Josiah Espy and Maria Moore Murdock

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Husband Josiah Espy ¹

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           Born: 1771 - Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Espy (Abt 1727-1787) 3 4
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       Marriage: 1812 2

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Wife Maria Moore Murdock ¹

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         Father: Judge  Murdock (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Henry P. Espy ²

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2 F Lavinia M. Espy ²

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         Spouse: James T. Morehead (1797-      ) 2
           Marr: 1839 2

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3 M James Espy ²

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4 F Isabel Espy ²

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         Spouse: Dr. Francis Carter (      -      ) 2

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5 F Ellen Graham Espy ²

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         Spouse: Col. James C. McCoy (      -      ) 2

         Spouse: Judge T. W. Bartley (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Josiah Espy

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When his father removed to Kentucky, Josiah remained with his uncle, David, who was, at the time, prothonotary of Bedford County, Pennsylvania, which gave him some social and educational advantages he would not otherwise have had. In 1791 he received an appointment as clerk in the War Department at Philadelphia, where he remained several years, returning to Bedford and took a prominent part in politics, and was elected to the State Legislature. In 1805 he visited Ohio, of which tour he preserved a brief journal, which has been published in the "Ohio Valley Historical Series." Later in life he located permanently in Columbus, Ohio. In 1826 was elected cashier of the Franklin Bank at that place, and continued to fill that position until the final winding up of the bank, upon the expiration of its charter in 1843.

At the date of his marriage he adopted the family name of his wife, and ever after signed his name Josiah M. Espy.

He and his wife had ten children, five of whom died in youth.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 215.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 221.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1002.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 214.