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LODOWICK McCARRELL, deceased, for many years was a prominent member of the Washington County bar. He was born
in Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington Co., Pa., Feb. 2, 1842, and was a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (McConnaughy)
McCarrell.
His paternal grandfather. Lodowiok McCarrcll, was a native of Ireland, who, coming to America, in 1780, secured
a large tract of wild land lying in what is now Mt. Pleasant Township, Washington County, his place of residence
being near Ten Mile and Hickory. Here this pioneer ancestor of our subject rounded out a long and useful life,
dying in 1851, after be had passed his 84th birthday. A large part of his land bad beea cleared and made tillable
by his own industry. Lodowick McCarrell was an elder in the Seceder Church. He married Martha Leman, who was a
daughter of that old pioneer, John Leman, who shared with Andrew Eagleson, the honor of being the first settler
in Canton Township. They had seven children, namely: John, Thomas, James, Andrew and Leman, all of whom died in
mature life; Isabella, who was the wife of Isaac Hodgens, of Buffalo Township; and Elizabeth, who was the wife
of John Cockius, of Mt. Pleasant Township.
Thomas MeCarrell, second son of Lodowick and Mary (Leman) MeCarrell, was born in Virginia, in 1801, but the greater
part of his life was spent in Washington County, Pa., where he became a man of prominence. He was elected a county
commissioner on the Democratic ticket in 1853. For five years he served also as associate judge and for seven successive
terms was a justice of the peace in Mt. Pleasant Township. He was thrice married: first, to Esther McNary. who
died in 1831; second, to Elizabeth MeConnaughy, who died in 1859; and for the third time, to Margaret Martin. in
1863, who survived him many years, dying in 1890. The children of his first union were: Martha. who died at Hickory,
in 1893; Margaret. who married Joseph Cowden and died in Cecil Township. near Venice; John. a physician at Wellsville,
Ohio, who died in January, 1891; and James, who was a practicing physician at Allegheny, Pa. Thc children born
to the second marriage were the following: David M., who was a physician and died in 1894 in Hickory; Leman, who
resides on the old homestead; Alexander D., who is a minister in the United Presbyterian Church located at Trafford
City. Pa., and Lodowick. Thomas MeCarrell died in 1872. Like his father he had been active in the affairs of the
Seceder Church.
Lodowick MeCarrell, the direct subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood on his father's farm, attended the country
schools, and later entered Washington and Jefferson College, where he completed the classical course. His father's
prominence in public affairs served as a stimulus to his own ambition, and early in his school career, he decided
to take up the study of law. Accordingly on leaving college in 1867, he entered the law office of Montgomery &
Wilson, and in 1869 he was admitted to the bar of Washington County, in the following year opening his law office
in the borough of Washington. He was soon recognized in the profession as a man of marked ability and his subsequent
success was uninterrupted, his name being associated for years with much of the important litigation in the courts
of the county. He was possessed of an engaging personality, which contributed much to his popularity both in his
profession and in business and social circles. Although an active supporter of the Democratic party he took greater
interest in the successful practice of law than in the strife for political honors. In the midst of his usefulness,
he was called away on April 23, 1902, and was laid to rest in the Washington Cemetery.
On July 25, 1876, Mr. McCarrell was married to Miss Lida Jackson, a daughter of Robert Jackson, and to them one
son was born. Robert Lodowiek. The latter is a prominent figure in the financial circles of Washington, having
served for several years as assistant cashier of the First National Bank. and being at the present time auditor
of the Washington Trust Company, an office he has filled since May 18, 1908. He married Miss Elizabeth McClane,
a daughter of Wilson McClane, a resident of Washington County. They have one daughter, Jane Dinsmore. They reside
in one of Washington's handsome residences, at No. 345 East Wheeling street.
From:
20th Century History Of The City of
Washington and Washington County Pennsylvania
and Representative Citizens
By: Joseph F. McFarland
Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
Chicago, Illinois, 1910
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