Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

TIMOTHY McCUNE
 
     Timothy McCune, son of Peter J. and Margaret (Bush) McCune, was 
born November 11, 1838, in what is now Calhoun County, West Virginia, 
and has here passed his life, with the exception of the time he spent 
in the Southern army. He enlisted in December 1861, in the 19th 
Virginia Cavalry, and was in battle at Spencer, (Roane County), 
Webster Glades, Huntersville, Lewisburg, White Sulpher Springs, 
Jackson Bridge, the Wilderness, Cedarville, Lynchburg, Milford, 
Waynesburg, Mt. Woodstock, Fishers Hill, Curranstown, Bunker Hill, 
Shannons Mill, and was at Appomattox at the surrender of Lee. 
     His brother, John H., was killed in October 1862, while a member 
of the 19th Virginia Cavalry. 
     Mr. McCune's paternal grandfather was born in Ireland, came to 
America and settled in Virginia on South Branch, Potomac River, where 
Peter, father of Timothy was born on July 1, 1796. 
     Peter McCune's children were six boys and seven girls. His 
wife's father was George Bush, born in Germany, who on coming to 
America settled near Norfolk, then moved to Harrison County, 
Virginia, where Margaret, mother of Timothy, was born December 24, 
1799. 
     In 1831 Mr. and Mrs. Peter McCune came to what is now Calhoun 
County, and here Peter McCune died August 18, 1877, leaving more than 
200 descendants. His widow is still living. 
     Timothy McCune married Sarah Jane Smith, in Roane County, this 
state, May 24, 1857, and their children were born: Noah W., May 10, 
1859, died October 15, 1860; Jennings Wise, May 21, 1861; Malvern H., 
October 14, 1866; Charles H., October 21, 1868; Minnie L., January 6, 
1872; Eva D., March 21, 1877, died February 12, 1878. Sarah Jane 
Smith was born in this county June 2, 1840, a daughter of George P. 
and Margaret (Life) Smith, who now live in Roane County. Timothy 
McCune is a miller of Lee district; his address, Richardson, Calhoun 
County, West Virginia. 
 
(Linda Fluharty)