William D. McHenry and Martha Cordelia Elkin

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Husband William D. McHenry ¹

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           Born: 5 Apr 1863 - North Point, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: Benjamin F. McHenry (Abt 1835-Aft 1916) 1 3
         Mother: Christina C. Beck (Abt 1846-Aft 1916) 2

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   Other Spouse: Effie M. Gourley (      -      ) 2

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Wife Martha Cordelia Elkin ^{2 4}

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         Father: Francis Elkin (1830-1882) 2 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Pratt (1833-1913) 2 4

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   Other Spouse: Jacob Meister (      -      ) 2

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - William D. McHenry

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He grew to manhood in his native county, where he was allowed excellent public school advantages. When a young man he taught school for some time, meanwhile also engaging in agricultural pursuits and lumbering, according to the season, until his removal to Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, in 1886. His first location there was at Big Run, where for eighteen months he was in the employ of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railroad Company, and later he was appointed postmaster at that point, filling the office for eleven and a half years. In 1900 Mr. McHenry was transcribing clerk for the State Legislature, at Harrisburg. His connection with the First National Bank of Skyesville dates from 1912, when he became one of the board of directors, taking his position May 4, 1916. He moved to Sykesville in the spring of 1916. Socially Mr. McHenry was prominent in local Masonic circles and Odd Fellowship, belonging to John W. Jenks Lodge, No. 534, F. & A. M., to Pittsburgh Consistory, and to Jaffa Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Altoona; he was treasurer of Mahoning Lodge, No. 924, I. O. O. F., of Big Run.

1 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 161.

2 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 162.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 479.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 416.