Robert Elder and Mary Whiteside

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Husband Robert Elder ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1751 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1837 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
         Buried:  - Salem Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: David Elder (1710-1753) 5
         Mother: Hannah Anderson (1716-1811) 2

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       Marriage:  - ? Lancaster Co, PA

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Wife Mary Whiteside ^{2 3}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1823 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
         Buried:  - Salem Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Capt. Thomas Whiteside (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Margaret Porter (      -      ) 7 8

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Children

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1 F Hannah Elder ^{2 9 10}

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           Born: 23 Mar 1780 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1855 - Indiana Co, PA 2 10
         Buried:  - Salem Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: James Richards (Abt 1772-1827/1833) 2 9 10
           Marr: 1809 10

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2 M Thomas Elder ^{1 2 8}

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           Born: 1782 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Apr 1855 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary McConnell (1792/1792-1881) 2 8
           Marr: 12 Jun 1812

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Elder

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He was a soldier through all of the seven years of the Revolutionary War, and, soon after the close of the struggle for liberty, moved with his mother and family from the vicinity of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Westmoreland County, where he was one of the earliest settlers. He took up a tract of land near New Alexandria, known as "the Richlands."

1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 600.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 536.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 199.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 535.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 14.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

9 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 395.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 208.