Husband Robert Elder 1 2 3 4
Born: 23 Dec 1809 1 3
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Died: 26 Mar 1890 - ? Indiana Co, PA 3 5
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Father: Robert Elder (1767-1813) 2 4 6
Mother: Mary Smith ( -1857) 2 5 6
Marriage: 20 Mar 1834 1
Wife Nancy W. Douglass 1 7
AKA: Nancy W. Douglas 2 4
Born: Abt 1815
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Died: 1896 - Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 5
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Father: John Douglas ( - ) 5
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1 F Maria J. Elder 1 2 5
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Died: Aft 1913
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Spouse: Rev. Thomas Robinson Elder ( -1857) 1 2 8
2 M John Douglass Elder 1 2 5
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Died: 2 Jul 1862 - Malvern Hill, Henrico Co, VA 5 9
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3 M Robert Y. Elder 2 4
AKA: Robert T. Elder 1
Born: 6 Apr 1840 - Elders Ridge, Young Twp, Indiana Co, PA 4
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Spouse: Mary E. Spalding ( - ) 5 10
Marr: 29 Apr 1869 5
4 F Cordelia E. Elder 1 3 5 11
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Died: Aft 1913
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Spouse: Dr. Robert Barr, M.D. (1828-1882) 3 5 11
Marr: 15 Oct 1868 3
5 F Julia M. Elder 1 2 5
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Died: while young
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6 F Lydia A. Elder 1 5
AKA: Lyde A. Elder 2 12
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Spouse: Cassius Clay Collins ( - ) 2 5 12 13
7 F Josephine Elder 1 2 5
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Died: Bef 1913
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8 F Agnes V. Elder 1 2 5
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Died: Aft 1913
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9 F Lizzie E. Elder 1 2 5
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Spouse: Harry S. Durrett, M.D. ( - ) 5
General Notes: Husband - Robert Elder
He made his home at Elders Ridge, in Young township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, becoming the largest land owner in that section of the county, where he had 500 acres, as well as a farm of 100 acres in Armstrong County. He made extensive improvements on his lands and built a fine brick dwelling house on the homestead farm at Elders Ridge, continuing to engage in farming and stock raising there until his death, in his eighty-first year. He was buried in Elders Ridge or Ridgeview cemetery. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in his political views was a Whig and later a Republican.