Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob Wegley and Mary Kifer




Husband Jacob Wegley 1 2 3

           Born: 17 Jan 1795 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3 4
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           Died: 6 Sep 1870 2 3 4
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         Father: Abraham Wegley (1755-1846) 1 2 3
         Mother: Christina Brinigh (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 1842 4

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Heasley (1797-1839) 1 2 3 - 24 Jun 1819 2 3 4



Wife Mary Kifer 2 4

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Children

• They had no children.


General Notes: Husband - Jacob Wegley


He was born on the family homestead farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was a member and elder of the Brush Creek Lutheran church for many years. He was liberal of his means in aid of his church and other religious denominations.

He acquired the family homestead from his father.
In politics he adhered to the Democratic party.

He and his wife had eight children, of whom three sons and two daughters were still living in 1890.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 709.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 349.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1256.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 710.


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