Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Adam Henry Orth and Elizabeth Cox




Husband Adam Henry Orth 1 2 3

           Born: 1798 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 15 Oct 1833 2
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         Father: Christian Henry Orth (1773-1816) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Rebecca Rahm (1773-1842/1843) 4 8


       Marriage: 3 May 1832 2



Wife Elizabeth Cox 1 9

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         Father: John Bowes Cox, Sr. (1780-1831) 10
         Mother: Matilda Willis McAllister (1787-1858) 10




Children

General Notes: Husband - Adam Henry Orth


He studied law, and was admitted to the Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, bar at the November term, 1822. He held the office of district attorney for Dauphin County in 1827 and 1828, and for several years, in addition to the duties of his profession, he was transcribing clerk of the House of Representatives.

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 249.

2 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 523.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 371.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 248.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 523, 530.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 200, 370.

7 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 384.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 200, 371.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 239, 371.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 239.


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