John H. MCCUEN

1845 - 1919  (73 years)

• Name	John H. MCCUEN  [1]
  	PLATTSBURGH SENTINEL TUES. MAY 6, 1919 DIED McCUEN?At Chazy, N. Y., May 3,1919,- John H. McCuen, in his seventy fourth year. PLATTSBURGH DAILY PRESS FRI MAY 30,1919 IN MEMORIAM On May 3, 1919 in Chazy, NY John H. McCuen at the age of 73 years passed away after three months illness. He was born in Troy N.Y.on October 15th 1845.the oldest son of Elizabeth Walton and John Patterson McCuen and when about eleven years of age he came here with his parents to Chazy the home of his father. In 1863, when his father enlisted in the 118th Volunteer Regiment of New York it became necessary for him to give up his ambitions of further schooling and to assist in the support of his mother and younger brothers and sisters. For a year or more he carried the U.S. Mails by horseback between Chazy and Rouses Point. At the close of the Civil War his fathers death , which was the result of over a year's confinement to the Confederate prisons in Saulsbury, Andersville, permanently played upon his young shoulders the cares and responsibilities of the head of the family and for the next few years he was a clerk in the general store of Mr George Severance under whose honest and kindly guildance he acquired a sound business education as a practical merchant.This career, with great zeal and based upon principals of generosity and fair dealing he succussfully followed in his own store from about the year 1870 until 1912 when he retired ans was succeeded by his eldest son John Ralph McCuen. Mr McCuen was twice married. His first wife was Caroline E. Brown the only daughter of Captain George Brown. She died in 1879 having bore him two daughters. Caroline who died early in childhood and Elizabeth who survives her father and now resides in Jamestown New York, the wife of a surgeon Dr. F.H. Nichols, in 1881 Mr McCuen married Mary Jane Nichols, who survives him, the daughter of Edmund B. Nichols, by whom he had five sons and one daughter. Of these children he is survived by John Ralph who suceeded his father in business. Leslie E. a lawyer in New York City, Brooks W. a physician and surgeon of Syracuse,New York who as a first Lieutentant in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Army recently returned from France and Hartie, the wife of Roy B. Pike cashier of First National Bank of Canton, New York. Me McCuen is also survived by his brother, Walter Otis McCuen of Jean, Nevada. During his long life in Chazy he always tried to do his part for the welfare of the town and was often identified with a place as the town clerk ,for the office of the public school grammer at election board and he had also acted as Treasuer of the Chazy Central School, he was ever devoted to the Presbyterian Church where he worshipped having been one of its trustees for many years and the Treasuer of the Church for a period of twenty two years. His home life was ideal. His first thoughts were for his children and close cooperation with his wife no sacrifice was too great to him when they were concerned. Not only did he early counsel and trust them to be honorable men and women never afraid of work but he joined with his wife to instill in them a desire to equip. themselves for the future with a through education and to that end he assisted them through schools and colleges as generously his modest means could afford. This task before completion meant much self denial and heard work but it was one of love for he knew he was giving them something that a money legacy could never buy. [1]
  Birth	15 Oct 1845	Troy, Rensselaer Co., New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York   [2]
  Census	1900	Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York   [3]
  Census	1910	Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York   [4]
  Fact	Son of John Patterson McCuen and Elizabeth Walton   [1]
  Death	3 May 1919	Chazy, Clinton Co., New York   [1]
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York   [1]
  Person ID	I89298	Main Tree
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family 1	Caroline E. BROWN,   b. 1842, New York d. 1879, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York (Age 37 years)
  Children	1. Elizabeth MCCUEN,   b. 23 Jul 1876, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York d. 1 Dec 1955, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., New York (Age 79 years)  [Birth]   2. Caroline B. MCCUEN,   b. 1879   d. 1881, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York (Age 2 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37002	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2018

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Jane NICHOLS,   b. Mar 1853, New York d. 1936, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1881  [1]
  Children	1. John Ralph MCCUEN,   b. 19 Jun 1884, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York d. Jun 1970, Chazy, Clinton Co., New York (Age 85 years)  [Birth] + 2. Leslie Eugene MCCUEN,   b. 9 Mar 1886, New York d. 20 Aug 1942, Forest Hills, Queens Co, New York (Age 56 years)  [Birth] + 3. Dr. Brooks Walton MCCUEN,   b. 17 Oct 1887, Chazy, Clinton County, New York d. 20 Dec 1951, Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York (Age 64 years)  [Birth]   4. Hartie MCCUEN,   b. Sep 1889, New York  [Birth]
  Family ID	F37003	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Mar 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1880 - Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York Census - 1900 - Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York Census - 1910 - Living in Chazy, Clinton Co., New York Death - 3 May 1919 - Chazy, Clinton Co., New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  John H. McCuen and family Headstone John H. McCuen along with; wife, Caroline E. Brown and wife, Mary Jane Nichols, parents; John P. McCuen and Elizabeth Walton, sister; Marriette E., and daughter Caroline, all are buried in the Riverview Cemetery in Chaz;y, Clinton Co., New York. Created by: Margaret E. Munson-Quiles Photo added by: Don

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S00597] 1880 Census Chazy, Clinton County, New York. [S00819] 1900 Census Chazy, Clinton County, New York. [S01033] 1910 Census Chazy, Clinton County, New York.