Thomas P. Munnell    

THOMAS P. MUNNELL, farmer, post-office Indian Run, was born July 8, 1835, in Armstrong County, Penn., son of Adam and Mary (Risher) Munnell, natives of Mercer and Armstrong Counties, respectively. The father was reared near New Castle, learned the trade of a stonecutter, and while working on the construction of a canal through Armstrong County he became acquainted with his future wife. After marriage he removed to Mercer County, and was employed on contract to build locks on the Beaver & Erie Canal, at or near Greenville. He afterward removed to the farm where our subject now resides, and three years later to another farm, in Lawrence County, where he died September 13, 1851. His widow is still living at the ripe old age of eighty-one years, and is the mother of the following children: Eliza J., married William H. Crooks, she is a widow with four children; Mary, wife of James Thorn; Calvin, Effie, married William Simmison and resides in the West, and W. H., who is engaged in the general book business; Peter R. Munnell married Maria Oakley, of Lawrence County; Thomas P., Mary K., married James M. Rice, who is dead, and she resides in Oil City and has three children: Effie, Edwin and Anna; William Munnell is a resident of Springfield Township; Lizzie married W. H. Harper, an oil producer of Venango County. Adam Munnell was the owner of about 400 acres of land at the time of his death, which was the result of his labors, economy, and frugal dealings. Thomas P. Munnell was educated in the common schools, and was married to Lizzie Young, a daughter of John and Margaret Young, natives of Washington County, and who came here during the early settlement of this county. Mrs. Munnell was one of four children: Jane, William, Mary and Lizzie. Her father was a strong anti-slavery man, and took an interest in the underground railroad transportations. He made public speeches against the evil of slavery, and his son, William, served in Company D, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers. Our subject enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was out eight months, and was wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg in the left leg. He has six children: John, Charles W., Herbert, Anna, Mabel M. and Freddie. He is the owner of ninety acres Of the old homestead, amid is a stockholder of the Mercer Central Agricultural Association. In politics he is a Republican.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.