BROCKWAY (PA) RECORD - September 13, 1935
D. B. McCONNELL DIED TUESDAY AT FALLS CREEK
D. B. McConnell, one of Falls Creek's best known and most highly respected residents, died at the family residence on Fuller Avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock following an illness of several month's duration. His death was attributed to diabetes.
Mr. McConnell was born in Beechwoods February 21, 1860, where he was reared to young manhood and attended the public school there. Shortly following his marriage, he moved to Falls Creek, where he has since lived.
For many years, he followed the grocery business.
His cheery greeting and genial disposition won for him many warm friends, who will regret to learn of the death of this estimable man.
Mr. McConnell was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge of Falls Creek.
His widow, Mrs. Anna Richards McConnell, and one son, Dr. A. B. McConnell, of Burlington, Kan., are his only survivors.
Taken from 'Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and People', by W.J. McKnight, Vol. II, published in Chicago by J.H. Beers & Company in 1917, page 263.
DEXTER BISHOP McCONNELL, the present executive head of borough affairs in Falls Creek, has by his notable efficiency in all his undertakings earned the confidence of his fellow citizens, enjoying a prestige in business gained in many years of honorable activity as a merchant there. His career has been one of steady and creditable progress ever since he became independent, and his operations have been of the class which incidentally work to the general advancement. Now he is the leading general merchant at Falls Creek, influential in the direction of its public interests, and doubly respected in both capacities because of his high personal character, evidenced in every association of life.
Mr. McConnell is of Irish descent, his grandfather, William McConnell, having been born in Ireland. He died in the Beechwoods in Jefferson county, Pa., having settled in this region in the early days. Joseph M. McConnell, father of Dexter B. McConnell, was born in Center county, Pa., and was only a boy when his father moved to Jefferson county, where he engaged in farming throughout his active years, dying March 3, 1884, in the Beechwoods, when seventy years old. He married Ellen Smith, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States when a small girl, with her parents, and died in the Beechwoods, in the year 1862. Their family consisted of nine children, viz.: William, who is residing in the Beechwoods; Ellen, Mrs. G.W. Wilson, who died March 1, 1898; James S., of Iowa City, Iowa; Margrett and Mary, who are in the Beechwoods; Jennie O., Mrs. F.P. Best, who died in February, 1898; Frances S., Mrs. R.F. Millen, of Falls Creek; Martha, twin of Frances, deceased in infancy; and Dexter B.
Dexter B. McConnell was born Feb. 21, 1860, in the Beechwoods, and in his youth had the ordinary advantages accessible to farmers' sons in that neighborhood in the way of literary training. He attended the common schools up to the age of sixteen, but the terms were short, being limited to three months of the winter season, and as he was the only boy at home he was needed to help his parents. Eliza Sterrett was one of his early teachers. When a mere child he became familiar with the lighter farm duties, and when a boy of thirteen he ploughed with oxen, the improved methods now in use among farmers having been unknown in his youth. He assisted his father until the latter's death, after which he continued to operate the home place on his own account, remaining in Washington township until his removal to Falls Creek in 1899, and engaging more or less in lumbering in connection with his agricultural work. His farm property was always kept up with great regard for appearance as well as profitable cultivation, characteristic of the systematic manner in which all his interests are handled. When he came to Falls Creek, in 1899, Mr. McConnell entered into a partnership with R.F. Millen, and they were associated as general merchants under the firm name of Millen & McConnell until 1913, since when Mr. McConnell has been sole owner of the business. He now has the principal establishment of the kind in the borough, where he has also become prominent in public matters, his election to the office of burgess, in 1913, indicating the high estimation which his townsmen place upon his ability and trustworthiness. He has not disappointed them in his ideas on the responsibilities attaching to the office, giving its duties conscientious attention and sparing neither time nor trouble in their performance. On political questions he has always been a Democrat.
On Feb. 14, 1888, Mr. McConnell married Martha Jane McCullough, who was born July 2, 1862, daughter of Archibald and Margaret (Armstrong) McCullough. Her death occurred June 7, 1890, and she is survived by one child, Archie B., M.D., now practicing his profession in Dagus Mines, Pa. On March 6, 1895, Mr. McConnell married (second) Mrs. Annie (Richards) Swisher, of Warsaw township. There are no children by this union. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the office of elder continuously since 1905. He was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school. Socially he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F.
