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Joseph Templeton
JOSEPH TEMPLETON, retired farmer, late of Rural Valley, Armstrong county,
was born in Jefferson county, Pa., Nov. 14, 1832, son of James C. and Jennie
(McCracken) Templeton, and grandson of John Templeton.John Templeton came from Ireland to Plum Creek township, Armstrong Co.,
Pa., where he bought a farm and died upon his property at an advanced age. His
children were: John, James C., Rachel and Mary.James C. Templeton was born in Armstrong county, and was a farmer all his
life. He spent about seven years in Jefferson county, but returning to
Armstrong county settled on the old homestead of his father in Plum Creek
township, which continued to be his home until his death, which occurred when
he was a very old man. He and his wife had the following family: Isabella,
Elizabeth, Jennie, Mary, Finnie (of Cowanshannock township), Joseph, John, and
Margaret.Joseph Templeton attended the local school, and was brought up on the farm.
He was twenty-five years old when he located in Cowanshannock township, near
Rural Valley. There he owned 120 acres of land, which he cleared to a
considerable extent and developed into a valuable property. This continued to
be his home until 1906, when he retired to Rural Valley, and he had the
distinction of being one of the oldest residents of the place. He died March
7, 1913, aged eighty years, three months, twenty-three days, and was interred
at Atwood.Mr. Templeton married Catherine Morrow, and after her death married
(second) Margaret C. Sloan, of Cowanshannock township. Mrs. Temepleton died
May 9, 1898, aged seventy-one years, three months and nine days, and is buried
at Atwood, Cowanshannock township. Mr. Templeton had two children born of his
first marriage: Mary Jane, who married Johnston Fisher, and died leaving three
children, John, Effie J., and Julia C.; and James C., a well-known merchant at
Rural Valley, who married Elizabeth Stennett. (They had no children). Mr.
Templeton was a Republican, and served very acceptably as a supervisor and
township treasurer. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and served on
the building committee which had charge of the construction of the present
edifice.Source: Pages 932-933, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Kathy Zagorac for the Armstrong County Beers
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