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Peggy Whitson

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Mary Elderkin

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Peggy Whitson — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 57 
  • Father:
  • Joshua Booth Elderkin Jr. 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Goodwin   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 or 15 DEC 1799 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Chelsea, Orange, Vermont 
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  • Death Date:
  • 3 Dec 1875 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Freewill Baptist Cemetery, Hannasville, Venango, Pennsylvania 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Anthony Y. Johnston
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  • Children:
  
  

  John Wesley Johnston (Ahnentafel No:28 )

  Lucius E. Johnston

  • Notes: 

  • Mary Elderkin's given name is also seen as Polly.

• Sources for Mary Elderkin

  • ¹ Biographical and Historical Record of Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company (1887), 341.
  • ² Boston Evening Transcript: Genealogy Pages, 1911-1940, 02 MAY 1912, No. 8822.
  • ³ Federal Census, PA, Venango County, 1850, Canal, Image 11 of 15.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, PA, Venango County, 1860, Canal, p. 16, Image 16 of 24.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/31/2023).
  • ⁶ Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1970, Death certificate for son Lucius E Johnston.

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