Reuben Henderson McPherson and Margaretta Jane Hamilton

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Husband Reuben Henderson McPherson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 4 Dec 1839 - Economy Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Reuben McPherson (1809-1897) 1 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Jane Greer (1816-1872) 1 2

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       Marriage: 28 Dec 1865 1 3

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Wife Margaretta Jane Hamilton ^{1 3}

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           Born: 10 Mar 1844 - Franklin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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         Father: Mathew Hamilton (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Harriet Glass (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Greer "Lizzie " McPherson ^{1 3}

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2 F Anna May McPherson ^{1 3}

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3 F Harriet Gertrude "Hattie" McPherson ^{1 3}

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4 M Elmer Elsworth McPherson ^{1 3}

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5 M Ira Hamilton McPherson ^{1 3}

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6 F Winifred Leona "Winnie" McPherson ^{1 3}

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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.

After completing his studies in the public schools he entered Mount Union College, and after attending three terms at the latter institution taught school for a few years. He abandoned his newly begun pedagogical career in 1863 to enlist in a battery raised in Pittsburgh under the command of Captain J. J. Young. This organization, which he joined in August, immediately went to Harrisburg and later to Fort Delaware, and was there from that time until his honorable discharge was given him in June, 1865; he was in constant and active service with his battery, participating in some effective and deadly work credited to that body, designated as Battery G. At the close of the war he turned to the carpenter's trade, and from that advanced to contracting and building operations, establishing himself in business in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, in 1866. He converted a generous share of his profits into valuable real estate, and was responsible for many building and contracting operations in that locality.
His first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln, and he ever since supported Republican candidates, and served his borough as a member of the council and as one of the school board. He and his wife were members of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church.

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, 490.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 490.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 93, 490.