Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Maj. George Dugan and Nancy Alter




Husband Maj. George Dugan 1 2

           Born: 1783 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Nancy Alter 1 2 3

           Born: 1799 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1882
         Buried: 


         Father: David Alter (1775-1838) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Mull (      -      ) 1




Children
1 M John Westley Dugan 8

           Born: 5 Dec 1820 - near Parnassus, Westmoreland Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jan 1901 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret McElrow (      -1875) 8



General Notes: Husband - Maj. George Dugan


The first of this family of whom we have any record, he was probably the founder of the family in America. He had an Irish father and a Welsh mother, and came to Puckety creek in 1795. He took up farming as a means of livelihood, but his education had fitted him for more learned duties. He was a well-educated man, was justice of the peace for twenty years, having been appointed by the governor. He served as major and captain in the militia, and was in service in the War of 1812. He was a Presbyterian, and was a leading man in the community in religious as well as educational matters.
He and his wife had a number of children, most of whom died before maturity.

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Sources


1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 364.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 397.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1313.

4 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 364, 711.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 489.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 517.

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

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 398.


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