James Murtland and Catherine Swartzlander

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Husband James Murtland ¹

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           Born: 1825 - Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: William Murtland (Abt 1780-      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Patten (      -      ) 1

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   Other Spouse: Mary Storey (1826-1906) 1 2

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Wife Catherine Swartzlander ¹

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Children

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1 F Catherine Murtland ¹

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         Spouse: William B. Tarr (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Murtland

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He grew to manhood in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and attended the public school during the winter months. After his marriage he purchased a farm in Armstrong County, where he resided until 1869, then settled in Lower Tyrone township, Fayette County, where he worked about the coke plants at Jimtown and Morgans. In early life he was a Democrat, later a Republican, from the date of the organization of that party. He and wife were members of the United Presbyterian church.

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General Notes: Wife - Catherine Swartzlander

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She died three years after marriage, leaving a child.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 640.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1392.