Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Skelly and Jane Boyd




Husband Joseph Skelly 1

           Born: 29 Oct 1812 - North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Dec 1889 2
         Buried: 


         Father: William Skelly (Abt 1784/1788-1867) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth Byerly (      -      ) 3 4 5 7 8


       Marriage: 1847 or 1848 1



Wife Jane Boyd 1

           Born: Abt 1826
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Nov 1890 2
         Buried: 


         Father: James Boyd (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Margaret Kennedy (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M William B. Skelly 1 4




           Born: 13 Feb 1849 - Somerset Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Welty (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 26 Oct 1897 2


2 F Elizabeth Skelly 1

            AKA: Annie Skelly 2
           Born: 29 Jan 1851 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1865
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M James P. Skelly 1

           Born: 24 May 1853
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1870-1872
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M Joseph B. Skelly 1 2

           Born: 15 Apr 1855 2
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Margaret Jane Skelly 2 10 11

           Born: 18 May 1857 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1899 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dr. Millard Fillmore Sowash (1849-1907) 2 11 12 13
           Marr: 3 Apr 1879 12


6 M Charles Jackson Skelly, M.D. 1

           Born: 14 Aug 1859 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Mary Catherine Skelly 1 2

           Born: 23 May 1861 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1861
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 F Sarah S. "Sadie" Skelly 1 2

           Born: 14 Mar 1864 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Joseph Skelly


He was born while his father was at the War of 1812. Up to the time of attain­ing his majority he engaged in farming, and then became a teamster, hauling freight on the Pittsburgh and Philadelphia pike. For twenty years he followed this calling, and in 1854 retired to a farm near Adamsburg. Thence he moved to Larimer and finally to Stewartsville, where he passed the remainder of his life. He was an active Democrat, holding many and various township offices.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 377.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 466.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 73.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 465.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 774.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1004.

7 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 703.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 182.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 467.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 377, 411.

11 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 231.

12 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 411.

13 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 43.


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