U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- McCue, Moses Mitchell (1852-1918) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 510 MOSES MITCHELL McCUE, son of William Boyd and Frances (Winebarger) McCue, grandson of Charles McCue and great grandson of John McCue of Scotland, who came to Nelson County, Virginia, at an early date, and settled and lived there until his death. The grandfather, Charles McCue, was a school teacher of Nelson County, Virginia. W. B. McCue went from Nelson County to Albermarle, and there united in marriage, January 28, 1828, to Frances Winebarger, and after marriage lived in Albermarle County until November, 1847. Then leaving their old homestead they came to Upshur County, and for six months William Boyd McCue was miller at the Jacob Hyre mill on Finks Run. In 1848, he moved to Stone Coal, near the present postoffice of McCue, and there, on January 21, 1852, was born the subject of this sketch, who is a farmer and elder in the Presbyterian Church. His brothers and sisters are: Ann Rebecca, wife of Wm. Bethel; Charles Franklin, who married Parthena Hudson; Wm. C., who married Cornelia Fanarlsdarling; James S., who married Mary E Hamner; John W., who married Margaret Ludridge; Mary F. wife of G. P. Eckes; Henry D., who married Elsie A. Lemmons; Moses M., who married Olive Casto, eldest daughter of Asahel and Jane (Peterson) Casto, February 18, 1875. Charles F., oldest son of William B. McCue, built a grist mill near the present site, where his son, John F. McCue, now resides. William B. McCue and son C. F., were the founders of the McCue Presbyterian Church, which was completed in 1883. William C., second son of William B. McCue, went from this place to Fairfield County, Ohio, residing there for some years, then moving from there to Lawrence County, Missouri, where he now resides. James S., third son of William B., resided on part of the place formerly owned by his father, until the year 1901, when he departed this life. John W., fourth son of William B., resides near Evergreen, Upshur County; Henry D., fifth son of William B., resides on a farm near the old homestead. Moses M., the sixth and last son of William B., is a farmer and resides at the old homestead; his children. Sophrona May, died September 10, 1905; Lydia Frances, married James A. Duncan, November 22, 1893, and to this union have been born two daughters; Sadie Jane, married William G. Lanham, October 14, 1903; Joseph Ray, married Maude May Mace, September 6, 1905; Julia Matilda, Daisy Virginia, William Cyrus, all single, living with their parents near McCue. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #10834 FULL-NAME: Moses M. McCue BIRTH-DATE: January 21, 1852 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: August 15, 1918 (at age 66y-6m-25d) DEATH-PLACE: Abbott, Meade District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Wm. B. McCue (born in Va.) MOTHER: Frances Wineberger (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Nervous Breakdown INFORMANT: F. F. Farnsworth (of Frenchton, W.Va.) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------