Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Moorhead and Jane Elizabeth Sharpe




Husband James Moorhead 1

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Wife Jane Elizabeth Sharpe 1

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Children
1 M Hon. James Sharpe Moorhead 1 2 3

           Born: 5 Nov 1847 1
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         Spouse: Elizabeth W. Singer (      -      ) 2 4
           Marr: Aug 1871 4



General Notes: Husband - James Moorhead

Indiana, Indiana Co, PA

His ancestors were among the first settlers of the county of Indiana, Pennsylvania. His grandfather was captured by the Indians about 1760 and taken by them to Quebec, where he was exchanged for French prisoners captured by English soldiers and Colonists. His wife's ancestors were related to the Sharpes in the Cumberland Valley of Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 37.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 163.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 68.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 38.


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