Husband W. P. Alcorn 1
Born: 13 Aug 1820 - Crawford Co, PA 1
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Marriage: Apr 1855 1
• Residence: : New Wilmington, Lawrence Co, PA.
Wife Margaret L. Lamb 1
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Father: Samuel Lamb ( -Aft 1877) 2
Mother: Unknown ( -Aft 1877)
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General Notes: Husband - W. P. Alcorn
His father was a native of Ireland, and came to America shortly after the close of the Revolutionary War. After a number of years spent in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, he removed to Crawford County. In 1824 the family moved into Venango County, at that time an almost uninhabited wilderness.
He reached his majority with the advantages of only one year's schooling, all told. He married in 1855 and came to New Wilmington, Lawrence County, in September, 1864, which was thereafter his residence.
In politics he was an uncompromising Republican. Upon the breaking out of the late civil war he offered himself three times as a volunteer in the service of his country, but owing to a disability he was not accepted. Being thus prevented from rendering any service in the ranks, he contributed liberally for the needs of the boys in the field.
Mr. Alcorn led a retired life on the soil, nearly half a century of which was passed in genuine pioneer style, with all its attendant privations and hardships.
He was a very staunch temperance advocate-indeed a decided prohibitionist.