Thomas Elder and Elizabeth Shippen Jones

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Husband Thomas Elder ¹

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           Born: 30 Jan 1767 - Paxtang Twp, Lancaster (later Dauphin) Co, PA 1
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           Died: 29 Apr 1853 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
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         Father: Rev. John Elder (1706-1792) 3 4 5
         Mother: Mary Simpson (1732-1786) 1 6 7

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       Marriage: 30 May 1813 8

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   Other Spouse: Catharine Cox (      -1810) 1 - 23 Mar 1799 9

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Wife Elizabeth Shippen Jones ¹

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           Born: 13 Dec 1787 - Burlington, Burlington Co, NJ 8
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           Died: 31 Oct 1871 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 8
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         Father: Robert Strettell Jones (      -      ) 8
         Mother: Ann Shippen (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 F Ann Shippen Elder ⁸

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           Born: 19 Oct 1814 8
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           Died: 5 Mar 1818 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Catharine Jones Elder ⁸

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           Born: 20 Jul 1816 8
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         Spouse: Samuel Bethel Boude (1806-1880) 8

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3 M Thomas Elder ⁸

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           Born: 28 Jun 1818 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 8
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           Died: 29 Apr 1855 - Waverly, Lafayette Co, MO 10
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         Spouse: Margaretta Wilson (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 7 May 1850 10

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4 M John Elder ⁸

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           Born: 27 May 1820 8
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           Died: 27 Apr 1867 - near Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA 8
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5 F Sarah Wallace Elder ⁸

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           Born: 13 Jan 1822 8
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           Died: 19 Dec 1832 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Elizabeth Shippen Elder ⁸

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           Born: 6 Oct 1824 8
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           Died: 19 Dec 1832 8
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Capt. James Shippen Elder ⁸

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           Born: 29 Apr 1826 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Mary Carpenter (      -      ) 8

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Elder

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He received a good English and classical education, especially under Joseph Hutchinson, a celebrated teacher in his day. He subsequently attended the academy at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he graduated. He studied law with General John A. Hanna, and was admitted to the Dauphin county bar at the August term, 1791. He at once began the practice of a profession in which he became distinguished, and which he followed with great success for upward of forty years, and "was eminent as a safe and sagacious counselor, a laborious and indefatigable lawyer." During the Whiskey Insurrection, he volunteered as a private in Captain Dentzel's company, which marched westward, preferring the ranks to that of a commissioned office, which his company offered him. He subsequently held the office of lieutenant-colonel of the militia, and was frequently desigfnated by the title of colonel. As a citizen in the early years of the borough of Harrisburg, Mr. Elder possessed public spirit and enterprise in advance of his contemporaries generally. He was the prominent and leading spirit in organizing a company to erect the Harrisburg bridge, the first constructed over the Susquehanna, and for many years the longest in the Union. Upon the permanent organization, he was unanimously elected the president, which office he held by annual re-election of the directors, until his resignation in June, 1846. He was chosen president of the Harrisburg Bank in June, 1816, which office he held until his death. Governor Hiester appointed him Attorney General of the Commonwealth, a position he filled with marked ability from December 20, 1820, to December 18, 1823, but he ever after positively refused to accept office, although he took deep and active interest for many years in the political affairs of the State and Nation. He was blessed with a physical constitution which enabled him to accomplish an extraordinary amount of labor without diminishing the elasticity of his spirits or the vigor of his mind. He lived to the advanced age of over eighty-six years.

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

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 195.

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

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

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

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

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

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 197.

9 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 196.

10 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 201.