Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jesse Alcorn and Ann Prather




Husband Jesse Alcorn 1 2 3 4

           Born: 29 Aug 1830 - Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Feb 1909 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA


         Father: John Alcorn (1788-1865) 5 6 7
         Mother: Elizabeth Mitchell (1785-1855) 5 7


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Anna Belle Peebles (1829-1892) 2 3 - 1851 1



Wife Ann Prather 4 8 9

           Born: 19 Sep 1833 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 17 Jun 1906 4 9
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA 9


         Father: Thomas Prather (1808-1876) 5 6
         Mother: Mary Ann McCalmont (1809-1879) 5 8



   Other Spouse: James Lynch (      -      ) 9


Children

• They had no children.


General Notes: Husband - Jesse Alcorn


He was born Aug 11. [Alcorn Family History]
For a few years he owned the Wallaceville Flour Mill which he bought from heirs of James Peebles. He was rather stocky and medium height and weighed about 165 lbs. His hair was reddish in color (baldheaded in later years) and had white whiskers at the last. He was a prosperous farmer.

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Sources


1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 568.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1048.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 526, 908.

4 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 6.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

7 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003), Pg 1.

8 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1104.

9 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 11.


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