Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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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.

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Sources


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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