D. B. McCONNELL DIED TUESDAY AT FALLS CREEK
D. B. McConnell, one of Falls Creek's best known and most highly respected residents, died at the family residence on Fuller Avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock following an illness of several month's duration. His death was attributed to diabetes.
Mr. McConnell was born in Beechwoods February 21, 1860, where he was reared to young manhood and attended the public school there. Shortly following his marriage, he moved to Falls Creek, where he has since lived.
For many years, he followed the grocery business.
His cheery greeting and genial disposition won for him many warm friends, who will regret to learn of the death of this estimable man.
Mr. McConnell was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge of Falls Creek.
His widow, Mrs. Anna Richards McConnell, and one son, Dr. A. B. McConnell, of Burlington, Kan., are his only survivors.
Taken from 'Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and People', by W.J. McKnight, Vol. II, published in Chicago by J.H. Beers & Company in 1917, page 263.
DEXTER BISHOP McCONNELL, the present executive head of borough affairs in Falls Creek, has by his notable efficiency in all his undertakings earned the confidence of his fellow citizens, enjoying a prestige in business gained in many years of honorable activity as a merchant there. His career has been one of steady and creditable progress ever since he became independent, and his operations have been of the class which incidentally work to the general advancement. Now he is the leading general merchant at Falls Creek, influential in the direction of its public interests, and doubly respected in both capacities because of his high personal character, evidenced in every association of life.
Mr. McConnell is of Irish descent, his grandfather, William McConnell, having been born in Ireland. He died in the Beechwoods in Jefferson county, Pa., having settled in this region in the early days. Joseph M. McConnell, father of Dexter B. McConnell, was born in Center county, Pa., and was only a boy when his father moved to Jefferson county, where he engaged in farming throughout his active years, dying March 3, 1884, in the Beechwoods, when seventy years old. He married Ellen Smith, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States when a small girl, with her parents, and died in the Beechwoods, in the year 1862. Their family consisted of nine children, viz.: William, who is residing in the Beechwoods; Ellen, Mrs. G.W. Wilson, who died March 1, 1898; James S., of Iowa City, Iowa; Margrett and Mary, who are in the Beechwoods; Jennie O., Mrs. F.P. Best, who died in February, 1898; Frances S., Mrs. R.F. Millen, of Falls Creek; Martha, twin of Frances, deceased in infancy; and Dexter B.
Dexter B. McConnell was born Feb. 21, 1860, in the Beechwoods, and in his youth had the ordinary advantages accessible to farmers' sons in that neighborhood in the way of literary training. He attended the common schools up to the age of sixteen, but the terms were short, being limited to three months of the winter season, and as he was the only boy at home he was needed to help his parents. Eliza Sterrett was one of his early teachers. When a mere child he became familiar with the lighter farm duties, and when a boy of thirteen he ploughed with oxen, the improved methods now in use among farmers having been unknown in his youth. He assisted his father until the latter's death, after which he continued to operate the home place on his own account, remaining in Washington township until his removal to Falls Creek in 1899, and engaging more or less in lumbering in connection with his agricultural work. His farm property was always kept up with great regard for appearance as well as profitable cultivation, characteristic of the systematic manner in which all his interests are handled. When he came to Falls Creek, in 1899, Mr. McConnell entered into a partnership with R.F. Millen, and they were associated as general merchants under the firm name of Millen & McConnell until 1913, since when Mr. McConnell has been sole owner of the business. He now has the principal establishment of the kind in the borough, where he has also become prominent in public matters, his election to the office of burgess, in 1913, indicating the high estimation which his townsmen place upon his ability and trustworthiness. He has not disappointed them in his ideas on the responsibilities attaching to the office, giving its duties conscientious attention and sparing neither time nor trouble in their performance. On political questions he has always been a Democrat.
On Feb. 14, 1888, Mr. McConnell married Martha Jane McCullough, who was born July 2, 1862, daughter of Archibald and Margaret (Armstrong) McCullough. Her death occurred June 7, 1890, and she is survived by one child, Archie B., M.D., now practicing his profession in Dagus Mines, Pa. On March 6, 1895, Mr. McConnell married (second) Mrs. Annie (Richards) Swisher, of Warsaw township. There are no children by this union. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the office of elder continuously since 1905. He was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school. Socially he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F.
