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( Mrs*. K or aba ugh remembers Patrick McCann, a cousin of her husband who, with six brothers came over from Ireland during th» Revolutionary war. and heard “Paddy** tell of (the surrentier of tht. British. McCann warlike SSacheut* of serfpttfrul fame, short of stature, “though goodness knows he was broad enough! and. when the great hour arrived for oornwaifs to present his sword to the *’father of •Uncle Sam*. McCann skun up a tree so -is to lose sight of none of the cere mony! None nf the six brothers were ever heard from after the war as traveling and news were slow in tho ■ flay- McCann walked fr ni the Ohio river to Virginia once a year as long as he was able, to visit bis daughter Mary McCann Mitchell, who. by the way was a distant relative of Bishop Charles Rayrd Mitch el who is in Portland this week in conference with tweniy-fiv.* bishops of the Methodist church.
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Oregon City Enterprise
Oregon City, Oregon, US
Fri, May 13, 1921
Page 6
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