BOTH CONKLE and KUNKEL? The following obit is of interest to me mainly because a "Leman McCarrell" married Margaret Jeannette "Jenny" CONKLE (b 25 July 1878, d 23 Jan 1914, is buried at Mt Prospect Cemetery in Hickory, Washington Co PA), who was a sister to my great grandfather, William Conkle (also spelled Concle), and to David Shannon's grandmother, Rachel Francina ("Ina") Conkle--our Conkles also from Washington Co PA. I have no idea if Leman was related to this man.... If you read closely, you'll also see a reference to a "President Judge George Kunkel" of Harrisburg. I also do not see a likely connection between him and my Conkles. However, I'm always fascinated by seeming coincidences like this, and always on the lookout for that "missing link" to our Conkle/Kunkel etc families. Besides, of course, DNA testing. Jim Kunkle looks so much like my Uncle Bill Conkle, well, I just know we're all connected, even if you have to go back to Germany (or do a DNA genealogy!)... The following was submitted to the Washington County, PA listserv: >Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 09:08:25 -0800 >From: "Charles T. DeFrance" <[email protected]> >Subject: Judge S. J. M. McCARRELL - Obit >To: [email protected] >X-Mailing-List: <[email protected]> archive/latest/3889 > >Obituary of Judge S. J. M. McCarrell From Unknown Newspaper - 1920 > >JUDGE M'CARRELL DEAD AT HARRISBURG HOME; NATIVE OF CLAYSVILLE > >Harrisburg, June 25, Judge S.J.M. McCarrell, of the Dauphin county >courts, died at his home here early today, aged 77 years, after a long >illness. This is the second vacancy caused by death on the Dauphin >county bench in the past month, President Judge George Kunkel having >preceded his colleague of many years by less than three weeks. > >Judge McCarrell was born in Buffalo township, Washington county, Pa., >October 19, 1842. His father was Rev. Dr. Alexander McCarrell, mother >Martha McClain McCarrell. His father was a Presbyterian minister and >pastor of the Presbyterian church at Claysville, Pa., for 35 years, >until death called him from his pulpit in April, 1881. He had three >sons, who followed in his footsteps, also became Presbyterian ministers, >the Rev. Dr. William A. McCarrell, who died April, 1906; the Rev. Dr. >James J. McCarrell, who died December, 1903, and the Rev. Thomas C. >McCarrell, now pastor of the Presbyterian church at Mechanicsburg, Pa. >The family ancestors were Scotch-Irish, on fathers' side, from Ayrshire, >Scotland; on mother's side from Island of Mull, Scotland. Both families >went to the north of Ireland and then came to America. >Greatgrandfathers on both sides were in the War of the Revolution. > >Judge McCarrell received his early teachings in the common schools and >was prepared for college by his father. He graduated from Washington >(now Washington and Jefferson) college at Washington, PA in 1864. His >first occupation in life was on a farm then as a clerk in a Claysville >store, and later he assisted the principal in the Linsley Institute, >Wheeling, W. Va. > >Mr. McCarrell was admitted to the bar in 1867, and practiced his >profession till October 7, 1907, when he became judge of the Twelfth >judicial district of Pennsylvania. He was district attorney of Dauphin >county, Pa., from 1881 to 1887; was senator of the Fifteenth district, >Pa., 1892 to 1900; president pro-tem of the senate, 1895 to 1897; United >States attorney for middle district of Pennsylvania March 29, 1901, to >October 5, 1907; judge of the Twelfth judicial district, Pennsylvania, >October 7, 1907, with commission expiring first Monday in January, 1918. > >He was a member of the Union League, Philadelphia; of the Scranton club, >of Scranton, Pa.; the Harrisburg club, of Harrisburg, Pa.; also of >Harrisburg lodge No. 68, I.O.O.F., and of Robert Burns lodge F.& A.M. > >Judge McCarrell was married December 21, 1871, to Rebecca A. Wallace >(daughter of Robert Wallace, of Claysville, Pa.), and had two children, >Wallace Alezander, born November 26, 1876, died November 16, 1880, and >Samuel J., Jr., born December 7, 1881, died January 29, 1901. Judge >McCarrell was a ruling elder of Market Square Presbyterian church, of >Harrisburg, since March, 1877; was superintendent of the Market Square >Presbyterian Sunday schools since May, 1878, and was teacher of men's >Bible class since November, 1888, and was also a fife member of >Harrisburg Y.M.C.A.