Capt. R. H. McCormick and Ellen Benton

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Husband Capt. R. H. McCormick ¹

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           Born: 1825 - Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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         Father: Joseph McCormick (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Margaret Graffens (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1847 1

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Wife Ellen Benton ¹

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1 M Edgar Benton McCormick ¹

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         Spouse: Maggie McKeague (      -      ) 1

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2 F Irene McCormick ¹

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         Spouse: Jesse Bolsinger (      -      ) 1

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3 M John J. McCormick ¹

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4 M William Harry McCormick ¹

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5 F Mary McCormick ¹

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6 F Carrie A. McCormick ¹

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7 F Lillie Eva McCormick ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. R. H. McCormick

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He located in Cherry Tree, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, in 1848, first residing in that part of the borough taken from Cambria County. He erected a foundry, at that time the only one between Blairsville and Hollidaysburg. Soon after he started a tin shop, and was thereafter connected with that business.
He served in company D, 78th Pennsylvania volunteers, as first lieutenant and captain for three years. He was a Democratic member of the state house of representatives in the sessions of 1867 and '68

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 420.