Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Adam Forker and Jane [Unk]




Husband Adam Forker 1 2 3

           Born: 1762 - ? Burlington Co, NJ 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Jun 1835 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 4
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Jane [Unk] 4

           Born: 1760 - ? Burlington Co, NJ
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Sep 1836 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 4
         Buried: 


Children
1 M George Forker 4

           Born: Abt 1787
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1846 - Mercer Co, PA 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Campbell ??? (      -      ) 5
           Marr: Abt 1812


2 M Jacob Forker 4

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           Died: 19 Jul 1842 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hannah [Unk] (      -Aft 1842) 4


3 M Joseph Forker 4

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4 M Samuel Forker 1 3

           Born: 25 Nov 1798 - Brownsville, PA 1 3
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           Died: 29 Jul 1860 1
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         Spouse: Rohannah Paxton (      -1875) 1


5 M Gen. John Forker 3 6 7

           Born: 1800 - Adams Co, PA 7
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           Died: 1865 6
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         Spouse: Isabella Graham (1801-1890) 4 7 8


6 M William Forker 4

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7 M James Forker 4

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8 F Polly Forker 4

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         Spouse: Samuel Harris (      -      ) 4


9 F Grace Forker 4

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Forker


He came to Cool Spring Township, Mercer County, PA, from New Jersey. Later he removed to Mercer.
He was sheriff of Mercer County in 1818-1819.

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Sources


1 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 895.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 581.

3 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 1.

4 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 2.

5 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 3.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 724.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1094.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 666.


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