Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John P. Kilgore and Margaret "Maggie" Long




Husband John P. Kilgore 1 2

           Born: 23 Mar 1841 - near New Alexandria, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Jesse Kilgore (1808-      ) 2 3 4 5
         Mother: Mary Poorman (      -      ) 1 2


       Marriage: 29 Feb 1872 1

• Note: This may be the same person as : John P. Kilgore.




Wife Margaret "Maggie" Long 1 2

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         Father: Samuel Long (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 F Louise Kilgore 1

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           Died: Bef 1890
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2 F Hallie L. Kilgore 1

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           Died: Bef 1906
 Cause of Death: Accidental fall
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3 F Maggie Kilgore 1

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General Notes: Husband - John P. Kilgore


He received his education in the common schools and Sewickley academy. Leaving school he was clerk for Lobaugh & Kunkle of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, for a short time. From 1860 to 1866 he was a member of the oil firm of Kilgore, Wanamaker & Co., of Venango County, Pennsylvania. From the oil region he returned to Westmoreland County, purchased the Henry George farm at George's station, engaged in farming and breeding fine live stock; in 1867 he became a member of the firm of A. & J. P. Kilgore and engaged successfully in buying and selling horses. In 1875 the firm purchased a stable in Brooklyn, New York, and became extensive shippers of horses to that market. Dishonest employees and the panic ruined their business. After 1881 he was engaged in the mercantile business at George's station.
In politics Mr. Kilgore was a democrat and he served as postmaster at George's station beginning in 1881.

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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 678.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 415.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 677.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 88.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1212.


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