Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Joseph Dennis Wolfe and Mary Crowthers Brownlee




Husband Joseph Dennis Wolfe 1

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           Died: 25 May 1897 1
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         Father: William Wolfe (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Catherine Dennis (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 29 Apr 1847 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 1



Wife Mary Crowthers Brownlee 1

           Born: 19 Apr 1828 - Canton Twp, Washington Co, PA 1
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           Died: 22 Jun 1912 1
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         Father: Samuel Brownlee (1789-1858) 2
         Mother: Ann Wylie (1794-1878) 3 4




Children
1 F Lilas Anne Wolfe 1

           Born: 15 Feb 1848 1
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2 F Jane Clark Wolfe 5

           Born: 30 May 1850 5
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3 M William Wylie Wolfe 5

           Born: 9 Apr 1853 5
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4 F Agnes Brownlee Wolfe 5

           Born: 23 Feb 1855 5
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5 F Mary Eva Wolfe 5

           Born: 3 May 1857 5
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6 M Joseph Emmett Wolfe 6

           Born: 22 Nov 1859 6
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7 M Elmer Ellsworth Wolfe 6

           Born: 25 Oct 1861 6
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Dennis Wolfe


He was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College and of the Associate Theological Seminary, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. He was licensed to preach in 1846, and served as a pastor for some time of a church in New York City. Afterward he studied law and was admitted to practice at Monmouth, Illinois. He entered and left the Union Army in the Civil War with the rank of Captain. He moved to Pensacola, Florida, in 1866 and practiced law and finally became editor of the Pensacola Commercial. He was well known as a writer on economics.

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Sources


1 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 67.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 447, 1081.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 447.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 63.

5 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 68.

6 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 70.


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