Abram Witherup and Sarah Ann Porter

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Husband Abram Witherup ¹

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            AKA: Abraham Witherup 2
           Born: 30 Mar 1829 - ? Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1914 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Capt. Abraham Witherup (1787-1875) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Phipps (1800-1880) 4 8 9

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       Marriage: 18 Nov 1852 1

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Wife Sarah Ann Porter ^{1 10}

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           Born: 15 Nov 1832 - Trumbull Co, OH 1 10
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           Died: 22 Sep 1875 - Summit Co, OH
         Buried: 

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         Father: Robert Porter (cal 1807-1881) 11 12
         Mother: Jane Hughes (1812-1906) 11 12

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Children

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1 M Sylvester Lowerie Witherup ¹³

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           Born: 9 Aug 1853 13
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           Died: 18 Nov 1854 13
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Robert Miles Witherup ¹³

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           Born: 16 Sep 1855 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Hartz (1852-      ) 13
           Marr: 15 Sep 1878 13

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3 F Ida Florence Witherup ¹³

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           Born: 31 Jul 1857 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: William Sweitzer (1857-      ) 15
           Marr: 27 Nov 1879 15

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4 F Hilda Arnet Witherup ¹⁵

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           Born: 20 Dec 1859 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: George Washington Hartz (1857-      ) 15
           Marr: 16 Nov 1882 15

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5 M Elmer Ellsworth Witherup ¹⁵

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           Born: 23 Jan 1862 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 15
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           Died: 23 Jan 1864 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 15
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Abram Witherup

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He grew up in Rockland, Venango County, PA, and had the limited education afforded by the district schools, meanwhile helping his father with the farm work. He farmed on his father's farm in Scrubgrass Township until his enlistment in Company E, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, in the fall of 1862. He was discharged June 17, 1865, and in September went to Ohio and bought a farm in Summit County, where he soon established his family. [CAB, 1068]

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Ann Porter

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She died at Pleasant Valley, Ohio, after a long and lingering illness of consump­tion.

1 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 28.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 990.

3 Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 24.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 980, 989.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585, 1065.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 321.

7 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 6.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585.

9 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 8.

10 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 296.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 466.

12 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 280.

13 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 30.

14 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 22.

15 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 31.