Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Parry and Isabella Pringle




Husband John Parry 1

           Born: 7 Aug 1831 - Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Father: John Parry (1793-1854) 1
         Mother: Mary Mechling (1794-1853) 1 3 4


       Marriage: 24 Dec 1860 2



Wife Isabella Pringle 2

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           Died: 1869 2
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         Father: John Pringle (      -      ) 2
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Children
1 M William B. Parry 2

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         Status: Adopted



2 F Elizabeth Hortense Parry 2

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           Died: 10 May 1878 2
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         Status: Adopted
         Spouse: Hector Beys (      -      ) 2


3 M William H. Beys 2

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         Status: Adopted




General Notes: Husband - John Parry


He was born in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and received his education at the log school-house of that period, situated in Wildcat Hollow, and then was engaged in farming. In connection with farming he was engaged in manufacturing lumber for thirty-four years, having a saw-mill on the head waters of the Little Shenango Creek. In 1856 he went to California and engaged in mining gold until 1860. In 1875 he moved into the borough of Stoneboro, and has did much toward building up the town, being one of the leaders in all the public enterprises, and has erected several dwelling houses. He was one of the stockholders in the Stoneboro Agricultural Society, also of the Stoneboro Glass Works. Mr. Parry was connected with the Republican party, and was an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Stoneboro.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1004.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1005.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 345.

4 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 973.


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