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Samuel McPherson Janney

Birth	:	3 Dec 1875 Occoquan, Prince William County, Virginia, USA
Death	:	19 Jul 1940 Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial	:	Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	38.2935982, -77.4916992
Description	:	The line of descent to Samuel M. Janney, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is through Joseph, the youngest son, whose son Jacob settled in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1745, an elder of the Society of Friends. A descendant, John Janney, grandfather of Samuel M., was a merchant of Alexandria, where he died. He married Marguerite Tyson, of Baltimore, a descendant of the Tyson family, early settlers of Germantown, Pennsylvania; her mother a Hopkins, of the celebrated Baltimore family. Their only child was Joseph Tyson, of whom further. Joseph Tyson Janney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1832,... Read More	The line of descent to Samuel M. Janney, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, is through Joseph, the youngest son, whose son Jacob settled in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1745, an elder of the Society of Friends. A descendant, John Janney, grandfather of Samuel M., was a merchant of Alexandria, where he died. He married Marguerite Tyson, of Baltimore, a descendant of the Tyson family, early settlers of Germantown, Pennsylvania; her mother a Hopkins, of the celebrated Baltimore family. Their only child was Joseph Tyson, of whom further. Joseph Tyson Janney was born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1832, died in 1882. He was a merchant of Alexandria for many years, owning a farm at Occoquan, Prince William county, Virginia, and there operating a gristmill. He retired to his farm after his years of mercantile life, operating farm and mill until his death. He was a member of the Society of Friends, a man of high character and highly respected. He married Edith Hunter, born in 1842, died February 7, 1913, daughter of Robert Hunter, born in Scotland, a shipbuilder of Alexandria until his death; he married Elizabeth Bryan, of Alexandria, and had a family of twelve children, one of these children, a widow, Mrs. Sophia Hammill, yet survives, living in Occoquan with her niece, Marguerite Janney. Children of Joseph Tyson Janney: Tyson, now proprietor of the old mill in Occoquan, married Meta Gibson; Joseph, deceased; Elizabeth, married Alfred B. Carter and resides in Washington, D. C.; Edith Hunter, married Rev. Simpson V. Hildebrand, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, residing at Culpeper, Virginia; Johns Hopkins, a flour salesman, of Washington, D. C.; Walter H., a physician of Occoquan; Samuel McPherson, of whom further; Marguerite Tyson, residing in Occoquan; Cordelia Waters, married Albert S. Johnson, of Fredericksburg. Samuel McPherson Janney, youngest son of Joseph Tyson and Edith (Hunter) Janney, was born in Occoquan, Prince William county, Virginia, December 3, 1875. He was educated in Friends' School at Lincoln, Loudoun county, then entered William and Mary College, finishing his college courses at Randolph-Macon. He spent his youth and intervals in his school life at the old farm and mill in Occoquan, becoming thoroughly informed on grade quality and value of mill products. At the age of twenty-two years he became traveling salesman for the Washburn Crosby Company of Minneapolis, remaining with them one year. He then established a wholesale grocery house at Christiansburg, Virginia, continuing there in successful business for eight years. In 1909 he sold his interest there and became a member of the wholesale grocery firm of B. J. Marshall, of Fredericksburg, Virginia; in August, 1910, he became senior partner of the firm Janney, Marshall & Company, the present style and title of the house. The firm is a prosperous one, conducts a large business on the most modern principles, ranking high in the territory they cover. Mr. Janney is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, a teacher in the Sunday school and interested in all good works. He married, in Christiansburg, November 22, 1906, Maude Hunter, born there, daughter of Charles William and Lucy (Gardner) Hunter, her father a merchant of Christiansburg, his present home. Children: Edith Hunter Janney; Charlotte Wade Janney.

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Samuel McPherson Janney's memorial is located at: Oak Hill Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg City, USA.
When did Samuel McPherson Janney death?
Samuel McPherson Janney death on 19 Jul 1940 in Fredericksburg City, Virginia, USA
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Latitude: 38.2935982
Longitude: -77.4916992

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Maude Hunter Janney

(1882 - 1956)

Siblings

Tyson Janney

(1866 - 1936)

Cordelia Janney Johnson

(1882 - 1955)

Children

Charlotte Wade Janney Norris

(1911 - 2001)

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