William Ball McCormick and Eliza J. Johnston

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Husband William Ball McCormick ¹

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           Born: 15 Oct 1843 - Franklin Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
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         Father: John W. McCormick (1818-1846) 1 2
         Mother: Sarah Hazen (1818-1896) 2 3

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       Marriage: 7 Oct 1880 4

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Wife Eliza J. Johnston ⁴

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         Father: John Johnston (1806-1887) 4
         Mother: Jane Wintermute (      -1891) 4

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Children

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1 U [Infant] McCormick ⁴

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2 U [Infant] McCormick ⁴

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3 M William Johnston McCormick ⁴

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           Born: 29 Mar 1887 4
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General Notes: Husband - William Ball McCormick

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He attended the district schools in winter and worked on the farm in summer until June 10, 1862, when he came to Brownsville, Pennsylvania, as clerk in the store of Capt. Adam Jacobs, remaining three years. He then went on the river, running the southern route with Capt. Lewis and E. D. Abrams, where he remained three years. From 1868 to 1877 he conducted a drygoods store in Brownsville, and from 1877 to 1885 was engaged in the coal business. From 1885 to 1893 he was cashier in the Internal revenue office, 23d district Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh under Collector E. A. Bigler, and from 1889 to 1897 was engaged in the furniture business. January 17, 1895, he was appointed by President Cleveland as postmaster of Brownsville, which office he held for four years. For some years he was a member of the school board. He was a vestryman in Christ's Episcopal church, of which he and his wife were members.

1 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 852.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 402.

3 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 852, 1032.

4 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 853.