Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Summerville and Catherine Ferguson




Husband John Summerville 1 2 3

           Born: 13 Mar 1800 - Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Dec 1880 or 1881 - Armstrong Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


         Father: James Summerville (1764-1854) 1 4 5
         Mother: Sarah Scott (1774-1826) 1 2


       Marriage: 1826



Wife Catherine Ferguson 1 6

            AKA: Margaret Ferguson 3
           Born: 16 Aug 1801 - Adams Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Dec 1853 - Armstrong Co, PA
         Buried: 


         Father: William Ferguson (Abt 1758-1831) 6
         Mother: Emily Conover (      -      ) 6




Children
1 M James Harvey Summerville 3 6

            AKA: Harvey Summerville 7
           Born: Jan 1828 or 1829 - North Buffalo Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Apr 1902 - Rimersburg, Clarion Co, PA 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Eliza McCullough (1831-1923) 3
           Marr: 1853


2 M William A. Summerville 6

           Born: 4 Nov 1830 - Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Jun 1905 - Chillicothe, Livingston Co, MO
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ann Jane Dickey (1841-1895) 8
           Marr: 1858


3 M Joseph Addison Summerville 1 9

           Born: 4 Jan 1833 - Franklin Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Jun 1908 - Clarion Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Laura Sage (1835-1876) 1 9
           Marr: 1856 - Brady's Bend, Armstrong Co, PA 1
         Spouse: Mary C. Scott (      -      ) 1 10
           Marr: 1877 1


4 M John F. Summerville 6

           Born: 1836 - Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1867 or 1868 - Red Bank Furnace, Clarion Co, PA 6
         Buried: 



5 F Emily Jane Summerville 4 7 11

            AKA: Emma Summerville 11
           Born: 19 Sep 1838 or 24 Aug 1840 - near Kittanning, Armstrong Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Oct 1923 - Vandergrift, Armstrong Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Campbell (1807-1872) 7 11
         Spouse: James Ferguson (1845-1929) 4 11
           Marr: 1875 11


6 M Samuel M. Summerville 4

            AKA: Samuel Somerville 12
           Born: Jun 1841 - Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Oct 1915 - Washington, D. C.
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Minerva Shields (1841-1925) 12
           Marr: 1865


7 F Sarah C. Summerville 4

           Born: 19 Oct 1846 - Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Jul 1913 - Wickboro, Armstrong Co, PA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Francis Dounze (1844-1894) 4



General Notes: Husband - John Summerville


He was born in Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he was reared and educated. Later he there followed the tailor's trade until 1838. In 1827 he located on a farm three miles west of Kittanning, and there continued to make his home until called to his final rest.

He was a pioneer settler in North Buffalo township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania. He was a tailor by trade and during the latter years of his lifetime conducted a shop.


General Notes: Wife - Catherine Ferguson


She was born in Adams County, Pennsylvania, on what afterwards became the battlefield of Gettysburg. While the battle was raging at Gettysburg a Confederate soldier conveyed her eldest daughter, then residing on the farm, on the back of an old gray horse, to a place of safety outside their lines.

She was a native of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. [GPHAV, 830]

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Sources


1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 54.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1415.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 622.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1591.

5 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 554.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1416.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 830.

8 Rev. N. B. Grubb, A Genealogical History of the Gottshall Family (Gottshall Family Association, 1924), Pg 110.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1415, 1591.

10 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1592.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 603.

12 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 140.


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