Thomas Elder and Mary "Polly" McConnell

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Husband Thomas Elder ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1782 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Apr 1855 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: Robert Elder (1751-1837) 1 2 4 5
         Mother: Mary Whiteside (      -1823) 2 4

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       Marriage: 12 Jun 1812

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Wife Mary "Polly" McConnell ^{2 3}

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           Born: 24 Aug or 27 Aug 1792 - Lancaster Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Oct 1881 - Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

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         Father: David McConnell (1764-1829) 6 7 8
         Mother: Martha Whiteside (1765-1842/1842) 3 9

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Children

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1 F Violet Whiteside Elder ²

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           Born: 13 Mar 1813 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Nov 1831 10
         Buried: 

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2 F Martha Maria Elder ¹⁰

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           Born: 27 Sep 1815 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1820 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Robert Anderson Elder ¹⁰

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           Born: 22 Sep 1817 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Oct 1850 10
         Buried:  - New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Currie (1817-1887) 10
           Marr: 1835 10

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4 F Harriet Eliza Elder ¹⁰

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            AKA: Eliza Jane Elder 11
           Born: 27 Dec 1820 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Sep or 18 Sep 1890 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John N. Cannon (1819-1886) 10
           Marr: 15 Feb 1849 10

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5 M David Elder ¹⁰

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           Born: 4 Sep 1823 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1832 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M Rev. Thomas McConnell Elder ^{1 10}

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           Born: 24 Mar 1826 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Tirzah Mason (1823-1851) 10
           Marr: 14 Sep 1848 1

         Spouse: Mary Parker Lindsay (1826-1868) 12
           Marr: 10 Oct 1854 12

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7 F Mary Elder ¹⁰

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           Born: 6 Nov 1828 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Nov 1828 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M James Marshall Elder ¹⁰

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           Born: 14 Nov 1829 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jan 1857 10
         Buried: 

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9 M John Morrison Elder ^{10 13 14 15}

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           Born: 22 Dec 1832 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 1907 15
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Erskine Brown (1837-1871) 12 13 14 15 16
           Marr: 12 Nov 1861 12

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10 M William Porter Elder ¹⁰

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           Born: 12 Apr 1835 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Mar 1849 10
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 600.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 536.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

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12 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 538.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 25.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 738.

15 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 258, 266.

16 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.