Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher
Family Group Record
Robert Smith Whann and Elizabeth Lowrie
Husband Robert Smith Whann 1 2 3 4
Born: 24 May 1779 - Chester Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 22 Oct 1855 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 5
Father: William Whann ( - ) 1 6
Mother:
Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Lowrie 1 3 7 8 9
Born: 1780 - Edinburgh, Scotland
Christened:
Died: 3 Jul 1862 - Venango Co, PA 1 6
Buried: - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
Father: John Lowrie (Abt 1748-1840) 4 11 12 13 14 15
Mother: Catharine Cameron (Abt 1756-1837) 3 15
Other Spouse: John Stephens ( -Bef 1815) 7 - 1797-1798 1
Children
1 M William Whann 1 6
Born: - Venango Co, PA
Christened:
Died: Aft 1890
Buried:
Spouse: Tamar Williams ( -Aft 1879) 1 16
2 M Matthew Lee Whann 1 6 17
Born: Cal 25 May 1813
Christened:
Died: 9 Jun 1877 - Hendersonville, Worth Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1 16
Buried: - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
Spouse: Sarah P. Williams (Abt 1819-1862) 1 16
Spouse: Matilda Raymond (1825-Aft 1919) 1 17 18
3 F Elizabeth Lowrie Whann 1 19 20
Born: 1815 21
Christened:
Died: 17 Sep 1852 20 22
Buried: - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 23
Spouse: Joseph Phipps (1812-1872) 1 20 24 25
Marr: 13 Sep 1835 20
4 F Eleanor Cameron Whann 1 6
Born:
Christened:
Died: Aft 1879
Buried:
Spouse: William L. Lyons ( -Aft 1879) 1 16
5 M Dr. Walter Lowrie Whann 1 4 26
Born: 24 Mar 1818 - Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA
Christened:
Died: Aft 1904 - San Diego Co, CA
Buried:
Spouse: Frances Emerett Jones ( - ) 27 28
Marr: 1865 28
6 M Robert Francis Whann 19 27
Born: 24 May 1824 - Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
Christened:
Died: 9 Mar 1855 - Raymilton, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 27
Buried: - Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 10
Spouse: Sarah Halyday Phipps (1825-1893) 22 27 29
General Notes: Husband - Robert Smith Whann
He served in the War of 1812 and was for many years a ruling elder in the Presbyterian church, first at Amity and afterward at Mount Pleasant.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Lowrie
She was twelve years old when the family immigrated to America.
Sources
1
J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 488.
2
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 972, 1030.
3
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 674.
4
George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 149.
5
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 21.
6
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1030.
7
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 972.
8
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 378.
9
Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), 27.
10
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 138.
11
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 445.
12
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 968.
13
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 974.
14
James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 245.
15
Margaret S. Kahle, Ritchey-Lowrey Family Tree (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1976), Pg 26.
16
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1031.
17
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 674.
18
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 768, 1031.
19
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 981, 1030.
20
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 754.
21
Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 109.
22
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 981.
23
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 18.
24
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 890, 981.
25
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 681.
26
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 197, 1030.
27
J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 489.
28
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 198.
29
Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 13.