Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....McCue, Albert E. 1841 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 July 5, 2013, 10:21 pm Source: See Below Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher ALBERT E. McCUE. Albert E. McCue, now living retired in Ottumwa, is one of the Civil war veterans, having for about three years marched to the martial strains which indicated that the country was involved in war. Through days of peace he spent many years upon the road as a traveling salesman and was very popular among his many patrons. His birth occurred in Leesburg, Ohio, February 21, 1841, his parents being Patrick Kennedy and Charlotte (Wilkins) McCue. The father was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, in 1802, and the mother's birth occurred in 1812 on the isle of Jersey, off the coast of France. She was brought to the United States when twelve years of age and in Baltimore gave her hand in marriage to Patrick Kennedy McCue, who was a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church in that city. At the time of his death, which occurred in 1884, he was the oldest member of the Pittsburgh conference, having devoted fifty-five years of his life to preaching the gospel, and according to the itinerary custom of the Methodist ministry, he and his family removed fifty-five times. In the early days he had a circuit over which he must ride that required eight weeks to make the trip, on which he preached week days as well as the Sabbath. His influence was a potent element for moral progress, and his life was not denied the full harvest nor the aftermath. To him and his wife were born nine children, two of whom passed away in early life, while three sons are yet living: William D., a resident of Cranford, New Jersey; Albert E.; and W. F., living in Denver, Colorado. On the 22d of August, 1862, Albert E. McCue put aside all business and personal considerations and enrolled among the boys of blue that his native state sent to the front during the Civil war, becoming a member of Company G, Fifty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry under Captain James Taylor Holmes at Richmond, Ohio. He was mustered in at Camp Dennison and three years later was mustered out at Columbus, Ohio. He served with the Army of the Cumberland and took part in the battles of Chickahominy, Shepherd's Run, Murfreesboro, Stone River and other important and hotly contested engagements, together with many minor ones. He was with his regiment in all of its military movements until that command reached Marietta. After the war Mr. McCue returned to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in clerking, and in 1871 he became identified with business interests of the west, making his home in Ottumwa, where he traveled with a line of dry goods for the firm of Wood, Marsh, Haywood & Company, of Philadelphia. He spent twenty years upon the road as a traveling salesman. For three years he was connected with the First National Bank here and for three years was with the De Witt Bank of De Witt, Nebraska. From 1887 to 1897 his headquarters were in Chicago and he traveled, in Indiana. On the 23d of June, 1869, at Kilbourn City, Wisconsin, Mr. McCue was united in marriage to Miss Charlotte Dawes, who was born in McConnelsville, Ohio, in 1841, a daughter of Dr. Edward Dawes. Mr. McCue is a member of Cloutman Post, No. 69, G. A. R., and he is today as true and loyal to his country as when he followed the old flag upon southern battle fields. The spirit of patriotism has ever been one of his salient characteristics and, like the vast majority of the old soldiers, he never looks upon the stars and stripes without a feeling of pride and a sense of satisfaction that he had a part in preserving it intact without the loss of a single star. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA ILLUSTRATED VOLUME II CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/iafiles/ File size: 4.3 Kb