John J. Kilgore and Dorcas McClelland

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Husband John J. Kilgore ^{1 2}

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           Born: 20 Sep 1796 - near Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
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           Died: 25 Nov 1883 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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         Father: Patrick Kilgore (1766-      ) 3
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 7 Feb 1815 - Mercer Co, PA 4

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Wife Dorcas McClelland ⁴

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           Born: 1795
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

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Children

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1 F Margaret W. Kilgore ^{2 4}

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           Born: 29 Nov 1815 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 3 Apr 1894 - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Gilmore (1807-1886) 4
           Marr: 29 Oct 1835 - Marion Twp, Butler Co, PA

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2 F Jane Kilgore ⁷

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            AKA: Sarah Kilgore 6
           Born: 1817
     Christened: 
           Died: 1850 - Grove City, Mercer Co, PA
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: John Glenn (1810-1885) 6 7

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3 M John Kilgore ^{4 9}

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           Born: Cal 8 Sep 1820 - Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 26 Dec 1869 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

         Spouse: Sarah McGranahan (Abt 1825-1883) 9 11

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4 F Elizabeth Kilgore ⁴

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         Spouse: William McKee (      -      ) 4

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5 F Sarah "Sallie" Kilgore ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1825
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           Died: 12 Nov 1884
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Everton Davis (Abt 1806-1894) 4

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6 F Mary Kilgore ⁴

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         Spouse: James Martin (      -      ) 4

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7 M Samuel Kilgore ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1827
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8 M William Kilgore ⁴

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           Born: 1829
     Christened: 
           Died: 1897
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Sarah [2] Gadsby (1833-1905) 12
           Marr: 14 Jun 1855 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 13

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9 F Matilda Kilgore ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1835
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         Spouse: David Kelly (      -      ) 4

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10 M James Kilgore ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1836
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11 M Andrew J. Kilgore ^{4 14}

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           Born: 17 Aug 1840 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Susan Baker (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 27 Jan 1863 14

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General Notes: Husband - John J. Kilgore

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He was twice elected justice of the peace, served one term as county commissioner, and represented the county in the legislatures of 1852-53 and 1853-54.
He reared a family of eleven children, of whom six were daughters and five were sons. At the time of his death his descend-ants numbered about two hundred.

He came to Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1815. His settlement originally comprised two tracts of four hundred acres each, one of which he subse-quently sold. He was a regular attendant of the Presbyterian church, of which he became a member at the age of seventy. He was a man of re-markable energy, and always took great interest in public affairs. [HVC 1890, 957]

In June, 1817, owing no doubt to a scarcity of the necessaries of life, for at this period Irwin township was but a wilderness, John J. Kilgore with two companions went to Franklin, hired a canoe, and paddled down the river to Pittsburgh, where they bought a load of provisions and returned, pushing the canoe up the stream with poles, and making the trip in ten days. During that time they slept but one night under a roof.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527, 956.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1360.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 956.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 957.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 26.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 878.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 957, 1036.

8 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 21.

9 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 727.

10 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 59.

11 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1141.

12 Maude Gadsby Watkins, Gadsby Cousins (Stockton, CA: Privately published, 1988), Pg 8.

13 Maude Gadsby Watkins, Gadsby Cousins (Stockton, CA: Privately published, 1988), Pg 11.

14 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 582.