James Quail McGiffin and Carrie Ruggles

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Husband James Quail McGiffin ¹

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           Born: 21 Sep 1856 - Amwell Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Norton McGiffin (1824-      ) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Houston Quail (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Dec 1884 1

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Wife Carrie Ruggles ¹

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         Father: Noble Ruggles (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Norton McGiffin ¹

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2 F Helen Elizabeth McGiffin ¹

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General Notes: Husband - James Quail McGiffin

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At the common schools of Amwell township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he received his primary education. Afterward he entered Washington and Jefferson College, but while in the sophomore year he left for California, where he remained four years. On his return to Washington, in 1878, he read law with John W. Donnan, Esq., and was admitted to the bar of Washington County, January 9, 1882. In the spring of the same year he moved to Ida Grove, Iowa, where he remained, engaged in the practice of law till March, 1891, when he returned to Washington and resumed the practice of his profession.

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

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

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