Robert Elder and Mary Smith

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Husband Robert Elder ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1767 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Apr 1813 - Elders Ridge, Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Mary Smith ^{1 2 6}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Dec 1857 4
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 F Margaret Elder ^{4 6 7}

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           Born: 1796 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jun 1837 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Ewing (      -1844) 4 7 8

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2 M Joshua Elder ^{2 4 6}

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           Born: 1798 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Nov 1825 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Mary Ann "Polly" Elder ^{2 4 9 10}

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           Born: 1800 4
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Blacklick Twp, Indiana Co, PA
         Buried:  - Ebenezer Presbyterian Cemetery, Lewisville, Indiana Co, PA

         Spouse: John Leard (1796-1858) 2 9 10
           Marr: Elders Ridge, Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA

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4 F Ann Elder ^{2 6 11}

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           Born: 1802 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1816 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M John Elder ^{2 11}

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           Born: 1804 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1823 11
         Buried: 

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6 F Hannah Elder ^{2 6 11}

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           Born: 1807 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1832 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Robert Elder ^{2 3 11}

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           Born: 23 Dec 1809 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1890 - ? Indiana Co, PA 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy Douglass (Abt 1815-1896) 11
           Marr: 20 Mar 1834 11

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Elder

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He was nineteen years of age when the family came across the Allegheny mountains from Dauphin County to the new home in Indiana County, in western Pennsylvania. He settled down to farming, making his home in Conemaugh township, on the eastern half of the original tract. He died while in the prime of life, being but forty-six years of age.

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 200.

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

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 961.

7 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 436, 503.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 663.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 823, 961.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 566.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 201.