BIO:  M. H. McCall, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Fawn Township, Pg 103

M. H. MCCALL, son of Matthew and Amanda (Manifold) McCall, of York County, Penn., 
was born September 24, 1843, in Indiana County, Penn.  He came to York County 
when only five years old, and lived with Alexander Manifold until fifteen years 
of age.  The father was a graduate of Jefferson College, and died in 1849; the 
mother died in 1850.  In 1862 our subject enlisted in Company I, One Hundred and 
Thirtieth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served nine months.  He then enlisted in 
the First Battalion Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was promoted to first 
lieutenant.  He afterward enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-seventh 
Pennsylvania Volunteers, in which regiment he was first lieutenant and regimental 
quartermaster, and served until the close of the war.  He is now engaged in a 
general mercantile business at Gatchellville.  He was married, in 1869, to Amanda 
Livingston, daughter of Andrew Livingston, of Chanceford Township.  They have one 
child – Hugh L.  Mr. McCall has been postmaster of his town for twelve years.  He 
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of the Presbyterian Church at 
Chanceford.