Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Marks Leighty and Eliza Weaver




Husband Marks Leighty 1 2

            AKA: Mark J. Leighton,3 M. J. Leighty 4
           Born: 6 Apr 1837 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Marks Leighty (1808-1872) 2 5
         Mother: Christiana Zysing (      -      ) 6


       Marriage: 11 Jun 1862 1 2



Wife Eliza Weaver 1 2

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         Father: Henry Weaver (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catherine [Unk] (      -      ) 1




Children
1 F Emma Leighty 1 2

            AKA: Emma E. Leighton 3
           Born: 25 Mar 1864 1 2
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         Spouse: Henry Harrison Stoner (1858-Aft 1926) 2 7 8


2 M Robert Leighty 1 2

           Born: 17 Jul 1866 1 2
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           Died: 1911 2
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3 M Franklin Leighty 1

           Born: 2 Feb 1868 1
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         Spouse: Sadie Houser (      -      ) 1


4 F Cora M. Leighty 1 2 4

           Born: 7 May 1870 1
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         Spouse: John J. Houser (1866-      ) 1 4


5 M John M. Leighty 1 2




           Born: 6 Jan 1873 - Ruffsdale, East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
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         Spouse: Malinda Ruff (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Abt 1892


6 F Margaret Leighty 1 2

           Born: 24 Apr 1875 1
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         Spouse: Jacob Byers (      -      ) 1


7 M Charles Leighty 1 2

           Born: 31 Mar 1879 1
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8 F Jemima Leighty 1 2

           Born: 19 Dec 1880 1
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         Spouse: Franklin N. Taylor (      -      ) 1 2


9 U [Unk] Leighty 1

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           Died: in childhood
 Cause of Death: Scarlet fever
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10 U [Unk] Leighty 1

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           Died: in childhood
 Cause of Death: Scarlet fever
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General Notes: Husband - Marks Leighty


He obtained a good common school education, and remained on the home farm until after his marriage, when he commenced upon an independent career. He purchased a farm adjoining that of his father, engaging in the cultivation of same until 1901. At that date he removed to the village of Ruffsdale, and resided there, living a retired life. In politics he was a staunch Democrat, and in religious faith a member of the Reformed church. He was a school director of Ruffsdale beginning in February, 1904.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 877.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 649.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 137.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 310, 397.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 391, 397.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 648.

8 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 297.


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