Charles Sylvester Fetterman and Eliza McElroy

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Husband Charles Sylvester Fetterman ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 May 1840 - Beaver, Beaver Co, PA 1
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           Died: 17 Aug 1900 1
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         Father: Nathaniel Plummer Fetterman (1804/1805-      ) 3 4
         Mother: Anna Maria Dillon (      -      ) 1 4

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       Marriage: 17 Nov 1870 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary Douglass (      -Bef 1870) 1 - 1863 1

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Wife Eliza McElroy ¹

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         Father: J. M. McElroy (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Emilie Blake Fetterman ¹

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         Spouse: James Ernest Fulton (      -      ) 1

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2 M Dr. James McElroy Fetterman ¹

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3 F Agnes M. Fetterman ¹

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         Spouse: Thomas McCleary (      -      ) 1

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4 F Valeria J. Fetterman ¹

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5 M Robert D. Fetterman ¹

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6 M Jacob Henrici Fetterman ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Charles Sylvester Fetterman

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He was eight years of age when his family removed to Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and he attended the common schools of the South Side. This was supplemented by an academical course, during which he was frequently commended for his originality of thought. He then took up the study of law under the preceptorship of his father, completing his studies in 1864, and was examined and admitted to the Allegheny bar. His industry and powers of concentration of thought were remarkable. His rise was so rapid as to excite much comment from older members of the profession. His record was that of a man of well balanced mind and great intellect. He was noted for clearness and accuracy and for the impartiality of his rulings. During his career on the bench his rulings were never reversed by the supreme court. He was appointed to fill a vacancy on the bench of common pleas court No. 1, caused by the elevation of Judge James P. Sterrett, afterward chief justice, to the supreme court. He was nominated on the Republican ticket for the ensuing term, but was defeated. He was again a candidate for the bench in 1891, on the "Straight out" Republican ticket, and was defeated, although he polled twenty thousand votes. Judge Fetterman was assistant city attorney for Pittsburgh for a number of years, but declined a reappointment, as he wished to give his entire attention to his private practice. The first vote of Judge Fetterman was cast for Lincoln, and from that time he was a faithful and active worker for the Republican interests. The Economite Society owed much of its prosperity to the efforts of Judge Fetterman. He was the legal adviser of the famous Father Henrici for many years, and named one of his children for him. He was president of the Western Pennsylvania Historical Society for some years, and for a portion of that time member of the law examining board.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 74.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 691.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 73.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 690.