JAMES S. McCORD

JAMES McCORD
1822-1894

James McCord was a hatter. McCord owned the McCord and Company, wholesale hatters, “the oldest house west of the mountains in this line of business”. He was a director and vice president of the Armenia Insurance Company, along with SFF&HC member Wm T Dunn. He was also a director of the Third National Bank of Pittsburgh and he served as a corporator of Allegheny Cemetery in 1884-1894.

He and his wife Sarah Thompson (1827-1869) had at least the following children:

- Arthur Parke McCord (1858-1929)
- Joseph E. McCord (1860)
- James McCord (1867)

In 1880 they lived next door to C J Clarke and family and Asa P. Childs lived three doors along.

James S. McCord died in 1894 and was buried in Allegheny Cemetery. Many of the McCord family are buried there, to whit:

McCord, Adelaide, w/o Lucian McCord, 1915 - 1957, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Anna E., April 16, 1844 - Sept. 8, 1921, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Annie Benney, w/o W.L., 1852 - 1916, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Arthur Parke, 1858 - 1929, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Charles C., [mason emblem], 1846 - 1922, (Source: jf69)
McCord, J. Edwin Jr., Oct. 7, 1881 - Aug. 6, 1923, (Source: jf69)
McCord, James E., Oct. 27, 1840 - Aug. 3, 1904, (Source: jf69)
McCord, James S., 1822 - 1894, (Source: jf69)
McCord, John D. Jr., 1902 - 1989, (Source: jf69)
McCord, John D., Dec. 4, 1808 - July 1, 1900, (Source: jf69)
McCord, John D., husband of Josephine Neal, 1872 -1948, (Source: jf69)
McCord, John D., Sept. 12, 1872 - Apr. 9, 1903, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Josephine Neal, w/o John D., 1878 - 1941, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Julia L., Sept. 17, 1867 - June 13, 1922, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Lucian Gray, Cpl 551st AAA BN, Enl. Oct. 29, 1943, Disc. Oct. 29, 1945, Born June 14, 1909, Died April 14, 1952, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Margaret McCandlish, w/o John D., born April 12, 1810 - died April 10, 1845, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Marguerite Barber, 1904 - 1989, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Rosanna Blaine Robinson, w/o John D., born Aug. 13, 1821 - died Dec. 18, 1886, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Sarah Thompson, w/o James S., 1827 -1869 (Source: jf69)
McCord, Sue Stephenson, w/o James E., June 9, 1845 - Jan. 10, 1924, (Source: jf69)
McCord, Susan D., April 2?, 1835 - Aug. 3, 1911, (Source: jf69)
McCord, W.L., [gravestone almost buried,] 1854 - 1893, (Source: jf69)