George Kifer and Emma McCormick

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Husband George Kifer ¹

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       Marriage: 1881 1

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Wife Emma McCormick ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Stewartsville, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: Dr. James Irwin McCormick (1828-1881) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Rachel Long Black (Abt 1834-1869) 1 2 5 6

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - George Kifer

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From Pennsylvania, this family moved in 1883 to a farm near Sioux City.

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General Notes: Wife - Emma McCormick

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On the death of her mother, she, at the age of thirteen took charge of the home and continued as efficient keeper of the house until her marriage.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 633.

2 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 558.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 632.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1215.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 259.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 657.