Francis W. Rutherford and Eleanor Sherer Elder

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Husband Francis W. Rutherford ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 Dec 1845 4
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         Father: John Brisban Rutherford (1805-1892) 5 6
         Mother: Keziah Parke (1810-1885/1885) 5 7

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       Marriage: 14 Feb 1878 8

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Wife Eleanor Sherer Elder ^{1 2 9}

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            AKA: Ella S. Elder 8
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         Father: Joshua Elder (1802/1802-1883) 8 10 11 12
         Mother: Nancy Brown (1816-1887) 2 8 10 11

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1 M Joshua Rutherford ⁸

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2 M Thomas M. Rutherford ⁸

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3 M Norman Rutherford ⁸

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4 M Francis W. Rutherford ⁸

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5 M Samuel B. Rutherford ⁸

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6 F Jane W. Rutherford ⁸

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General Notes: Husband - Francis W. Rutherford

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He received his education in the public schools of Swatara township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, until he was seventeen years of age, when he attended the Millersville State Normal School. In 1864 he enlisted in company D, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth regiment, and served until honorably discharged. After the war he engaged in farming with his father.
He was a school director and a member of Post No. 58, G. A. R., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In politics he was a Republican and he and his family were members of the Presbyterian church.

1 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 53.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1003, 1048.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1048.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 595.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 229, 1002, 1048.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 229.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1049.

9 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1003.

10 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 52.

11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200.