James McAllister Ralston and Margaret Jane Dunlap

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Husband James McAllister Ralston ¹

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           Born: 14 Jan 1823 - near Newville, Cumberland Co, PA 2
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         Father: David Ralston (1784-1849) 3
         Mother: Lacey McAllister (Abt 1790-1863) 2

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Wife Margaret Jane Dunlap ⁴

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         Father: James Dunlap (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Margaret Mateer (      -      ) 5

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   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )

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Children

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1 M James Dunlap Ralston ⁴

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2 M William Wallace Ralston ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - James McAllister Ralston

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Mechanicsburg, Cumberland Co, PA - a banker

He was raised on a farm, and when in his seventeenth year (in 1839) moved with his parents to an old farm (later owned by him) four miles west of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which was located by his great-grandfather, Archibald McAllister, 1728, who purchased over 1,000 acres of land on both sides of McAllister Spring from William Penn. The old foundation of the second mill built west of the Susquehanna River was on this tract.

1 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 423, 586.

2 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 424.

3 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 424, 586.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 69.

5 —, History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warners, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 432.