James Brown Borland and Genevieve M. Murrin

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Husband James Brown Borland ¹

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           Born: 7 Dec 1861 - Harlansburg, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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         Father: Dr. John R. Borland (1828-1916) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Emery (1834-1907) 1 2

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       Marriage: 5 Sep 1900 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6

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Wife Genevieve M. Murrin ^{6 7}

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         Father: John Murrin (1827-Bef 1919) 6 8 9
         Mother: Agnes B. (C.?) McGarry (      -Bef 1919) 6 8 9

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - James Brown Borland

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He was four years old when the family settled in Franklin, PA, where he subsequently lived. During his student years in the public schools he gave signs of his predilection for his life work, editing and issuing a paper containing school news, setting the type himself and printing it on a small hand press, using type and an old army press owned by his father. He left school before the completion of the course to go into real newspaper work, commencing the publication of the Franklin Evening News when he was but sixteen years old. He was its editor, and president of the Evening News Printing Company, which publishes the Venango Citizen-Press, a weekly newspaper founded in 1855, until 1917, when he assumed responsibilities as managing editor and business manager of the Venango Daily Herald. This was a Franklin evening paper published by the Venango Printing Company, chartered Oct. 13, 1902, of which Mr. Borland was president, his fellow officers being: C. H. Sheasley, secretary and treasurer; the directors were Mr. Borland, Mr. Sheasley, W. W. Bleakley, W. W. Miller, J. E. Gill, A. R. Osmer, and G. A. Fahey (assistant business manager and advertising manager of the Herald). The establishment was at No. 1252 Liberty street, Franklin, with a branch office at No. 214 Seneca street, Oil City. [CAB, 437]

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

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

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

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

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

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 438.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 254.

8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 500.

9 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 828.