Husband John Willison Witherspoon 1 2 3 4
Born: 4 Oct 1843 - Guilford Twp, Franklin Co, PA 3 5
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Father: David Witherspoon (1798-1884) 3 6
Mother: Massie Ann Caruthers ( -1876) 3 4
Marriage: 28 Jan 1875 5 7
Wife Mary Elizabeth Mickey 1 2 5 7
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Father: Robert Mickey (1823-Aft 1905) 5 8 9 10
Mother: Elizabeth McCulloch (cal 1827-1893) 2 10
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1 M Robert Ralph Witherspoon 5
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Cause of Death: Fall from a horse
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2 M John W. Witherspoon 5
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3 F Mary E. Witherspoon 5
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Spouse: John S. Zarger ( - ) 5
4 F Florence L. Witherspoon 5
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Spouse: Claude Wingerd ( - ) 5
5 M David Erskine Witherspoon 11
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6 M Quinn M. Witherspoon 11
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7 M Agnew Crawford Witherspoon 11
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8 M Lawrence Austin Witherspoon 11
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9 M Herbert Wayne Witherspoon 11
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General Notes: Husband - John Willison Witherspoon
He was educated in the public schools and at the Chambersburg Academy. After leaving school he assisted his father, until, in 1864, he enlisted in the United States Signal Corps, serving in the valley of Virginia. He was on duty with the middle military division under Gens. Sigel, Hunter and Sheridan, and he participated in the battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, and was mustered out at Winchester, Virginia, in August, 1865. After the Civil war, he was for three terms a teacher in the public schools. In 1868 he went to West Virginia, where he engaged in farming for six years. He returned to Guilford township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1874, and then was a farmer on the farm of his father and grandfather, which he owned. In politics he was a Republican, and he was for nine years a school director for Guilford township and a County Commissioner, 1887-90, and was also assessor. On Nov. 8, 1904, he was elected to represent his district in the State Legislature. He was a member of Housum Post, No. 309, G. A. R., and of the Falling Spring Presbyterian Church.