Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Borlin and Caroline Regina Reamer




Husband James Borlin 1 2 3




            AKA: James Borland 1
           Born: 19 Jan 1820 - Salem Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Sep 1899 - ? Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3 4
         Buried: 


         Father: [Ancestor] Borland (      -      )
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Hannah Reamer (      -      ) 1 5 - 27 Jan 1842 1 6



Wife Caroline Regina Reamer 5 7

           Born: 
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         Father: Jacob Reamer (1783-      ) 6 8
         Mother: Sarah Kemp (1793-      ) 1 5




Children
1 F Agnes Cline Borlin 6 7

           Born: 
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         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jesse Cunningham (      -      ) 6 7


2 M James Buchanan Borlin 6 7

           Born: 29 Sep 1856 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Louisa Belle Eastham (      -      ) 6 7
           Marr: 28 Jul 1892 - Wheeling, Ohio Co, WV 7


3 F Amelia Anna Borlin 6 7

           Born: 23 Apr 1859 6 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Sep 1862 6 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 F Lucy Bigelow Borlin 6 7

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert C. Roberts (      -      ) 6 7


5 F Mary Margaret Borlin 6 7

            AKA: Mary M. Berlin 9
           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William D. Walthour (1858-      ) 10 11
           Marr: 27 Oct 1886 9


6 F Katherine Klingensmith Borlin 6 7

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - James Borlin


He learned the trade of tanning, which he followed for a number of years in connection with the butcher business, and then engaged in the hotel business. His first venture in that line was the Western Inn (Cope House), and this was followed by the Harbaugh House, corner of Main and Pittsburg streets, and by The Exchange (New Fisher House). He removed to Chicago, Illinois, in 1864, where he conducted the Cass House, corner of Canal and Mitchell streets. He returned to Greensburg one year later and commenced business in the oil, livery and teaming lines, at Pit Hole. He built the Laird House in 1868 (burned in 1887), which he conducted successfully for a number of years. He was a large dealer in live stock of all kinds, part of his business consisting of taking horses overland to the state of Iowa, in the fifties, and he shipped horses and cattle to the New York and Philadelphia markets. He removed to McKeesport in 1885, conducting the Jerome House there, then settling in Glenwood, Pittsburgh, in 1890, where, in association with his son, James Buchanan, he opened the Electric Hotel, which was a very profitable venture. He sold this in 1899 to his son-in-law, Charles A. Warfield, and returned to Greensburg, where his last days were spent. He was elected sheriff of Westmoreland County, in 1877, by the largest majority any candidate ever polled for any office in that county. He was a consistent member of the German Reformed church.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 394.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 286, 399.

3 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 206.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 286.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 287, 399.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 287.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 395.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 155.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 546.

10 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 395, 512.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 545.


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