Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Magill and Sarah Ross




Husband John Magill 1

           Born: 1803 - County Down, Ireland 1
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           Died: Sep 1875 - West Deer Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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Wife Sarah Ross 1

           Born: 1801 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Mar 1869 1
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Children
1 M Thomas Magill, M.D. 1

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2 M John Ross Magill 1

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3 F Mary Agnes Magill 2 3

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           Died: 1873 3 4
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         Spouse: John M. Allison (1830-1909) 2 3
           Marr: 1855 4


4 F Martha Magill 1

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           Died: Bef 1889
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         Spouse: John Given (      -      ) 1


5 F Sarah Elizabeth Magill 1

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         Spouse: John Ralston (      -      ) 1


6 M William Henry Magill 1

           Born: Apr 1841 - Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Phoebe Jane Crawford (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1868 1


7 F Margaret Ann Magill 1

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8 M George Chambers Magill 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Magill


He was born in County Down, Ireland, and came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, when seventeen years of age. He married and settled on the Magill farm, West Deer township, Allegheny County, in 1828.
He was a leader in local affairs and county politics, and was county auditor for two terms; was several years assistant assessor of revenue, and held many local offices. He was many years a school director, and took a great interest in education. He was a whig and then a republican. In his later days he lived in Freeport, where he carried on the manufacture of woolen goods. He was brought up a Seceder, was then a United Presbyterian, and one of the organizers of the East Union U. P. Church, in 1850. He died at his old home in West Deer township.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 674.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 652, 674.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 380.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 652.


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