Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Moses Sheakley and Susanna Limber




Husband Moses Sheakley 1 2

           Born: Sep 1786 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1840 - Mercer Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: John Sheakley (1755-1816) 1 3 4
         Mother: Margaret Jenkins (      -      ) 3


       Marriage: 29 Oct 1818 2



Wife Susanna Limber 2

            AKA: Susan Limber 1
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1884 - Greenville, Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Limber (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Sarah Huston (      -      ) 6




Children
1 F Malinda Sheakley 1 2

           Born: 29 May 1821
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Mar 1898
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Andrew J. Christy (      -      ) 2 7
           Marr: 1843 2


2 M Thomas George Sheakley 1 2

           Born: 20 Jan 1823 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878 - near Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M Hon. James Sheakley 1 2




           Born: 24 Apr 1829 - Mercer Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lydia Long (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 25 Dec 1855 2


4 M William Harvey Sheakley 2 8

           Born: 10 Nov 1833 - Mercer Co, PA 2 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jun 1906 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lydia Hay (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1862 9


5 F Mary Sheakley 1 2

           Born: 24 Nov 1836 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jerome Leech (      -1902) 2


6 F Susanna Sheakley 1 2

           Born: 27 May 1838 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 



7 M Moses Sheakley 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1888
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Moses Sheakley


He enlisted in the war of 1812 and went to the defense of Erie.
Hannah, one of the Sheakley family's negro women, lived with his family until she married Peter Logan, a negro, in 1835.
The Pittsburg and Erie turnpike was located through Mercer County, PA, in 1816, and opened for travel two years later. Moses Sheakley built a large frame house near this highway in 1820, which was kept as a hotel for many years, it being half way between Mercer and Meadville.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1102.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 562.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 995.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1512.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 563.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1034.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1145.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 826, 1102.

9 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 826.


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