John McMurdy and Jane Gilmore

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Husband John McMurdy ¹

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           Born: 25 Nov 1809 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: George McMurdy (1788-1850) 2 3 4
         Mother: Polly Martin (1783-1871) 3 4 5

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       Marriage: 1836 1

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   Other Spouse: Nancy Vogus (1825-1859) 6 - Abt 1859

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Wife Jane Gilmore ¹

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            AKA: Jeane Gilmore
           Born: May 1816 - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 9 Jul 1858 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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         Father: Joseph Gilmore (Abt 1775-1819) 1 7 8
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Chambers (1783-1871)

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Children

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1 M George McMurdy ¹

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2 F Sarah McMurdy ¹

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         Spouse: Robert Shaw (      -      ) 1

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3 F Emaline McMurdy

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4 F Isabella McMurdy ¹

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           Born: Abt 1849 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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5 M Joseph McMurdy ¹

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           Born: Abt 1851 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1890
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6 F Catherine McMurdy

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           Born: Abt 1853 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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7 F Mary Ann McMurdy

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           Born: 1856 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 1936
         Buried:  - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 9

         Spouse: [Unk] Shaw (      -1905)

         Spouse: James B. Smith (1844-1915) 10
           Marr: 12 Feb 1908 - Nectarine, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

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8 F Ellen Nancy McMurdy ¹

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           Born: Abt 1858 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: Bef 1890
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General Notes: Husband - John McMurdy

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He was born on the family homestead and spent his early life on the farm. In 1832 he built a distillery on the homestead farm, which he operated for a few years. He then engaged in farming upon a part of the old place. He was a Democrat, having cast his first and last vote for that party. He filled the offices of school director and road commissioner.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane Gilmore

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She died in1845, and was the mother of five children: George, Nancy, Isabella, Sarah, and Joseph. [HVC 1890, 945]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527, 953.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 327.

4 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 296.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527, 954.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954, 999.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1359.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 360.

9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 71.

10 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 92.

11 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #8080.