Rev. Dr. John King and Elizabeth McDowell

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Husband Rev. Dr. John King ¹

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           Born: 5 Dec 1743 - Lancaster Co, PA 1
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           Died: 15 Jul 1813 1
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         Father: [Father] King (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 2 Apr 1771 1

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Wife Elizabeth McDowell ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 12 Dec 1822 1
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         Father: Maj. John McDowell (Abt 1715-1794/1794) 2
         Mother: Agnes Craig (1717-1766) 1 2

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Dr. John King

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He came to Conococheague, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, as a teacher in 1760. He was graduated at the College of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) in 1766. He was pastor of the Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church, 1769-1809. He was an ardent patriot during the Revolution, and was chaplain of Col. Samuel Culbertson's battalion when in active service. The degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Dickinson College in 1792.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 81.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 370.