William Mahaffey and Nancy Bennett

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Husband William Mahaffey ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1776
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           Died: 8 Aug 1859 - Cherry Tree, PA 1
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         Father: [Father] Mahaffey (      -      )
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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Torbett (      -1849) 1 - 1830 1

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Wife Nancy Bennett ¹

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         Father: John Bennett (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M William Mahaffey ^{1 2}

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           Died: Bef 1898 - Columbus, GA
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2 M Robert Mahaffey ^{2 3 4}

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           Born: 4 May 1815 - Williamsport, Lycoming Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1900 2
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         Spouse: Mary McGee (      -Bef 1898) 2 5

         Spouse: Mary C. Johnson (1826-      ) 6

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3 M James Mahaffey ²

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           Died: Bef 1898 - Howard, Centre Co, PA
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4 M John Mahaffey ^{1 2}

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           Died: Bef 1898 - Cherry Tree, PA
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5 M Thomas Mahaffey ^{1 2}

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           Died: Bef 1898 - New Washington, PA
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6 M Moses Mahaffey ²

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           Died: Bef 1898 - Salt Spring Island, British America
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General Notes: Husband - William Mahaffey

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He and his brother James came to Clearfield County about 1827, and spent their remaining days there.

He moved to Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, when his son Robert (born in Lycoming County) was a young man. The father made the earliest improvements at what later became Burnside, Clearfield County. He was a farmer and lumberman during his active years and lived to be an octogenarian.

Soon after locating in Clearfield County he began cutting timber from his land, and made and ran the first raft of square timber that was sent down the river. He built the first dam on the upper river, and erected and operated a sawmill, giving his time to lumbering and to farming. He was an expert pilot, and when he left the home place his sons continued the work which he had inaugurated.

When he first settled in Clearfield County, his house was a log cabin. In the following spring his wife died, and in the autumn of 1828 he removed his five sons to the little house on the Susquehanna, and continued the improvement of the farm. His first home was replaced with a better residence. He married again and in 1833 they removed with their daughter(s) to Lycoming County, leaving the sons to operate the farm. After the death of his second wife, in 1849, he returned to Clearfield County, where he spent his remaining days.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 584.

2 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 757.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 555, 584, 729.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 225.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 555, 585, 729.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 585.