James R. Dinsmore and Sarah McPeak

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Husband James R. Dinsmore ¹

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           Born: 31 Dec 1838 - near Taylorstown, Washington Co, PA 2
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         Father: Robert Dinsmore (1806-1880) 3 4 5
         Mother: Margaret McClay (      -1876) 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 27 Feb 1868 7

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Wife Sarah McPeak ⁸

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         Father: James McPeak (1800-1880) 9 10
         Mother: Jane Cochran (1810-1885) 9

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Children

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1 M Robert Walker Dinsmore ¹¹

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         Spouse: Rosanna McCarrell (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - James R. Dinsmore

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When he was a boy he had only the educational advantages that he secured for himself. After working hard all day he made companions of his school books at night and by the light of the back log, in front of the fireplace, mastered arithmetical problems that often puzzled people a good many years older than himself. He was entirely self taught. After his marriage he continued to live in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, near the Washington County line, which he crossed in 1898 and settled on a farm of 200 acres in Mt. Pleasant Township. This property he spent much to improve.
He was a large land owner and a successful farmer, owning 200 acres in Mt. Pleasant Township and 152 acres in Cross Creek Township, in Washington County, and also ninety-two acres in South Fayette Township, Allegheny County, and an additional farm in Jefferson County, Ohio. He cultivated all his land except ten acres, this being in timber, two acres being a valuable locust grove. He had a stable which accommodated forty head of cattle and on his Allegheny County farm he kept 200 sheep and on his Cross Creek farm, 190 sheep.

1 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 975, 1067, 1071.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 975.

3 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 618.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 568, 920.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 975, 1071.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 920.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 976.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 976, 1067.

9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1067.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1173.

11 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 976, 1116.