BIO: John Theodore McCune, Cumberland County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania.
Containing History of the Counties, Their Townships, Towns, Villages, 
Schools, Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and 
Prominent Men; Biographies; History of Pennsylvania; Statistical and 
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.  Illustrated.  Chicago: Warner, Beers 
& Co., 1886.
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                                PART II.

             HISTORY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.

                               CHAPTER LV.

                              PENN TOWNSHIP.

531  PENN TOWNSHIP.

  JOHN THEODORE McCUNE, retired farmer, P. O. Dickinson, was born April 
9, 1844, in Southampton Township, this county, third child of Samuel 
and Mary Eleanor (McClay) McCune.  Our subject's paternal grandfather, 
Samuel McCune, entered land in Hopewell Township, this county, which 
has been occupied by the family for three generations.  John T. McCune, 
the subject of this sketch, enlisted August 12, 1862, in the One 
Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry.  He was 
present at the battles of Antietam, Fredericksburg and 
Chancellorsville.  After the expiration of his term of service, in 
1863, he attended school at Academia, Juniata Co., Penn., for four 
months, and then re-enlisted in the Thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania 
Volunteer Militia.  After serving six weeks he was honorably 
discharged, leaving a good record as a faithful soldier.  He next spent 
two years traveling in the stock business through the Northwestern 
States with his uncle, A. S. McCune, of Van Buren County, Iowa.  
Returning to this county, Mr. McCune married Miss Bethsheba Mahaffy 
December 4, 1866, and after spending four years in Virginia they have 
resided in Centreville, Penn., ever since.  They have a fine farm of 
102 acres adjoining the village.  They have one daughter, Lillie M.  
Mr. McCune is a life-long Republican.  He is a man of generous 
disposition, upright character, respected by a large circle of friends.