Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Lt. John Cribbs and Catherine Harrold




Husband Lt. John Cribbs 1 2

            AKA: Major John I. Krebs 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Nov 1791 1
         Buried: 


         Father: [Father] Cribbs (      -      )
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 

• Note: This may be the same person as : [Unk] Cribbs.




Wife Catherine Harrold 2 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

• Note: This may be the same person as : [Unk] Harrold.


Children
1 M Peter Cribbs 2 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Steelsmith (      -      ) 4


2 M Christopher Cribbs 1 2 4

            AKA: Christian Cribbs 5
           Born: 10 Feb 1780 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Magdalene Silvis (1780-      ) 1 4
           Marr: 18 Nov 1800 4
         Spouse: Elizabeth Fisher (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 30 Apr 1847 4


3 M John Cribbs 2 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Keiffer (      -      ) 4


4 M George Cribbs 2 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



5 F Elizabeth Cribbs 2 4

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joseph Berlin (      -      ) 4


6 F Mary Cribbs 2 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Repine (      -      ) 4


7 F Susan Cribbs 2 4

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



General Notes: Husband - Lt. John Cribbs


Another source: He and his brothers, George and Jacob, went west and purchased land in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, shortly after the Revolution.
He enlisted as a private in the Eighth Pennsylvania Continental Line, and served throughout the Revolution. He attained the rank of lieutenant and afterwards accompanied General Arthur St. Clair in the campaign against the Indians, and was killed at St. Clair's defeat on the Wabash. [ONW, 176]

Another source indicates he held the rank of Captain.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 73.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 176.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 80.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 646.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 507.


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