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Descendants of Alexander Call
1.ALEXANDER1 CALL was born 1748 in Hagerstown, Butler Co. Pa., and died December 11, 1808 in Jefferson Co., Oh.He married HANNAH LARKIN 1780 in Married during the winter..
Notes for ALEXANDER CALL:
Served in the Revolutionary War, from Hagerstown, Md.He joined Washington's troops, fought in the Battle of Trenton on 12-26-1776. The army left a trail of bloody footprints in the snow, having no shoes.He was wounded inthe hip and arm at the battle of Brandywine on 9-11-1777, which was a terrible defeat for Washington's troops. Shortly after that battle, they went into winter quarters at Valley Forge.Alexander did not go there however, since he had been wounded. He remained a cripple the balance of his life.He was living with his family in Butler Co. Pa, before coming to Jefferson County about 1803.He applied for a pension 7 Apr, 1788 at the Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania and was awarded the sum of Three Dollars a month for one year.
Notes for HANNAH LARKIN:
Alex and Hannah were married in the winter of 1780.She was 23, he was 32. She had eight children.About 1803, Hannah walked with her son David, age 12, and three other sons, from Hagerstown, to the mouth of the Yellow Creek, aided only by Philip Saltsman, friend of the family. They carried everything they owned on their backs.In later years, Hannah lived in Brush Creek Twp.She applied for a pension in 1840 at the age of 83 years.There is no record that she ever received it. She lived to be 105 and is buried in the Old Stone Church Cemetery, in Carroll County.
Children of ALEXANDER CALL and HANNAH LARKIN are:
| i. | HANNAH2 CALL, b. 1781; d. 1840; m. GEORGE PUNCHES, April 05, 1817. | ||
| ii. | BETSEY CALL, b. 1783; m. HAMILTON SHAW, September 02, 1817. | ||
| iii. | JOHN CALL, b. January 15, 1785; d. Bef. 1877; m. ISABELLA ROACH, January 10, 1806. | ||
| 2. | iv. | MARY POLLY CALL, b. April 17, 1787. | |
| v. | GEORGE CALL, b. 1775; d. Bef. 1879. | ||
| 3. | vi. | DAVID CALL, b. December 31, 1790, Beaver County, Pa; d. January 11, 1883, Buried in Pine Grove Cem. Jefferson Co, Oh. | |
| vii. | HENRY CALL, b. 1793; d. Bef. 1883, Pine Grove, Jefferson County, Ohio; m. CATHERINE UNKNOWN. | ||
| viii. | CATHERINE CALL, m. WILLIAM CLENDENNING, October 19, 1854. |