Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Lillibridge and Polly Stanton




Husband Thomas Lillibridge 1 2

           Born: 22 Jun 1787 - Tolland, Tolland Co, CT 2
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         Father: [Father] Lillibridge (      -      )
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 31 Mar 1808 1 2



Wife Polly Stanton 1 2

           Born: 26 Aug 1791 - Pleasant Mount, Wayne Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Samuel Stanton (1759-1816) 3 4 5
         Mother: Martha Carpenter Morse (1764-1830) 1 3




Children

General Notes: Husband - Thomas Lillibridge


A descendant, Will Lillibridge, a graduate D. D. S. of the State University of Iowa, as novel writer was author of "Ben Blair," "Where the Trail Divides," and several other well-known books of Western life.

It is said that the silver tankard which in this Lillibridge family was handed down from each generation to the eldest son, Thomas, was in this fifth generation of American branch melted and made into teaspoons by reason of the ending of the baptismal name.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 123.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 356.

3 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 525.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 122.

5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 355.


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