Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Isaiah McElhoes and Nancy Scott




Husband Isaiah McElhoes 1

            AKA: Thomas McElhoes 2 3
           Born: Abt 1743
     Christened: 
           Died: 1823 1
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Nancy Scott 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1823
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Susan McElhoes 1

            AKA: Susannah [Unk],4 Susannah McElhoes,5 Susan McElhose 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1852 5
         Buried:  - Jacksonville Cemetery, Jacksonville, Indiana Co, PA
         Spouse: Abraham Lowman (1765-1845/1846) 7 8
           Marr: Franklin Co, PA


2 F Esther McElhoes 9

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Fergus Moorhead (      -Bef 1880) 9


3 F Ann McElhoes 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Trimble (      -Bef 1880) 1


4 F Jane McElhoes 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joseph Moorhead (      -Bef 1880) 10


5 M John McElhoes 3 11

           Born:  - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1856 - ? Indiana Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane Van Horn (1792-Bef 1880) 11


6 M Samuel McElhoes 1 2

           Born: Abt 1787 - Chester Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1855 - Rayne Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Martha McCluskey (      -Bef 1880) 1 2


7 M James McElhoes 12

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Anthony (      -Bef 1880) 12 13
         Spouse: Elizabeth Kerr (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Isaiah McElhoes


He [Thomas McElhoes] was born in Scotland, of Scotch parents, and came to the United States in company with two of his brothers, settling in the Cumberland valley, in Pennsylvania, at an early day. He followed farming.

He [Thomas McElhoes] was a native of Scotland, where he married. He came to America and settled near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but afterwards moved to near Indiana, Indiana County, where he took up a large tract of land which he farmed until his death.

He [Isaiah McElhoes] was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He migrated to the farm in Indiana County about 1793 or '94. This place was well known on account of the block-house erected thereon.


General Notes: Wife - Nancy Scott


She died when seventy years of age.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 525.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 635.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 870.

4 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 502.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 411.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1472.

7 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 411, 502, 525.

8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1306, 1472.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 522, 525.

10 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 337, 525.

11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 479, 525.

12 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 413, 525.

13 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 330.


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