Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Oliver Waldron and Elizabeth "Betsey" Martin




Husband Samuel Oliver Waldron 1 2 3 4

           Born: 1792 - New Jersey 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1849 - ? Mercer Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel V. Waldron (1752-1849) 1 3 5
         Mother: Magdalena Simpson (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 



Wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Martin 2 3 4

           Born: Abt 1798
     Christened: 
           Died: 1872 3
         Buried: 


         Father: David Martin (Abt 1731-1815) 2 4 6 7 8
         Mother: Nancy Ramsey (1732-1817) 2 4 7 8




Children
1 M David Martin Waldron 3 9 10

           Born: 28 May 1835 - Wolf Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Permelia Shira (1840-      ) 10
           Marr: 1860 3



General Notes: Husband - Samuel Oliver Waldron


He was by trade a tailor, but operated the first saw mill in his section of Mercer County, PA, and also followed farming. He was the father of five children, of whom David Martin was the only survivor by 1909. He was a soldier of the war of 1812 and politically was a Democrat. He was an adherent of the faith of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The first grist-mill erected in the vicinity of Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County, was the one built by Samuel Waldron at what is now called Centretown, which was operated by water flowing from an adjacent spring. It did nothing beyond grinding corn. In about ten years the first saw-mill was built near the same spring. Samuel O. Waldron was the originator of the saw-mill which used to stand on the east branch of Wolf Creek. He built it in 1835.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 232x.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 527.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1025.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 327.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1127.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

7 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 1.

8 Susan Forish, Martin Ancestors (Personal Genealogy Research, 2016).

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1294.

10 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 296.


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