Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Allen N. Work and Lydia K. Lewis




Husband Allen N. Work 1 2 3

           Born: 6 Jun 1802 - near New Florence, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jan 1852 1 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: William Work (1760-1828) 1 4 5
         Mother: Miriam Scroggs (1775-1850/1855) 1 4 5


       Marriage: 5 Apr 1827 3



Wife Lydia K. Lewis 1 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1851 3
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Alex. S. Work 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1838 3
         Buried: 



2 M Joshua L. Work 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Sep 1838 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 F Nancy Work 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1844 3
         Buried: 



4 M Ephraim E. Work 1 3

           Born: Aug 1834 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1894
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Isabella C. Simpson (1837-1877) 1 3
           Marr: 15 Jan 1856 3
         Spouse: Margaret McCreery (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 1882 3


5 F Rachel N. Work 3

            AKA: Rachel H. Work 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1852 3
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Allen N. Work


He was born near the site of New Florence, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and in 1804, came with the family to the old Work farm, in East Mahoning township, Indiana County. He lived in Georgeville for a time. He was one of the educators in early times, teaching school several terms. He bought a farm in East Mahoning about 1832, from Richard Wolverton, and taught in the winter. He was Justice of the Peace for a number of years; was elected and served a term in the Legislature in 1840-41.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 458.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 980.

3 M. T. Steele & Edith Work, The Work Family (Marion Center, PA: Privately published, 1894), Pg 45.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 246.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 744, 980.


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