John Elder and Nancy Rose

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Husband John Elder ¹

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           Born: 1755 - northern Ireland 1
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           Died: Abt 1840 - Lawrence Co, PA
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         Father: Thomas Elder (      -      ) 1
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Wife Nancy Rose ¹

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Children

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1 M William Elder ^{1 2}

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           Died: 1828 - ? Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Dorcas Wilkin (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Elder

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He came to the United States in 1802, and settled in Slippery Rock, later Scott, township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and bought a farm, later owned by the McCracken estate, where he lived until his death at the age of eighty-five.

Fifteen children-ten daughters and five sons-were born to him and his wife, and all of them grew up to maturity.

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General Notes: Wife - Nancy Rose

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from Bedford Co, PA

She died at the age of ninety-five.

1 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 32.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 696.