Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Moses Thompson and Jane Thompson




Husband Moses Thompson 1 2

           Born: 18 Apr 1814 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Thompson (1778-1861) 1
         Mother: Sarah Gilliland (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 19 Feb 1833 - Butler Co, PA 1 3



Wife Jane Thompson 1 2 3

           Born: 1814
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         Father: Anthony Thompson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth McCandless (      -      ) 4




Children
1 F Elizabeth A. Thompson 1 5

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         Spouse: Henry Whitmire (      -      ) 1 5 6


2 F Sarah Thompson 1 3

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           Died: Bef 1895
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3 M Anthony Thompson 2 5 7

           Born: 5 May 1838 - Center Twp, Butler Co, PA 2 5 7
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Abigail Russell (1836-Aft 1915) 2 5 7 8
           Marr: 20 Sep 1860 5 7


4 M William H. Thompson 1 3

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           Died: Bef 1895
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5 M Josiah M. Thompson 1 3

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6 M James M. Thompson 1 5

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         Spouse: [Unk] Hutchinson (      -      ) 5



General Notes: Husband - Moses Thompson


Another source states that he was born in Beaver County, PA.
He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and was reared and educated in Butler and Beaver counties. In August, 1832, he moved to Butler County from Beaver, and thereafter resided in that county. He was a justice of the peace for ten years, and held most of the other township offices. In politics, he was in early life a Whig, and after the formation of the Republican party he was an adherent of that organization. He was a prominent member of the Methodist Episcopal church.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1076.

2 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1414.

3 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 16.

4 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 6.

5 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 29.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1123.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1077.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1406.


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