William Thaw and Eliza Burd Blair

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Husband William Thaw ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 12 Oct 1818 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2 3 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Aug 1889 - Paris, France 4 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Thaw (1779-1866) 2 4 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Thomas (      -1865) 6 8

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       Marriage: 1841 9

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   Other Spouse: Mary Sibbet Copley (1843-      ) 10 - 1867 10

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• Note: This may be the same person as : William Thaw.

• Biographical Sketch: from The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

• Biographical Sketch: from Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.

• Biographical Sketch: John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his career, click here.

• Biographical Sketch: Encyclopaedia of Contemporary Biography of Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (New York: Atlantic Publishing & Engraving Co., 1889).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his career, click here.

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Wife Eliza Burd Blair ¹⁰

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1862 10
         Buried: 

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         Father: Dr. Alexander Blair (      -      ) 11
         Mother: Louisa [Unk] (      -      ) 11

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - William Thaw

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He became one of Pittsburgh's wealthiest citizens.

When his first wife died she left him with three sons and two daughters. He had three sons and two daughters with his second wife.

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General Notes: Wife - Eliza Burd Blair

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from Washington, Washington Co, PA

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 228.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 528.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 80, 1585.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 9.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1585.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 227.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 79.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 80.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1586.

10 George Irving Reed, Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography Pennsylvania (Chicago: The Century Publishing and Engraving Company, 1906), Pg 241.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 111.