Joshua Elder and Eleanor W. Sherer

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Husband Joshua Elder ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1802 or 18 Jan 1802 - Indiana Co, PA 5 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1883 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: James Elder (1763-1813) 2 8 9
         Mother: Martha Robinson (1772-1812) 2 8 9

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       Marriage: 12 Mar 1826 or 1829 10

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   Other Spouse: Mary C. Gillmor (Abt 1817-1844) 11 - 1 Jan 1839 11

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   Other Spouse: Nancy Brown (1816-1887) 1 2 4 11 - 4 Dec 1845 5 11

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Wife Eleanor W. Sherer ^{2 12}

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            AKA: Elenora Shearer 4
           Born: 1802 or 1803 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Apr 1837 7
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Samuel Sherer (1755-1821) 13
         Mother: Elizabeth Barnett (1761-1816) 13

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Children

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1 M Joshua Reed Elder ⁷

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2 M David Robinson Elder ¹¹

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         Spouse: Mary E. Cowden (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 18 Feb 1858 11

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3 M John Elder ^{11 14}

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         Spouse: Mary Jane Rutherford (1837-Aft 1896) 11 14 15

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General Notes: Husband - Joshua Elder

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He was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. When a young man he came to Dauphin County, where he married and engaged in farming in Swatara township. He was an elder in the Paxtang Presbyterian church.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 52.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1049.

5 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 53.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200, 210.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 210.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 192.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 960.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 210.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 72, 200.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 65.

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

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