Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Daniel Africa and Elizabeth Isabella Simpson




Husband Daniel Africa 1 2

           Born: 19 Mar 1794 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Michael Africa (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Catharine Graffius (1765-      ) 2 3


       Marriage: 19 Aug 1830 4



Wife Elizabeth Isabella Simpson 1

           Born: 22 Aug 1794 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec 1865 - Atsion, Burlington Co, NJ 4
         Buried:  - Huntingdon Cemetery, Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA


         Father: Capt. John Simpson (Abt 1744-1807) 2 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Margaret Murray (1756-1826) 4 5 7 8 9 10




Children
1 M J. Simpson Africa 2 4 11




           Born: 15 Sep 1832 - Huntingdon, Huntingdon Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Bet 1897 and 1913
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Dorothea C. Greenland (      -Bef 1913) 12
           Marr: 1 Jan 1856 12


2 F Margaret Murray Africa 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Daniel Africa


He was deputy surveyor for Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, from 1824 to 1830, and justice of the peace for twenty-two years. He was noted for the extent and accuracy of his legal knowledge.

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Sources


1 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 417, 440.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 20.

3 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 417.

4 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 440.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 540.

6 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 439.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 27.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 109.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 182.

10 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 426.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 1118.

12 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 21.


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