Jacob Pontius and Elizabeth Lias

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Husband Jacob Pontius ¹

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           Born: 3 Nov 1783 - Berks Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Pontius (1751-1836) 1 2
         Mother: Barbara Cotterman (1753-1810) 1

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Wife Elizabeth Lias ¹

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           Born: 15 Sep 1789 1
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           Died: 1842 1
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Children

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1 M Elias Pontius ¹

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           Born: 25 Dec 1811 1
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2 M Wesley Pontius ¹

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           Born: 31 Jul 1813 1
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3 M Ezra Pontius ¹

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           Born: 15 Dec 1814 - Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1888 3
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         Spouse: Emily Turney (1822-1862) 3

         Spouse: Eliza Turney (      -      ) 3

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4 F Mary Ann Pontius ³

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           Born: 20 Apr 1817 3
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5 F Eliza Jane Pontius ³

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           Born: 12 Jul 1819 3
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6 F Catherine Pontius ³

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           Born: 16 Jul 1821 3
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7 F Maria Pontius ³

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           Born: 20 Mar 1823 3
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8 F Margaret Pontius ³

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           Born: 15 Nov 1826 3
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9 M John Pontius ³

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           Born: 30 Jan 1828 3
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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Pontius

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He was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and came to western Pennsylvania from Huntingdon County in 1816, settling in Wayne township, Armstrong County, with his family. He had come out to that region the year previous and bought 400 acres of land, over a portion of which the borough of Dayton later extended. He was a Methodist in religion and a Whig in politics, voting that ticket when he and one other man were the only Whigs in their section. When he came to Armstrong County the region in which he settled was very sparsely inhabited, and very little improvement had been made. Many of the settlers gave more attention to hunting than to clearing their lands. Jacob Pontius, however, was very industrious and enterprising, and he brought up his children in the same way. He started a tanyard on his farm, taking into partnership a young man who knew the trade, and under whom his son Wesley later learned the business.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Lias

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Her father was a German who moved from eastern Pennsylvania to Huntingdon County, where he followed farming until his death.

1 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 594.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 481.

3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 595.