Houston Borland and Eleanor B. Holloway

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Husband Houston Borland ¹

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            AKA: Huston Borland 2 3
           Born: 18 Aug 1803 - Centre Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 1866 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: Andrew Borland (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Margaret Houston (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1 Mar 1827 1 3

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Wife Eleanor B. Holloway ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 12 Jul 1804 1
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           Died: Bef 1919
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         Father: Isaac Holloway (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Catherine Parcel (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Dr. John R. Borland ^{1 2 5 6}

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           Born: 15 Mar 1828 - New Vernon Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 2 3
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           Died: 26 Dec 1916 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7
         Buried: 29 Dec 1916 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Elizabeth Emery (1834-1907) 2 4
           Marr: 29 Jun 1852 - Harlansburg, Lawrence Co, PA 2 4

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2 F Catharine Borland ¹

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           Born: 15 Apr 1830 1
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           Died: 27 Aug 1831 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M Samuel Borland ¹

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           Born: 8 Jul 1832 1
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           Died: 8 Jul 1832 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M Isaac Holloway Borland ¹

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           Born: 25 Feb 1834 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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           Died: 6 Aug 1887 9
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         Spouse: Sarah E. Allen (1835-Aft 1888) 9
           Marr: 24 Dec 1857 9

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5 F Margaret Borland ¹

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           Born: 8 Nov 1836 1
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           Died: 29 Dec 1839 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 F Martha Borland ¹

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           Born: 22 Nov 1839 1
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           Died: Aft 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Daniel McClure (      -      ) 1

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7 F Anna M. Borland ¹

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           Born: 24 Sep 1842 1
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Andrew C. Montgomery (      -      ) 1

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8 F Isabella Borland ¹

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           Born: 2 Jun 1845 1
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           Died: 13 Apr 1848 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Houston Borland

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Until about 1826 he lived with his father, whom he assisted in the cultivation of the home farm. Then he bought about one hundred and fifty acres of wild, heavily timbered land near New Vernon, Mercer County, PA, upon which he built a large log house and made his home, clearing his land with great labor and making a good farm. He was known by his neighbors as a conscientious, upright man in all his dealings. None was more willing or ready to help his neighbors at log rollings and house raisings. Being an expert axeman, he was invariably one of the corner men, the most critical position on the building. In those times it was the custom to bring out the whiskey jug on all occasions when neighbors gathered together, whether for work or play, and serve the liquor liberally. Mr. Borland, noting how frequent were the evil results, had the courage to take a stand against this habit. Accordingly, when he was about to raise his new bank barn, about 1854, he said to the carpenters: “I intend to raise this barn without whiskey.” They told him he could not get the men to come, but he replied that he could depend upon his wife's good cooking, and would try. In those days a barn raising was quite an event in the neighborhood, especially a large bank barn like this, the second or third of its kind to be put up in that section. By sunrise on the appointed day more than a hundred men had arrived and the huge foundation timbers and frames went up into place without a hitch. At noon a good dinner was served, and by half past four o'clock the tim­bers were all up, the rafters on and the raising finished. A good supper followed. No accident had occurred, nobody had quarreled, the timbers of the building fitted, and the actions of the men befitted the occasion. The use of liquor disappeared in that section. Mr. Borland was an earnest member of the United Presbyterian Church. In politics he was an Antimason, Whig and Republican in turn, but he had no ambition for public office, the only one he ever held being that of school director. The first schoolhouse on the south side of the creek was built on his farm, and was a log structure with paper filled windows except for the one at the teacher's desk, which had six 8-by-10-inch glass lights. [CAB, 436]

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General Notes: Wife - Eleanor B. Holloway

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She was a competent helpmate, with a sunny disposition and much physical energy, a noted buttermaker and neat housekeeper. Nearly all her life she was a member of Fairfield Presbyterian Church, and died in the full hope of a blessed immortality. Her death was caused by neuralgia of the heart.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1108.

2 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 497.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 436.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 437.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 816.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 113, 436.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 113, 437.

8 Franklin Cemetery - Record of Interments (Franklin, PA.).

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1109.