Hon. Uylsses Mercur and Sarah Simpson Davis

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Husband Hon. Uylsses Mercur ¹

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           Born: 12 Aug 1818 2
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           Died: 6 Jun 1887 - Wallingford, Delaware Co, PA 2
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         Father: Henry Mercur (1786-1868) 1
         Mother: Mary Watts (1790-1830) 1

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       Marriage: 12 Jun 1850 - Davisville, Bucks Co, PA 1

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Wife Sarah Simpson Davis ¹

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           Born: 10 Nov 1822 - Davisville, Bucks Co, PA 1
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           Died: 20 Apr 1896 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 1
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         Father: Gen. John Davis (1788-1876) 3
         Mother: Amy Hart (1784/1784-1847) 3

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Children

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1 M Rodney Augustus Mercur ⁴

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           Born: 29 Sep 1851 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Mary Ward (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 12 Jun 1879 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4

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2 M John Davis Mercur ⁴

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           Born: 14 Jul 1853 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Jessie Corinne Hildreth (      -1900) 4
           Marr: 11 Nov 1896 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Sue Fryer Rahn (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 24 Jan 1903 4

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3 F Mary Eliza Mercur ⁴

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           Born: 4 May 1855 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Benjamin Franklin Eshelman (1847-1903) 4
           Marr: 21 Dec 1876 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4

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4 M James Watts Mercur ⁴

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           Born: 3 Dec 1856 - Towanda, Bradford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Marietta Elizabeth Honore Denis (1858-      ) 4
           Marr: 1 Mar 1881 - Philadelphia, PA 5

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5 M Ulysses Mercur, Jr. ⁴

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           Born: 12 Mar 1867 4
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Uylsses Mercur

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He graduated with high honors at Jefferson College in 1848. He studied law and being admitted to the bar, practiced his profession at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, until 1861, when he was appointed President Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District of Pennsylvania, to succeed judge David Wilmot, of "Wilmot Proviso" fame. Judge Mercur presided over the courts of that district until 1864, when he resigned and accepted the unanimous nomination of the Republican party to represent his district in the National House of Representatives, and was elected. He served four terms in Congress with marked ability, and in 1872 was elected to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, to succeed Chief Justice Thompson, and December 26, 1882, became Chief Justice, by seniority of commission, and continued to serve as such until his death. His career on the bench, and his decisions as a Justice, were typical of the man, pure, just, straightforward, logical, and consistent, without unnecessary ornamentation. At a Bar Meeting held at Pittsburg, in his honor and memory, one of the speakers said of him: "In connection with this office, nothing can be said of him that is not to his honor. There is no taint on the purity of his ermine, the hot breath of calumny has never touched him, and no question was ever made of the integrity of his life. His daily walk and conversation were pure and without reproach. He was distinguished by a saving common sense. His opinions have been accepted by the judgment of the profession as sound. They are dearly expressed, without ornament or affectation. They are consistent with the character of the man, showing his industry, his uprightness, his straightforwardness, his ambition to do right, and are expressed in clear, simple, pure English. They will remain while the Commonwealth lasts, an enduring monument to his honor."
Before his elevation to the bench, Judge Mercur took an active interest in the success of the Republican party, with whose policies and principles he was in entire accord; he was a member of the first Republican Convention, held at Pittsburg, in 1856, at the birth of the party to which he gave his unswerving allegiance thereafter. During his eight years in Congress, 1864-72, a critical period in the nation's history, he was universally recognized as a useful and influential member of that body, who had the best interests of his country at heart. Religiously he was a member of the Protestant Episcopal church, and a regular attendant of its services.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 380.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 383.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 377.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 384.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 385.