James Alcorn and Margaret McDowell

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Husband James Alcorn ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1769 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 May 1835 or 1837 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Alcorn Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] Alcorn (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: Abt 1800 - Ireland

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Wife Margaret McDowell ¹

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           Born: Abt 1770 - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Dec 1835 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Alcorn Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

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Children

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1 M John Alcorn ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 30 Jul 1788 - northern Ireland 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Jul 1865 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Mitchell (1785-1855) 1 3
           Marr: Abt 1810

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2 M James Alcorn, Jr. ^{1 3}

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           Born: Abt 1789 - northern Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1812-1813
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Jane Alcorn ²

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           Born: Abt 1790 - northern Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Alcorn (1783/1785-      ) 2 4

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4 M Robert Alcorn ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1797 - northern Ireland 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Aug 1869 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Benn (1806-1875) 1

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5 M Andrew D. Alcorn ^{2 3 6}

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            AKA: A. B. Alcorn 5
           Born: 2 Oct 1801 - Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Apr 1878 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Alcorn Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Jane Kerr (1806-1868) 1 3

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6 M Samuel Alcorn ^{1 2 3 7}

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           Born: Abt 1804 - Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jan 1885 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Ann Prather (1818-1904) 1 3 7
           Marr: 2 Feb 1836 8

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7 M William Alcorn ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1805 - Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 May 1842 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Alcorn Cemetery, Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Rebecca Benn (1816-1844) 1 3
           Marr: 22 Apr 1837 9

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8 F Margaret Alcorn ³

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           Born: Abt 1810 - Oil Creek Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - Union Cemetery, Oil Creek Twp, Crawford Co, PA

         Spouse: Samuel Washington Kerr (1801-1857) 10 11

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General Notes: Husband - James Alcorn

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He was born in Ireland, emigrated to America, and landing at what was then called New Castle [Dover, Delaware?], after an eleven weeks' voyage. He remained on the east side of the mountains in Penn-sylvania one winter, then came with his family to the area of Titusville, Crawford County, where he remained until 1811. In that year, he, with his family, wife and five children, settled in the north-western corner of Cherrytree Township, Venango County. He purchased near seven hundred acres of land of Titus & Kerr, and began improvements.
Another branch of the Alcorns had previously settled at Bethel, Pennsylvania.

He and his wife were originally buried in the old Alcorn Cemetery near their log cabin but "Jamie" Alcorn and Dr. Walter Small and others had the bodies moved to Fairview Cemetery and a new stone installed, July 27, 1965.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret McDowell

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Her remains were originally interred in the Alcorn Cemetery and were later moved to Fairview.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

3 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003), Pg 1.

4 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 73.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1049.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567, 569.

7 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 176.

8 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 21.

9 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 3.

10 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 554.

11 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003).