Alexander Russell and Mary McPherson

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Husband Alexander Russell ^{1 2}

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Wife Mary McPherson ^{1 2}

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         Father: Col. Robert McPherson (1730-1789) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Agnes Miller (1732-1802) 1 3 4 5

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Children

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1 M James McPherson Russell ^{6 7}

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           Born: 10 Nov 1786 - York, York Co, PA 2
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           Died: 14 Dec 1870 - Bedford, Bedford Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Rebecca Lyon (1785-      ) 6 7
           Marr: 6 Feb 1812 2

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2 F Nancy Russell ⁸

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         Spouse: John Mitchell Stevenson (      -      ) 8

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3 F Maria Russell ⁹

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           Born: 28 Feb 1797 9
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           Died: Aft 1886
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         Spouse: Robert Wilson (      -1821) 9

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4 M Judge S. R. Russell ⁹

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           Born: 21 Jun 1801 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 9
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5 M Lewis Russell ⁹

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           Born: 30 Jul 1803 9
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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Russell

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Bedford, Bedford Co, PA

Revolutionary War: he was lieutenant of Capt. Alexander's company in the Seventh Regiment, Pennsylvania Line.

He was a student in Princeton College on the breaking out of the Revolution, in which he enlisted and participated in a number of battles, and was promoted to the post of captain. He served for many years as a magistrate, having been appointed by the king for life or during good behavior. After the office was made an elective one, he persisted in holding it for thirty years. He reared nine children, two of whom were still living in 1886.

1 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 364.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 393.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 317.

4 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 89.

5 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 45.

6 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 147.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 388.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clinton, Union and Snyder. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 193.

9 —, History of Adams County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886), Pg 370.