Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Bowman McKennan and Adaline Dodridge Ramsey




Husband William Bowman McKennan 1 2 3 4 5

           Born: 4 Mar 1829 - Brownsville, Fayette Co, PA 1 2
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           Died: 18 Oct 1917 3
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         Father: John Thompson McKennan (      -1830) 5 6 7 8 9 10
         Mother: Harriet E. Bowman (1792/1795-1832) 1 6 9 11


       Marriage: 4 Sep 1860 12

   Other Spouse: Sarah Ann Quail (1829-1857) 2 4 - Jun 1854 or 1855 2 4



Wife Adaline Dodridge Ramsey 5

            AKA: Adeline D. Ramsey,2 12 Adeline Doddrige Ramsey 3
           Born: 30 Jun 1837 - Wellsburg, Brooke Co, WV 3
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           Died: 13 Feb 1911 3
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         Father: Benjamin Ramsey (      -      ) 12
         Mother: [Unk] Doddridge (      -      )




Children
1 M John Thompson McKennan 3 12

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2 F Martha Ramsey McKennan 5 12 13

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         Spouse: Joseph Henderson Moore (1859-      ) 5 12
           Marr: 20 Jun 1888 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 5


3 M Benjamin Ramsey McKennan 3 12

           Born: 13 Jan 1865 - Franklin Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
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4 M Thomas Ramsey McKennan 12 13

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5 F Mary Sterling McKennan 12 13

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           Died: 12 Dec 1924 13
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General Notes: Husband - William Bowman McKennan


He passed his early youth at Brownsville, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and received his education at Kenyon, afterward attending Washington and Jefferson College. After marriage, settled in Franklin township, Washington County. He was a farmer, and active in public affairs, having been director of the poor of Washington County for several terms.

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Sources


1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 507.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 794.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 19.

4 Leander James McCormick, McCormick Family Record and Biography (Chicago, IL: Publisher Unknown, 1896), Pg 137.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 65.

6 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 425.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 252, 485.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 14, 507.

9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 793.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1643.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1644.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 508.

13 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 20.


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