Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Aquila Hurford and Rachel [Unk]




Husband Aquila Hurford 1

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           Died: 1863 1
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         Father: Evan Hurford (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah [Unk] (      -      ) 1


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Wife Rachel [Unk] 1

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Children
1 M John E. Hurford 1

           Born: 6 Oct 1833 - Cadiz, Harrison Co, OH 1
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         Spouse: Maria B. Dawson (1840-      ) 2



General Notes: Husband - Aquila Hurford


He moved from Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he opened and operated the only water cure establishment in Allegheny County. It was opened in 1856, at Haysville, and was known as the Pittsburg Water Cure. Like his father, he was a member of the Society of Friends.

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Sources


1 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 326.

2 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 327.


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