Reuben Henderson McPherson and Margaretta J. Hamilton

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Husband Reuben Henderson McPherson ^{1 2}

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         Father: Reuben McPherson (1809-1897) 1 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Jane Greer (1816-1872) 1 2

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       Marriage: 1865 1

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Wife Margaretta J. Hamilton ¹

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1 F Lizzie Greer McPherson ¹

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2 F Anna May McPherson ¹

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3 F Hattie Gertrude McPherson ¹

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4 M Elmer Elsworth McPherson ¹

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5 M Ira Hamilton McPherson ¹

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6 F Winnie Leona McPherson ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Reuben Henderson McPherson

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He was reared on the farm until his eighteenth year, and then taught school and studied at Mount Union College. In 1862 he enlisted in Battery G (Young's), Pittsburgh Artillery, stationed at Ft. Delaware, and served until the close of 1865. On his return home he took up carpentering, which he had partially learned before enlisting, and for ten years was engaged in the planing mill business under the firm name of McPherson & McLean, but later was a contractor and builder.
He was a member of the A. O. U. W., K. of P. and E. A. U. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church; in politics a Republican.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 791.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 94.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 93.