Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Elder and Martha Robinson


Husband James Elder 1 2 3 

           Born: 1763 - Dauphin Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Apr 1813 - Indiana Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Robert Elder (1732-1790) 2 3 5
         Mother: Mary Taylor (      -1813) 2 3 5


       Marriage: 25 Dec 1792 4

Wife Martha Robinson 1 2 3 

           Born: 1772 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 May 1812 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Robert Robinson, Sr. (1739-1836) 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Rachel Weir (1738-1823) 7 9


Children
1 M Robert Robinson Elder 2 4 

           Born: 8 Oct 1793 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1858 - near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Sarah Sherer (1797/1798-1836) 2 11
           Marr: 8 Jun 1824 12

         Spouse: Elizabeth Galbraith Elder (1806-1862) 2 13
           Marr: May 1840 10

2 M David Elder 2 4 

           Born: 22 Aug 1795 - Maryland 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Apr 1879 - Elders Ridge, Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Juliana Sherer (1799-1879) 15
           Marr: 8 Dec 1825 12

3 M John Elder 2 16 17 18 

           Born: 2 Oct 1797 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1870 - Elders Ridge, Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 14 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth McKee (1805-1867) 2 16 17 18 19

4 F Mary "Polly" Elder 16 20 

           Born: 22 Oct 1799 or 1800 - Indiana Co, PA 16 21
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Miller Russell (Abt 1794-1875) 16 20
           Marr: 1829 21

5 M Joshua Elder 2 16 22 23 

           Born: 13 Jan 1802 or 18 Jan 1802 - Indiana Co, PA 24 25
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1883 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 14
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Eleanor W. Sherer (1802/1803-1837) 2 26
           Marr: 12 Mar 1826 or 1829 27

         Spouse: Mary C. Gillmor (Abt 1817-1844) 28
           Marr: 1 Jan 1839 28

         Spouse: Nancy Brown (1816-1887) 2 22 23 28
           Marr: 4 Dec 1845 24 28

6 M James A. Elder 2 29 

           Born: 18 Feb 1804 16
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1877 - Elders Ridge, Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 28
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Barnett (1807-      ) 2 29

7 F Rachel Elder 16 30 

           Born: 18 Dec 1806 16
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1840 - Jefferson Co, PA 28
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Whitby (      -Bef 1880) 2 30

         Spouse: Rev. Jesse Smith (      -Bef 1880) 2 16 31
           Marr: Apr 1829 28

8 M Thomas Elder 16 32 

           Born: 1 Mar 1810 16
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Coleman (      -Bef 1880) 16 33

         Spouse: Jane Moore (      -Bef 1880) 34

         Spouse: Martha Robinson (      -      ) 2

General Notes: Husband - James Elder


He removed to Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1786.

He married and settled on the half of the family farm that contained the first buildings. He was a large muscular man, full of courage and capable of great endurance, and thus was well fitted for pioneer life. His children used to say he never was known to feel any fear except on one occasion when coming home late at night from a neighbor's, where he had been butchering, the wolves in considerable numbers came up to him and circled around with hideous howlings. He pounded on a tree with a club and frightened them away. He was a ruling elder in the church of Ebenezer, chosen at the first election for officers of that order in that congregation which position he held till his death.

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Sources

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 192.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 960.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 199.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 187.

6 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 433.

7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 744.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 266.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 416.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 209.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 199, 209.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 197.

14 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 210.

15 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 199.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200.

17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 599.

18 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 13.

19 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 538.

20 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439, 503.

21 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 439.

22 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 52.

23 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1049.

24 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 53.

25 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200, 210.

26 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 200.

27 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 210.

28 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211.

29 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 70, 200.

30 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 703.

31 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 702.

32 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 393, 435, 503.

33 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 435, 503.

34 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 393, 503.

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