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James McMechen

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Potomac, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
Death: July 08, 1825 (76)
Marshall County, West Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Captain William McMechen and Rachel Rosanna McMechen
Husband of Hannah McMechen and Hannah McMechen
Father of Rachel Rosanna Wells; Elizabeth McMechen; Mary Williamson; Jane McMechen; Sarah Nevins Williamson and 3 others
Half brother of David Judge McMechen; Nancy Agnes McMerrill; Sarah Boggs; Benjamin Woods McMechen; Jane Boggs and 2 others

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About James McMechen

MCMECHEN, JAMES
DAR Ancestor #: A078217 Service: VIRGINIA Rank: PRIVATE
Birth: 12-25-1748 MARYLAND
Death: 7-8-1825 OHIO CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: THWAITES & GOLD, REV ON UPPER OHIO, P 225 Service Description: 1) CAPT WILLIAM HARROD, 1777


GEDCOM Note

The Parkersburg News Sunday August 20, 1989 Section IV Page 35 Matamoras Had 3 'Founding Fathers' Article covers history of Stinson Burris and states that he was the son of John and Elizabeth McMechen Burris. It states that his "mother was the daughter of Revolutionary War veteran James McMechen". It also states that Benjamin was his brother and married Susan Riggs.

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James McMechen's Timeline

1748
December 25, 1748
Potomac, Montgomery, Maryland, USA
1779
1779
Ohio, Virginia, USA
1781
January 1, 1781
Wells Bottom, Marshall County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1784
February 10, 1784
Grandview, Washington, Ohio, United States
1786
1786
Wetzel, West Virginia, USA
1788
April 15, 1788
Ohio County, Virginia, United States
1792
March 13, 1792
West Virginia, USA
1796
February 8, 1796
Clarington, Monroe, Ohio, USA
1798
1798
Wetzel, West Virginia, USA