W. T. McBurney    

W.T. MCBURNEY, postmaster Sandy Lake, was born June 27, 1852, in Mercer, a son of Thomas McBurney. He was educated in the Mercer public schools, and began learning the jeweler’s trade in 1868 with Hinkley, of Mercer, with whom he remained six years. In 1877 he opened up a jewelry store in Sandy Lake, and continued the same until 1888, when he sold. In 1886 he took an interest in the dry goods firm of M. L. Zahniser & Co., now Giebner & Co. He and M. L. Zahniser have been dealing in horses for about four years. He was married April 13, 1871, to Rachel Ride, daughter of B. A. Ride, and has two children: Benjamin and Harry. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., A. 0. U. W., P. H. C. and I. 0. 0. F. He is a Democrat, and was appointed postmaster of Sandy Lake in 1888 by President Cleveland. He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Sandy Lake.

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, page 1059-1060.  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

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