John Parke Rutherford and Eliza Rutherford

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Husband John Parke Rutherford ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1802 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 12 May 1871 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Col. William Rutherford (1776-1850) 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Swan (1779-1852) 4 6 7

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       Marriage: Oct 1824 6

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Wife Eliza Rutherford ^{1 2}

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           Born: 30 Oct 1801 - Dauphin Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 30 Jan 1850 or 1860 - Swatara Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Samuel Rutherford (1769-1833) 8 9
         Mother: Elizabeth Brisban (1770-      ) 8

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Children

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1 M Samuel Silas Brisbin Rutherford ¹⁰

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            AKA: Samuel Silas Brisban Rutherford 1
           Born: 28 Apr 1825 - Dauphin Co, PA 10
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Spouse: Mary Caroline Walker (1842-1874) 11
           Marr: 28 Aug 1860 6

         Spouse: Annie Walker (1843-      ) 12

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2 M William Swan Rutherford ^{1 12}

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           Born: 19 Aug 1827 6
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           Died: 24 Jan 1895 6
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         Spouse: J. Eliza Rutherford (Abt 1841-1891) 13

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3 M John Alexander Rutherford ^{1 6}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1830 6
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           Died: 17 Dec 1891 6
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4 F Elizabeth Martha Rutherford ^{1 6}

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           Born: 26 Jun 1833 6
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           Died: Aft 1896
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5 F Sarah Margaret Rutherford ^{1 6}

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           Born: 21 Aug 1835 6
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Spouse: Rev. Job D. Randolph (      -      ) 1 6

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6 F Mary Jane Rutherford ^{1 6 14}

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           Born: 9 Dec 1837 6
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Spouse: John Elder (      -      ) 6 14

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7 F Eleanor Gilchrist Rutherford ¹

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           Born: 15 Apr 1841 6
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           Died: Aft 1896
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General Notes: Husband - John Parke Rutherford

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He was a farmer, and brought up in that pursuit. He held many places of public trust in his life; was superintendent of the Wiconisco Canal as early as 1837, an auditor of Dauphin County, a jury commissioner, and was vice-president and treasurer of the Pennsylvania State Agricultural Society. He was a strong anti-slavery advocate, as all his family were, and many a weary pilgrim in the days of the fugitive slave act, sore of foot and heart, found in Capt. Rutherford hospitable assistance, material aid, and manly encouragement. He hated slavery because he considered it a moral sin and a political blight upon the free institutions of America. During the Rebellion he served as quartermaster in the United States army, ranking fourth on the list. While stationed at Harper's Ferry he was captured in one of the raids on that stronghold, but released on parole. He was then ordered to Camp Douglas, and subsequently to Charleston, South Carolina. In the latter city, about the close of the war, he contracted a disease from the effects of which he never fully recovered. He died at his residence in Swatara on the 12th of May, 1871, aged sixty-nine years.

He and his wife were members of the Paxtang Presbyterian church.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 557.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 226, 1012.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 226.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 532, 557.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1001, 1011.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1012.

7 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 156.

8 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 595.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1011, 1048.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1011.

11 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1012, 1015.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1012, 1016.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1016.

14 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211.