JOHN CUBBAGE was a native of Allegheny county, Penn., born January 12, 1812, in what is now the town of Mansfield. George Cubbage, his father, who was a native of Ireland, and a butcher by trade, came to America at an early day, settling in Allegheny county, Penn., on a farm on which the present town of Mansfield now stands. He married Nancy Caldwell, who bore him the following children: Hannah (Mrs. Henry Cowan), John, Abbie (Mrs. Hugh Graham), Martha, Sarah (Mrs. Jacob Doolittle), Nancy (Mrs. Robert Small) and William. The father died in 1853, the mother on May 2, 1883, in her ninety-fourth year; they were members of the Presbyterian Church. John Cubbage was reared and educated in Mansfield, Allegheny county, and when of suitable age entered the employ of a Mr. Fahnestock, a druggist, and also studied medicine for some years. In 18 he was united in marriage with Eliza J. Ewing, and they had two children: George A. and James S. This wife dying in 18 , Mr. Cubbage married, for his second, Mary Hutchison, by which union there were six children, viz.: Sarah H., Hannah P. (Mrs. Theodore McCloy), Nancy J., Sarah A., Ella C. (Mrs. Joseph Reed) and Lyda J. (Mrs. John Harper). The mother of this family departed this life December 16, 1863, and our subject afterward married Ann J. Holland, who bore him three children: Ann M. (Mrs. William Small), Martha J. (Mrs. George Lenning) and Euretia M. (Mrs. Harry McKeown). John Cubbage died August 4, 1880. Mr. Cubbage in religious faith was a Covenanter. He was a farmer by occupation after 1865, the year in which he came to Cecil township, this county.

Text taken from page 886 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project. Published April 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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