Alexander Erwin and Mary Holmes

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Husband Alexander Erwin ¹

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Wife Mary Holmes ¹

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Children

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1 M Alexander Erwin ¹

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           Born: 1776 - the north of Ireland 1
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           Died: 24 Apr 1846 1
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         Spouse: Mary B. Jordan (1805-      ) 1
           Marr: 14 Jun 1825 1

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2 F Mary Erwin ²

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           Born: 8 Jan 1781 2
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           Died: 4 Jan 1860 2
         Buried:  - Waddell Cemetery, near Mercersburg, Franklin Co, PA

         Spouse: William Smith McDowell (1776-1834) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Erwin

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His father was a minister of the established Church of England. His grandfather came from Scotland to Ireland at the time of the battle of the Boyne.

He was a business man in the old country, carrying on a tannery and several stores. He located near Concord, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1797, and engaged in farming.

He and his wife had fourteen children, of whom thirteen were reared.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Holmes

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. . . a lady of aristocratic birth

1 Editor, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 745.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 90.