Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Power Waugh




Husband Alexander Power Waugh 1 2

           Born: 4 Jul 1791 3
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           Died: 7 Mar 1869 3
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         Father: James Waugh (      -1815) 1 4
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 2





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General Notes: Husband - Alexander Power Waugh



About 1824 he formed a partnership with his brother, James Waugh, under the firm name of J. & A. P. Waugh, and they started a store in Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. They carried on merchandising in that town about twenty years, and during this period operated its leading mercantile establishment, Their business house stood west of the Shenango, on Main Street. He was the first postmaster of the village. After giving up merchandising he led a retired life, and died in the Presbyterian faith. He was a quiet, unassuming man, and well known and respected by the early settlers of Mercer County.
They sold their store to Gen. James Power and John Waugh, a son of James.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 833.

2 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 150.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 834.

4 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 149.


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