Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Gregg and Edith Woodward




Husband John Gregg 1 2

           Born:  - East Pike Run Twp, Washington Co, PA
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         Father: Henry Gregg (      -1834) 3 4
         Mother: Jane Dowler (      -1834) 3 4


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Wife Edith Woodward 2 5

           Born: 19 Jan 1811 2
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         Buried:  - California


         Father: Caleb Woodward (1776-1844) 5 6 7
         Mother: Rebecca Alexander (1778-1848) 7




Children
1 M Thomas Gregg 8

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2 M Caleb Gregg 8

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3 M W. H. Gregg 5

           Born: 6 Apr 1847 - West Pike Run Twp, Washington Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Jennie M. Forsythe (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 20 Oct 1869 8



General Notes: Husband - John Gregg


He was born and reared on the home place in East Pike Run township, Washington County, Pennsylvania. He received a thorough education, and then learned the blacksmith's trade, which he followed several years.
He settled in West Pike Run township, Washington County, where he carried on a farm-also conducting a blacksmith shop for several years-and in 1859 moved to California, Pennsylvania. In political opinion he was a stanch supporter of the Whig and Abolition parties, and in religion was an active member of the Taylor M. E. Church.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 841.

2 Lewis Woodward, M. D, Genealogy of the Woodward Family of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Wilmington, DE: Ferris Brothers, 1879), Pg 61.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 784.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 541, 841.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 595.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 218.

7 Lewis Woodward, M. D, Genealogy of the Woodward Family of Chester County, Pennsylvania (Wilmington, DE: Ferris Brothers, 1879), Pg 48.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 596.


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