Albert Richardson Schofield and Mary Elizabeth Anderson

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Husband Albert Richardson Schofield ¹

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           Born: 25 May 1826 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 10 Mar 1890 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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       Marriage: 29 Mar 1853 2

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Anderson ¹

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           Born: 5 Jan 1826 - Chester Co, PA 2
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           Died: 5 Apr 1905 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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Children

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1 M Lane Benner Schofield ²

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           Born: 9 Feb 1854 2
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         Spouse: Mary Jane McNair (      -      ) 2

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2 F Annie Rebecca Schofield ³

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           Born: 28 Jan 1856 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 3 Nov 1911 - Buffalo, Erie Co, NY 2
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         Spouse: Hiram Gates Eddy (1852-      ) 3
           Marr: 29 Jan 1879 - Philadelphia, PA 1

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3 F Mary Josephine Schofield ²

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           Born: 3 Jun 1858 2
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         Spouse: Nathan S. Passmore (      -      ) 2

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4 M Joseph Anderson Schofield ²

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           Born: 30 Dec 1860 2
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         Spouse: Clare Clothilde Braddock (      -      ) 2

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5 M Everett Anderson Schofield ²

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           Born: 21 Jul 1867 2
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         Spouse: Martha Titcomb Sewall (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Albert Richardson Schofield

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He was educated at Bolmar's Academy, West Chester, Pennsylvania, and was a gradu-ate of Philadelphia central high school, July 15, 1846. He took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar. For twenty-three years he lived in the twentieth ward, and became a very prominent Democratic politician, filling a position in the custom house under President Buchanan, and was later two terms in the Pennsylvania state legislature. After his retirement from the legislature he was still prominent in political and legislative affairs, through being engaged as attorney by the Pennsylvania railroad and in their interests going frequently to Harrisburg. He took an active interest in the Sunday school affairs of the Ridge Avenue Methodist Church, Philadelphia, and throughout his life was a generous giver to all deserving charities.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Elizabeth Anderson

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She was of Scotch descent, James Anderson, her first American ancestor, coming to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1707. The Anderson family from 1713 for over two hundred years kept in the direct male line the original homestead near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 429.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 430.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 429, 1126.