Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Daniel Welty and Mary Ann Drum




Husband Daniel Welty 1 2 3 4

           Born: 19 Feb 1820 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1882 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: Lewis Welty (1796-      ) 1 5
         Mother: Susan Wannamaker (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 27 Dec 1842 1

   Other Spouse: Margaret Beatty (1820-1889) 3 4



Wife Mary Ann Drum 2 4

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           Died: 
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         Father: Simon Drum (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Agnes Lang (      -      ) 6




Children
1 F Hetty D. Welty 2

            AKA: Hettie Welty 4
           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Francis Van Buren Laird (1840-      ) 2 4 7
           Marr: 19 Apr 1871 2


2 M Augustus Drum Welty 1 4

           Born: 21 Nov 1851 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Celia A. Houseman (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 15 Jun 1881 6


3 F Susan S. Welty 4 8 9

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Alexander Shields (1847/1848-1909) 4 9 10
           Marr: 7 Sep 1876 11


4 F Nancy Welty 3 4

            AKA: Agnes L. Welty 1
           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Daniel Welty


He was a prominent merchant and was postmaster in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, during President Johnson's administration.

He was engaged in dry good business for many years, served as post-master of Greensburg from 1866 to 1869, sup-erintended the gas works for a number of years, retired from business in 1870 and removed to his farm near Greensburg, and died suddenly in Pittsburgh while in attendance at the annual conclave of the Knights Templar on May 30, 1882. He was a Free Mason, a member of the Presbyterian church and a republican until 1868, after which he voted with the democrats.

In early life he was a farmer of Hempfield township, but afterward moved to Greensburg, where for many years he engaged in mercantile life. During this period he was postmaster of Greensburg. He afterward retired to the farm and there ended his days. In religion he was a Presbyterian, a member of the First church of Greensburg, which he served as elder and superintendent of the Sabbath school. In politics he was a Democrat.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 175.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 462.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 475.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 736.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 467.

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

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 120.

8 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161, 175.

9 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 125.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161, 176.

11 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 161.


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