Henry Harrison "Harry" McCormick and Martha Sharon

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Husband Henry Harrison "Harry" McCormick ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1840 2 3
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           Died: 1885 2 3
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         Father: John McCormick (1789-1873) 1 4 5 6
         Mother: Esther Sowash (1796-1866) 1 5 7 8

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       Marriage: 1875 9

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Wife Martha Sharon ^{3 9}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1885
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         Father: Joseph Sharon (      -      ) 10
         Mother: Eliza Maholm (      -      ) 10

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Harrison "Harry" McCormick

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He was very young at the beginning of the war of the rebellion, but saw service before it was concluded. He read law and was admitted to the bar of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and also in Allegheny County, where he practiced from the time of his admission until his death. He was an able lawyer, was popular with his fellow attorneys, had a fine appearance, and readily adapted himself to any situation. He served in the legislature of Pennsylvania and was speaker in the house of representatives in 1874. A little later he was appointed United States attorney for the western district of Pennsylvania by President Grant and served as such about five years. He returned to private practice in 1880, and continued until his death. Generous, brilliant, possessing an excellent knowledge of the law, a great influence with his fellows, he was one of the most popular men at the Pittsburgh bar. It was his delight to help a friend, and the younger attorneys especially received from him many words of counsel and many acts of kindness. Harry McCormick, as he was popularly called, was engaged in the trials of many noted cases, and his fame as an attorney spread all over western Pennsylvania, and had he lived longer doubtless he would have received many further honors both in the forensic and political world.

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Sharon

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from Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 558.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 635.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1215.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 629.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1214.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 51.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 630.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 52.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 636.

10 Charles A. Hanna, Ohio Valley Genealogies (New York, 1900), Pg 80.