Norton McGiffin and Sarah Houston Quail

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Husband Norton McGiffin ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Jan 1824 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Thomas McGiffin (1784-1841) 2 3
         Mother: Maria Norton (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 1853 4

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Wife Sarah Houston Quail ⁴

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         Father: James Quail (      -      ) 4
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Children

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1 F Sallie Quail McGiffin ⁴

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         Spouse: G. W. Henshaw (      -Bef 1893) 4

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2 M Thomas McGiffin ⁴

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3 M James Quail McGiffin ⁴

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           Born: 21 Sep 1856 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Carrie Ruggles (      -      ) 4
           Marr: Dec 1884 4

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4 M Philo Norton McGiffin ⁴

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5 M Nathaniel McGiffin ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Norton McGiffin

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He received his primary education at the public schools of the borough, after which he attended Washington College, from which he graduated in 1841. Subsequently, for a period of two years, he read law with Nathaniel Ewing, Esq., at Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and then, the Mexican war having broken out, he enlisted in the First Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers, Company K (this company was known as the "Du Quesne Greys"), at Pittsburgh, and served throughout the entire struggle, participating in the siege of Pueblo, the storming of the Castle of Chapultepec, City of Mexico and Vera Cruz. His company was surrounded in the streets of Pueblo, and the greater part of it was cut to pieces, but he escaped serious injury. At the close of this war he was commissioned colonel by the governor of Pennsylvania. On his return to the pursuits of peace he was elected treasurer of Washington County, serving from 1849 to 1852, after which he farmed until he was elected sheriff, an incumbency he filled from 1859 to 1861. In response to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers in the war of the Rebellion, he led the first company that left Washington for the front, known as the "Washington Invincibles." This company left Washington April 20, 1861, and in Pittsburgh was incorporated as Company E, in the Twelfth P. V. I., upon the organization of which Norton McGiffin was elected lieutenant colonel. At the close of the three months' service Col. McGiffin was commissioned lieutenant-colonel of the Eighty-fifth P. V. I., Col. J. B. Howell, under Gen. McClellan, serving in the Peninsular campaign, during which he was stricken with disease from which he still suffers. Being disabled, he resigned his commission and returned to Washington, a mere shadow of his former self. About the close of the war he went to Ohio County, West Virginia, where he resided until 1870, then returned to Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1880 he was elected to the House of Representatives, serving until 1882, in which year he removed to Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, where he engaged in farming. In 1886 he proceeded to Fair Haven, Cayuga County, New York, and in 1890 was appointed U. S. Consul at Port Rowan, on Lake Erie, Ontario (Canada), with headquarters at Simcoe, a few miles further north. On March 18, 1892, he was appointed U. S. Consul at Port Hope, Canada.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 252.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 110.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 251.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 111.