John Philip Houser

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Husband John Philip Houser ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Germany
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           Died:  - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
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1 M Philip Houser ^{1 2}

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2 M Jacob Houser ^{1 2}

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3 M Cornelius Houser ^{1 2}

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4 M Peter Houser ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1801 2
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         Buried:  - Graham Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Margaret Hill (1807-1865) 1 2 3

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5 M David Houser ^{1 2}

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6 F Sarah Houser ^{1 2 8}

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            AKA: Lizzie [Unk],5 [Unk] Granville,6 Sarah Hawser 7
           Born:  - Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 1891 - Clarion Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Samuel Stover (1812-1892) 7 8

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7 F [Unk] Houser ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: [Unk] Huey (      -      ) 1 2

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8 F Mary Houser ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: [Unk] Cox (      -      ) 1 2

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9 F Susan Houser ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: [Unk] Martin (      -      ) 1 2

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General Notes: Husband - John Philip Houser

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John Philip Houser, the first settler at the mouth of Sandy creek, Venango County, Pennsylvania, was a German by birth, and came from Lancaster County. Afterward he was ferryman at Franklin. [HVC 1890, 264]

He was the first of this family to settle in Venango County, Pennsylvania. A native of Germany, he served in the Revolutionary war, after which he lived for a time in Centre County, removing thence to Coal Hill, now Mount Washington, near Pittsburgh. Coming to Venango County in pioneer times, he first settled near the mouth of Big Sandy creek. In 1800 he removed to Franklin, at one time owning the whole valley in which that city now lies, and which he traded for a yoke of oxen. There he established a ferry, between the Big Rock and Allegheny bridges, and operated it, but he subsequently removed to the Tarkiln neighborhood, in Cranberry Township, where he remained until his death. [CAB, 894]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1029.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 894.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 496.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 24.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 661.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 706.

7 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 53.

8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1428.