Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Pearce and Amelia Douglas




Husband John Pearce 1

           Born: 26 Mar 1831 - Wexford, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Father: Richard Pearce (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Susan Austin (      -      ) 1


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Wife Amelia Douglas 1

           Born: 19 May 1835 2
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           Died: Aft 1918
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         Father: Michael Douglas (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Barbara Shearer (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M Walter D. Pearce 2

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2 F Anna L. Pearce 2

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3 M William A. Pearce 1 3

           Born: 18 Jan 1865 - Harmony, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Jessie Ash (      -      ) 3 4
           Marr: 31 May 1887 4



General Notes: Husband - John Pearce


He was born at Wexford, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In 1864 he removed to Harmony, Butler County, where he was closely identified with the industrial development of the town and later became one of the owners of the great woolen mills that was even then an old concern. After this he devoted the remainder of his life to the woolen business, and was one of the well-known figures in the western part of Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 310.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 311.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 983.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 312.


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