William McGilvray and Rebecca Ewing

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Husband William McGilvray ¹

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           Born: 15 Dec 1824 - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Alexander McGilvray (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Cameron (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 3 May 1844 2

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Wife Rebecca Ewing ²

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           Born:  - Westmoreland Co, PA
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth C. "Lizzie" McGilvray ¹

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         Spouse: Louis Buchholz (1837-      ) 4
           Marr: 7 Jul 1864 3

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2 F Lydia McGilvray ²

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         Spouse: D. R. Shiras (      -      ) 2

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3 F Mary J. McGilvray ²

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         Spouse: C. W. Ray (      -      ) 2

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4 F Rebecca V. McGilvray ²

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         Spouse: James Carnes (      -      ) 2

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5 F Catharine C. McGilvray ²

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         Spouse: Samuel C. Iddings (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - William McGilvray

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His father's employer sent him to the Western Theological Seminary, where he passed two years in study. His friends designed him for the law, but his tastes did not accord with their choice. Having a decided inclination for mechanical pursuits he learned the blacksmith trade in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and to better his condition went to Sharon in 1850, where, as a stockholder and director of the Jackson Iron Company, he remained until 1854, when he purchased and remodeled the works which bore his name up to his death. Both in this establishment as well as in other enterprises with which he was connected he was very successful, for he possessed a large measure of perseverance and determination of purpose. Starting in the battle of life devoid of pecuniary means, by indomitable energy and industry he won a competence. Though not of the wealthiest, he exerted himself to foster the business interests of Sharon, and always took an active part in every worthy public enterprise. He was a large stockholder in the Sharon Gas Company and the Sharon Savings Bank.

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General Notes: Wife - Rebecca Ewing

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from Pittsburgh, PA

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 710, 742.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 742.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 710.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 709.