Susannah Ardery (1759-1831)

Susannah Ardery

Children
Susannah and Abraham had three children, two sons and a daughter. James died on the homestead in 1854, leaving no children. Robert grew to be one of the best-known and most popular citizens of Centre County. When he came to Half-Moon valley, in 1785, he was but three weeks old, and rode in his mother's arms upon the back of a packhorse. The cradle in which he was rocked during his babyhood was a hollowed gum log furnished with rude rockers. That ancient but valued relic is now preserved among the treasures of Mr. John A. Hunter's family, as is the cradle in which all of Robert Elder's children were rocked. Mr. Elder was conspicuously distinuished as a man of generous implulses and kindly disposition. He was always ready to succor the needy, and a strong friend and support to such as deserved the assistance for which they asked. He died in 1871, at the ripe age of eighty-six, upon the spot that had for that number of years been his home. At his death he owned upwards of eight hundred acres of land. His wife was one of George Wilson's daughters.

Their children are as follows:
 * James Elder
 * Elizabeth Elder (1783-?)
 * Robert Elder (1785-?)