Joseph Moorhead and Rebecca Armel

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Husband Joseph Moorhead ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 16 Aug 1829 - Burrell Twp, Indiana Co, PA 1 2 3
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         Father: Samuel Moorhead (      -1848) 1 2 4
         Mother: Martha Bell (1789/1793-1877) 1 4 5 6 7

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       Marriage: 1852 8

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   Other Spouse: Rebecca Hosack (1843-      ) 1 3 8 - 1871 1 8

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Wife Rebecca Armel ^{1 3 8}

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           Born: 2 Jun 1834 - Westmoreland Co, PA 8
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         Father: Isaac Armel (      -      ) 8
         Mother: Margaret Sease (      -      ) 8

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Children

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1 M William Henry Moorhead ³

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2 M Jesse Armel Moorhead ³

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3 M Richard Elmer Moorhead ^{3 8}

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4 F Jessie Mildred Moorhead ^{3 8}

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5 M George Ray Moorhead ^{3 8}

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Moorhead

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He grew to manhood on his father's farm, and obtained his education in the public schools of his locality. His early life was devoted to agricultural work, in which he was engaged until he entered the Union army, in July, 1863, as a member of Company A, 101st P. V. I. He served until April, 1865, when he was honorably discharged at Camp Reynolds, in Allegheny County, and returning home he resumed charge of his farm in Burrell township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania. Farming continued to be his chief interest until 1886, in which year he removed to the borough of Blairsville, and took charge of the Enterprise as editor and proprietor. The paper had been established in 1880, and was an eight-column quarto. Its news columns were devoted chiefly to local affairs, important county and borough happenings, church and social items, and well-selected general reading matter.
Politically he was a Republican, and on July 24, 1890, under the Harrison administration, was appointed post-master at Blairsville for a term of four years. Socially he belonged to Findley Patch Post, No. 137, G. A. R., and he was a member of the Presbyterian Church, which he served as elder for fifty-two years.

He was the author of a volume of original poems published in 1911.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 204.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841.

3 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 126.

4 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 124.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 841, 844.

6 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 45.

7 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 1.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 842.