BROCKWAY (PA) RECORD - September 13, 1935
D. B. McCONNELL DIED TUESDAY AT FALLS CREEK
D. B. McConnell, one of Falls Creek's best known and most highly respected residents, died at the family residence on Fuller Avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock following an illness of several month's duration. His death was attributed to diabetes.
Mr. McConnell was born in Beechwoods February 21, 1860, where he was reared to young manhood and attended the public school there. Shortly following his marriage, he moved to Falls Creek, where he has since lived.
For many years, he followed the grocery business.
His cheery greeting and genial disposition won for him many warm friends, who will regret to learn of the death of this estimable man.
Mr. McConnell was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge of Falls Creek.
His widow, Mrs. Anna Richards McConnell, and one son, Dr. A. B. McConnell, of Burlington, Kan., are his only survivors.
Taken from 'Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and People', by W.J. McKnight, Vol. II, published in Chicago by J.H. Beers & Company in 1917, page 263.
DEXTER BISHOP McCONNELL, the present executive head of borough affairs in Falls Creek, has by his notable efficiency in all his undertakings earned the confidence of his fellow citizens, enjoying a prestige in business gained in many years of honorable activity as a merchant there. His career has been one of steady and creditable progress ever since he became independent, and his operations have been of the class which incidentally work to the general advancement. Now he is the leading general merchant at Falls Creek, influential in the direction of its public interests, and doubly respected in both capacities because of his high personal character, evidenced in every association of life.
Mr. McConnell is of Irish descent, his grandfather, William McConnell, having been born in Ireland. He died in the Beechwoods in Jefferson county, Pa., having settled in this region in the early days. Joseph M. McConnell, father of Dexter B. McConnell, was born in Center county, Pa., and was only a boy when his father moved to Jefferson county, where he engaged in farming throughout his active years, dying March 3, 1884, in the Beechwoods, when seventy years old. He married Ellen Smith, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States when a small girl, with her parents, and died in the Beechwoods, in the year 1862. Their family consisted of nine children, viz.: William, who is residing in the Beechwoods; Ellen, Mrs. G.W. Wilson, who died March 1, 1898; James S., of Iowa City, Iowa; Margrett and Mary, who are in the Beechwoods; Jennie O., Mrs. F.P. Best, who died in February, 1898; Frances S., Mrs. R.F. Millen, of Falls Creek; Martha, twin of Frances, deceased in infancy; and Dexter B.
Dexter B. McConnell was born Feb. 21, 1860, in the Beechwoods, and in his youth had the ordinary advantages accessible to farmers' sons in that neighborhood in the way of literary training. He attended the common schools up to the age of sixteen, but the terms were short, being limited to three months of the winter season, and as he was the only boy at home he was needed to help his parents. Eliza Sterrett was one of his early teachers. When a mere child he became familiar with the lighter farm duties, and when a boy of thirteen he ploughed with oxen, the improved methods now in use among farmers having been unknown in his youth. He assisted his father until the latter's death, after which he continued to operate the home place on his own account, remaining in Washington township until his removal to Falls Creek in 1899, and engaging more or less in lumbering in connection with his agricultural work. His farm property was always kept up with great regard for appearance as well as profitable cultivation, characteristic of the systematic manner in which all his interests are handled. When he came to Falls Creek, in 1899, Mr. McConnell entered into a partnership with R.F. Millen, and they were associated as general merchants under the firm name of Millen & McConnell until 1913, since when Mr. McConnell has been sole owner of the business. He now has the principal establishment of the kind in the borough, where he has also become prominent in public matters, his election to the office of burgess, in 1913, indicating the high estimation which his townsmen place upon his ability and trustworthiness. He has not disappointed them in his ideas on the responsibilities attaching to the office, giving its duties conscientious attention and sparing neither time nor trouble in their performance. On political questions he has always been a Democrat.
On Feb. 14, 1888, Mr. McConnell married Martha Jane McCullough, who was born July 2, 1862, daughter of Archibald and Margaret (Armstrong) McCullough. Her death occurred June 7, 1890, and she is survived by one child, Archie B., M.D., now practicing his profession in Dagus Mines, Pa. On March 6, 1895, Mr. McConnell married (second) Mrs. Annie (Richards) Swisher, of Warsaw township. There are no children by this union. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the office of elder continuously since 1905. He was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school. Socially he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F.
D. B. McCONNELL DIED TUESDAY AT FALLS CREEK
D. B. McConnell, one of Falls Creek's best known and most highly respected residents, died at the family residence on Fuller Avenue, Tuesday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock following an illness of several month's duration. His death was attributed to diabetes.
