Kyle Genealogy

(1) John KYLE
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Birth:         ? , Scotland?
Death:        ?

Spouse:     Ann CRAWFORD
Birth:         ?
Death:        ?
Marr:         ?

Children:  Crawford (1774-1842)
                 Margaret
                 Joseph (1781-1861

Notes:  John Kyle (Kyll) emigrated from the town of Lorrademore, in the south of Ireland  (County Down), to America, and came direct to the State of Pennsylvania.  He lived in Lancaster County, PA for a number of years where he married Ann CRAWFORD.  About 1775, he moved from Lancaster County to Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin County, PA.
 

(2) Judge Joseph KYLE
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Birth:          1781, Brown Township, Mifflin Co., PA
Death:         8 Feb 1861, Brown Township, Mifflin Co., PA
Occ:            Prosperous Farmer

Spouse 1:    Mary BRISBIN
Birth:           Of Centre County, PA
Marr:            ?

Children:  Samuel (1812-)
                 John (1813-)

Notes: Settled on about 200 acres of land located in Brown Township, Mifflin Co., PA.
The original 400 acres had been purchased by his father and evenly divided with his brother, Crawford.
        He was prominent in his church, local township and county affairs; he served several sessions in the Pennsylvania State Legislature and on February 25, 1845, was commissioned as an associate judge of Mifflin County, thereafter being known as Judge Kyle.

*Spouse 2:    Janet (Or Jeannette) McFARLANE
Birth:            1788, Reedsville, Mifflin, PA
Death:           26 May 1861
Father:          James McFARLANE (1754-1830)
Mother:         Mary McCormick LOUDEN (1761-1822)
Marr:             7 Nov 1816

Children:  Mary
                 James (1812-?)
                 Crawford
                 Elizabeth Rosanna (1823-1873)
                 Margaret
                 Priscilla
                 Joseph
                 Charles
                 William (Died in Youth)
 

(3) Elizabeth Rosanna KYLE
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Birth:           7 Jan 1823, Kishcoquillas Valley, Mifflin Co., PA
Death:         26 Jan 1873

Spouse:      George McClellan McDOWELL
Birth:          29 Sep 1811
Death:        18 Apr 1885, (Near) Salona, Clinton Co., PA
Father:       Col. John McDOWELL (1767-1849)
Mother:      Jane MITCHELL
Marr:          6 Jan 1847

Children:  Samuel (Died in Youth)
                 Joseph (Died in Youth)
                 Margaret Jane
                 James Edward
                 Mary Catherine
                 John Ralph
                 Rosanna Barr McDowell (1863-1942) 


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