DAVID TEMPLETON was born in 1800, in Washington county, Penn. where his life was passed in agricultural pursuits. On February 20, 1823, he was married to Miss Margaret Martin, who bore him the following named children: Margaret, John, Samuel and James, the two latter being deceased. The mother died May 25, 1833, and on February 20, 1834 David Templeton was again married, his second choice being Jane McNary, and their children were born as follows: Matthew, born January 27, 1836; Thomas, born March 21, 1838; David, born June 6, 1840; Ann, (deceased wife of John White Anderson), born January 26, 1844; Joseph, born April 26, 1846, and William H. (deceased) born December 7, 1851. The father of this family was a devoted Christian, and both he and his wife were untiring Bible students. With but one exception the family worshiped at the U.P. Church. He died June 28, 1867, and the old homestead is now owned by his sons, Matthew, David, and Joseph Templeton. Of these three sons David Templeton is married to Nannie C. Horner, who has born him four children. Joseph Templeton wedded Miss Katie Spear, and they have two children. Matthew Templeton has never married. On September 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company A, Eighty-Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, commanded by Captain .J. Van Kirk. He served three years and two months, was in the Pennisular Campaign and fought at the battle of Fair Oaks. Immediately after the engagement at Fair Oaks, Matthew Templeton was seized with a fever, and was sent for treatment to the hospital at Philadelphia. On recovering he joined his regiment in North Carolina, taking part in the engagements of Yorktown, Williamsburg and Fort Wagner. At the last mentioned place he was slightly wounded in the hip by a ball which killed a comrade at his side. He received an honorable discharge November 22, 1864, and returned to the old home where he is yet living.

Text taken from page 847 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed February 1997 by Elizabeth Burns of Phoenix, AZ as part of the Beers Project. Published February 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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