James Holliday and Elizabeth McDowell
Husband James Holliday 1
AKA: John Holliday 2 Born: - Ireland Christened: Died: 9 Jun 1757 1 Buried:
Father: John Holliday ( - ) 1 Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth McDowell 2 3 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: William McDowell (1680-1759) 3 5 Mother: Mary [Unk] ( -1782) 3 6
Other Spouse: Daniel McAllister ( -1767) 1 4 7
Children
1 M John Holliday 2 8
Born: 1740 8 Christened: Died: 1818 8 Buried:Spouse: Mary McDowell (1754-1828) 8 Marr: 31 Jan 1775 8
2 M William Holliday 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1761 Buried: Note: He died without issue.
3 M Samuel Holliday 1 2 9
Born: 24 Mar 1745 - Franklin Co, PA 1 Christened: Died: 10 Nov 1841 1 Buried:Spouse: Jennet Campbell (1755-1851) 1 Marr: Franklin Co, PA
General Notes: Husband - James Holliday
He was lieutenant of Capt. John Steel's company, and participated in the Kittanning expedition in 1756. He commanded a detachment sent to reconnoitre the mountains west of Fort Loudon, June 9, 1757, and was surprised and killed by the Indians in the Big Cove.
1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 85.
2 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 34.
3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 80.
4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 515.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 369.
6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 370.
7 Mary Catherine McAllister, Descendants of Archibald McAllister (Harrisburg, PA: Scheffer's Printing & Bookbinding House, 1898), Pg 10.
8 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 83.
9
Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 582.
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