Mary McGarry Baldridge was a daughter of William McGarry (1757-1845) and Elizabeth Walker. William McGarry was born in County Down, Ireland in 1757 and he emigrated to Virginia in 1777. He served in the Army of the Revolution in Captain Wood Jones' Company in Virginia and later served in Captain Benjamin Hoomes' Company, Second Virginia Regiment commanded by Colonel Febinger, serving three years. After the War he moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania where he married Elizabeth Walker and they had five children. He moved his family to Adams County, Ohio in 1795. He was one of the first members of the Presbyterian Church at West Union, Ohio.

Children of Samuel Baldridge and Mary McGarry:

C1 Mary Baldridge, born May 29, 1804, died April 1863; married Daniel Thompson .

C2 William Baldridge, born January 7, 1805, died March 23, 1899; married August 28, 1827 (1) Margaret Kane, born June 11, 1806, died August 14, 1867; married (2) Nancy Ewing, died 1985.

C3 James Wilson Baldridge, born February 6, 1807, died May 20, 1890; married December 28, 1829 Margaret McVey, born in Ohio.

C4 Sarah Baldridge, born February 9, 1809; married ____ Hamilton; lived near Monmouth, Illinois.

C5 Deborah Baldridge, born January 26, 1811, died May 1889; married James Wright.

C6 Elizabeth Baldridge, born June 30, 1816, died February 27, 1897; married April 7, 1836 William Parish, born June 14, 1814 in Eagle Township, Brown County, Ohio, died January 3, 1900; lived in Fincastle, Ohio.

C7 Robert Baldridge, born November 14, 1817, died February 23, 1858; did not marry .

C8 Samuel Thompson Baldridge, born July 1, 1820, died October 23, 1820.

C9 Catherine Baldridge, born September 21, 1821, died 1907; married Stephen Thompson.

C10 Samuel Turner Baldridge, born February 17, 1824, died June 8, 1899; married October 23, 1845 (1) Phoebe Patton; married 1861 (2) Sarah Russell .

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