Husband William Ayres 1 2 3
Born: 14 Dec 1788 - Middle Paxtang Twp, Dauphin Co, PA 1 4
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Died: 26 May 1856 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 5
Buried: - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: John Ayres (1752-1825) 6 7
Mother: Jane "Jenny" Lytle (1767-1831) 8 9
Marriage: 16 May 1817 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
Wife Mary Elizabeth Bucher 1 2 3
Born: 23 Apr 1795 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 11
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Died: 31 Jul 1847 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
Buried: - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Father: Hon. John Jacob Bucher (1764-1827) 12
Mother: Susanna Margaret Horter (1774-1838) 13
Other Spouse: John Swift ( -1813) 11
Children
1 M Jacob Bucher Ayres 14
Born: 3 Feb 1818 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
Christened:
Died: 12 Mar 1898 - Philadelphia, PA
Buried:
Spouse: Jane Alice Lyon (1829-1907) 14
Marr: 11 Apr 1854 - Huntingdon Co, PA 15
2 M John Ayres 10
Born: 16 Sep 1819 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
Christened:
Died: 17 Sep 1821 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
Buried: - Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Mary Elizabeth Ayres 10
Born: 8 Jun 1821 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
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Died: 3 Oct 1887
Buried: - Silver Spring Presbyterian Cemetery, Cumberland Co, PA
Spouse: James Anderson (1812-1882) 10
Marr: 20 Jun 1843 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
4 M William M. Ayres, Jr. 10
Born: 8 Mar 1823 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
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Died: 14 Apr 1898
Buried: - Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA
Spouse: Ellen Criswell (1821-1863) 10
Marr: 16 Oct 1846 16
Spouse: Catharine F. "Kate" Watson (1846-1908) 16
Marr: 5 Jan 1865 16
Spouse: Catherine W. "Kate" Williams (Bet 1834/1845- ) 17
Marr: 7 Sep 1876 - Philadelphia, PA 17
5 F Susan Bucher Ayres 10 18
Born: 6 Oct 1826 10
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Died: 7 Aug 1861 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
Buried: - Harrisburg Cemetery, Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
Spouse: Andrew J. Jones (1803-1867) 10 18
Marr: 11 Dec 1856 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
6 M George Bucher Ayres 10
Born: 12 Feb 1829 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
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Died: 5 Dec 1905 - Philadelphia, PA
Buried: - Bloomsbury Presbyterian Cemetery, Bloomsbury, Hunterdon Co, NJ
Spouse: Mary Robbins Smith (1838-1878) 17
Marr: 10 Oct 1867 17
7 F Eliza Jane Ayres 10
Born: 10 Jan 1831 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
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Died: 10 May 1879 - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA 10
Buried: - Shippensburg, Cumberland Co, PA
Spouse: Samuel Lytle Addams (1821-1881) 10
Marr: 23 Sep 1852 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 10
8 M John Bucher Ayres 10
Born: 27 Feb 1834 or 1835 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 19
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Died: 13 Jan 1890 - Reynoldsville, Jefferson Co, PA 17
Buried:
Spouse: Matilda Scott (1836-1923) 10
Marr: 27 Oct 1858 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 17
General Notes: Husband - William Ayres
He quit the farm to enter upon more congenial pursuits. First, a justice of the peace by commission, Dec. 13, 1819, from Governor Findlay, and afterwards in 1824 by Governor Shultz; appointed, in 1824, by Governor Hiester, major of the 16th regiment Pennsylvania militia. Becoming a citizen of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, he was admitted to the bar of Dauphin county April 7, 1826. Elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature for the years 1833, '34, and '35, he became prominent in the political party to which he was attached, and one of the most eloquent and persistent advocates for the establishment of the free-school system of Pennsylvania. In 1839, elected to the councils of the borough, he projected the water works, which were constructed and completed in 1841, mainly through his individual efforts. In 1841, he was elected a director of the United States Bank, at Philadelphia. In 1850, he organized the Harrisburg gas company, and, as first president, constructed the works, which were a success from the beginning. In 1853, on the solicitation of citizens of Huntingdon, he became the president of the Huntingdon and Broad Top railroad; put the road under contract, and in course of construction, which insured its early completion. In 1854 he projected and organized the Harrisburg and Hamburg railroad company, and was engaged in this improvement, as president, with engineers in the field, at the time of his death. Possessing public confidence, he was the recipient of many honorable and responsible trusts. He was a man of large physique\emdash impressive and handsome appearance\emdash popular manners, with untiring energy and ambition, and unselfish to a fault. His life was a useful one, and his works lived after him.