Judge William Dock and Margaret Gilliard

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Husband Judge William Dock ^{1 2}

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           Born: 3 Feb 1793 - East Earl Twp, Lancaster Co, PA 1
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           Died: 4 Aug 1868 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Philip Dock (1757-1830) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Killian (1763-1848) 1

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       Marriage: 1818 1

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Wife Margaret Gilliard ¹

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           Born: Abt 1794
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           Died: 30 May 1862 1
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Children

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1 M William Gilliard Dock ¹

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2 M Dr. George Dock ³

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           Born: 23 May 1823 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
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           Died: 17 Aug 1875 3
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         Spouse: Clara S. Rehrer (      -Aft 1883) 4
           Marr: 30 Jul 1844 1

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3 M Gilliard Dock ¹

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4 M William Dock ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Judge William Dock

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He was born in East Earl township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In 1800 his parents removed to Newville, Cumberland County, where they resided until their death. His early education was limited. At the age of seventeen he went to Carlisle, where he was brought up to merchandising. In 1813 he removed to the Susquehanna opposite Harrisburg, where he kept the public ferry one year; the subsequent spring coming to Harrisburg. In 1814, he took charge of the Harrisburg ferry, then controlled by the county of Dauphin. In 1816 he was appointed collector of tolls eastern end of the Harrisburg bridge, which position he filled five years. He entered into the mercantile chandlery trade in 1822, which he successfully continued until 1845, when he entirely relinquished business. In March, 1842, he was appointed one of the associate judges of Dauphin County. In 1849 he received the nomination by the Democracy for Congress in the Fourteenth District, then composed of Dauphin, Lebanon, and Schuylkill Counties. The judge made a good canvass, but his party were in the minority. In 1851 he was chairman of the State convention which nominated William Bigler for Governor; he was repeatedly a delegate to the Lutheran Synod; and in 1856 was appointed a trustee of Pennsylvania College. He served as a trustee of the Harrisburg Academy twenty years, and was actively connected with several business enterprises.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 480.

2 William C. Armor, Lives of the Governors of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: James K. Simon, 1873), Pg 413.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 479.

4 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 480, 530.