Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Beall Wylie and Helen Cornelia Roseborough




Husband James Beall Wylie 1 2

           Born: 24 Sep 1862 - Cumberland Twp, Greene Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Robert Wylie (1830-1912) 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Beall (      -      ) 5 6


       Marriage: 24 Jun 1890 - Senatobia, MS 1 2



Wife Helen Cornelia Roseborough 1 2

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         Father: William D. Roseborough (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Williamson (      -      ) 1




Children
1 F Marion Marguerite Wylie 1 2

           Born: 14 May 1891 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 2
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         Spouse: Robert Martin Murphy (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1 Dec 1910 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2


2 M Garvin Roseborough Wylie 2

           Born: 24 May 1893 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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3 F Laura Jean Gaston Wylie 2

           Born: 1 Oct 1898 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 2
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General Notes: Husband - James Beall Wylie

Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA

He graduated from the Washington and Jefferson College in 1882. Elder, First United Presbyterian Church, Washington, Pennsylvania. Director, Union Trust Company and People's National Bank, Washington. Member, Board of Trustees, Washington Seminary, established 1835. J. B. Wylie was a well-known breeder of registered stock, and belonged to a number of record and live stock breeders associations and to the Luther Burbank Society.


General Notes: Wife - Helen Cornelia Roseborough


Her great-grandparents came from Ireland to South Carolina about the time of the Revolution, and their families were both of French Huguenot ances-try, who left France about the middle of the seventeenth century; her great-grandmother Roseborough's maiden name was Gaston, and she was a daughter of William Gaston, of Cloughwate, Ireland, who was a grandson of the Duke of Or-leans (the leader of the Huguenots, banished from France in 1642; some history says 1652), brother of Louis XIII and son of Henry IV, King of France and Navarre.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 449.

2 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 79.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 99, 444.

4 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 578.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 78.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 448.


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