Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Asa Eckles and Amelia McDonald




Husband Asa Eckles 1 2

           Born: 19 Nov 1823 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Apr 1884 - Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: George Eckles (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Henan (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 



Wife Amelia McDonald 1 2

           Born: 31 Oct 1832 - Jefferson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Mar 1904 - Sharpsville, Mercer Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: William McDonald (      -      ) 3
         Mother: 




Children
1 M William Eckles 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1909
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2 M John Eckles 2

           Born: 
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           Died: when sixteen years old
         Buried: 



3 F Esther Eckles 2

            AKA: Hester Eckles 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Milton Slater (      -      ) 1


4 M Lemuel R. Eckles 1 2

           Born: 1860 - Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lizzie A. Kerr (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1883 4


5 M Monroe Eckles 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



6 M Asa J. Eckles 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Phoebe Eckles 1

            AKA: Phoeby Eckles 2
           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 



8 M Wilson Eckles 1 2

           Born: 
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           Died: 
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9 M James Eckles 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


10 M Alexander E. Eckles 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



11 M George W. Eckles 1 2

           Born: 22 Apr 1863 - Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy J. "Nannie" Boyd (1867-      ) 3 5 6
           Marr: Nov 1892 3



General Notes: Husband - Asa Eckles


He spent his youthful days on the old Eckles homestead, in Lawrence County, PA, and learned to be a first class engineer. He was engineer for the Norman Hall Furnace Company along in the sixties; was also engineer for the Clay Furnace Company; then with Norman Hall at Erie, and a blast furnace engineer with the Hall & Company furnaces. He subsequently returned to the old homestead in Fairview Township, where he died.
He died in 1887. [HMC 1888, 998]

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 997.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 644.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 645.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 998.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1111.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 578.


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