Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Zachariah Taylor Leighty and Anna J. Duff




Husband Zachariah Taylor Leighty 1 2

           Born: 2 Jan 1847 - Dunbar Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: Stephen S. Leighty (1815-1892) 2 4
         Mother: Eliza Hutson (1820-1862) 1


       Marriage: 2 Dec 1886 3

   Other Spouse: Martha Murphy (      -1884) 3 4 - 19 Oct 1871 3



Wife Anna J. Duff 3 4

           Born: 27 Jan 1862 - near Upper Middletown, Menallen Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
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         Father: Hugh Thompson Duff (1833-Aft 1912) 3 4
         Mother: Diana Hornbeck (      -1909) 3




Children
1 F Mary D. Leighty 3

           Born: 13 Oct 1890 3
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2 F Sarah Leighty 3

           Born: 13 Feb 1892 3
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           Died: 25 Mar 1900 3
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 F Esther Leighty 3

           Born: 25 Jul 1893 3
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4 M Howard Leighty 3

           Born: 29 Jun 1897 3
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5 F Inez Leighty 3

           Born: 27 Sep 1900 3
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6 M Z. Taylor Leighty 3

           Born: 29 May 1902 3
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7 F Lyda Leighty 3

           Born: 5 Jul 1904 3
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General Notes: Husband - Zachariah Taylor Leighty


He was reared on a farm in Dunbar township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the common schools. He followed farming and stock raising.

He was educated in the public schools, and early became his father's helper in the farm work, starting in the cornfield at eight years of age. He always followed the business of a farmer and was very successful. He owned and resided on the farm which was owned and operated by his father and which was his lifelong home. He was interested in coal land speculation and in other business affairs as well. He was a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, was a Republican, and, with his wife, was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Leisenring.

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Sources


1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 443.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 376.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 377.

4 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 444.


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