Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel C. Sturgeon and Martha C. Eaton




Husband Samuel C. Sturgeon 1

           Born: 1801 - Dauphin Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 May 1877 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Jeremiah Sturgeon (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Jane Moorhead (1776-1864) 4


       Marriage: 



Wife Martha C. Eaton 5 6

           Born: 12 May 1813 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Feb 1883 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Rev. Johnston Eaton (1776-1847) 7 8
         Mother: Eliza Canon (1780-1872) 7 9




Children
1 F Nancy C. Sturgeon 3 6

           Born: 3 Nov 1838 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1909
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thomas Sterrett (1830-1898) 10
           Marr: 7 Jun 1864 6


2 F Elizabeth I. Sturgeon 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1884
         Buried: 



3 F Lucy A. Sturgeon 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1884
         Buried: 



4 M Johnston I. Sturgeon 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1884
         Buried: 



5 M Samuel M. Sturgeon 1

           Born: 4 Jun 1851 - Fairview, Erie Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane A. Johnson (1853-      ) 2
           Marr: 11 Dec 1872 2


6 M Theodore F. Sturgeon 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1884
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Samuel C. Sturgeon


He was a carpenter as well as a farmer, and erected a number of buildings in Fairview township, Erie County, PA, among which were the Sturgeon homestead and the Monitor House. He filled several township offices, and was the first Burgess of Fairview.
He and his wife were the parents of eight children, six of whom were still living in 1884.

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Sources


1 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg B43.

2 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg B44.

3 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 44.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 76.

5 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg B39.

6 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 20.

7 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Bios 39.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 777.

9 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 195.

10 John Miller, 20th Century History of Erie County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 17.


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