William Harrison Empfield and Margaret Melissa Irwin

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Husband William Harrison Empfield ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Apr 1837 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1
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         Father: Peter Empfield (Abt 1788-1872) 1
         Mother: Mary Hart (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 16 Apr 1863 - Pine Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2 3

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Wife Margaret Melissa Irwin ^{3 4}

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           Born: 27 Jan 1844 - Conemaugh Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Irwin (1813-      ) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Catherine R. Banks (      -      ) 4 5 6

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Children

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1 F Mary Catharine Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 5 May 1864 3 7
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           Died: 24 Jul 1866 3 7
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M William Nelson Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 18 Jun 1866 - Cherry Hill Twp, Indiana Co, PA 3 7
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         Spouse: Nellie G. Shaffer (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 27 Feb 1889 3

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3 F Nancy Elizabeth Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1868 7
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         Spouse: Peter J. Bowers (      -      ) 3

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4 F Sarah Gertrude Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 1 Jan 1871 3 7
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           Died: 23 Sep 1903 3
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         Spouse: Sutton H. Murdock (      -      ) 3

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5 M John Irwin Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 24 Jul 1873 3 7
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         Spouse: May Findly (      -      ) 3

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6 F Alta Zora Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 26 Sep 1875 3 7
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         Spouse: Alexander C. Hoover (      -      ) 3

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7 M Harry Banks Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 19 Apr 1878 3 7
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         Spouse: Vivian Cribbs (      -      ) 3

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8 F Jennie Bell Empfield ^{3 7}

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           Born: 9 Apr 1880 or 1881 3 7
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         Spouse: Alex G. Murdock (      -      ) 3

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9 F Myrtle Empfield ³

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         Spouse: Harry C. Mikesell (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - William Harrison Empfield

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Brush Valley Twp, Indiana Co, PA - a farmer

He enlisted in the U. S. service in July, 1868 [sic]. He belonged to Co. B 11th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserves, and was wounded on the 20th of August, 1862, at the second battle of Bull Run, his skull being crushed in by a piece of a shell. He was taken prisoner, and was in the hands of the enemy until September 6, 1862, when he was paroled, and arrived at Carver Hospital September 7. He was discharged October 29, of the same year.

He was born at Edgy Mill, in White township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and attended school in Pine and Cherryhill townships. Beginning work on the farm in early boyhood, he continued thus until 1861, when he enlisted, on July 8th, in Company B, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves, under Col. Thomas F. Gallagher and Capt. Daniel S. Porter (who was later promoted to lieutenant colonel, Capt. H. K. Sloan succeeding him as captain). They participated in the seven days' fight and second Bull Run, on Aug. 29-30, where Mr. Empfield was struck by a shell in the back of the head, carrying the evidence of his injuries to the present. He was taken prisoner on the field and after nine days was paroled by the Rebels. Then he was sent to Carver hospital, at Washington, and was discharged Aug. 25, 1862, for disability. Returning home to Cherryhill township he again took up farming after regaining his health, and he also engaged in the making of shooks for barrels at Nolo, in Pine township, and in Cherryhill and Buffington townships. He carried on that kind of work for over seven years. Later he settled in Brushvalley township on a fifty-acre tract of land, where he became engaged in farming for himself, and he has been farming and raising stock continuously ever since. He has been located on several different farms during that period, in 1889 buying a place in Brushvalley township, where he built the house and made other improvements. Meantime he also became interested in the mercantile business, which he conducted for some years and which was later carried on by his sons.
In politics he was a Republican, but he took no active part in the work of the party.

1 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1247.

2 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 32.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1248.

4 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 31.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 505.

6 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 958.

7 O. S. Marshall, The Marshall Family (Kittanning, PA: Steam Press of Reichert Bros., 1884), Pg 33.