Cudgegong Valley History Project

DISTRICT NEWS Mrs. McCabe, wife of Mr. P. McCabe, school teacher of Drill Creek, passed away recently, after a short illness at Rose Bay, Sydney (Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, Thursday 24 February 1916, page 28).

DEATHS: McCABE.-February 12, at her late residence, Horaceleigh, Rose Bay, Mary, the beloved wife of Peter McCabe, leaving three daughters and a four sons, Nellie, Millie, Tiny, Frank, Stanley, Ossie, and Horace, to mourn their loss, age 52. Interred at Waverley (Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 15 February 1916, page 8).

OBITUARY MR. PETER McCABE The death occurred in the Coonabarabran Hospital on October 5 of Mr. Peter McCabe, aged 87 years a resident of Napier Street, Binnaway. Before going to Binnawav to live, the late Mr. McCabe lived at Dunedoo and Neilrex. He resigned from the Educational Department in 1918, having entered the service at an early age. Schools of which he had charge included Clandulla, Carwell, Mayfield, Brisbane Valley, (Bathurst district), Baldry, Spicer's Creek and Drill Creek. He acquired a block of land on the famous Gillingall Estate, which he soon converted into a prosperous mixed farm. Deceased took a keen interest in public affairs holding with distinction the following positions: President, Macquarie District Farmers and Settlers Executive Council; President, Cobbora Shire Council: President, Mudgee Farmers' and Settlers' Executive Council (embracing from Rylstone to Coonabarabran) ; President, Dunedoo branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association; President, Dunedoo Soldiers' Memorial League; Coroner for the Dunedoo District; Director and Secretary, Dunedoo Co-op Society ; President, Dunedoo Show Society; Secretary and Treasurer Neilrex Reappraisement Group. His wife predeceased him in 1916, and one son Stanley, died in 1937. The late Mr. McCabe is survived by the following children: Frank (Warren), Ossie (Sydney), Horace (Purlewaugh), Nellie (Mrs Carroll, Mudgee), Millie (Mrs. Sullivan, Cheeseman's Creek), and Matilda (Mrs. Malvern Terrigal). Ten grandchildren, seven great-grand children also survive (Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, Monday 6 November 1950, page 2).