Rev. Dr. George Junkin, D.D., LL.D. and Julia Rush Miller

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Husband Rev. Dr. George Junkin, D.D., LL.D. ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1 Nov 1790 - New Kingston, Cumberland Co, PA 5
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           Died: 20 May 1868 - Philadelphia, PA 3 5
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         Father: Joseph Junkin (1750-1831) 1 4 6 7 8 9
         Mother: Elinor Cochran (1760-1812) 10

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       Marriage: 1 Jun 1819 11

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Wife Julia Rush Miller ¹¹

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         Father: John Miller, Esq. (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Margaret Irvin (      -      ) 11

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Children

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1 M John Miller Junkin ¹¹

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           Born: 21 Jul 1821 11
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         Spouse: Julia Imlay (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 1852 11

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2 M Joseph Junkin ¹¹

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           Born: 1823 11
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3 M George Junkin ¹¹

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4 M Ebenezer Denny Junkin ¹¹

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5 M William Finney Junkin ¹¹

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6 F Margaret Junkin ¹¹

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         Spouse: Col. John P. L. Preston (      -      ) 3 11
           Marr: 1857 11

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7 F Eleanor Junkin ¹¹

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         Spouse: Maj. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (1824-1863) 3 11
           Marr: 4 Aug 1853 11

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8 F [Unk] Junkin

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         Spouse: Prof. Junius F. Fishburn (      -1858) 11

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Dr. George Junkin, D.D., LL.D.

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He had been devoted by the thoughts and prayers of his parents in early life to the gospel ministry. He was the founder of several educational establishments, the greatest and most permanently successful of which was LaFayette College, at Easton, Pennsylvania. He was very prominent in the Barnes' conflict in the Presbyterian Church, in 1833, being, in fact, the prosecutor on that occasion, and which finally resulted in a split in the church. When the Civil War broke out he was president of the Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. Two of his daughters had married Virginians, professors in the Military Institute, Col. Preston and Maj. (Stonewall) Jackson. They took the side of their state, he, that of the Federal Government. He abandoned his post as president of the university, and came north, and when the war was over Gen. Lee was elected to the vacancy. In 1862, while the war was raging, he delivered an address on the 4th of July to the people of Mercer, Pennsylvania. Fifty years before, after the War of 1812 commenced, he had addressed the Mercer Blues, at a 4th of July celebration held on the farm of John Findley, near the town.

He was graduated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1813, and studied theology in the seminary of Dr. Mason, in New York City. He was ordained as an evangelist, June 29, 1818, by the Associate Reformed Presbytery of Philadelphia. In 1819, he received a call to Milton, Pennsylvania, which he accepted, and remained twelve years, notwithstanding, that he joined the Presbyterian body in 1822. In 1830, he took charge of the Manual Labor Academy at Germantown, and in 1832, became president of Lafayette College. In 1841, he was made president of Miami University, Ohio, but returned to Lafayette in 1844, and remained until 1848, when he became president of Washington College, Virginia, later Washington and Lee University. He was at the head of the college at the outbreak of the Civil War, when he resigned because a secession flag was hoisted over the institution, and returned to the North. He was eminent in the councils of the Presbyterian Church, and was the author of a number of theological works. He received the degree of D. D. from his alma mater in 1833.

1 Conway P. Wing, D.D., History of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, with Illustrations (Philadelphia, PA: James D. Scott, 1879), Pg 212.

2 J. Smith Futhey & Gilbert Cope, History of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1881), Pg 520.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 963.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 409.

5 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 414.

6 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 168.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 35.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 959.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 489.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 35, 168.

11 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 415.