Robert Stranahan and Julia Hess

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Husband Robert Stranahan ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Apr 1841 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1896
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         Father: Andrew Stranahan (Abt 1789-1869) 2 3
         Mother: Eliza Holliday (Abt 1800-Aft 1896) 2

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       Marriage: 19 Dec 1864 1

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth J. Wallace (      -      ) 1 - 28 Feb 1871 1

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Wife Julia Hess ¹

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         Father: Jacob Hess (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Wilhelmina Brenaman (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Robert W. Stranahan ¹

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2 F Julia A. Stranahan ¹

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3 F Mary L. Stranahan ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Stranahan

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He came to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, with his father, and on July 17, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Tenth Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, under Capt. A. J. Warner. He participated in the battle of Drainsville, the Seven Days fight under McClellan before Richmond, South Mountain, Antietam, the second battle of Bull Run, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and returned to Pittsburgh, in 1864, where he was mustered out of service. His injuries received in the war were total deafness in the right ear, and hernia in the right side.
He settled in 1865, on a farm of fifty-five acres given him by his father. In 1887 he purchased twenty-eight acres of the McConnell farm adjoining. He and wife are members of the First United Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and he is a Democrat. He has served as school director for several terms. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Mercer.

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General Notes: Wife - Julia Hess

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She was a member of the Unity congregation of Lackawannock Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 898.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 439.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 897.