Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Gillmor and Isabella Cowden




Husband William Gillmor 1 2

           Born: 1788 or 1789 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Aug 1856 1 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Moses Gillmor (1750-1825) 5 6
         Mother: Isabel [2] Wallace (1757-1828) 5 6


       Marriage: 24 Mar 1812 4



Wife Isabella Cowden 1 3

            AKA: Elizabeth Cowden 7 8
           Born: 27 Mar 1784 7 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Oct 1857 7 8
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA


         Father: Col. James Cowden (1737-1810) 1 8 9 10 11
         Mother: Mary Crouch (1757-1848) 8 9 10 11




Children
1 M Wallace Moses Gillmor 4

           Born: 1816 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Dec 1840 4
         Buried: 



2 F Mary C. Gillmor 14

            AKA: Mary Gilmore 12 13
           Born: 1818 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Feb 1844 14
         Buried:  - Paxtang Church Cemetery, Paxtang, Dauphin Co, PA
         Spouse: Joshua Elder (1802/1802-1883) 12 13 15 16
           Marr: 1 Jan 1839 17


3 M James Cowden Gillmor 4

           Born: 1820 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Apr 1837 4
         Buried: 



4 F Isabel M. Gillmor 4

           Born: 1822 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Mar 1854 4
         Buried: 



5 M William Gillmor 4

           Born: 2 Jan 1826 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jan 1855 4
         Buried: 



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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 402.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 146, 696.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 696.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 698.

5 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 120, 401.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 694.

7 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 146, 698.

8 Rev. James Marcus Welch, Ancestry and Kin of the Cowden and Welch Families (Indiana, PA: 1904), Pg 20.

9 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 476.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 174.

11 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 143, 145.

12 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 503.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 1049.

14 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211, 698.

15 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 52.

16 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 200, 698.

17 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 211.


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