Alexander Jackson McCurdy and Rachel Lightcap

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Husband Alexander Jackson McCurdy ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 4 Jun 1829 - Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4
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           Died: 2 Sep 1884 1 4
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         Father: Alexander Henderson McCurdy (1794-1851) 1 2 4
         Mother: Mary Doty (1795-1877/1887) 1 4

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       Marriage: 1851 1

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   Other Spouse: Sarah Pounds (1833-Aft 1890) 1 2 3 - 1854 1 4

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Wife Rachel Lightcap ^{1 4}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1852 1 4
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Children

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1 F Mary Susan McCurdy ^{1 4}

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           Born: 22 Feb 1852 1
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           Died: Aug 1880 1
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         Spouse: William Fishell (      -      ) 1 4

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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Jackson McCurdy

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In an open boat, during the days of religious persecution in Scotland, were five brothers escaping by a dangerous voyage from Galloway to the coast of Down, Ireland. These men were named McCurdy, and from one of them Joseph A. McCurdy is descended. The Mayflower, which crossed the Atlantic in 1620, contained one of his paternal ancestors and two of his maternal ancestors.

He was a farmer in Derry township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, was for some time in the employ of the Pennsylvania canal, and afterwards engaged in building the Pennsylvania railroad. He was an active republican.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 130.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 6.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 846.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 847.