[p. 639] representative farmer of Hickory Township, resides on his well-cultivated property, which consists of eighty-five acres of valuable land. This desirable farm is situated on the north side of the Moffett Road, about one and one-half miles east of East Brook. He was born September 3, 1848, in Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of Alexander and Jane (Murphy) McConahy. The grandparents never left Scotland.
William G. McConahy obtained his education and his practical knowledge of agriculture in Lawrence County. In 1878 he married Martha J. Young, who is a daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Campbell) Young. They have had five children, the four survivors being: Frank, who married Hettenbaugh, has four children—Edwin Everett, Melvin, Wilbur and Clair; Mabel; Ethel, who married Archie Allen, has one son, Emerson Clair, and Oscar. The family belong to the East Brook Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. McConaghy is a member of the Board of Stewards. The family home is a comfortable two-story residence, set in the midst of an attractive lawn, substantial farm out-buildings forming a background. Mr. McConaghy raises the usual grains of this climate and follows agricultural methods which insure him bountiful harvests.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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