Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Highberger and Sarah Keefer




Husband John Highberger

            AKA: John Highbarger 1 2
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         Father: John Highberger, Jr. (      -1860) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Keefer (Abt 1789-      ) 3 4


       Marriage: 9 Sep 1853 - Clarion Co, PA 4

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth "Betsy" Keefer (      -Bef 1869) 1 - 1835 4



Wife Sarah Keefer 2 5

           Born: 1823 - Pennsylvania 5
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         Father: Jacob Keefer, Jr. (1791-1869) 1 6
         Mother: Maria Sarah Best (1797-1858) 7



   Other Spouse: George Casper (1818-1853) 5


Children

General Notes: Husband - John Highberger


Regarding his children: The 1850 Census of Clarion Co., PA, lists Jacob and Jonas High-berger living in the home of John & Elizabeth Amsler in Washington Twp.; Andrew was living in the home of Philip & Catherine (Keefer) Upp in Beaver Twp.; and Eliphas in the home of Nicholas & Clarissa Berlin in Elk Twp. (Perhaps his wife Elizabeth had died, and the children were in the homes of relatives/friends?)

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Sources


1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 928.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 296, 1112.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 594.

4 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 92.

5 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 2.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 296.

7 Estella B. Keefer, The Keefer Family: Jacob & Catharina 1791 - 1976 (Franklin, PA: Privately Published, 1976), Pg 1.


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