George Henry McIntire

GEORGE HENRY MCINTIRE., general agent for the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, of Stoneboro, Mercer county. Pennsylvania, was born April 13, 1830, in Fairfield, Maine, a son of George Mclntire, who was born in 1806 in Frankfort, Maine, and who was a clothier until 1836. He then removed with his family to St. Clair, Michigan, where he engaged in a general merchandising business. He married Frances Elizabeth Clark, born in Bath, Maine, February 3. 1811, a daughter of Capt. John Clark. The children of this union were as follows : George Henry, of whom later : Mary Elizabeth, died in infancy ; Elizabeth Ann ; Caroline H. ; Louise Richards ; Albert Spencer ; Harriet; Adelia; Thomas Richards. Mrs. Frances Elizabeth (Clark) Mclntire died February 4. 1877. George Mclntire died January 5. 1852. He was a stanch supporter of the Whig party and later became a Republican.

George H. Mclntire moved with his parents in 1836 to Michigan, which was then still a territory, inhabited mostly by Indians and French people. Young Mclntire attended the Erie Academy and in 1854 entered the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company, which at that date consisted of only ninety miles of road, and of which he was superintendent for twenty-three years. At this time ( 1909) he is the general agent for the company, with his offices at Stoneboro, Pennsylvania, where he located in 1867. In 1869 he moved his family from North Girard, Pennsylvania, where he was located for fourteen years, and at which point he first entered the service of the company. Mr. Mclntire in his political affiliations is a thoroughgoing Republican. Soon after his removal to Stoneboro he was elected to a seat in the borough council. He became connected with the Mercer Iron & Coal Company and was an active factor in the development of the same. In fraternal affairs he is connected with the Masonic order, being a Royal Arch Mason. He and the family are adherents of the Episcopal church.

He was united in marriage, September 1, 1855, to Miss Lucy Ann Seeley, who was born in 1831 and died May 13, 1893. She was the daughter of Austin H. and Phoebe (Allen) Seeley, of Girard, Pennsylvania. To George H. and Phoebe(sic) (Seeley) Mclntire were born four children, as follows:, 1. William Henry, born September 24, 1856, who has been in the employ of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company for thirty-five years, and has served as station agent at Stoneboro since August 7, 1877. He obtained his education at the public schools, at Jamestown Academy and Thiel College of Greenville. He went to Stoneboro, where he soon became an employe of the railway just mentioned. Later he had the additional duties of the business of the Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Later still he was appointed agent of the Jackson Coal Railroad. October 20. 1878, he was married to Mary Rebecca, daughter of John and Angeline Daniels, of Stoneboro, and they are the parents of the following children : George Henry, Lina Aline, William Daniels, and Florence Irene. 2. Jennie Frances, now wife of Theodore M. Houser, cashier of the First National Bank, of Stoneboro ; they have one child — Frederick. 3. Frederick Clark, died October 4, 1902. 4. Blanch May, now wife of John L. Rossiter, chief clerk and cashier of the freight department of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad Company at Stoneboro ; they have three children — Ruth Mclntire, John Lyman, Jr.. and Richard Daniels.

Pages 849-850 “A Twentieth Century of Mercer County Pennsylvania Vol. II,” Edited by Mr. J.G. White, The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1909.