📄 McCabe family history
My archives include an envelope simply labeled "McCabe", with various documents and letters researching the McCabe family. Letters are addressed to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942), apparently researching his grandmother Margaret R. McCabe (1802-1880)'s family.
Included are:
- A calling card for William H. Mccabe at 188 Claremont Ave in Montclair NJ
- A typed, undated 📄 McCabe genealogy
- A typed letter from William H. Mccabe to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) dated March 10, 1940. He mainly discusses his own enthusiasm for family research. He correspondence with a Mrs. Roy H. Hoskins of New Paris, PA in 1934, who is presumably a relative, regarding McCabe family history. He says that he's researching descendants of Owen McCabe (as yet unknown to me) and says that he is in touch with one of Thompson Fife McCabe (1823-1897)'s daughters.
- A handwritten letter dated December 28, 1938 from Gertrude McCabe to Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) mentioning a mutual relative, Margaret Easton (also referred to as Mrs. Frank Liggett), apparently of Pittsburgh and of unclear relation to either.
- A handwritten letter from Ada V. Flitcraft, dated both "February 6" and "Monday" (which suggests 1939). Ada mentions
- Her Aunt Jennie, "Mrs. H. I. Geruley", who died in October 1934
- Her sister Edna, who she seems to be estranged from and who may also have been in contact with Sumner LaRue.
- A book on Fife family history, formerly belonging to Aunt Jennie and now in her sister's posession. This was about "mother's family".
- The book traces history back to "John Fife who came to America from England Scotland"
- Aunt Jennie's mother was Mary Brenneman and had sisters "Mrs. Palmer of Burlington, Iowa", "Mrs. David Worthington of Philiadelphia", and (Ada's mother) "[[Emma B. Brenneman (1859-1924)|Mrs. Emma Brennneman (Mrs. P. R. T[something])]]"
- "Mrs. Coulter of Florida was Mary Brenneman's sister, and she had one son Dick"
- "Mary Brenneman also had a brother - Thompson Fife McCabe (1823-1897) living just outside of Pittsburgh"
- Thompson Fife McCabe (1823-1897)'s children were Maggie or Margaret, "Mrs. Cubbage", and a son "I think Will".
- Thompson McCabe had a brother "who was a Col. in the Civil War".
- "I think the lovely McCabe farm was sold and a beautiful sub-division of lovely homes was built on the grounds."
- A handwritten letter from Edna Belle Flitcraft (1900-1967), with more McCabe/Fife genealogy.
- A typed letter from David P. Snodgrass of Canonsburg, PA, dated Feb 21 1939, apparently in response to a letter from Sumner LaRue inquiring about Fife family history. "Mrs. Snodgrass", possibly a Fife family member suggests contacting Mrs. Sadie McMurray of Canonsburg, "who was the oldest of the family of Joseph E. McCabe", or Miss Clemmie Fife of Dormont, PA. Joseph McCabe married Margaret Fife (1790-1831).
- A typed copy of a letter from Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) to Mrs. A. S. Hogan (so far unknown to me) of Vineland, NJ dated December 15, 1938, inquiring about the history of the McCabe and Fife familes and asking several specific questions. He mentions Emma Blanche Torrence (1868-1925) as related Thompson Fife McCabe (1823-1897) via her grandmother. He also mentions that she "had frequent contacts with Aunt Mary Brenneman and Col. Jos. McCabe at Beaver Falls". Col. Jos. McCabe seems to refer to Joseph Edminston McCabe (1790-1870) except that he died when Blanche was two years old. The recipient might have been Elizabeth Hogan (see below), who wrote to Sumner LaRue on the same date.
- A handwritten McCabe genealogy likely written by Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942).
- A typed letter from Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) addressed to both Ada Virginia Flitcraft (1885-1974) and Edna Belle Flitcraft (1900-1967), dated Dec. 15 1938, inquiring about McCabe history. Both of them responded in letters mentioned elsewhere. He mentions that "While Mrs. Tone and Mary McCabe (1825-1904) were living, Aunt Mary always stopped a day or two with us and she was a very interesting woman."
- A photo of William Gray Torrence, found elsewhere in the archives, in uniform, noting his marriage to Margaret R. McCabe (1802-1880) and his enlistment in the 115th regiment of the Ohio volunteer infantry on May 2 1861.
- A handwritten genealogy of the descendants of James Torrence Hadly (1897-1963) up to 1935
- A handwritten letter from Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942) to a Mr. & Mrs. Orr (so far unknown to me) dated Dec. 12 1938, discussing his research on the McCabe family. He mentions that the Orrs are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Also included is a typed, longer version of the same letter. Sumner LaRue says that "I regret very much that Mrs. Tone and I lived for over 20 years on a farm adjoining that of David Snodgrass, without [knowning?] that Mrs. Tone and Mrs. Snodgrass were both descendants of William and John McCabe."
- A photocopy of the previously-seen letter declining William Gray Torrence for military service in 1861 due to his age.
- An eight-page history of the descendants of Margaret R. McCabe (1802-1880) and William Gray Torrence (1799-1878), on yellow legal paper, handwritten by Sumner Larue Tone (1864-1942). It continues as far as Sumner LaRue's children.
- A handwritten letter from a Mrs. Elizabeth Hogan (possibly the same as the A. S. Hogan mentioned above?) dated December 15, 1938 with details of her McCabe and Fife ancestry.