My Genealogy Hound

JAMES M. McCUTCHEON, postmaster and merchant, Moon, was born on the old homestead in Findlay township, May 18, 1842, a son of Alexander and Rachel (McCoy) McCutcheon, former of whom was born in Ireland, Oct. 10, 1804. When a young man Alexander came to Findlay township, and soon after his marriage purchased the old farm there, where he died, and where his widow still resides. They had five sons and two daughters: James M., Claudius (deceased at age of twenty-one), Alexander (in Findlay township), Sarah (wife of Joseph McCleaster, in Moon township), Margaret (wife of Joseph A. Bedford, in Sharon, Moon township), John and Thomas (Findlay township). James M. farmed until 1886, when he purchased his present store at Moon, and March 1, 1886, was appointed postmaster. He married, June 9, 1862, Jennie Crane, who was born in Beaver county, Pa., a daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (McCartney) Crane. Mr. and Mrs. McCutcheon are the parents of three children: Claudius, Stella (born July 9, 1872, died Jan. 12, 1888; she was an earnest Christian, and her death was a most beautiful and Christian-like revelation to many who witnessed it; just before her death, although too weak to hold up her head, she, with others, sang “Rock of Ages,” and “Jesus, Lover of my Soul;” her dying request was for her classmates to meet her in heaven), and Alexander G. Mr. McCutcheon is a member of the O. U. A. M. He and his wife are members of Sharon Presbyterian Church.