Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Augustus Drum, Esq.




Husband Augustus Drum, Esq. 1 2

           Born: Abt 1815
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           Died: 17 Sep 1858 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Simon Drum (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Agnes Lang (      -      ) 3



• Note: This may be the same person as : Hon. Augustus Drum.




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General Notes: Husband - Augustus Drum, Esq.


He was educated at Jefferson college, Pennsylvania. He studied law under John B. Alexander, at Greensburg, and located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, in 1831. He was a successful lawyer, and a gentleman of pleasant social qualities and a fine literary taste. He was a member of the Democratic party, and took a decided part in politics, and to some extent was a newspaper writer. He served in the State Senate and in Congress.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 258.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 106.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 176.


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