Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Alexander Aiken and Mary Henry




Husband Alexander Aiken 1 2 3

           Born: Abt 1777-1779 - near Baltimore, MD
     Christened: 
           Died: Spring, 1849 1
         Buried: 


         Father: William Aiken (      -      ) 4
         Mother: 


       Marriage: Abt 1810



Wife Mary Henry 1 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: William Henry (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Jane Aiken 6 7

           Born: Abt 1810 - Wayne Twp, Lawrence Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1894 - Slippery Rock Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 8 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Archibald McMillin (Abt 1807-1889) 7 8


2 M William F. Aiken 5 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Van Emon (      -      ) 5


3 M Alexander H. Aiken 10 11 12

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878 13
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane Kennedy (      -1904) 11 12


4 F Martha Aiken 5 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Allen White (      -      ) 5


5 F Sarah Aiken 5 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Allen (      -      ) 5


6 F Mary A. Aiken 5 10

           Born: Abt 1826
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1900 14
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alexander Gardner (1824-1891) 5


7 M Hon. James P. Aiken 1 3 10

            AKA: James B. Aiken 15 16
           Born: 12 Oct 1826 - Wurtemburg, Lawrence Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Oct 1892 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Jane Frew (1834-1893) 1 5 15 16
           Marr: Autumn, 1855 1 3


8 M Robert Cunningham Aiken 2 5 17 18

           Born: Abt 1832
     Christened: 
           Died: 1913 17
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Tirza Jane Aiken (Abt 1845-1893) 10 17


9 F [Infant] Aiken 5 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 



10 M Albert Aiken 5 10

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


11 M Thomas Aiken 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Alexander Aiken

Wurtemburg, Lawrence Co, PA

He located in Wayne Township late in the eighteenth century, being among the earliest pioneers of the locality.

He was a native of Maryland. After spending a few years in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, he came to Lawrence County, and, in connection with his brother, William Aiken (an early settler), erected one of the first grist-mills on Slippery Rock creek, in Wayne township. In addition to the pursuit of agriculture, he also carried on the trade of a carpenter. In connection with his brother-in-law, Thomas Henry, he erected the first hewn-log house in Wayne. The structure was still standing in 1877, and was on the farm of the late Andrew Wilson, in the eastern part of the township.
Mr. Aiken also held for a number of years the office of justice of the peace. He participated in the War of 1812, and spent some time at Erie guarding the British shipping that had been captured by Perry in his naval engagement, and was on board of the identical vessel in which the Commodore himself had fought.
Both he and his wife were connected with what was then called the Union, later the United Presbyterian church. [HLC 1877, 194]

When eighteen years of age, he came to Slippery Rock township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, it was about the year 1795, and bought 200 acres that he cleared and made into a good, productive farm; it was later owned by Mr. McQueston. His frame barn was the first of its kind in the county, and its erection was followed soon afterward by that of a house.


General Notes: Wife - Mary Henry


She died at the age of seventy-two, some five or six years after her husband.

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Sources


1 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 195.

2 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 240.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 775.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 31, 472.

5 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 819.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 241, 592.

7 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 394, 819.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 592.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 394.

10 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 241.

11 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1259.

12 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 819, 920.

13 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 920.

14 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 820.

15 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 751.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 115.

17 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1016.

18 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 237.


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