Bartholomew Charles Donovan and Bessie Phipps Witherup

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Husband Bartholomew Charles Donovan ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried:  - St. Patrick's Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

       Marriage: 15 Feb 1914 - ? Venango Co, PA 1

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Wife Bessie Phipps Witherup ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 17 Jan 1885 - Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Jul 1970 - ? Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - St. Patrick's Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William Witherup (1832-1915) 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Martha L. Eakin (1845-1926) 4 7 8

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Children

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1 M Charles Louis Donovan ¹

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           Born: 21 Mar 1915 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 1968 9
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Georgenia M. Cathers (1918-      )
           Marr: 1945 - ? Venango Co, PA

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2 M Robert Edward Donovan ¹

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           Born: 24 Jan 1917 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1919
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Wife - Bessie Phipps Witherup

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SSDI: BESSIE DONOVAN 17 Jan 1885 Jul 1970 16323 (Franklin, Venango, PA) (none specified) 199-36-6849 Pennsylvania

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 958.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 990.

3 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 37.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 989, 990.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 683, 911, 957.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 321.

7 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 34.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 683, 911, 958.

9 Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 25.