"Thomas McKean, one of the retired successful merchants of the borough of Washington, is a native of the county, having been born September 14, 1820, in Amwell township." ... "Thomas McKean, of whom this sketch chiefly treats, was eight years old when the family came to live in the borough of Washington."
"He received his education partly at the schools of his native township [Amwell] and partly in Washington, and learned manufacturing tobacco and cigars, ..."
"...[He] learned manufacturing tobacco and cigars, which he carried on, wholesale and retail, for forty-five years, opening out for his own account September 25, 1843, and retiring from same in 1888. His original stand was the room now occupied as the office of the Washington Reporter. At his retirement he was about the only man in Washington who was in business there when he commenced in 1843."
