Family:James Edgar and Martha Buchanan (1)

"History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania", by J. H. Battle, 1887, Pg 439
"B. Frank Edgar, farmer, P. O. Stillwater, is a grandson of James Edger, a native of the State of New York, who removed to Benton, Penn., thence to this [Fishingcreek] township in the latter part of the last century and died in the State of Ohio, whither he had later removed. His [James'] children, all deceased, were
John, married Hester Zimmerman, died in Indiana;
Robert, married Susannah McHenry, died in Benton Township;
Martha, wife of Moses McHenry, died in this [Fishingcreek] township;
Ellen, wife of Elias McHenry (brother of Moses), also died here;
Elizabeth, wife of John Jackson, died in Indiana;
Edward, married and died in Ohio;
Teann, wife of Silas McHenry, died in Ohio.
James, the youngest, was the father of our subject. James was born on the farm where his father resided, in this township, August 22, 1806, and died April 16, 1883, aged twenty-six years and seven months."

[Note: I am aware that there is a "History of St. Joseph County, Indiana", published by Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Chicago, 1880 which gives a bio of Joseph T. Jackson, son of Elizabeth Edgar and John Jackson as listed above. That bio says the family's name was Eager and many family trees have said John Jackson married Elizabeth Eager. But since we know Elizabeth's BROTHERS, I thought it safe to rely on the record of the gravemarker of her brother Robert EDGAR as found on Robert's Find-a-Grave memorial page here: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=8240531. The photo of the gravemarker shows that Robert used the spelling EDGAR. The 1850 census also spells Robert's name as Edgar.]

1.   Battle, J. H. History of Columbia and Montour counties, Pennsylvania: containing a history of each county. (Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1887)
   439.