Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Hugh Wilson Walkinshaw and Charlotte Ralston




Husband Hugh Wilson Walkinshaw 1 2

           Born: 27 Jul 1850 - near Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 1
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           Died: 19 Jun 1920 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Walkinshaw (1803-1873) 1 3 4
         Mother: Margaret B. Daugherty (1809-      ) 3 4


       Marriage: 4 Nov 1873 5



Wife Charlotte Ralston 3

            AKA: Lotta M. Ralston,2 Lottie A. Ralston 5
           Born: 
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           Died: 1899 2
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         Father: L. W. Ralston (      -      ) 5
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Lewis Clark Walkinshaw 2 5

           Born: 24 Aug 1874 - Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA 2 5
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Bess J. Garvin (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 20 May 1909 6


2 M David R. Walkinshaw 5

           Born: 14 Jan 1880 5
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           Died: 
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3 F Myrtle H. Walkinshaw 5

           Born: 23 Jul 1885 5
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - Hugh Wilson Walkinshaw


He received his education in the common schools and Elder's Ridge academy. He entered upon active life as a clerk for Stewart & Pierce, who were engaged in the mercantile business at Saltsburg, Pennsylvania. He was next employed as a teacher in the common schools for three years, and in June, 1871, was registered as a law student with Hon. Silas M. Clark, later Judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. After his admission to the Indiana county bar, June 11, 1873, he was engaged for a short time at Brookville, then removed to Saltsburg in 1874, and was active in the practice of his profession for four years. In February, 1878, he came to Greensburg, opened a law office and continued to practice his profession.
For several years he served as school director, and was a member of the Knights of Honor, Royal Arcanum, Free Masons. He was a member of the Baptist church and was also superintendent of the Sabbath school and treasurer of the Baptist church. He was a strong democrat.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 173.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 146.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 388.

4 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 570.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 174.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 147.


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