See also
- Mary BELTZHOOVER's parents: Samuel BELTZHOOVER (1803-c. 1836) and Susan RHERER (1812-1885)
Mary BELTZHOOVER (1830-aft1880)
1. Mary Ann BELTZHOOVER, daughter of Samuel BELTZHOOVER (1803-c. 1836) and Susan RHERER (1812-1885), was born on 15 October 1830 in Big Springs. Cumberland Co., PA, USA. She was christened "24/3/1833 or 35" in United Presbyterian Church, Big Spring, Cumberland Co., Pennsylvania. She married John Auguste SIMMS circa 1849 in Gillespie, Texas. She married Douglas Alexander MURRAY on 8 November 1855 in (First Evangelical Lutheran Church) Carlyle, Pennsylvania. She died after 1880.
According to the 1880 census, apparently she was living in "4th Ward,Carlisle, PA" as the Head of Household. Nothing about the children, though.
John Auguste SIMMS was born circa 1824 in Gillespie. He died before 1850.
Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Alexander MURRAY, son of Major General James Patrick 2 MURRAY (1782-1834) and Elizabeth RUSHWORTH (1783-1865), was born on 2 January 1824 in Killinure House, Westmeath, Ireland. He married Mary Anne MURPHY on 10 November 1848 in St. Louis, Missouri. He died on 19 July 1866 in Washington DC. He was buried in Carlyle, Pennsylvania. He and Mary Ann BELTZHOOVER had the following children:
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Second Generation
2. James Patrick MURRAY, son of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Alexander MURRAY and Mary Ann BELTZHOOVER, was born in 1856.
3. Catherine Beltzhoover MURRAY, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Alexander MURRAY and Mary Ann BELTZHOOVER, was born in 1857.
4. Elizabeth Rushworth MURRAY, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Alexander MURRAY and Mary Ann BELTZHOOVER, was born in 1859. She died in 1949. She married Robert Allan MCLEOD.
Elizabeth and Robert lived in Cleveland, Ohio and upon his passing, Elizabeth lived with her daughter, Katherine Elizabeth Neuman, until her passing in 1949. Elizabeth was "of Carlisle, PA".
Robert Allan MCLEOD was born circa 1853. He died in 1933. He and Elizabeth Rushworth MURRAY had the following children:
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5. Susan Douglas MURRAY, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Douglas Alexander MURRAY and Mary Ann BELTZHOOVER, was born in 1861.
Third Generation
6. Marion Murray MCLEOD, daughter of Robert Allan MCLEOD and Elizabeth Rushworth MURRAY, was born on 8 July 1882. She died in 1927. She married James Erwin WINCHELL.
James Erwin WINCHELL was born in 1879. He died in 1952. He and Marion Murray MCLEOD had the following children:
| 8 | Robert E WINCHELL (1918- ). Robert was born in 1918. |
| 9 | Clyda C WINCHELL (1905-2000). Clyda was born in 1905. She died in 2000. |
7. Catherine Morrison MCLEOD, daughter of Robert Allan MCLEOD and Elizabeth Rushworth MURRAY, was born on 6 December 1883 in Cleveland, Ohio. She died in November 1983. She married Benjamin NEUMAN.
A second source claims she died in 1970: it would have been a great achievement then to have so nearly reached her 100th birthday!
Benjamin NEUMAN was a Lutheran Minister. He and Catherine Morrison MCLEOD had the following children:
| 10 | Marion Ruth NEUMAN (1903- ). Marion was born on 3 December 1903. |
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| 12 | Jack Earl NEUMAN (1925- ). Jack was born on 5 January 1925. He was a Sgt. in USMC in WW2. He married Ruth Mary UNK in 1945. |