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THOMAS F. McCABE, retired, post office Woodville, is a native of this county, born in 1823, of Scotch-Irish descent. William, the pioneer of this family, came to America about 1775, but later moved to Allegheny county, where he purchased some 200 acres in what is now Collier and Robinson townships, and carried on farming. He had born to him nine children, of whom Joseph E., one of the youngest, in early life learned the carpenter’s trade, but later became a farmer. He married Margaret, daughter of John Fife and sister of Maj. Fife, and seven children, five of whom are now living, were born to them. Joseph E. died in 1870, aged eighty years, his wife in 1832, aged about forty years. Among the youngest of their children is Thompson F., who was educated at the public schools and reared on the farm where he was born, and which he now owns. He married, in 1853, Mary Jane, daughter of James Richardson, and has five children: Howard L., Maggie, Jennie (Mrs. Harrison), Lizzie (a teacher in the high-school at Pittsburgh) and Joseph E. (at home). The mother of these children died in 1872, aged thirty-nine years. Mr. McCabe has retired from active business life. He takes a deep interest in politics, and like his father before him is a stanch democrat. He has held many positions of trust, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church at Mansfield.