Ira Church and Matilda Dempsey

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Husband Ira Church ¹

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           Born: 31 Mar 1818 - Genesee Co, NY 1
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         Father: John Church (      -1835) 1
         Mother: Laura Corss (      -      ) 2

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   Other Spouse: Philema Barnes (      -      ) 2

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Wife Matilda Dempsey ¹

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         Father: Samuel Dempsey (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 M Samuel Church ²

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General Notes: Husband - Ira Church

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He was reared in what is now Forest County, Pennsylvania, and in 1842 settled at Church Hill, Hickory township, where he cleared and improved the farm later owned by the Little Hickory Oil Com-pany. With the exception of a three years' residence in Iowa, he lived in Hickory township.

1 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 943.

2 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 944.