John Dewoody and Anis McCullough

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Husband John Dewoody ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1775 - County Antrim, Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 1842 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3 4
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Dewoody, Sr. (      -Abt 1807) 5 6
         Mother: Martha Cunningham ??? (Abt 1738-1826) 7

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       Marriage:  - Chartiers Creek, Allegheny Co, PA

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Wife Anis McCullough ⁴

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            AKA: Annas McCullough 7
           Born: Abt 1778
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Dec 1855 7
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 8

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         Father: Capt.  McCullough (      -      ) 9
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Sarah Dewoody ^{10 11}

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           Born: 1798 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: Bet 1860 and 1870
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Solomon Ford (Abt 1797-Abt 1878) 4 11

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2 M George Dewoody ⁴

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           Born: 1801
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Aug 1834 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M William Dewoody ^{4 13}

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           Born: 1802 - Venango Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 1864 13
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Eliza Gillespie (1813-1886) 13

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4 M Robert Dewoody ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1804 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jun 1860 4
         Buried:  - Old Sandy Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Elizabeth McBride (      -Aft 1890) 4
           Marr: 21 Feb 1829 14

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5 M John Dewoody ⁴

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           Born: Nov 1806 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Mar 1894 15
         Buried:  - Old Sandy Cemetery, Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 16

         Spouse: Margaret Kilgore (1808-1899) 4
           Marr: 21 Feb 1839 4

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6 M Andrew Dewoody ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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7 F Nancy Dewoody ^{4 17}

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           Born: Abt 1811
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Jul 1854 - Sugarcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Old Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: James Kilgore (1811-1880) 4 17 18
           Marr: 1839 17

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8 M Benjamin Dewoody ^{19 20}

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           Born: 1815 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 21
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 May 1888 21
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Mary Ritchey (Abt 1820-1860) 19 21
           Marr: 4 May 1837 22

         Spouse: Sarah [Unk] (      -Aft 1890) 21
           Marr: 8 Aug 1865 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 22

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General Notes: Husband - John Dewoody

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He came to America in 1792. Lived at Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for four years. He came to Venango County, in 1796, and settled on a farm, being the second settler in Victory township. He raised a family of eight children, and followed farming. In the War of 1812, he served for one year, in the militia, guarding the frontier. He was on the lake at the time of Perry's victory. He commenced keeping a hotel, in 1804, which he continued for thirty years, and served as Township Constable for several years. [HVC 1879, 651]

Though not so inviting as other parts of Venango County, Pennsylvania, Victory township was settled almost as early as the western frontier of Pennsylvania became a safe place of residence. Prominent among the earliest arrivals was John Dewoody. A native of the North of Ireland, he emigrated to America at the age of twenty-two, and lived for a time at Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Thence he drifted westward and at Chartiers creek near Pittsburgh met and married Anis, daughter of Captain McCullough of the American army. He gave his daughter as her dower a horse and a cow. Arriving at the valley of Sandy creek John Dewoody disposed of these animals to Samuel Patterson in settlement of his claim to a tract of four hundred acres. Patterson was a young man; he was unmarried and lived principally by hunting. He had built a cabin, which stood in the orchard on this farm and a large rock which formed the rear wall is still pointed out. Dewoody lived in this cabin for a time, and then built a more pretentious house which he kept as a hotel thirty-three years. The latter stood on the old Pittsburgh road. The date of this settlement was 1796. [HVC 1890, 740]

He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, with his three brothers in 1796, in that year moving from Pittsburgh to the valley of Sandy creek, settling on the old Pittsburgh road in Victory Township. A portion of his land was long owned by his son, John, who kept hotel there for many years. [HVC 1919, 1001]

His approximate date of birth is judged from the statement that he immigrated to America at the age of 21 or 22. [HVC 1890, 89 & 740]

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General Notes: Wife - Anis McCullough

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Buried in the Old Franklin Cemetery: Annas, wife of John Dewoody, died Dec. 25, aged 77 years.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 499, 651.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 676, 829, 1037.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 651.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1037.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 487.

6 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 4.

7 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 457.

8 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 115.

9 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 740.

10 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 741, 1037.

11 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 23.

12 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 741.

13 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 36.

14 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 42.

15 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 56.

16 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Sandycreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1999), Pg 69.

17 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 607.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 485.

19 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 499.

20 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 829, 1037.

21 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 829.

22 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 61.