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From: "Darlene Parsons" <>
Subject: Fw: [WASH] Book searches
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 13:22:20 -0500


> Jeri,
>
> The entry on Andrew RALSTON is as follows:
>
> ANDREW RALSTON, b. in Adams county, Penn., 1753, of Scotch-Irish
descent;
> his father, mother, sister, and brother were killed by Indians in Adams
> county, in 1761, one sister (who afterwards married and settled at
> Pittsburg) and himself escaping the massacre; served in the Revolutionary
> War; m. in Adams county, Sophia WALTERMEYER, a native of that county;
Andrew
> removed to Jefferson county, Ohio, in 1814, where he d. 1827; had issue,
> among others: 1. Lewis-W., b. in Adams county, Nov. 30, 1806; settled in
> German township, Harrison county, about 1833, where he d. Sept. 6, 1884;
m.
> (1st) 1828, Ann DARR, of Jefferson county; d. 1832; m. (2d) 1832, Eleanor
> MOORHEAD, (the former a native of Virginia, of Irish descent); (had issue
by
> first wife: i. ---------, d. in infancy; ii. ----------, d. in infancy;
> iii. John-N., d. aged eithteen years; had issue by second wife: iv.
Andrew,
> d. in infancy; v. Elizabeth, d. aged twenty-five years; vi. Lewis-B., b.
> Feb. 16, 1839; m. Jan. 8, 1861, Maria V. SANDERS, daughter of Joseph and
> Elizabeth Oliver SANDERS, both of whom settled in Ohio, 1830; the former a
> native of England, the latter of Scotland; vii. Ruth; viii. Sophia; ix.
> Mary-E., m. James Bosley, and settled in Springfield, Ohio).
>
> Obtained from:
>
> Hanna, Charles A. "Ohio Valley Genealogies". Reprinted: Genealogical
> Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1998. p. 102-103.
>
> Hope this information is helpful.
>
> Darlene
>
>


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