Samuel married Nancy S. McFarland on 23 Sep 1836 in Pennsylvania, USA. Nancy (daughter of William McFarland, WiM05 and Nancy) was born on 29 Aug 1822 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 29 Aug 1900 in Indiana Co., Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Nancy McFarland

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Mrs. Nancy Ralston, widow of the late Samuel Ralston, died at her home in Cherryhill township, on Wednesday, August 29, 1900. aged about 80 years. She was a daughter of Wm. McFarland, who lived to be 104 years of age, who was born in Glasgow, Sc otland and was a cousin of President James Buchanan. Mr. McFarland emigrated to America in his young days, and subsequently married Nancy Stewart, who was a native of Donegal, Ireland, and who reached the age of 86 years. Two brothers of Mrs. Ra lston are supposed to be living, and when last heard from resided in Tennessee. The deceased is survived by eight children, vis: Samuel, of Indiana; Mrs. M. A. Knee, Foxburg, Clarion Co. ; Mrs. Bell Stahl, Vaudergrift; Mrs. Kate Kesslar. DuBoi s; Mrs. Tillie Tibbets, Bradford; Mrs. Nellie Mikesell, Homer City; and James Stewart and Jane, on the homestead. Twenty-two grandchildren and two great-grand-children also survive, the latter being the children of Mrs. J. C. West, of Kane, McKea n Co., Pa. J. C. Tibbets, a grandson, of Bradford, was among these who attended the funeral. The funeral services were conducted by the Rev. Dr. Hall, and interment took place on Friday. The deceased lived a christian life, was of a cheerful happ y disposition, loved by her children and esteemed by the community in which she lived a long and well-spent life.
(Obituary from The Indiana Messanger -Wednesday 5 Sept. 1900)
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• Alt. Birth: 1761
• Alt. Birth: Between 1765 and 1773
• Immigration: 1802
• Residence: 1840

Notes:

1 - Daughter Nancy Ralstons obituary says William was born in Glasgow, Scotland, was a cousin of US President James Buchanan and died at 104 years of age.
1850 census says he was born in Ireland, his tombstone and an Ancestry.com tree show he was born in Scotland. The Ancestry.com tree show his birthplace as Camghouran beside Loch Rannoch, Perthshire. The same tree show his marriage to Nancy took pl ace when he was aged 19 at Loch Rannoch.
The 1850 US Federal census shows a land value of $1000 in Rural Valley, Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania.

2 - I found the 1850 census records for William and son John living in Cowanshannock, Armstrong Co. PA. In both the 1850 and 1860 census, William states that he was born in Ireland, not is Glasgow as the article above says. He also was probably no t 104 when he died. The 1850 census is probably the most correct date, abt. 1773. I find that the older people got, the worse their memories were for remembering how old they were.
[E-mail from MHH CMW genealogy chair rec: 13 Jul 2014]
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William married Nancy about 1790. was born in 1775 in Co. Donegal, Ireland; died on 28 Nov 1859 in Armstrong Co., Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 1771

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