BIO:  Hugh A. MCGAUGHY, Highland Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 453

HUGH A. McGAUGHY, farmer, P. O. Gettysburg, was born in Cumberland Township, 
Adams County, Penn., January 5, 1813, and is a son of Hugh and Jane (McClure) 
McGaughy, natives of Pennsylvania, and of Scotch-Irish descent.  His 
grandparents were also born and reared in Adams County, and the farm has been in 
the McGaughy name since it was taken up, some 150 years ago, the deed of which 
was made out by William and Richard Penn.  His father was a blacksmith, which 
trade he followed for about thirty years; then bought a farm and passed the 
remainder of his life in agricultural pursuits.  He died in 1841; his wife in 
1836.  Our subject remained at home until after the death of his parents.  In 
1857 he went to Washington County, Iowa, where he bought a farm and remained 
about two years; then sold out and returned to Adams County.  In 1860 he bought 
his present farm of 158 acres, moved on it in 1866, and here he has since 
resided.  In May, 1850, he married Martha, daughter of John and Jane Hall, and 
their union was blessed with six children, four of whom are living:  William, 
Jane (wife of James Gordon), Martha and Nancy Margaret.  Mr. and Mrs. McGaughy 
are members of the Presbyterian Church.