James Stright and Mary J. McCormick

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Husband James Stright ¹

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           Born: 2 Mar 1832 - New Vernon Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: Joseph Stright (      -1877) 3 4
         Mother: Olivia Coulter (      -      ) 1 4

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       Marriage: 1860 2

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Wife Mary J. McCormick ²

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         Father: James McCormick (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 F Lizzie Stright ²

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         Spouse: Ira C. Zahniser (1858-      ) 2 5
           Marr: 1880 5

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General Notes: Husband - James Stright

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He received his education at the schools of the period, and engaged as clerk in the old Mineral Ridge store, under J. & William Ward, where he remained a number of years, and then entered the store of Montgomery & McElwain in New Vernon, Pennsylvania. In 1860 he formed a copartnership with John McElwain, which continued two years, conducting a general mercantile store. For one year he engaged as time-keeper in the building of the Jamestown & Franklin Railroad, and engaged in manufacturing shingles and lumber on the homestead. In 1872 he formed a copartnership with J. M. McCormick, and established a general mercantile store at Clark’s Mills. They dissolved in 1880, and then he was been engaged in the lumber business. He was an honorary member of the K. & L. of H. and a member of the A. O. U. W., of Clark’s Mills. He was a member of the Democratic party, and held several township offices.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1126.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1127.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1106, 1126.

4 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 13.

5 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 135.