Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Gilfillan and Jane Lowry




Husband John Gilfillan 1

           Born: 14 Oct 1783 - County Derry, Ireland 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 May 1857 2
         Buried: 


         Father: James Gilfillan (      -      ) 3 4
         Mother: Martha Wiley (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Mary Glenn (      -1828) 1 5 - 1814 2



Wife Jane Lowry 2

           Born: 
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Children

General Notes: Husband - John Gilfillan


He came to America from Ireland with his parents when he was eleven years old. He and his father were among the prominent members and founders of the “Slippery Rock” Church, Butler County, PA. He was in the War of 1812, was educated in the country schools, and brought up on a farm. [HMC 1888, 953]

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 952.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 953.

3 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 68.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 788.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 365.


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