Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Zachariah Taylor Leighty and Martha Murphy




Husband Zachariah Taylor Leighty 1 2

           Born: 2 Jan 1847 - Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Stephen S. Leighty (1815-1892) 2 4
         Mother: Eliza Hutson (1820-1862) 1


       Marriage: 19 Oct 1871 3

   Other Spouse: Anna J. Duff (1862-      ) 3 4 - 2 Dec 1886 3



Wife Martha Murphy 3 4

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           Died: 24 Oct 1884 3
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         Father: William Robinson Murphy (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Frederick Cooper Leighty 3 4

           Born: 17 Mar or 17 Dec 1872 - Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3 4
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         Spouse: Bertha Mae Critchfield (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 31 Mar 1898 3


2 F Melvinia Belle Leighty 4

            AKA: Melvina Bella Leighty 3
           Born: 31 Aug 1874 3 4
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General Notes: Husband - Zachariah Taylor Leighty


He was reared on a farm in Dunbar township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the common schools. He followed farming and stock raising.

He was educated in the public schools, and early became his father's helper in the farm work, starting in the cornfield at eight years of age. He always followed the business of a farmer and was very successful. He owned and resided on the farm which was owned and operated by his father and which was his lifelong home. He was interested in coal land speculation and in other business affairs as well. He was a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, was a Republican, and, with his wife, was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Leisenring.


General Notes: Wife - Martha Murphy

from near Perryopolis, Perry Twp, Fayette Co, PA

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Sources


1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 443.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 376.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 377.

4 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 444.


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