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Notes: Free Colored Persons - Males - 55 thru 99 1[ Females - 10 thru 23 1; Females - 55 thru 99 1; Total 3 Family/Spouse: Phebe Linzy. Phebe was born about 1812 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
George married Jane Russell on 30 Nov 1854 in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Jane was born about 1830 in Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Amanda married James T. Adams in 1875. James was born in Jun 1850 in Virginia, USA; died on 2 Mar 1926 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Family/Spouse: Robert Foster. Robert was born about 1850 in Prince George's, Maryland, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Family/Spouse: George Preston. George was born in 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Notes: Buried: Family/Spouse: Charlie McPherson. Charlie was born about 1892 in Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Elvira married John Matthews on 25 May 1910 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. John (son of William Frank Matthews and Nellie Mathews) was born on 12 Jan 1891 in Steelton, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 5 Feb 1953 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in 201 South 30th street, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Notes: Buried: Family/Spouse: Beatrice McPherson. Beatrice (daughter of Benjamin McPherson and Ellen Hill) was born on 15 Jul 1911; died on 25 Sep 1952 in Norfolk, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Earl married Madaline Brown on 6 Feb 1923 in Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. Madaline was born in 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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Notes: Buried: Family/Spouse: Margaret L McPherson. Margaret was born on 15 May 1928; died on 2 Jun 2005; was buried in Annville, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart] |
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Notes: Service Number: 922 56 58 Family/Spouse: Naomi C Shaw. Naomi (daughter of Joseph S. Shaw and Ada Mae Hill) was born in 1903 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 12 Sep 1971 in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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