Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Capt. John Boston and Elizabeth Albert




Husband Capt. John Boston 1 2

           Born: 1774 - near Winchester, Frederick Co, VA 3
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           Died: 1862 - Portersville, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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         Father: [Father] Boston (      -      )
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Wife Elizabeth Albert 1

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           Died: Abt 1864
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Children
1 M George Boston 3 4

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2 M John Boston 3 4

           Born:  - near Portersville, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Spouse: Maria Morrison (      -      ) 4


3 F Rebecca Boston 3 4

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         Spouse: Daniel Smith (      -      ) 3


4 F Elizabeth Boston 3 4

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         Spouse: John Douglass (      -      ) 3


5 F Catherine Boston 2 4

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         Spouse: Andrew Douglass (1810-1878) 2


6 M Samuel Boston 3 4

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7 M Adam Boston 1 3

           Born: 18 Feb 1818 - Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: 16 Jun 1886 1
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         Spouse: Christina Crill (      -Aft 1888) 5
           Marr: 24 Feb 1842 1


8 M William Boston 3 4

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9 M Sheplar Boston 3

            AKA: Sheffeler Boston 4
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10 F Christina Boston 3

            AKA: Tinna Boston 4
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         Spouse: James Douglass (      -      ) 3


11 F Sarah Boston 3

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General Notes: Husband - Capt. John Boston


He and his wife were of German descent.
He enlisted in the War of 1812 from Butler County.

He came from Winchester, Virginia, and was among the pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania. He settled on 225 acres of forest land, and built his log-cabin and cleared the land. He cut a cradle from the body of a large tree, dug it out, and in it rocked all of his children, besides many of his grandchildren. He was a very prosperous and progressive citizen of his community, and did much in bringing about the development and growth of the township. He lived to be over eighty years old.

He was born near Winchester, Virginia, there grew to manhood, and about 1805 came to Butler County, Pennsylvania, and purchased the claim of a Revolutionary soldier, consisting of 200 acres, in what is now Muddy Creek township. He was accompanied by his wife and several sisters. He cleared up a farm and resided on it until within a few years of his death, which occurred at the home of his son, Sheplar, in Portersville.
He was a soldier in the War of 1812, and was located in the Lake Erie country. He was a stanch Democrat, and one of the original members of the old Lutheran church of Lancaster township. [HBC 1895, 1266]


General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Albert


She was eighty-seven or eighty-eight years old when she passed away.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 948.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1106, 1266.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1266.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 514.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 957.


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