Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Brown and Catharine Foster




Husband John Brown 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1759
     Christened: 
           Died: 1835 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Matthew Brown (      -      ) 2 3 4
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 1798 1



Wife Catharine Foster 1 3 5

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: [Father] Foster (      -      )
         Mother: Catherine White (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M John Brown 1 6

           Born: 1807 - Sugar Creek Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Craig (1810-      ) 6 7



General Notes: Husband - John Brown


He was a native of county Down, Ireland, came to Pennsylvania and settled in Westmoreland County, near New Alexandria. In 1804 he removed to Armstrong County, where he purchased a farm which he cultivated until his death.

He moved [from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania,] to Sugar Creek township, Armstrong County, about 1804.


General Notes: Wife - Catharine Foster


She was a native of Ireland, who was brought to the United States by her parents when a young girl.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 588.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 169.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 737.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 139.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 25.

6 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 27.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 589.


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