Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Mccluskey, Henry R. W.
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Joe Patterson, Patricia Bastik & Susan Walters Dec 2009

Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Warminster Township


   HENRY R. W. McCLUSKEY farmer, P.O. Hartsville, is a 
grandson of William McCluskey, who emigrated from Ireland 
about the time of the revolution. He lived in a place 
called Octorara, in Lancaster county, afterward removing to 
Washington county, where he died. His son, John, was the 
father of our subject, and was born in Octorara, June 27, 
1795. After attending the schools of the neighborhood, he 
entered Jefferson college, in Canonsburg, Washington county, 
from which he graduated. He studied divinity at Princeton 
Theological seminary, and under Dr. Ely, a celebrated divine 
of Philadelphia, and was ordained to the ministry in 1827. 
He was soon called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian 
church at West Alexander, and also opened a school for boys 
and one for girls there. Here he remained for twenty-six 
years, when he was appointed agent for the board of 
education of the Presbyterian church at Steubenville, O., 
and a year later removed to Warwick township, where he had 
bought a farm. At this time he was also co-pastor with Rev. 
Jacob Belleville, of the Neshaminy church of Warminster. 
Three years later he removed to Smyrna, Del., being in 
charge of a church there for a year, when he opened a school 
for young ladies in West Philadelphia, which he kept for 
several years, when he retired on account of advancing age, 
dying in Philadelphia, March 31, 1880. Rev. John McCluskey, 
D. D., was a man of great force of character, and exercised 
a wonderful influence in the communities where he resided. 
He was especially interested in educational affairs, and was 
at one time offered the presidency of Washington college 
which he declined though he served on its board for years. 
On July 6, 1828, he was married to Miss Lydia Hall, of 
Lewes, Del., who was born September 27, 1800, and died May 
25, 1885. Their children were:  Mary E., wife of James 
Bateman, wool broker, of Philadelphia; Carrie, wife of Rev. 
S. S. Shriver, of Baltimore, Md.; Clement L. B., deceased 
who was a lawyer in Philadelphia; Julia, wife of Rev. J. W. 
Lupton, of Clarksville, Tenn.; John, deceased; and Henry, 
who was born February 8, 1838, in West Alexander, Pa. He 
has always been a farmer, and on February 6, 1862, was 
married to Miss Caroline, daughter of John and Sarah Engart, 
who was born at Hartsville, July 10, 1841. Their only child 
was a daughter, Maggie S., who died in infancy. Mr. 
McCluskey and his wife are attendants at the Neshaminy 
church of Warminster. He stands high in the estimation of 
the community as a good citizen. In politics he is a 
republican.