Columbia-Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....McKAMEY, Samuel 1830 - living in 1899
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  SAMUEL McKAMEY, who for many years has efficiently served as foreman of the
  Pennsylvania Canal yards at Espy, Columbia County, is a progressive and
  enterprising citizen and is held in. high esteem. He is a son of Samuel and
  Elizabeth (Caldwell) McKamey, and was born in Espy, Scott township, Columbia
  County, October 16, 1830.
  
    The McKamey family is of Scotch-Irish origin, and Samuel McKamey, the father
  of our subject, was born in the North of Ireland. He emigrated from that country
  with his wife and one daughter. They first located in New York City, but soon
  after removed to Plymouth, Pa., where he lived for a few years. He then came to
  Espy, Scott township, where he lived until his death, aged sixty-two years. His
  trade was that of a weaver, which he followed throughout his life with fair
  results. During the War of 1812 he served as one of the emergency men. He was
  united in matrimonial bonds to Elizabeth Caldwell, by whom he reared a family of
  nine children, all of whom have passed away but our subject, as follows: Mary,
  who married George Shuman, of Maine township, Columbia County; Catherine, who
  was the wife of Samuel Boone, of Catawissa Valley; Dr. Alexander, who served as
  lieutenant in the company commanded by his uncle, Capt. James Caldwell, during
  the Civil War, his uncle having been killed in an engagement, Alexander was made
  captain and served in that capacity until the close of the war, prior to the war
  he had practiced medicine and, after its close, he went to Williamsburg, Blair
  County, where he practiced until his death; Isaac, who was a boatbuilder and
  justice of the peace at Espy; John, who was a chairmaker and painter at Espy;
  the others died in infancy. In religious attachments Mr. McKamey was an adherent
  to the faith of the Episcopal Church.
  
    Samuel McKamey, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools
  of his native town and early in life learned the trades of a carpenter and
  stairbuilder, which occupations he followed until 1873, when the Pennsylvania
  Canal Company built a boatyard at Espy. He became one of the employees of that
  company, for whose interests he worked faithfully and conscientiously, and in
  1883 he was promoted to the position of foreman and general manager of the yard.
  He has since conducted that business in a very satisfactory manner, although the
  business transacted now is but a shadow of that done in former times, owing to
  the advent of railroads in this vicinity, which have usurped a large share of
  the traffic. About twenty-five men are constantly under the supervision of Mr.
  McKamey. By his excellent methods of handling his men he not only derives the
  best possible results from their labor, but also retains their goodwill and
  respect. When Lee's invasion into Pennsylvania caused such a stir among the
  residents of this state, he, with a number of other patriotic citizens,
  volunteered his services and marched with them as far as Hagerstown, Md.
  
    Mr. McKamey has twice been united in the holy bonds of wedlock, his first
  union being with Martha Hicks February 12, 1856, by whom he had ten children,
  namely: Ella, Elizabeth and Anna all died of scarlet fever within four days;
  Lottie, who died at the age of two years; Susie, who died at five; Sallie,
  deceased, who was the wife of Seymour Phoe; Jennie, who was the wife of J. M.
  Lehman, of Espy; and Anna and Blanche, who are at home. Mrs. McKamey was called
  to her eternal resting place in March, 1875, aged forty-five years. In May,
  1876, our subject married Mrs. Symantha Mordan, of Espy. Religiously, husband
  and wife are members of the M. E. Church, of which our subject is a trustee.
  Politically, Mr. McKamey is a Republican and has served as school director for
  three years. We are pleased to announce that a portrait of the subject of the
  foregoing biography appears on a preceding page.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from:
  
  Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
  Published by 
  Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
  
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