Biographical Sketch of Samuel C. MACKELDUFF (1893); Chester County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by John Morris . *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** Source: "Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsyl- vania, comprising a historical sketch of the county," by Samuel T. Wiley and edited by Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Publishing Company, Phila- delphia, PA, 1893, pp. 634-5. "SAMUEL C. MACKELDUFF, a descendant of the well known and worthy old Scotch-Irish Mackelduff family, and an industrious farmer of West Brandy- wine township, is a son of Joseph and Jane (Calbraith) Mackelduff, and was born in West Brandywine township, Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1841. The Mackelduff family is of Scotch-Irish origin and the ancestors left the north of Ireland about 1735 on account of religious persecution and became early settlers in Honey Brook township, where they took up large tracts of land, on some of which several of their descendants still reside. Joseph Mackelduff (grandfather) was born in West Nantmeal and removed to Honey Brook (now West Brandywine) township, where he died. He was a farmer and miller, and marriage Elizabeth Harris on May 9, 1787, by whom he had three children: Joseph, Mary Long, and Eliza, who became the wife of John McClure. Joseph Mackelduff (father) was born November 14, 1788, in West Brandywine township, where he died on the home farm, in 1872. He was a farmer and miller by occupation, and had been a faithful member of the Brandywine Manor Presbyterian church for many years before his death. He was a democrat in politics, and married Jane Calbraith. Their children were: Joseph, born April 9, 1830; George, August 16, 1832; Hannah E., July 28, 1833; Mrs. Eliza J. McClure, November 3, 1835; Harriet C., June 28, 1838; Samuel C.; William H., June 4, 1843, and Emma M., born March 7, 1846. Mrs. Jane Mackelduff, an intelligent and amiable woman, received her edu- cation at Kimberton Friends' school, was a consistent member of the Pres- byterian church, and died September 5, 1891, when in the eighty-seventy year of her age. She was a daughter of George and Hannah (Harris) Calbraith. Her father was a successful farmer and hotel keeper, of McVeytown, this State, where he died. Their children were: Elizabeth Hamand, Nancy Wakefield, Julia Swansey, Hannah Creswell, George, Mrs. Jane Mackelduff, and Harriet Calbraith. Samuel C. Mackelduff was reared on the home farm, received his education in Howard academy and Professor Wyer's boarding school, of West Chester, and assisted his father in farming from 1859 until the death of the latter in 1872. He then purchased his present farm of eighty-one acres of good farming land, which he has improved until it ranks as one of the best farms in that section of the county. He is a democrat in politics, but has never been an extremist in political affairs."