No structure currently stands on this location. It is a garden attached to 409 N. 36th St.
1860 Directory
(Fall, 1859): Rev. John McCluskey
Fulton W. Hastings, teacher
1860:
John McCluskey 64 O. L. Presbyterian Clergy
Lydia McCluskey 59 Born in Del. [wife]
Clement L. B. McCluskey 26 Lawyer
Fulton W. Hastings 30 Prof. Academy; born in Ohio, personal
property: $300
Minnie Hastings 25
Picarde Gibert 18 Born
in Cuba
Jane Curran 19 Servant
“REV. JOHN MCCLUSKEY, D. D., was for
over a quarter of a century the active and successful pastor of the church of
West Alexander, Penn. At the age of thirty-three years he came to it,
licentiate from the Presbytery of Philadelphia, and was ordained by Washington
Presbytery as pastor, October 8, 1828. Chester county, Penn)., claims the honor
of his birth, which occurred June 17, 1795, though the discipline of his youth
came from Washington county, the future sphere of his labors.
“Jefferson College sent him forth in
the class of 1822…. He received his theological training partly under the
instruction of Dr. Ezra Stiles Ely, of Philadelphia, and, for one year, in the
Princeton Seminary.
“Dr. McCluskey was more a man of
action than of severe study. His preaching was plain, Scriptural, sound and
spiritual, abounding in illustrations from daily life. It was attended with
steady ingathering to the communion of the church, and often with special
revivals. He was pre-eminently a man of affairs, even at times taking the
temporal as well as spiritual interests of his people into his care…. He was a
special friend of liberal education. He established the West Alexander Academy,
and conducted it with much success and reputation during the pastorate, sending
forth from its walls about fifty students who became ministers, besides many
candidates for the other professions…. He was also an active trustee of
Washington College. Dr. McCluskey's resignation, April 15, 1854, in the
fifty-ninth year of his age, was not for the purpose of inglorious ease, but
rather for a change of work.
“After a year spent in the service
of the board of education, he supplied the pulpit of the church of Neshaminy,
Penn., and afterward that of Smyrna, Delaware, through a period of five years. In 1859 he founded a church-school in West
Philadelphia. In 1864 he established an institution at Hightstown, N. J.,
for the free tuition of the children of ministers, and especially of
missionaries. Returning to Philadelphia
in 1870, he acted for a time as associate principal of the Mantua Academy [run
by Fulton W. Hastings].
“The evening of his declining life
was spent among friends at Wooster, Ohio. On March 31, 1880, in the eighty-fifth
year of his age, his life work came to its end in Philadelphia, and he ascended
to the upper skies. [From the "History of the Presbytery of
Washington.", emphasis added]
“His body was laid to rest in the
old Neshaminy Cemetery at Hartsville, Penn., where, since, at his side was
placed the body of his most estimable and greatly beloved wife.”
(Beers, J. H. and Co.,
Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago:
J. H. Beers & Co., 1893, pg. 150).
“In 1859 he founded a female
seminary in West Philadelphia, and taught it for five years. Then placing it in younger hands, [Rev. John
Moore, 3412 Baring St.] he established, in 1864, a
school at Hightstown, New Jersey, with a special view to the education of
children of missionaries and ministers of the gospel, free of charge.” (Early
American Presbyterians.)
1861 Directory:
Rev. John McCluskey, young ladies seminary, 36th & Hamilton
Clement L. B. McClusky [sic.], attorney at
law, 36th & Hamilton
(Note he is also listed as Clement L. B. McCloskey [sic.], attorney at
law at 704 Walnut St. living at Bridge (Spring Garden) and 36th St.)
1861: Death of
Clement L. B. McCluskey, 27 years old, son of Rev. John and Lydia H. McCluskey
of 3512 Hamilton St.
From the Centre
Democrat, March 5, 1861:
“SHOCKING ACCIDENT ON
THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
“Last Friday night,
about quarter past eleven-o’clock, a shocking accident occurred on the
Pennsylvania Railroad between Arch street and Powelton avenue, in West
Philadelphia, just beyond the Market street bridge. The through express train coming west ran
over a man, cutting off his head and one foot, and mutilating him in a shocking
manner. The body was conveyed to the
West Philadelphia Station House, where the remains were recognized as those of
Clement L. B. M’Closkey, the son of a Presbyterian
clergyman of that name, who resides at Thirty-sixth and Hamilton streets, Twenty-four
Ward. The deceased was about 25 years of
age. He was a law student at the office
of Theodore Cuyler, Esq. It is not known
how the deceased got upon the track, or how the sad accident occurred.”
1866 Directory:
Charles A. Jenkins, salesman at 47 N. 3rd St., living at the SE corner of 36th
& Hamilton Sts.
The 1865 directory
lists him living at 902 Pine St. In
1870, he and his family lived at 3714 Baring St. In
1880, they lived at 3720 Baring St. After about
1894, they lived at 3602 Hamilton St. Gertrude and Louisa (then a widow) were still
living there in 1930.
