David Ralston and Margaret Sharpe

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Husband David Ralston ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 1804 - Armstrong Co, PA 5
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           Died: 1867 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 6
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         Father: David Ralston (      -1809) 1 3 7 8
         Mother: Agnes Nancy Sharp (1785-1862) 1 3 8 9 10

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Wife Margaret Sharpe ⁴

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            AKA: Margaret Sharp 3 11
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           Died: Bef 1880
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         Father: James Sharpe (      -      ) 4 12
         Mother: Elizabeth Orr (      -      ) 4

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   Other Spouse: James Mitchell (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Ralston ^{4 6 13 14}

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         Spouse: Alexander Wilson Taylor (1815-1893) 4 6 13 14
           Marr: 8 May 1849 14 15

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2 M James S. Ralston ^{3 4 16}

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           Born: 8 Oct 1835 - Shelocta, Indiana Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Maria A. Blakeley (      -      ) 16
           Marr: 3 Sep 1859 6

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3 F Nancy Ralston ^{4 5 6}

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         Spouse: J. P. Carter (      -Bef 1880) 5 6

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4 M Thomas Elder Ralston ^{4 5 6}

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         Spouse: Clara Sutton (      -      ) 5

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5 F Isabella Ralston ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - David Ralston

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He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, at the forks of Plum and Crooked creeks.

He was a merchant and grain-dealer at Shelocta, Pennsylvania, for several years, went, in 1837, to Indiana, and in 1842 was elected sheriff of Indiana County. He was a whig and republican. He made some very profitable investments in oil, and had acquired considerable wealth at the time of his death.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428, 516.

2 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 203.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 558.

4 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 65.

5 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 516.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 559.

7 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 29, 203, 591.

8 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 549.

9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653.

10 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 29.

11 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 202.

13 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 336, 516, 524.

14 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 726.

15 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 524.

16 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 622.