Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Maj. Samuel Adams and Sarah Ann Beatty




Husband Maj. Samuel Adams 1 2

           Born: 21 Jul 1815 - Manor Hill, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Sep 1880 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Adams (1787-      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Crum (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Sarah Ann Beatty 1 2

           Born: 1 Mar 1835 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1906
         Buried: 


         Father: Hamilton Beatty (Abt 1786-1871) 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Anderson (1796-1879) 1 4 5




Children
1 M George H. Adams 6

           Born: 29 Mar 1860 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Minerva George (      -1911) 7
           Marr: 25 Jun 1889 7



General Notes: Husband - Maj. Samuel Adams


He was one of the employees of the old "Portage Railway" and later was associated with the Pennsylvania Railroad Company continuously from the time of its incorporation to the time of his death. He it was that ran the first train from Latrobe to Beatty Station in the year 1851, and was one of the best known of the pioneer railway men of Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 505.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 450.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 424.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 339, 450.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 425.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 449.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 451.


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