Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Custer and Catherine Leatherman




Husband George Custer 1

            AKA: George Custis 2
           Born: 3 Dec 1774 - Philadelphia, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1829 - Georges Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Paul Custer (      -      ) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Martha Ball (      -      ) 1 2 3


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Unknown (      -      )



Wife Catherine Leatherman
2

           Born: 1765 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1844 2
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Catherine Custis 2

           Born: 1790 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Alonzo Littell (      -      ) 2


2 F Magdalene Custer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Gans (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - George Custer


He was a large, healthy man, with abundant means, and was the father of fifteen children.

He died aged eighty-five years and two days. [HFC 1882, 773] But the dates given by the same source make his age at death fifty-five years.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 773.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 268.

3 Emmett William Gans, A Pennsylvania Pioneer: Report of the Executive Committee of the Ball Estate Association (Mansfield, OH: R. J. Kuhl, Printer, 1900), Pg 648.


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