Joseph Turney Cort and Martha Henderson Shaw

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Husband Joseph Turney Cort ¹

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           Born: 27 Aug 1838 - Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hon. Jacob Cort (1809-1853/1855) 2
         Mother: Jane Mary Carson (      -1878) 3

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Wife Martha Henderson Shaw ^{4 5}

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           Born: 19 Dec 1843 5
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         Father: John Shaw (      -Bef 1889) 4 6 7
         Mother: Martha Smith (      -      ) 4 5

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Children

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1 M John S. Cort ⁴

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           Born: 7 Apr 1877 4
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2 M Charles E. Cort ⁴

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           Born: 14 Mar 1879 4
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3 M Stewart J. Cort ⁴

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           Born: 16 Mar 1881 4
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4 F Mary M. Cort ⁴

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           Born: 7 Dec 1883 4
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Turney Cort

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attended the schools of Mononga­hela City. He removed in 1855 to Illinois where he was engaged in Ogle and Lee counties in farming, stock-raising and real estate business until 1883. He then returned to this county and located at Stewart's station, where he re­sides in the house in which he was married. On March 1, 1889, he entered B. W. Caldwell's real estate office at Jeannette, but he soon pur­chased Mr. Caldwell's interest and is now suc­cessfully conducting a large and prosperous real estate business.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 355.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 91.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1005.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 356.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 411.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 693.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 616.