Mr. McConnell was born in Beechwoods February 21, 1860, where he was reared to young manhood and attended the public school there. Shortly following his marriage, he moved to Falls Creek, where he has since lived.
For many years, he followed the grocery business.
His cheery greeting and genial disposition won for him many warm friends, who will regret to learn of the death of this estimable man.
Mr. McConnell was a member of the Presbyterian Church and the Odd Fellows Lodge of Falls Creek.
His widow, Mrs. Anna Richards McConnell, and one son, Dr. A. B. McConnell, of Burlington, Kan., are his only survivors.
Taken from 'Jefferson County, Pennsylvania - Her Pioneers and People', by W.J. McKnight, Vol. II, published in Chicago by J.H. Beers & Company in 1917, page 263.
DEXTER BISHOP McCONNELL, the present executive head of borough affairs in Falls Creek, has by his notable efficiency in all his undertakings earned the confidence of his fellow citizens, enjoying a prestige in business gained in many years of honorable activity as a merchant there. His career has been one of steady and creditable progress ever since he became independent, and his operations have been of the class which incidentally work to the general advancement. Now he is the leading general merchant at Falls Creek, influential in the direction of its public interests, and doubly respected in both capacities because of his high personal character, evidenced in every association of life.
Mr. McConnell is of Irish descent, his grandfather, William McConnell, having been born in Ireland. He died in the Beechwoods in Jefferson county, Pa., having settled in this region in the early days. Joseph M. McConnell, father of Dexter B. McConnell, was born in Center county, Pa., and was only a boy when his father moved to Jefferson county, where he engaged in farming throughout his active years, dying March 3, 1884, in the Beechwoods, when seventy years old. He married Ellen Smith, a native of Ireland, who came to the United States when a small girl, with her parents, and died in the Beechwoods, in the year 1862. Their family consisted of nine children, viz.: William, who is residing in the Beechwoods; Ellen, Mrs. G.W. Wilson, who died March 1, 1898; James S., of Iowa City, Iowa; Margrett and Mary, who are in the Beechwoods; Jennie O., Mrs. F.P. Best, who died in February, 1898; Frances S., Mrs. R.F. Millen, of Falls Creek; Martha, twin of Frances, deceased in infancy; and Dexter B.
Dexter B. McConnell was born Feb. 21, 1860, in the Beechwoods, and in his youth had the ordinary advantages accessible to farmers' sons in that neighborhood in the way of literary training. He attended the common schools up to the age of sixteen, but the terms were short, being limited to three months of the winter season, and as he was the only boy at home he was needed to help his parents. Eliza Sterrett was one of his early teachers. When a mere child he became familiar with the lighter farm duties, and when a boy of thirteen he ploughed with oxen, the improved methods now in use among farmers having been unknown in his youth. He assisted his father until the latter's death, after which he continued to operate the home place on his own account, remaining in Washington township until his removal to Falls Creek in 1899, and engaging more or less in lumbering in connection with his agricultural work. His farm property was always kept up with great regard for appearance as well as profitable cultivation, characteristic of the systematic manner in which all his interests are handled. When he came to Falls Creek, in 1899, Mr. McConnell entered into a partnership with R.F. Millen, and they were associated as general merchants under the firm name of Millen & McConnell until 1913, since when Mr. McConnell has been sole owner of the business. He now has the principal establishment of the kind in the borough, where he has also become prominent in public matters, his election to the office of burgess, in 1913, indicating the high estimation which his townsmen place upon his ability and trustworthiness. He has not disappointed them in his ideas on the responsibilities attaching to the office, giving its duties conscientious attention and sparing neither time nor trouble in their performance. On political questions he has always been a Democrat.
On Feb. 14, 1888, Mr. McConnell married Martha Jane McCullough, who was born July 2, 1862, daughter of Archibald and Margaret (Armstrong) McCullough. Her death occurred June 7, 1890, and she is survived by one child, Archie B., M.D., now practicing his profession in Dagus Mines, Pa. On March 6, 1895, Mr. McConnell married (second) Mrs. Annie (Richards) Swisher, of Warsaw township. There are no children by this union. Mr. and Mrs. McConnell are active members of the Presbyterian Church, in which he has held the office of elder continuously since 1905. He was formerly superintendent of the Sunday school. Socially he is affiliated with the I.O.O.F.
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