Rev. James Montgomery McJunkin and Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Alter

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Husband Rev. James Montgomery McJunkin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Sep 1847 - near Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: Aft 1889
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         Father: Alexander McJunkin (1819-1887) 1 4
         Mother: Margaret Couden Patterson (1819-1898) 5 6

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       Marriage: 21 Dec 1871 7

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Wife Elizabeth Jane "Lizzie" Alter ^{5 8}

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           Born:  - Plum Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: George B. Alter (1822-1907) 8
         Mother: Eve Stotler (1824-1904) 8 9

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. James Montgomery McJunkin

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He obtained his early education in the public schools and prepared for college under private tutors and in the summer schools, one of his tutors being Hon. S. A. McClung. He taught school for six years, continuing his own studies in the meantime, entering Washington and Jefferson College in 1873 in the sophomore year, so well had he prepared himself, and was graduated with highest honors, class of 1876. He then studied theology at Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, completed the course and was graduated in class of 1879. He was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church, installed pastor of the church at Oakdale in May, 1879. He continued the faithful pastor of that congregation twenty-seven years, ill health finally compelling his resignation in 1906. For five years during this period he was also principal of Oakdale Academy, successfully meeting his dual responsibilities. In 1886 he was chosen as the representative from the Pittsburgh Presbytery to serve on the Permanent Home Mission Committee of Synod of Pennsylvania, becoming in July, 1890, corresponding secretary of the committee, and in 1906 the office of treasurer was added to that of secretary. In 1898 he received from his Alma Mater the degree of Doctor of Divinity. He also served for twenty years as a member of the board of directors of the Western Theological Seminary from which he was graduated.
The congregation over which Dr. McJunkin was so long the pastor erected its first church in 1869 on State street. In 1884 the congregation had outgrown the first small church and was compelled to enlarge it. In 1912 a new brick edifice was erected, an imposing structure, and a splendidly equipped modern house of worship. During his pastorate the congregation increased in numbers from one hundred and thirty to four hundred, and all departments of church work prospered under his guidance. He was ever a strong opponent to licensed liquor selling and it was largely through his influence that there was never a saloon in Oakdale. He was a member of the Eclectic Club of Ministers, of Pittsburgh, and in political faith was a Republican.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 442.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 643, 1313.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 644.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 642.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 443.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 643.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 645.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 645, 1313.

9 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 422.