1867, Mar. 7: Title transferred to Thomas D. Carson by Elizabeth
J. Askin
1870:
Thomas D. Carson 37 Wholesale druggist; real estate:
$15,000, personal: $12,000
Mary E. Carson 37 Born in
Robert Carson 12
Charles Carson 10
Mary Carson 8
Alice Carson 6
Susan Carson 2 months
Mary Chance 39 Domestic
servant; born in
In
1850, he lived with his parents in Lancaster where his father was a cashier and he was a clerk. In 1856, Thomas Duncan Carson
(1832-1903) married Mary Elisa Hunt (1832-1905). In 1880, they were living at
1870: Birth of Thomas Duncan Carson, Jr.
1876, Mar. 18: Title transferred to Henry Volkman by Sherriff
Henry
Volman was a confectioner.
1880:
Mary W. Parvin 63 Born in
William I. Parvin 42 Superintendent
in coal yard
George W. Parvin 40 Real estate
broker
Lucia W. Sloan 35 Daughter;
widowed/divorced
F. P. Stoan
Sloan 11 Grandson
Marion M. Sloan 10 Granddaughter
Edward Sloan 8 Grandson
Arthur Parvin 11 Grandson
In
1860, they were living in Pottsville, Schuylkill Co.,
In
1887, William Ives Parvin was living at 3313 Spring Garden St. He was a coal dealer at 232 Dock St. The 1881 Directory gives his business address
as N. 30th corner of
Lucia
Wells (Parvin) Sloan was the widow of Edwin Sloan.
Arthur
Parvin was the son of Francis J. Parvin, Jr. (1839-1872) and his wife Mary.
1887 Directory: Berghauser
Mary E., widow of Henry
She lived
at 3423
Spring Garden St. in 1880 and at 3301
Hamilton St. in 1870. and She died
in September 1892. Her daughter, Kat
Hays, lived across the street at 3503
Hamilton St.
1890
Directory: Harry E. Cornog
Abraham Trimble
Louis Trimble
Harry Wilson
1890 Census
Veterans Schedule:
Henry
E. Cornog, Sargent K Co., 124th PA Volunteers,
4/1862-2/1865
Henry
H. Wilson, Capt. F. Co., Captain, F Co., 81th Pa, 4/1861-6/1865
Hugh
Trimble, Private J (?) 20th ?? Pa, 6/1864-6/1865
1895
Directory: Harry Keen, salesman
1900:
Christian B.
Longenecker 39 Physician; renting
Effie R.
Longenecker 35 married 13 years, 2 children; mother
born in
Charles D.
Longenecker 12 Born in Mass., parents born in
Mary S.
Longenecker 4
Elizabeth
Longenecker 65 Mother; widowed, 6 children, 5 surviving
Ella Longenecker 32 Sister; single
Bessie Launders 29 Servant; black; born in
“Longenecker,
Christian Bachman, 3512 Hamilton Street, Philadelphia; born, November 16th,
1856, in Lancaster, Pa.; Doctor of Medicine; married, December 27th, 1886,
Effie R. Dock, who is related to the Rippy, Duncan,
Elliott, and Redatte families of Virginia and
Pennsylvania. Children, Charles and Mary.
(History of the Longacre-Longaker-Longenecker Family.http://files.usgwarchives.net/special/longaker/l5220000.txt)
In 1910-1930, Christian and Effie
lived at 3416 Baring St.
1910:
Charles O.
Alexander 30 Manufacture of leather belts [for
machine pulleys]; father born in N. H., mother in R.I.
Henrietta
Alexander 29 Married 6 years, 2 children; born in
Margaret E.
Alexander 3
Edward P.
Alexander 11 months
Annie F Boyle 34 Servant; parents born in
Helen Campbell 19 Servant; parents born in
Charles grew up at 306 N. 35th St.
1912: Henrietta Richardson Page, B.A. ’03 Wellesley College; Mrs.
Charles O. Alexander, 3512 Hamilton St., Philadelphia, mar 1904, member
Wellesley Club., 1 daughter, 1 son. (Wellesley College Record, 1875-1912,
1912. Pg 196.)
1917 WWI Draft Registration: Charles
Orie Alexander, b. Apr. 14, 1880. 3512 Hamilton St.
Vice-President and General Manager of Alexander Bros.
In 1920, they lived in Lower Merion.
1920:
Albert L. Byrnes 42 Assistant cashier at Customs House; father born in N.Y.,
mother in Ohio; renting
George McC. Byrnes 42 Wife
Bradford S.
Byrnes 17
Philip L. Byrnes 15
- next household
Robert H. Byrnes 38 Manufacturer of leather goods; father born in N.Y., mother in
Ohio; renting
Dorothy C. Byrnes 24 Parents born in England
Robert B. Byrnes 4 years, 5 months
Cornelia S.
Byrnes 74 Mother; widowed; born in Ohio, parents
born in New York
Annie Mathis 20 Servant; black; born in S. Carolina
Albert and Robert Byrnes were the
sons of William J. and Cornelia S. Byrnes. They had a total of 9 children, 7 of whom
were still living in 1900. William was
an attorney whose parents were born in Ireland.
In 1900, they lived at 4127 Westminster Ave. in the Belmont
neighborhood. Albert was working as a
surveyor and Robert was a clerk at an iron works.
Albert L. Byrnes and George McC. Shearer were married in Philadelphia in 1902. In 1930 and 1940, they lived at 4825
Larchwood. He was an insurance broker
with his own business.
In 1930, Robert and Dorothy Byrnes
lived in Haverford, Delaware Co.
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