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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821
ANDREW BROWN STEVENSON, banker, Pittsburgh, was born in Peebles Twp. (now part of the Twenty-third ward of Pittsburgh), Dec. 30, 1817. His grandfather, ANDREW STEVENSON, died at Wilmington, Del., while in pursuit of a person for whom he stood bail in Ireland. JAMES, son of ANDREW, born in County Donegal, Ireland, eloped with and married ELIZABETH JANE, a daughter of WILLIAM ERSKINE, of County Down, Ireland. MR. ERSKINE pursued and found them when about to sail for America, and finding they were married, he threw 100 guineas in his daughter’s lap, bidding her farewell. They arrived in Pittsburgh in 1817, and MR. STEVENSON became a post office clerk under David Lynch. He was a tax collector for the South (now Second ward) at the time of his death, which occurred June 15, 1836. He had 5 sons and 3 daughters, as follows: ANDREW B.; WILLIAM ERSKINE, who after serving the Pa. house of representatives, went to Virginia and helped organize the state of West Virginia; JOHN ARMSTRONG, residing near Iowa City, Iowa; ELIZABETH JANE, widow of ALEXANDER CUMMINGS, residing at New Brighton, Pa.; JAMES HAMMIL, who died in Pittsburgh; THOMAS J., residing in Pittsburgh; RUTH, widow of ROBERT H. BEATTY, in Coultersville, Ill., and MARGARET, deceased, wife of ROBERT BREWER...
ANDREW B. STEVENSON in 1842 married CATHERINE CAMERON, who died leaving 4 children: JOHN C., ELIZABETH C., wife of D. C. RIPLEY; RUTH EMMA, MRS. GEORGE BARKER; and MATILDA A., living at home. For his second wife, MR. STEVENSON married CYNTHIA, widow of THOMAS H. DOUGLASS.
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