John McMasters Larimer and Mary Emily Markle

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Husband John McMasters Larimer ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 24 May 1843 - North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: James Irwin Larimer (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Nancy McMasters (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 21 May 1868 2 3

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Wife Mary Emily Markle ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 7 Sep 1846 3 4
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         Father: Gen. Cyrus Painter Markle (1810-1882) 5 6
         Mother: Sarah Ann Lippincott (1814-1868) 4 6 7

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Children

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1 M Cyrus P. Markle Larimer ^{1 2 3}

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2 M James Irwin Larimer ³

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3 F Nancy McMasters "Nannie" Larimer ^{2 3}

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4 M Thomas McMasters Markle Larimer ^{1 2 3}

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5 M John McMasters Larimer, Jr. ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Lorraine Goehring (      -      ) 3

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6 M Paul Wilfred Larimer ^{2 3}

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         Spouse: Irene Simpson (      -      ) 3

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7 M Cornelius King Larimer ³

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General Notes: Husband - John McMasters Larimer

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In 1857 he came with his parents to a farm in Versailles, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. While attending New Wilmington College, before completing his eighteenth year, he joined Co. E, 105th P. V. I., and entered the Army of the Potomac under Col. A. A. McKnight. Besides some preliminary skirmishes in the peninsular campaign, he participated in the battles of Williamsburg and Fair Oaks, and although his hat and blouse were pierced with bullets in the latter engagement, he escaped without a scratch, but was taken prisoner while trying to remove his wounded friend, later Col. Gray, of Allegheny County, from the field. After fifteen weeks in Salisbury, Libby and Belle Isle prisons, and narrowly escaping death from starvation, he was exchanged and soon discharged on account of disability. After a period of rest at home, in 1863 he recruited a part of Co. F, 14th Regt., S. V., and participated in the capture of Gen. Morgan. In this company he held the rank of first lieutenant under Capt. Taggart, had command most of the time, and the distribution of the captured horses was also placed in his charge. In the fall of 1864 he recruited eighteen men, whom he accompanied as private and joined the 6th P. H. A., under Col. Barnes, and was at once made first lieutenant. For a time the company did guard-duty on the Orange & Alexandria railroad, after which Lieut. Larimer was made ordnance-officer on Col. Barnes' staff, in charge of the fortifications about Washington. Here he remained until discharged in 1865, his services being no longer required, and participated in the grand review by Gen. Grant. Thus at the age of twenty-one years Mr. Larimer was possessed of three honorable discharges from the United States' service, and one from the State of Pennsylvania.
After a year in mercantile business at Leavenworth, Kansas, he opened in the same line at Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. He carried on a lumber and livery business in addition to a general store, and was also engaged in farming and stock-breeding, giving special attention to registered Jersey and Holstein cattle.
He and his wife were among the charter members of the First Presbyterian Church of Braddock, of which he was an elder. He was among the most active workers of the republican party.

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 657.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 507.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 273.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 563.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 562.

6 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 272.

7 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 706.