Marcus Cunningham Acheson and Pamelia Gow

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Husband Marcus Cunningham Acheson ¹

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           Born: 11 Jan 1844 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Judge Alexander Wilson Acheson (1809-1890) 2 3
         Mother: Jane Wishart (      -      ) 2 4 5

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Wife Pamelia Gow ⁶

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         Father: John Loudon Gow (1797-1866) 7
         Mother: Mary M. Murdoch (Abt 1808-Aft 1893) 8 9

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Children

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1 F Mary Gow Acheson ¹

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           Born: 9 Dec 1872 1
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2 M Archibald Acheson ¹

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           Born: 30 Aug 1877 1
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General Notes: Husband - Marcus Cunningham Acheson

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He was a leader in the legal profession and during his lifetime was engaged in pursuits wherein success depended on the matured judgment and practical concep­tion that comes from experience, observation, read­ing and reflection. He received a liberal education at the common schools of the borough and at Washington College. He read law with his father and was admitted to the bar of Washington County in December, 1869. He was associated with his father in the practice of his profession from January, 1877, to October, 1889. In February, 1891, he received the appointment of administrator to the estate of the late John McKeown, oil operator, and gave bonds to the enor­mous amount of $3,000,000, being the largest bond ever given in the county.

He was a close observer of men and things, and his naturally quick and keen perceptive faculties he improved and re-en­forced by extensive travel in America as well as in the mother land, having made three trips across the Atlantic. He was a man of fine physique, genial in his manner, and enjoyed robust health.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 29.

2 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 545.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 24.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 28.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 593.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 29, 39.

7 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 36.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 39, 132.

9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 541.