William S. McGunnegle   

WILLIAM S. McGUNNEGLE, banker, Meadville, was born at St. Louis, Mo., November 7, 1846, son of George Kennedy and Elizabeth Easton (Starr) McGunnegle. Our subject attended the public schools at St. Louis, Mo., and the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., from which he graduated in 1867. His first cruise after receiving an appointment in the navy was with the Mediterranean squadron under Admiral Farragut, and he served at different times in the Atlantic, Pacific, West Indian and Asiatic squadrons. Passing through the grades of Ensign and Master, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy in 1871; he resigned his commission in 1876, and then entered banking business at Meadville, Penn. Our subject was married at Meadville, October 29, 1874, to Lizzie Scott McFarland, born at Meadville, Penn., May 8, 1850, daughter of James E. and Mary (Scott) McFarland, former born at Chambersburg, Penn., in 1817, latter born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1818. Two children have been born to this union—George Kennedy and James. Mr. and Mrs. McGunnegle are members of the Episcopal Church; in politics he is a Republican.

History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 751-752