Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Moorhead and Elizabeth Kennedy




Husband William Moorhead 1 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1817 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA
         Buried: 
       Marriage:  - Lancaster Co, PA



Wife Elizabeth Kennedy 1 4

           Born: 1774 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jul 1847 1 3
         Buried: 


         Father: James Kennedy (1730-1799/1799) 5 6 7
         Mother: Jane Maxwell (1742-1784) 5 7 8



   Other Spouse: John Young (      -      ) 1 3


Children
1 F Eliza Moorhead 3

           Born: 15 Mar 1803 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Aug 1858 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Montgomery (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 24 Jan 1826 3


2 F Ann Moorhead 3

           Born: 24 Oct 1804 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1808 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Gen. James Kennedy Moorhead 1 2 4




           Born: 7 Sep 1806 - Dauphin Co, PA 1 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Mar 1884 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 9 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane Logan (      -      ) 4 10 11
           Marr: 17 Dec 1829 9


4 M William Garroway Moorhead 3

           Born: 7 Jul 1811 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Cook (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 9 Dec 1833 3


5 M Joel Barlow Moorhead 3

           Born: 13 Apr 1813 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Hirons (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 7 Feb 1837 3


6 F Adeline Moorhead 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 May 1877 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 M Henry Clay Moorhead 3

           Born: 10 Mar 1815 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Apr 1861 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - William Moorhead


He emigrated from the north of Ireland to America in 1798, settling in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
In 1806 he purchased a farm on the Susquehanna, twenty miles above Harrisburg, long known as Moorhead's Ferry, where his son, James K., was born. Mr. Moorhead was not only an enthusiastic and successful farmer, but also a cultivated and refined gentleman. He was active in politics, and was appointed by President Madison a collector of internal revenue. In 1815 he removed to Harrisburg, where he died two years later, leaving his widow and six children nearly penniless. They removed to the old farm at Moorhead's Ferry.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1053.

2 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 240.

3 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 42.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 41.

5 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 167.

6 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1058.

7 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 40.

8 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1053, 1058.

9 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 44.

10 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 241.

11 Franklin Ellis & Samuel Evans, History of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 1054.


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