The following is a biographical sketch. It has been proofread (I suppose there still is a possibility of error). My interest is in the McCurdy line. Particular interest is in William McCurdy and another daughter Mary Ann married to Daniel Thurston also of Beaver County, PA. Any help or information would be appreciated. Phil Holm Transcription is by Phil Holm <pholm@rconnect.com> The book citation is: Title: History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania; including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships ... biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. Publisher: Philadelphia, A. Warner, 1888. Description: 908 p. illus, map, ports. 26 cm. Page: 787. “George McCaskey, ship carpenter, P. O. Freedom, was born in Freedom, Aug. 31, 1839, and is a son of Robert and Frances McCaskey, the former of whom died in March, 1880; the latter resides with her son-in-law, C. T. Fowler. They had ten children, of whom eight are living, George, being the fourth. Our subject was united in marriage, Jan. 20, 1870, with Mary Kerr, who was born in Freedom, Pa., Dec. 23, 1838, and is a daughter of Thomas G. and Grizzy H. (McCurdy) Kerr,, who died in Freedom, the former April 19, 1886, and the latter Oct. 8, 1885. They were the parents of twelve children, three only remaining, of whom Mrs. McCaskey is the youngest. She is the mother of five children, three now living: Harlan, Stanley A. and Ella H. Those deceased are Frances L. and Robert L. Mr. McCaskey has followed his trade, that of steamboat building, for many years. When the war broke out he enlisted in Company F, 39th Regiment P. V., and served three years. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.”