Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George M. Kelso and Maria Rankin




Husband George M. Kelso 1 2

           Born: 6 Apr 1806 - Allegheny Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Mar 1879 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Mark Kelso (1769-1853) 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Ewing (Abt 1777-1819) 1 6


       Marriage: 28 Mar 1838 1



Wife Maria Rankin 1 2

           Born: 22 Dec 1813 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jul 1878 3
         Buried: 


Children
1 U [Infant] Kelso

           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 



2 F Mary Jane Kelso 2 3

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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3 F Elizabeth E. "Lizzie" Kelso 2 3

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: David R. P. Springer (      -1887) 3
           Marr: 19 Feb 1878 3


4 M Mark Kelso 3

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Cornelius Allison (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 19 Oct 1871 3


5 F Abigail Lavina [1] Kelso 1

           Born: Feb 1846 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1847 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


6 F Abigail Lavina [2] Kelso 1 2

           Born: 21 Dec 1847 7
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           Died: Aft 1893
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7 M J. R. Kelso 3

           Born:  - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 



8 M William James Kelso 1 2

           Born: 5 May 1852 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 7
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Ella Finley (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 11 May 1882 3


9 F Maggie A. Kelso 1

           Born: 2 Jul 1854 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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10 M Rankin Kelso 2

           Born: 
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General Notes: Husband - George M. Kelso


He was born in Alle­gheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1818 coming to Washing­ton County with his parents. The family settled on a farm.

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Sources


1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 575, 944.

2 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 114.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 575.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 372, 575, 944.

5 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 112.

6 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 96.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 944.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 575, 945.


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