John Jones Muse and Rebecca Edmundson

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Husband John Jones Muse ^{1 2}

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            AKA: John I. Muse 3
           Born: 1796 - Handy Lexington, KY 2
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           Died: 
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         Father: Fauntley Muse (1755-1839) 2 4
         Mother: Mary Jones (      -1814) 2

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Ella Z. Craig (      -Aft 1906) 2

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Wife Rebecca Edmundson ^{4 5}

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           Born:  - Kentucky
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           Died: 1863 5
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Fauntley Muse ⁵

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           Born: 1821 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1864 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Annie Miller (      -      ) 5

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2 M Joseph Muse ^{3 5}

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           Born: 29 Jul 1823 - Allegheny Co, PA 5
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           Died: 22 Oct 1886 - North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Cynthia Campbell (1824-1902) 3 5
           Marr: 28 Oct 1848 3 5

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3 F Catherine Muse ^{5 6}

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           Born: May 1825 5
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         Spouse: John Ludwick, Jr. (1821-      ) 5 6
           Marr: 1852 6

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4 M John Muse ^{4 5}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1827 - Wilkins Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
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         Spouse: Martha Ludwick (      -      ) 5

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5 M George Muse ⁵

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           Born: 1830 5
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           Died: Abt 1861-1865
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John Jones Muse

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He was born in Handy Lexington, Kentucky, and moved to what is now Elrod, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and later to the Muse homestead in the same county.

He was a farmer, and purchased property in Versailles township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in 1832. He was a prominent citizen, and represented Allegheny County in the legislature in 1854-55, and was county treasurer in 1858-59.

He located on the "Gallant Tract" in Versailles township, Allegheny County.

1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 444, 646.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 785.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 116.

4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 444.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 532.

6 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 646.