Samuel Elder and Margaret Espy

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Husband Samuel Elder ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Feb 1772 - Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Sep 1815 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Rev. John Elder (1706-1792) 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Simpson (1732-1786) 2 7 8

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       Marriage: 7 Mar 1793 1 3

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Wife Margaret Espy ^{1 9 10}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1771 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Sep 1851 3 10
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: Josiah Espy (1742-1813) 10 12
         Mother: Anne Kirkpatrick (1750-1842) 12

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Children

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1 F Ann Espy Elder ¹³

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           Born: 25 Feb 1794 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jun 1886 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 14
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Alexander M. Piper (1786-1868) 13
           Marr: 1816 14

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2 M John Elder ¹³

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           Born: 2 Sep 1796 - Dauphin Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Nov 1857 - Sacramento, Sacramento Co, CA 15
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Henderson Ritchey (1800-      ) 13
           Marr: 2 Mar 1820 - near Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 16

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3 F Mary Simpson Elder ^{13 17}

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           Born: 1798 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Apr 1882 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 18
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Adams Campbell (      -1840) 13 17

         Spouse: William Ramsey Line (1814-Aft 1905) 19 20
           Marr: 10 Jul 1845 17 19

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4 M Josiah Elder ¹³

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           Born: 1801 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Oct 1844 13
         Buried: 

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5 F Sarah McAllister Elder ¹³

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           Born: 16 Sep 1803 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 May 1895 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 19
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William H. Doll (1796-1852) 13
           Marr: 13 Apr 1824 19

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Elder

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He was educated at the schools of Joseph Hutchinson and Joseph Allen, and followed farming in his early years. He was a soldier in the expedition westward in 1794, and held a position in the military establishment of 1798. He filled the office of sheriff of Dauphin County from October 23, 1800, to October 21, 1803, which, as in the case of his brother John, financially crippled him. Mr. Elder died at Harrisburg on the 26th of September, 1815, aged forty-three years. In paying brief tributes to his memory, the newspapers of the day speak in the warmest terms of his faithfulness as a public officer, his prominence as a citizen, and the upright character of his entire life, passing away in the vigor of his manhood.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 482.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 198.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 535.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 187.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 266.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 142.

8 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 622.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 191, 218.

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

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 218.

12 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 198, 214.

13 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 199.

14 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 202.

15 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 203.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 204.

17 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 174.

18 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 206.

19 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 207.

20 Editor, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 173.