Taken From Egles Notes and Queries - Historical and Genealogical Chiefly Relating To Interior Pennsylvania Edited by William Henry Egle, M.D. M. A., 1890 - First Edition - Vol. 1, Page 82 and Page 95 -- Online Transcription by Nancy Piper
In the year 1808 the following persons subscribed the sums opposite their names for "the repairing of Paxtang meeting house." (T.H.R. asked the question were are there any now living (in 1890)?)
| Robert Elder
James Cowden Edward Crouch Elizabeth Gray John Gray John Wiggins James Rutherford Samuel Sherer John Gilchrist Samuel Rutherford William Rutherford Robert Gray |
Robert McClure
John Ritchey Thomas Smith Susanah Rutherford Thomas Elder John Carson Josiah Espy James Awl John Allison James Cochran Ann Stephen John McCammon
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Mary Fulton
Mary Rutherford William Larned James Stewart Joshua Elder Thomas Buffington John Elder Sarah Wilson John Forster Charles Chamberlain John Ross Hugh Stephen |
Michael Simpson
Jean Carson Joseph Burd Robert Gray Thomas Walker William Caldhoon John Rutherford Michael Simpson James Awl Joseph Burd David Patton John Rutherford |
Thmas Walker
John Walker Jacob Richards Jean Wilson Frederick Hatton William Caldhoon John Finney Joseph Wilson Michael Whitley David Stewart Thomas McCord Elizabethe Wills |
Mr. Egle's reply (Page 95) "In reply to the query of T.H.R., we are able to give the dates of death of the following. There are none now living, the last worthy being Gen. John Forster"
| Name | Date of Death | Age | Name | Date of Death | Age |
| Robert Elder | Sept 29, 1818 | 77 | James Cowden | Oct 10, 1810 | 64 |
| Edward Crouch | Jan 2 ,1826 | 66 | Elizabeth Gray | April 18, 1816 | 72 |
| John Gray | May 30, 1819 | 66 | John Wiggins | June 12 1794 | 82 |
| James Rutherford | March 6 1809 | 62 | Samuel Sherer | Dec 26 1821 | 66 |
| John Gilchrist | Samuel Rutherford | Nov. 26 1833 | 65 | ||
| Wm. Rutherford | Jan. 17 1850 | 74 | Robert McClure | July 21 1839 | 76 |
| John Ritchey | Dec 3 1831 | 56 | Thomas Smith | ||
| Samuel Rutherford | May 8 1813 | Thomas Elder | April 29 1853 | 86 | |
| John Carson | Oct. 10 1817 | Joshai Espy | July 26 1813 | 71 | |
| James Awl | Removed in 1809 | John Allison | March 17 1816 | 46 | |
| James Cochran | July 16 1822 | 80 | Ann E. Stephen | Aug. 10 1814 | 60 |
| John McCammon | July 22 1838 | 64 | Mary Fulton | Nov. 23 1815 | 45 |
| Wm. Larned | James Stewart . | Removed to Mifflin Co | |||
| Joshua Elder | Dec. 5 1820 | 75 | Thomas Buffington | ||
| John Elder | April 13 1811 | 54 | Sarah Wilson | Mar 12 1823 | 70 |
| John Forster | May 28 1862 | 86 | Charles Chamberlain | ||
| John Ross | D. at Middletown | Michael Simpson | June 1 1813 | 73 | |
| Jean Carson | Joseph Burd | Removed | |||
| Robert Gray | April 27 1848 | 91 | Thomas Walker | March 19 1843 | 54 |
| William Calhoun | John Rutherford | May 1 1832 | 59 | ||
| David Patton | Jan. 10 1832 | 74 | John Walker | ||
| Jacob Richards | Jean Wilson | ||||
| Frederick Hatton | John Finney | Removed to Ohio in 1811 | |||
| Joseph Wilson | 1826 (date of either removal or death |
William Whitley | |||
| David Stewart . | Removed to Mifflin Co | Thomas McCord | |||
| Elizabeth Wills | Hugh Stephens |
Mr. Egle asks in 1890 "Who can supply those left blank? Can Anyone?
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