San Benito County CA Archives Biographies.....McCune, Alexander 1842 - 
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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

ALEXANDER McCUNE, a prosperous farmer of San Benito county, California, post
office Hollister, came to America in 1869, as an importer of Ayrshire cattle for
the Grogan estate, and has since been identified with the interests of this county.

  Mr. McCune was born in the north of Ireland, near Belfast, October 3, 1842,
son of Andrew and Eleanor J. (Barn) McCune, both of Scotch ancestry. His father,
however, was a native of New York city, born in 1807, and was by trade and
occupation a boot and shoe manufacturer. He finally returned to Ireland and
engaged in keeping a cab yard or livery stable. His mother was a native of the
north of Ireland.

  Alexander McCune is married, and has six children: James; Mary, wife of James
Stedman; Charles, Thomas, Alexander and Maggie, all save the oldest born in
California.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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