Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Peter Titus Witherup and Olivia Barnsdale




Husband Peter Titus Witherup 1

            AKA: Peter Titus Witherop 2 3
           Born: 18 Jun 1831 - Venango Co, PA 3
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         Father: Robert Witherup (      -1843) 4
         Mother: Jane Ridgeway (      -Abt 1890) 1


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Wife Olivia Barnsdale 2

            AKA: Olivia Barnsdall 5
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           Died: Aft 1885
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         Father: William Barnsdale (1810-      ) 2
         Mother: Eliza Curry (      -      ) 2 6




Children
1 M John Willis Witherup 5

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Titus Witherup


He was employed seven years at Hydetown, Crawford County, PA, in lumbering. In 1852 he went to California, where he stayed six years, engaged principally in mining. He came home in 1858, and after Drake's discovery, he engaged in oil production. He owned one-third of the Crossley well, the second well struck after the Drake. He was interested in producing until 1880, after which time he looked after his other investments. Soon after Titusville became a city he was Chief of Police two years. He was a director of the Second National Bank many years. He owned the Witherop block on the northwest corner of Central avenue and Washington street, the Queen City block, on the southeast corner of Washington and Spring, a brick house, between Washington and Main, and several other buildings. He lived in Titusville beginning in 1860. He served as a member of the city coun­cils. [HCC 1899, 698]

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Sources


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

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1089.

3 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 698.

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

5 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 699.

6 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 556.


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