Jacob Houk and Nancy Cunningham

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Husband Jacob Houk ¹

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           Born: 2 Aug 1801 - Shenango Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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           Died: 22 Jan 1888 2
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         Father: John Houk (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Nichols (      -      ) 3

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Martha Mayne (      -      ) 2

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Wife Nancy Cunningham ⁴

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           Born: 12 May 1806 2
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           Died: 1895 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: Benjamin Cunningham (1770-1843) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Margaret Morton (      -      ) 5 6 9

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Children

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1 M Esli N. Houk ³

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            AKA: Eli Houk 10
           Born: 5 Feb 1842 - Shenango Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Hill (      -      ) 11

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General Notes: Husband - Jacob Houk

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He learned the carpenter trade and followed the same until 1847, when he bought a farm, later owned and occupied by his son, Esli N., and there he engaged in general farming during the remainder of his active life. He was firm in his convictions, both political and theological, through life supporting the Democratic party and living worthily as a member of the Center United Presbyterian Church.

The two children of his first marriage died young. Esli N. was the only child of his second marriage.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 880.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 442.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 441.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 442, 880.

5 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 129.

6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 470.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 964.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 327.

9 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 742.

10 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 1014.

11 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 442, 1014.