Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Maj. Ezekiel Sankey, Sr. and Jane Cubbison




Husband Maj. Ezekiel Sankey, Sr. 1 2 3 4

           Born: 1772 - near Lewistown, Mifflin Co, PA 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Jul 1813 or 27 Nov 1813 - Shenango Twp, Mercer (later Lawrence) Co, PA 2 4 6
         Buried: 


         Father: William Sankey (      -1794) 1 6 7
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 



Wife Jane Cubbison 2 8

            AKA: Jane Culbertson 4 6
           Born: Dec 1767 - County Down, Ireland 2 4 8
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Shenango Twp, Mercer (later Lawrence) Co, PA
         Buried: 


Children
1 M William Sankey 2 6 9

           Born: 10 Jul 1794 or 27 Nov 1794 2 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Nov 1860 2 10
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hannah Ricketts (Abt 1789-1849) 6


2 F Sarah Sankey 2 10

           Born: 24 Dec 1795 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Dec 1876 2
         Buried: 



3 M John Riddle Sankey 2 10 11

           Born: 3 Nov 1797 2 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Mar 1868 or 29 Mar 1869 - near New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 2 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Cynthia Espy (1799-1854) 11


4 M Joseph Cubbison Sankey 2 10

           Born: 9 Nov 1799 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 24 Nov 1870 2
         Buried: 



5 F Mary Ann Sankey 2 10

           Born: 11 Sep 1801 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Aug 1874 2
         Buried: 



6 M James Sankey 2 10

           Born: 25 Nov 1803 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Aug 1861 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Cox (      -      ) 12


7 M Maj. Ezekiel Sankey, Jr. 2 13 14




           Born: 3 Oct 1807 - Union Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Skinner Jones (1811-1861) 2 15 16
           Marr: 9 Feb 1832 2 16 17
         Spouse: Rhoda Ann Powers (1824-      ) 17 18
           Marr: 15 Oct 1862 17 18


8 M Hon. David Sankey 2 9 10




           Born: 10 Jan 1809 - Mercer (later Lawrence) Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1877
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Leeper (1811-      ) 19
           Marr: 2 Sep 1830 19


9 F Jane Sankey 2 10

           Born: 24 Jun 1811 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Sep 1871 2
         Buried: 



10 F Theodocia Sankey 10

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Maj. Ezekiel Sankey, Sr.


He settled in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and became its second sheriff; he was a popular man with all classes, and progressive in his ideas. He served as major in the War of 1812.

His father dying in 1794, he and his mother, executors of the father's will, soon after moved to Centre County, Pennsylvania, to a place called Potter's Mills, where they resided a short time before going to the Chartiers Valley in Washington County, where he bought a farm, and resided until 1800, at which time he changed his residence to Mercer County, where he settled at the mouth of a stream, long known as Sankey's Run, within the limits of Union township (later Lawrence County), and he was undoubtedly the first white settler within the present boundaries of that township. He was the first sheriff elected by the people of Mercer County, William Byers having served by appointment in 1803. He was major of one of the Pennsylvania militia regiments during the period of the War of 1812, and was one of two from the whole regiment who would volunteer to go outside of the state and serve. Major Sankey and William Sheriff proceeded to the front, where Sankey was appointed to a position in the commissary department of Gen. Cook's Brigade, which was organized at Pittsburgh. Joining this organization at Mansfield, Ohio, they proceeded as far west as the Rapids of the Maumee River, where Fort Meigs was afterward located. Remaining at that point through the winter of 1812-13, he returned home in the following spring, but was taken sick at Mercer from the effects of cold and exposure, and was brought home from there, he lingered a few months, dying July 13, 1813.
He was a member of the United Presbyterian Church.

There appears to be confusion between his dates and dates for his son William.


General Notes: Wife - Jane Cubbison


She died at the age of ninety-four.

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Sources


1 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 224.

2 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 165.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 85, 194.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1623.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 194.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 85.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1622.

8 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 195.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 526.

10 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 86.

11 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 825.

12 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 652.

13 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 86, 195.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1624.

15 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 87, 196.

16 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1625.

17 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 196.

18 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 166.

19 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 167.


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