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JOSEPH McCONNELL, farmer and coal-dealer, post office Walker’s Mills, was born in South Fayette township, in 1826, son of William and Agnes (Reed) McConnell, of Lancaster county. William came from County Down, Ireland, in 1807, to Lancaster county. He worked at his trade (blacksmith) for three years. He and his wife rode across the mountains on horses. In 1810 he purchased a farm in South Fayette township, where he died. He was the father of nine children, of whom Joseph is the seventh. He was educated at the public schools, and in 1864 purchased the property where he now resides. He married, in 1857, Mary Ann Gladden, of Allegheny county, and by her he had four children: Nannie J., William G., Mary Belle and Mary Ann. By his second wife, Mary Jane, daughter of Walker and Ann (Boyd) Herriott, he has six children: Maggie E., Nellie Irene, Joseph R., Nettie, A., Bessie Boyd and Forbes Holton. Mr. McConnell carries on in connection with farming the coal business, which he has successfully conducted for nine years. He finds a market for his productions at Cleveland, Ohio, and Pittsburgh, Pa. He is a. member of the U. P. Church, and is a republican.