Alexander Eicher and Mary Ella McClelland

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Husband Alexander Eicher ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Nov 1851 - New Stanton, Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2 3
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           Died: 23 Sep 1905 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
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         Father: John Slonecker Eicher (1823-Abt 1912) 1 2
         Mother: Mary Pool (1833-1861) 1 2 3

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       Marriage: 4 Oct 1873 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4 5

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Wife Mary Ella McClelland ^{1 4 5}

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           Died: Spring, 1898 4
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         Father: Archibald McClelland (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Funk (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M Clark Warden Eicher ^{4 5}

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            AKA: C. Ward Eicher 1 6
           Born: 17 Jun 1874 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 4 5
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         Spouse: Sarah Glunt (      -      ) 4 5 6

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2 M Alexander Eicher ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 24 Apr 1878 4 5
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         Spouse: Winona Gallagher (      -      ) 4 5

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3 F Mary McClelland Eicher ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 25 Aug 1880 4 5
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         Spouse: J. Edward Stevenson (      -      ) 4 5

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4 F Elinor McClelland Eicher ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 16 Mar 1882 4 5
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         Spouse: Robert C. Jones (      -      ) 4 5

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5 F Romayne McClelland Eicher ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 29 Jun 1883 4 5
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         Spouse: William Ehrenfeld (      -      ) 5

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6 M John S. Eicher ^{1 4 5}

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           Born: 23 Nov 1884 4 5
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7 M Archibald Eicher ^{4 5}

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           Born: 23 May 1890 4 5
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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Eicher

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He received only the advantages of a common school education, and on leaving the school-room he became a sales clerk in various general stores for seven years. In 1870 he was appointed deputy in the register and recorder's office of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, which position he filled for six years; three years with C. F. Warden and three years with John M. Laird. In 1877 he became a clerk in the office of A. A. Stewart. In this office, during his spare moments, he applied himself to his books, afterward read law and was admitted to the bar on July 30, 1880. He remained in Mr. Stewart's office until Stewart's death, July 3, 1881. He then succeeded in building up a paying practice in the courts of the county.
He was a member of Knights of Honor, A. O. U. W., Royal Arcanum, Chosen Friends, National Union, and was a member of the Christian church, as was also his wife.

He attended the common schools of Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, until twelve years of age. He then entered the country store of his maternal uncle, C. H. Pool, in Pennsville, Bullskin township, Fayette County, and remained there two years. The following five years he clerked in a general store in Pennstadt, later Penn borough, Westmoreland County, the proprietors thereof being J. F. & D. Landis. In 1870 he was appointed deputy in the register and recorder's office of Westmoreland County, continuing for six years, three under Clark F. Warden and three under John M. Laird. On January 10, 1876, he entered the law office of Archie A. Stewart, in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, as a clerk, but with the object of becoming a lawyer, and he was engaged in that office up to his decease. He was admitted to the bar July 30, 1880, and built up a large practice. He was engaged in a number of noted trials, among which was the Painter case, the Ritenour case, and the B. F. Rynd case, which gave him an excellent opportunity to display his legal talent. He was a Democrat in politics, and while a strict partisan enjoyed the respect of the members of the opposition party. He joined the Christian church in the early eighteen-eighties, and was actively connected with the A. O. U. W., R. A., and N. U.
He was extremely kind-hearted and generous, possessed a fund of humor and jokes, with which he could entertain an audience, and therefore was popular and in much demand at social gatherings and dinners.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 86.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 77.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 543.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 78.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 544.

6 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 439.