David White McElroy and Mary Bailey

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Husband David White McElroy ¹

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           Born: 1 Mar 1842 1
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         Father: John McElroy (1807-1879) 2
         Mother: Julia Ann White (      -1890) 2

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       Marriage: 1872 1

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Wife Mary Bailey ¹

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - David White McElroy

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Civil War: He enlisted August 27, 1861, in Co. A, 78th Pa. Infantry and served until November 4, 1864; was in the battles of Stone River, where he was wounded in his right leg, Chickamauga, New Hope Church, and about 20 minor engagements. He was later an active member of Torrence Post No. 2, G. A. R., of Iowa, served the post as adjutant three years, commander two years, and was Assistant Adjutant General Department of Iowa 1897-8. He was a delegate to the National Encampment Pittsburgh in 1894, St. Paul 1896, Buffalo 1897, and Cincinnati delegate at large in 1898. He moved from Pennsylvania in 1866, and located in Keokuk, Iowa, where he was in the foundry and machine shop business beginning in 1869.

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Notes: Marriage

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Children:
1. Mary
2. Nannie
3. Cora Belle, died young.
4. John Alexander, born March 31, 1875; in business in Chicago.
5. Nellie Margaretta, born September 7, 1879; married Henry Rix Collisson in 1898; he was in business in Keokuk, Iowa; they had children: Sidney Dial and David McElroy.
6. David White, born June 5, 1888.

1 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 90.

2 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 89.