Col. Joseph Torrence and Mary Paull

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Husband Col. Joseph Torrence ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Joseph Torrance 3
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Wife Mary Paull ^{1 2}

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         Father: George Paull (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M George Paull Torrence ^{1 4}

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         Spouse: Mary B. Findlay (      -      ) 1 4
           Marr: 12 Feb 1811 1

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2 F Jane Torrence ^{2 5}

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         Spouse: Col. William Ludlum Miller (1793-1867) 7 8
           Marr: Jan 1820 2

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General Notes: Husband - Col. Joseph Torrence

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near New Haven, Fayette Co, PA

He came to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, with George Paull, married one of Paull's daughters, and settled upon a place in Dunbar township known as "Peace." The tract was later occupied by the works of the Connellsville Coke and Iron Company.

In 1777 he served as second Lieutenant in the Seventh Pennsylvania regiment and was with Washington at Valley Forge. In 1778 he was promoted to be first Lieutenant but soon after resigned. He was third Sheriff of Fayette County and a delegate to the First Constitutional Convention of Pennsylvania during the winter of 1792-93.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 94.

2 Elizabeth M. Davison and Ellen B. McKee, Annals of Old Wilkinsburg and Vicinity (Wilkinsburg, PA: The Group for Historical Research, 1940), Pg 132.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 503.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 461.

5 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 413.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 613.

7 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 413, 612.

8 Elizabeth M. Davison and Ellen B. McKee, Annals of Old Wilkinsburg and Vicinity (Wilkinsburg, PA: The Group for Historical Research, 1940), Pg 128.