Husband Rev. Levi Risher 1 2 3
Born: 18 May 1836 - Hays, Allegheny Co, PA 3 4
Christened:
Died: 23 Sep 1894 3
Buried:
Father: John C. Risher (1815-1889) 1 5 6
Mother: Nancy Denny McClure (1808-1875) 7 8
Marriage: 17 Jun 1862 3
Wife Elmira Painter Alexander 3 9 10
Born: 2 May 1838 - Callensburg, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Maj. Henry Alexander (1801-1894) 3 9 11
Mother: Nancy Ann Hays (1810/1818-1906) 3 9 11
Children
1 M Alvin Daniel Risher 3 10
Born: 15 Oct 1863 - Allegheny Co, PA 3
Christened: - Callensburg, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Martha Cordelia Griffin ( - ) 3
2 F Mary Agnes Risher 2 3 10
Born: 6 Oct 1865 3
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: James Harvey Dunlevy ( - ) 2 3
Marr: 17 Jun 1891 2
3 M John Henry Risher 3 10
Born: 28 Feb 1868 - Dravosburg, Allegheny Co, PA 3
Christened:
Died: 6 Oct 1896 3
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Ann Bryant ( - ) 3
4 M Percy Alexander Risher 10 12
Born: 31 Mar 1871 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 12
Christened:
Died: 27 Feb 1896 12
Buried:
Spouse: Jennie McCallister ( - ) 12
5 M Dr. Frank Osburne Risher 10 12
Born: 2 Jan 1880 - Dravosburg, Allegheny Co, PA 12
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Beatrice Chadock ( - ) 12
General Notes: Husband - Rev. Levi Risher
He graduated at the Jefferson College in 1859, and at the Theological Seminary in 1862, and was pastor of Montour's Run church for two years. From 1865 to 1869 he was a member of the firm of J. C. Risher & Co. From 1869 to 1876 he preached at Fairmount and Plains churches, near Sewickley, Pennsylvania; from 1876 to 1882 he was pastor at Dravosburg, and from 1882 to 1886 at Martinsburg, his labors being blessed at each place.
His early education was obtained in the public schools of Streets Run (the former name of Hays) Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and under private instruction, and after a course in Washington and Jefferson College he entered the Allegheny Theological Seminary. He was graduated from this institution when twenty-six years of age. He first preached in Montour Church, seven miles from Pittsburgh, and also at Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, his first charge after his ordination being the Amity Church, in Dravosburg, Pennsylvania. The ground upon which this church stood and the building had been the gift of his father, his mother naming the edifice, and he ministered to the congregation of this church for seven years. Another of his charges was the Plains Church, in Butler County, Pennsylvania, of which he was pastor for six years, and another was the Fairmount Church. He was throughout his life devoted to his duties as a minister of the Gospel, conducting his own ways in accordance with the principles that he taught, and the agent of great good, and was a credit to the ministry of the Presbyterian church. In matters of political import he was a Republican sympathizer. [GPHWP, 1203]