Husband John B. McPherson 1
Born: 15 Nov 1789 - near Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 1
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Died: 4 Jan 1858 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 1
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Father: Lt. William McPherson (Abt 1757-1832) 1
Mother: Mary Carrick ( - ) 1
Marriage: 25 Apr 1810 or 1811 - Frederick, MD 1 2
Wife Catharine Lenhart 1 2
Born: 10 Oct 1791 2
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Died: 25 Jan 1859 2
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Father: Godfrey Lenhart, Esq. (1754-1819) 1 2
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Herbach (1753-1835) 3
Children
1 M Hon. Edward McPherson 4 5 6
Born: 31 Jul 1830 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Anna Dodd Crawford ( - ) 5 7
Marr: 19 Nov 1862 7
General Notes: Husband - John B. McPherson
He was born on the farm on which his great-grandfather settled in 1738. He lost his mother when quite young, and spent several of his earlier years with his grandfather, Capt. Samuel Carrick, of the neighborhood of Emmetsburg, Maryland. He subsequently returned to his home, where he spent his youth. He received a fair education at the academies of Gettysburg and York. He spent several years of his life in Frederick City, Maryland, with his uncle, Col. John McPherson, and for a year was a clerk in the Branch Bank, located in that place. Early in 1814 he removed to Gettysburg with a view to entering the mercantile business, but on the 26th of May of that year, he was elected cashier of the bank of Gettysburg, then recently chartered and organized. He continued in that position until his death, a period of nearly forty-four years. He had superior business ability and courteous manners, combined with strength of character and a high sense of personal and official honor. He participated actively in municipal and county affairs, and filled many posts of trust. He was highly intelligent and well read, and was a patron and efficient friend to Pennsylvania College, of whose board of trustees he was president at the time of his death. His widow survived him about one year.