John Yard and Harriet Benson

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Husband John Yard ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1767-1777 - Mercer Co, NJ
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Mar 1858 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: James Yard (1745-1814)
         Mother: Nancy Mounttier (      -      )

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Harriet Benson ¹

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            AKA: Hannah [Unk], Hannah Benson
           Born: Abt 1767-1777 - Philadelphia, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Nov 1856 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Log Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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Children

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1 M Benjamin R. Yard ^{1 4 5 6 7}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1802 - Mercer Co, NJ 1 4 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1892 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Catharine Hovis (1803-1856) 4 5 7 9
           Marr: 1825 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Margaret Porter (      -1904) 4 6 7 10
           Marr: Aft 1858 1

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2 F Jane M. Yard ^{11 12}

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           Born: Feb 1804 - New York state
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Sep 1884 - Venango Co, PA 13
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Chauncey Hamilton (1786-1874) 15 16
           Marr: 26 Aug 1825 11 13

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3 M John Solomon Yard ^{1 2}

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           Born: Mar 1807 - New York state
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1877 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 8

         Spouse: Catherine Koonce (1804-1855)
           Marr: 1832

         Spouse: M. Powell (      -      )

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4 F Theodosia Yard ¹

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            AKA: Theodesia Yard
           Born: 1808 - New York state
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: [Unk] Stephenson (      -      )

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5 F Sarah A. Yard ¹⁷

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           Born: Cir 27 Aug 1809 - New York state or Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jul 1888 17
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 18

         Spouse: Henry Koonce (Cir 1804-1877) 17

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6 M Stephen Yard ^{1 2 19}

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           Born: Oct 1811 - New York state
     Christened: 
           Died: 1881
         Buried:  - Methodist Cemetery, Washington Twp, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Joana Carroll (      -Bef 1888) 19

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7 M Robert Yard ¹

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           Born: 1815 - Pennsylvania
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1895 - Iowa
         Buried:  - Masonic Cemetery, Tipton, Cedar Co, IA

         Spouse: Fannie [Unk] (      -      )

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8 M Zachariah Yard ^{1 20}

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           Born: 1817 or 1820
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1864 - Syracuse, Morgan Co, MO
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Letitia Henderson (1813/1823-      ) 20
           Marr: 1842

         Spouse: Sarah Campbell (      -      )
           Marr: 1858

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9 M Benson Yard ^{1 2}

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           Born: May 1818 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1906 - Iowa
         Buried:  - Oakdale Cemetery, Washington Twp, Dallas Co, IA

         Spouse: [Unk] Henderson (      -      )
           Marr: Pennsylvania

         Spouse: E. Grubb (      -      )
           Marr: Iowa

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10 M Rufus Yard ¹

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           Born: Dec 1822 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Apr 1911 - Foley, Baldwin Co, AL
         Buried:  - Elm Grove Cemetery, Washington Co, IA

         Spouse: S. Dieter (      -      )
           Marr: 1844

         Spouse: C. B. Couch (      -      )
           Marr: 1861

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11 M Chauncey Yard ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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General Notes: Husband - John Yard

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He was a descendant of an old New Jersey family who came from England and were active participants in the Revolutionary war. In 1812 he brought his family to what is now Scrubgrass township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and left them with Thomas Jacobs while he sought employment at his trade of cabinet-making in Pittsburgh. In 1813 he settled on a farm in Scrubgrass, and three years afterward removed to Irwin township and purchased the Captain McManigal property, where he later died. [HVC 1890, 959]

He came to this country from England with a brother, and settled on land in Irwin Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania, passing the remainder of his life on that place. He died in old age. [CAB, 638]

Partial list of children [HVC 1890, 959]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 82.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638, 643.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1311.

7 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 35.

8 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 108.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 992.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 990.

11 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 546.

12 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 936, 959.

13 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 936.

14 Margaret Segui Kahle, Emlenton Cemetery Interments (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1977), Pg 46.

15 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 935.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 356.

17 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 137.

18 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 46.

19 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1074.

20 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 31.