OBIT: James E. McPHERRAN, 1903, native of Huntingdon County, PA

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  James E. McPherran, Esq., died at his home at Sterling, Illinois, on 
December 11, after suffering from heart affliction about a year.  He 
was the son of John and Elizabeth McPherran, pioneer settlers in the 
Spruce Creek valley, and was born at Eden Hill, near Spruce Creek, 
Huntingdon county, in 1834.  He was graduated from Jefferson college at 
Cannonsburg in 1857, after which he went to Chicago and was graduated 
as a law student from the Chicago University in 1863, and shortly after 
opened a law office at Sterling where he spent the remainder of his 
life.  He is survived by his wife and three sons viz; Edgar W., a 
prominent railway attorney at Marquette, Michigan; Ralph S., holds an 
important position as superintending chemist with the Allis-Chalmers 
company at Milwaukee, Wis., and Charles C. McPherran, a similar 
position by the Thomas Furnace company at Milwaukee.  The only 
daughter, Mabel, died about six years ago.  Three brothers also survive 
the deceased: John A. McPherran, who lives on the old homestead near 
Spruce Creek; Robert McPherran, Toledo, Ia., and Stewart McPherran, of 
Hutchinson, Kansas.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church, a 
knight templar in the Masonic fraternity and a leading member of the 
bar and prominent citizen of Illinois.

The Tyrone Herald, Thursday, December 24, 1903