William Dewart McKelvey and Katharine B. Gettamy

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Husband William Dewart McKelvey ¹

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           Born: 13 Jun 1842 - Centreville, PA 1
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         Father: Ephraim W. McKelvey (1813-1867) 1
         Mother: Sarah Kelly (      -1847) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1862 1

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Wife Katharine B. Gettamy ¹

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         Father: James Gettamy (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Lavinia [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Dewart McKelvey

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He was educated in the public schools and Elder's Ridge Academy, and taught school in 1859. In 1860 he found employment as a brakeman on the P. R. R., afterward as fireman. Beginning in 1864 he was engineer, and ran the fastest express trains between Pittsburgh and Altoona.
He moved to Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1876. The family was associated with the Presbyterian Church. He was a Freemason, a member of the A. O. U. W., R. A. and O. C. F., and was a republican.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 631.

2 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413.