must have been a complex personality. From letters to my father he was an affectionate and loving parent. One night your grandfather forgot to take his key and was locked out. As he was climbing into a window he was at by the night watchman. The next day the watchman was fired. It has been suggested that a concern for Marshall might only have been part of the reason, as failure was not a thing to be taken lightly. He ran his home like he ran his business. When traveling he would set an exact time of departure, and they would sit in the car until the exact minute arrived. He was very large man, well over six feet and weighed over three hundred pounds. He had a keen sense of humor and loved to ho into a restaurant, look at the menu, an shock the waitress with, "I see nothing to object to."
      he suffered from a heart condition for years. In 1923 they took a trip to Hawaii so he could relax and in 1927 he had his first heart attack. He was forced to retire at age 58 and died at age 60 in Chicago. He was buried in Uniondale Cemetery in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Notes for Jean Gibson Donnell:
      Jean Donnell was born at 207 Western, Ave. in Allegheny City Pennsylvania. Her father died when she was 17 years old. Since her four brothers were no longer living at home, her mother sold their home and they moved to Aspenwall, a superb of Pittsburgh. She grew up surrounded by aunts, uncles and dozens of cousins. After shopping in Pittsburgh one day I accused her of being related to everyone in town. It didn't matter if they were second, third or fourth/once twice or three times removed she was "Cousin Jean."
      During the thirty five years they lived in Chicago and Evanston, Ill. they raised three children. Samuel Marshall, Jean Donnell, and Nancy Gibson. She was a strong personality but always warm and friendly. She was very dignified but had a wonderful sense of humor and her eyes always twinkled.
      She had inherited property from her grandmother, Eliza Gibson, and in 1939 she and Jean moved to Gibsonia, Pennsylvania. Nancy joined them in 194?. All three died there in Pittsburgh.


Children of Samuel McGough and Jean Donnell are:

1	i.	Samuel Marshall "Marsh" McGough II, born 22 July 1903 in Chicago, IL; died 08 June 1967 in Key Biscayne, FL; married Mildred Elizabeth Southwick 20 January 1934 in Waukegan, IL.
	ii.	Jean Donnell McGough, born 15 November 1904 in Chicago, IL; died 25 November 1964 in Pittsburgh, PA.
	iii.	Nancy Gibson McGough, born 10 December 1919 in Chicago, IL; died 09 January 1992 in Pittsburgh, PA.

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