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Below is a family biography included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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WILLIAM C. LOUDON is the third child of James Loudon bearing the name William. He was born April 10, 1854, and learned the bookbinding trade, and with the exception of six months at the Carlisle Indian Training School as clerk, and eight years at his trade in Altoona, Pa., has spent all his life in Carlisle. He is now carrying on bookbinding on West Pomfret street, Carlisle. In 1896 he married Martha Ellen Claudy, of Carlisle.
James Loudon, the father of this huge family, was a man of intelligence and progressive ideas and a worthy citizen. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Carlisle and long superintendent of its Sunday-school. He was installed an elder of the church on Nov. 4, 1832, and continued an elder until his death, which occurred on July 8, 1880. His wife, Elizabeth Ann Loudon, died in March, 1882, and the remains of James Loudon, of his two wives, and of seven of his children, are buried in the Old Graveyard at Carlisle.
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This family biography is one of numerous biographies included in the Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania published in 1905 by The Genealogical Publishing Company.
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