Dr. James H. Lafferty and Anna M. Townsend

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Husband Dr. James H. Lafferty ¹

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           Born: 26 Jul 1854 - Armstrong Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jacob Lafferty (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Cowan (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 10 Apr 1883 2

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   Other Spouse: Lizzie Wagoner (      -      ) 2 - 3 Jun 1886 2

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Wife Anna M. Townsend ²

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           Died: 24 Jan 1884 2
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         Father: Absalom K. Townsend (1826-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Mary J. Gamble (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 M John T. Lafferty ²

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           Born: 13 Jan 1884 2
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James H. Lafferty

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He was educated at Elder's Ridge and Saltsburg Literary and Classical Institute of Indiana County, Pennsylvania. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school and taught for a period of eight years. He then began to read medicine in 1877 in the office of Dr. Thomas Carson, of Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, and subsequently entered the college of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore and was graduated in the class of 1881. He began the practice of medicine in 1881 at New Florence, Pennsylvania, where he resided and built up a paying practice. He was also engaged in the drug business in connection with the practice of medicine from 1882 to 1886.
He was a democrat, an active worker in his party, and was appointed U. S. Pension examiner in 1885. He served in this capacity until December 1, 1886, when he resigned to accept a seat in the Legislature of Pennsylvania. In 1886 he became a nominee of his party in Westmoreland County for the office of representative and was elected by a majority of 148. He was renominated in 1888 for the same office by his party and was defeated on account of the strong fight made by the republicans in the presidential election of 1888.
He was a member of the Masonic order, of the O. U. A. M., of the Junior O. U. A. M., Royal Arcanum, Chosen Friends and was deputy state councillor in the O. U. A. M. and Junior O. U. A. M. He was the medical examiner for the following insurance companies: National of Vermont, Equitable of New York Life, and People's Mutual of Westerville, Ohio. He was also medical examiner for the Royal Arcanum and Chosen Friends.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 484.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 485.

3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 726, 856.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 726.