McNair, McNear, and McNeir Genealogies, Volume 1 |
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Alexander McNair Anderson Anna born April born August born December born February born January born July born June born March born November born October born September buried California child clan Clan MacFarlane Dansville daughter Dauphin County David McNair December 24 DESCENDANTS died in infancy Dunning Elizabeth McNair George Hanover Township Hazleton Henry McNair Hugh 9]³ William Illinois James Horner James McNair Jane John 1]¹ John 18]³ Samuel John 6]² John John McNair Livingston County Louis Louisville MacFarlane Margaret McNair married Mary married to James married to William Mary McNair MCNAIR Charles MCNAIR David McNair died MCNAIR James MCNAIR John McNair married MCNAIR Samuel McNair was born McNair was married MCNAIR William McNear Missouri November 28 Penn Pennsylvania Richmond County Righter Robert McNair Samuel 1]¹ Samuel 21]³ Samuel Samuel 30]³ John Samuel McNair Scotland Thomas McNair Torbert Township unmarried Virginia Washington William 2]² John William McNair Wilson McNair Wisconsin York
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Page 57 - There was tumult in the city, In the quaint old Quaker town, And the streets were rife with people Pacing restless up and down; People gathering at corners, Where they whispered each to each, And the sweat stood on their temples, With the earnestness of speech. As the bleak Atlantic currents Lash the wild Newfoundland shore, So they beat against the State House, So they surged against the door; And the mingling of their voices Made a harmony profound, Till the quiet street of Chestnut Was all turbulent...
Page 58 - Ring! grandpa, Ring! oh, ring for LIBERTY!" Quickly at the given signal The old bellman lifts his hand, Forth he sends the good news, making Iron music through the land. How they shouted! What rejoicing! How the old bell shook the air, Till the clang of freedom ruffled The calmly gliding Delaware!
Page 57 - While all solemnly inside, Sat the Continental Congress, Truth and reason for their guide, O'er a simple scroll debating, Which, though simple it might be, Yet should shake the cliffs of England With the thunders of the free. Far aloft in that high steeple Sat the bellman, old and gray, He was weary of the tyrant And his...
Page 14 - Concise historical proofs respecting the Gael of Alban; or, Highlanders of Scotland, with short notices of the Highland clans; and a dissertation on the Gaelic topography of Scotland...
Page 58 - Hastens forth to give the sign; With his little hands uplifted, Breezes dallying with his hair, Hark! With deep clear intonation Breaks his young voice on the air. Hushed the people's swelling murmur Whilst the boy cries joyously "Ring," he shouts, "Ring! grandpa, Ring! oh, ring for Liberty!
Page 277 - In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Committee on State Prison.
Page 58 - Aloft in that high steeple Sat the bellman, old and gray ; He was weary of the tyrant And his iron-sceptered sway ; So he sat with one hand ready On the clapper of the bell, When his eye should catch the signal, Very happy news to tell. See ! See ! the dense crowd quivers, Through all its lengthy line, As the...
Page 58 - The dense crowd quivers Through all its lengthy line, As the boy beside the portal Hastens forth to give the sign ! With his little, hands uplifted. Breezes dallying with his hair, Hark! with deep, clear intonation, Breaks his young voice on the air: Hushed the people's swelling murmur, Whilst the boy cries joyously : "Ring!
Page 58 - What rejoicing ! How the old bell shook the air, Till the clang of freedom ruffled, The calmly gliding Delaware ! How the bonfires and the torches Lighted up the night's repose, And from the flames, like fabled Phoenix, Our glorious liberty arose ! That old State House bell is silent, Hushed is now its clamorous tongue ; But the spirit it awakened Still is living — ever young ; And when we greet the smiling sunlight On the fourth of each July, We will ne'er forget the bellman Who, betwixt the earth...
Page 4 - Highlanders dressed in belted plaids of appropriate tartan, with drawn swords and bows proper. Crest, a demi-savage holding a sheaf of arrows in his dexter hand, and pointing with his sinister to an imperial crown, or. Motto, " This I'll defend," and on a compartment