Husband Hon. William Rittenhouse Gorgas 1
Born: 8 May 1806 - Lower Allen Twp, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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Died: Aft 1886
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Father: Hon. Solomon Gorgas (1764-1838) 1 2
Mother: Catharine Fahnestock (1774-1853) 1 2
Marriage: 5 Mar 1840 1
Wife Elizabeth Hummel 1 3 4
Born: - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
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Father: David Hummel (1784-1860/1860) 5 6 7
Mother: Susannah Kunkel (1790-1851) 5 6 8
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1 M David H. Gorgas 1
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Died: when sixteen years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 F Kate F. Gorgas 1
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3 F Susan K. Gorgas 1
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Died: when five years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
4 M William L. Gorgas 1
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5 F Mary E. Gorgas 1
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6 M Solomon R. Gorgas 1
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7 F Elizabath E. Gorgas 1
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Died: when nine years old
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
8 M George Gorgas 1
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. William Rittenhouse Gorgas
He grew up on a farm and worked with his father until the latter's death, obtaining such schooling as the neighborhood afforded, when he took charge of the farm. Beginning with the year 1836, he was three successive times elected a Democratic member of the Legislature from Cumberland County, being a member during the celebrated "Buck-shot war." In 1842 he was elected a member of the State Senate, and served for a period of three years, after which he returned to his farm. Mr. Gorgas was one of the original members and directors of the Merkel, Mumma & Co. Bank, which became a State Bank, and later the First National Bank of Mechanicsburg, of which he was a director. Beginning in 1845 he was a director of the Harrisburg National Bank, and of the Harrisburg Bridge, Company. He was a director of the Harrisburg Market Company and the City Railway Company, and president of the Harrisburg Burial Case Company; and also president of the Allen and East Pennsborough Fire Insurance Company. In 1877 Mr. Gorgas moved to Harrisburg, and in 1882 he received the Democratic nomination, by his party in that city, as their representative to the State Legislature, and, notwithstanding the city was Republican by a majority of 500, he was only defeated by eighty-eight votes. [HCC 1886, 376]