George McElhaney and Martha Stringer

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Husband George McElhaney ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Lancaster Co, PA
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Wife Martha Stringer ¹

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Children

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1 M [Unk] McElhaney

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2 M William McElhaney ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Independence Twp, Beaver Co, PA
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         Spouse: Lydia Strouss (      -      ) 3

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3 M John McElhaney ¹

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4 M Thomas McElhaney ¹

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5 F Jane McElhaney ^{4 5}

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           Born: Abt 1787
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           Died: Autumn, 1867 5 6
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         Spouse: Alexander Thomson (Abt 1781-1846) 5 7

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6 F Martha McElhaney ¹

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General Notes: Husband - George McElhaney

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His father came from Scotland to America.

In 1782 he made application for a tract of 400 acres of land in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. He died at the residence of Thomas Butler, at the age of sixty-two years. At the time of his settlement the Indians were numerous, and he was one of the most daring Indian scouts on the frontier.

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General Notes: Wife - Martha Stringer

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from Lancaster Co, PA

She was of Welsh descent.

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Notes: Marriage

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The young people failed to obtain the permission of their parents, but, escaping the vigilance of the latter, they were married and settled in their new home in the wilderness.

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 868.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 566.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 301.

4 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 868, 901.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 303.

6 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 901.

7 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 900.