Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Daniel Kendig and Sarah Rutherford




Husband Daniel Kendig 1 2

           Born: 16 Mar 1802 - Sunbury, Northumberland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Dec 1876 - Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA
         Buried:  - Middletown, Dauphin Co, PA


         Father: John Kendig (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Susan Shelly (      -      ) 1



Wife Sarah Rutherford 1 2

           Born: Abt 1812
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Mar 1873 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Col. William Rutherford (1776-1850) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Swan (1779-1852) 2 3 5




Children

General Notes: Husband - Daniel Kendig


He went to Middletown, Pennsylvania, when quite young, and was apprenticed to his brother Martin to learn saddlery; subsequently entering into partnership in the lumber trade, then the great business of that town. In 1862 he was appointed Assessor of Internal Revenue for the district, which position he held until removed by President Johnson. He was at one time a candidate for sheriff, but defeated. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church.

He left children by both his wives.

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Sources


1 Wm. H. Egle, Notes and Queries, Chiefly Relating to the History of Dauphin County (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 35.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1012.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 532, 557.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1001, 1011.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 156.


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