John Robert Sterrett and Emma G. Aitkens

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Husband John Robert Sterrett ¹

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           Born:  - Locke Mills, Mifflin Co, PA
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         Father: Nathaniel Woods Sterrett (1811-1856) 2 3
         Mother: Rebecca Sterrett (1811-1895) 2 3

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       Marriage: 7 Apr 1887 1

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Wife Emma G. Aitkens ¹

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         Father: McDowell Aitkens (      -1890) 1
         Mother: Catharine Muthersbaugh (      -Aft 1897) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Robert Sterrett

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He attended the public schools and lived with his parents until he reached the age of twenty-three years. On the death of his father, he and his brother, Albert Scott, became executors of his father's estate, and as such, farmed the homestead. During the war of the Rebellion John R. Sterrett enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers, under Capt. Abraham Selheimer, on August 4, 1864. His regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and served until November 8, 1864, receiving honorable discharge at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Sterrett was a Democrat, and took an active interest in politics. He served the township in various offices and was elected county commissioner in 1896.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 669.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 668.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 85.