John Quincy Adams Rutherford and Margaret B. Elder

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Husband John Quincy Adams Rutherford ^{1 2 3}

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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: 10 Dec 1868 4

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Wife Margaret B. Elder ^{1 2 8}

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         Father: Joshua Elder (1802/1802-1883) 9 10 11 12
         Mother: Nancy Brown (1816-1887) 2 9 10 12

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1 M Howard A. Rutherford ⁴

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2 M Ralph B. Rutherford ⁴

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3 F Elenora V. Rutherford ⁴

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4 F Isabella P. Rutherford ⁴

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5 M John Rutherford ⁴

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6 F Margaret B. Rutherford ⁴

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7 M Matthew R. Rutherford ⁴

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8 F Ruth Rutherford ⁴

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9 F Vancy B. Rutherford ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - John Quincy Adams Rutherford

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He received his education in the public schools of Swatara township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, until he was sixteen years old, when he attended the academy for a year and a half. In 1864 he enlisted in company G, Two Hundred and First regiment, and served for ten months. Following this, his time was divided between teaching and farming.
He was a Republican and served as school director for six years. He was a member of G. A. R. Post No. 58, and also a member 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 580, 1003, 1048.

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

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

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

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