Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Pryer and Sarah Smith


Husband William Pryer 1 

           Born: 6 Dec 1803 - Centre Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jul 1876 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Maple Shade (Mt. Zion) Cemetery, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA


         Father: John Pryer (Abt 1769-1844) 2
         Mother: Hannah Lovell (Abt 1784-1847) 2


       Marriage: 3 Apr 1828 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA

Wife Sarah Smith 1 

           Born: 28 Jul 1807 - Pennsylvania 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Jun 1879 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Maple Shade (Mt. Zion) Cemetery, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA


         Father: John Smith (Abt 1783-1855) 1 3
         Mother: Mary McMillen (      -      ) 1


Children
1 F Mary Pryer 

           Born: 21 Mar 1829 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Sep 1864 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Collingwood (      -      )
           Marr: Venango Co, PA

2 M John Pryer 

           Born: 30 Oct 1830 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Apr 1894 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Gertrude Jane Purdy (1839-1918)
           Marr: 22 May 1856 - Forest Co, PA

3 M David Pryer 6 7 

            AKA: David Pryor 5
           Born: 11 Feb 1833 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jun 1901 - Clarion Co, PA 8
         Buried:  - Maple Shade (Mt. Zion) Cemetery, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Catherine "Kate" Ziegler (1833-1858) 7 9
           Marr: 16 Jan 1858 8

         Spouse: Mary Miller (1832-1870) 6 8
           Marr: 26 Apr 1860 - Pennsylvania

         Spouse: Catharine Parker (1839-1916) 5
           Marr: 5 Oct 1873 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 10

4 M Cornelius Pryer 

           Born: 22 Oct 1835 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Oct 1835 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

5 M William L. Pryer 

           Born: 30 Oct or 30 Nov 1836 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jun 1858
         Buried: 






6  F  Hannah Susan Pryer





           Born: 22 Mar 1839 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Apr 1930 - Van, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 11



         Spouse: Peter Myers (Abt 1840-1864)



         Spouse: John Swain (      -      )
           Marr: 29 May 1866 - Venango Co, PA






7  M  Stephen A. Pryer





           Born: 14 Feb 1842 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jul 1910
         Buried:  - ? Enterprise, PA



         Spouse: Melvina C. Hunter (1848-1933)
           Marr: 1860-1870 - Pennsylvania






8  F  Margaret Jane Pryer





           Born: 21 Feb 1844 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



         Spouse: David R. McDonald (1843-      )
           Marr: 1862 - Venango Co, PA






9  F  Sarah Belle Pryer 12





           Born: 27 Apr 1846 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Mar 1926 - Mariasville, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 13



         Spouse: John Daniel Hetzler (1847-1895) 12
           Marr: 1 Jan 1868 - Venango Co, PA 12






10  F  Parmelia Elizabeth "Amelia" Pryer





           Born: 4 May 1848 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1921 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Maple Shade (Mt. Zion) Cemetery, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA 14



         Spouse: Samuel Riley Eakin (1844-1911)
           Marr: 17 Apr 1877 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA






11  M  Jesse Andrew Jackson Pryer





           Born: 13 Mar 1851 - Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jan 1900 - Idaho
         Buried:  - Maple Shade (Mt. Zion) Cemetery, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA



         Spouse: Did Not Marry









General Notes: Wife - Sarah Smith




Another source gives her date of death as June 24.


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Sources






1
Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 127.

2
J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 482.

3
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 844.

4
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 117.

5
John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 12, 18.

6
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1146.

7
Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 106.

8
John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 18.

9
John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 7.

10
Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 198.

11
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 130.

12
Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 75.

13
Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 109.

14
Unknown, Mt. Zion Cemetery Transcription (Franklin, PA: Privately Published), Pg 2.







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