Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. James A. Libbey and Anna Russell




Husband Dr. James A. Libbey 1 2

           Born: 29 Aug 1846 - Moon Twp, Beaver Co, PA 2
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         Father: Bennett Libbey (1805-1856) 2 3
         Mother: Agnes Littell (1809-1888/1889) 2 3 4 5


       Marriage: 6 Sep 1876 6



Wife Anna Russell 6

           Born: 31 Oct 1849 - Beaver Co, PA 6
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         Father: Thomas Russell (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Clara Cunningham (      -      ) 6




Children
1 M James T. Libbey 6

           Born: 17 Jun 1879 - East Liverpool, Columbiana Co, OH 6
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         Spouse: Maud Hunter (      -      ) 6
           Marr: Mar 1906 6


2 M Wilber F. Libbey 6

           Born: 10 Apr 1885 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 6
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James A. Libbey


He spent his youthful days in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, attending the common schools and the Beaver Academy later. After leaving the academy he became a traveling salesman for the Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine Company, continuing with them for six years. He then went to Pittsburgh and took up dentistry with Dr. J. G. Templeton, and graduated from Penn College of Dentistry with the class of 1882. He was a member of the Odontological Society, and was the president of that body from 1887 to 1893. He belonged to the Lake Erie Dental Association, and was its president in 1893; was a member of the Pennsylvania State Dental Society, and was its president in 1894; was also a member of the National Dental Association, and was its president in 1902. He was member of the State Dental Board from 1890 to 1902, serving as its president the last year named.
Dr. Libbey was a member of the Presbyterian church, a ruling elder and superintendent of the Sunday-school for six years. Politically he was a Republican. He was an advanced Mason, belonging to Orient Lodge, F. and A. M.; Duquesne Chapter, of which he was past high priest, and to Pittsburgh Commandery and the Consistory.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 691.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 69.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 690.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 863.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 70.


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