Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Col. William Rutherford and Sarah Swan


Husband Col. William Rutherford 1 2 

           Born: 4 Aug 1776 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jan 1850 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 3 5
         Buried:  - Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Lancaster Co, PA


         Father: Capt. John Rutherford (1737-1804) 3 6 7
         Mother: Margaret Parke (Abt 1737-1810) 8


       Marriage: 17 Mar 1801 3 5

Wife Sarah Swan 1 5 9 

           Born: 1 Jan 1779 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jun 1852 - near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3 5
         Buried:  - Paxtang Cemetery, Paxtang, Lancaster Co, PA


         Father: William Swan (1745-Bef 1787) 3 5 10
         Mother: Martha Renick (      -      ) 10 11


Children
1 M John Parke Rutherford 12 13 

           Born: 14 Feb 1802 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 12 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 May 1871 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 12 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Eliza Rutherford (1801-1850/1860) 12 13
           Marr: Oct 1824 5

2 F Martha Rutherford 5 

           Born: Abt 1803
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Oct 1851 5
         Buried: 






3  M  Dr. William Wilson Rutherford 12 15 16





           Born: 23 Nov 1805 - Paxtang (later Swatara) Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 12 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1873 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 12 17
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Eleanor Crain (1805-      ) 12 15 16






4  M  Dr. Hiram Rutherford 5





           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1896
         Buried: 








5  F  Margaret Rutherford 5





           Born: Abt 1809
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jun 1889 5
         Buried: 








6  M  Samuel Rutherford 5





           Born: Abt 1811
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Mar 1872 5
         Buried: 








7  F  Sarah Rutherford 5 18





           Born: Abt 1812
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Mar 1873 5
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Daniel Kendig (1802-1876) 5 18






8  M  Abner Rutherford 19











           Born: 31 Mar 1814 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 20
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Sep 1890 or 1891 21
         Buried:  - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA



         Spouse: Ann Espy (1812/1812-Aft 1896) 22 23
           Marr: 28 Feb 1839 24






9  F  Mary Rutherford 5





           Born: Abt Jun 1817
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Apr 1818 5
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Did Not Marry






10  M  Cyrus Green Rutherford 5





           Born: Abt 1820
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1850 5
         Buried: 











General Notes: Husband - Col. William Rutherford




He received a fair education, and was brought up as a farmer. Born amid the thunders of the Revolution, he inherited the military spirit of his father, and became quite prominent as an officer, serving in all the grades from a lieutenant up to that of a commission of colonel, which office he declined. In 1816 he was elected a director of the poor, and served as a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1819 to 1821, and again from 1829 to 1831. Politically, he was a Whig. He and his wife were members of the Paxtang Presbyterian church. He died on the farm on which he was born and spent his life.



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Sources






1
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 532, 557.

2
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1001, 1011.

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

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

5
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1012.

6
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 177, 1001, 1011.

7
Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 33.

8
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 177, 1011.

9
William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 156.

10
William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 155.

11
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1001.

12
William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 557.

13
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 226, 1012.

14
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 226.

15
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 363, 1012.

16
William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 151.

17
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 363.

18
Wm. H. Egle, Notes and Queries, Chiefly Relating to the History of Dauphin County (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 35.

19
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 236, 697, 1001, 1012.

20
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 236, 1001.

21
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 236, 1002, 1012.

22
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 236, 697, 1001.

23
William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 222.

24
—, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 697, 1001.







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