Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Morehead and Catherine Henderson




Husband James Morehead 1 2

            AKA: James Moorhead 3 4
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         Father: William Morehead (      -1819) 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Barnett (1748-1832) 6 7 8


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Wife Catherine Henderson 4 9

           Born:  - Armstrong Co, PA
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Children
1 M William Morehead 4 9

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2 M Joseph Morehead 4 9

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3 M Samuel Morehead 4 9

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4 M John Morehead 4 9

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5 M Hugh Henderson Morehead 4 9 10

           Born: 8 Jul 1814 - Lawrence Co, PA 4 9
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           Died: 3 Jan 1899 10
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         Spouse: Rachel Falls (      -1911) 4 10 11 12
           Marr: 26 Jan 1841 9


6 F Selinda Morehead 9

            AKA: Salinda Moorhead 4
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         Spouse: [Unk] McCleary (      -      ) 9


7 M James Morehead 4 9

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8 F Elizabeth Morehead 1 4

           Born:  - Lawrence Co, PA
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         Spouse: Alexander S. McKinley (1822-1896) 13 14


9 M Harvey Morehead 4 9

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General Notes: Husband - James Morehead


He inherited the family estate and lived on it until his death.

He lived on the homestead between New Castle and Mahoningtown, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and carried on pursuits which were of an agricultural nature.
He lived to the age of eighty-two years, and his wife to the age of sixty-six. In their religious beliefs and attachments, they strongly favored the Presbyterian Church and he was a supporter of the Whig party.

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Sources


1 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 314.

2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 111.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 66.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 554.

5 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 741.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 63.

7 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 29.

8 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 111, 123.

9 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 247.

11 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 184.

12 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 30, 93.

13 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 314, 391.

14 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 51.


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