Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Andrew Hamilton Witherspoon and Mary H. Clapman




Husband Andrew Hamilton Witherspoon 1

           Born: 21 Feb 1839 1
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         Father: David Witherspoon (1798-1884) 2 3
         Mother: Massie Ann Caruthers (      -1876) 2 4


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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Caruthers (      -1881) 1 - 12 Jun 1869 - Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA 1



Wife Mary H. Clapman 1

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         Father: Samuel Clapman (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 1




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1 F Edith O. Witherspoon 1

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2 M Samuel C. Witherspoon 1

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3 M Andrew C. Witherspoon 1

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4 M Robert H. Witherspoon 1

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5 M Maurice M. Witherspoon 1

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Hamilton Witherspoon


He was reared on the old Witherspoon homestead in Guilford township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the public schools and at the Chambersburg Academy. As a young man, he went to Sacramento, California, by the Panama route, where he remained three years. After his return he farmed the home place for one year, and then went to Jefferson County, West Virginia, where he was engaged in farming for eighteen years. Returning to Franklin County he settled at Guilford Springs in 1889, where he was appointed postmaster by President Harrison, and made station agent by the Cumberland Valley Railroad. He also conducted a general merchandising business. He was a life long Republican and a member of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 340.

2 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 802.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 337.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 338.


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