James McCandles    

JAMES MCCANDLES, retired, post-office West Middlesex, is a son of James and Margaret (Jackson) McCandles, natives of Ireland, who settled in Beaver County, Penn., about 1800. Our subject was born in Beaver County, Penn., July 15, 1808. The father of our subject was a weaver and farmer by occupation. In 1834 our subject removed to Shenango Township, in this county, and purchased a farm of fifty acres, to which he added. He has filled many of the township offices, and served as school director for twelve years. In 1829 he married Miss Jane, daughter of John McCall, of Beaver County, and by this marriage they had ten children, three of whom are now living: Selina, wife of Charles Williams; Maggie, wife of Hudson Veach, and James. Our subject in politics is a Prohibitionist, and is a member of the United Presbyterian Church of West Middlesex.

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