Ira David Sankey and Fanny Victoria Edwards

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Husband Ira David Sankey ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Aug 1840 - Edenburg, Mahoning Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 1
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           Died: 13 Aug 1908 - Brooklyn, NY
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         Father: Hon. David Sankey (1809-Aft 1877) 2 3 4
         Mother: Mary Leeper (1811-      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1863

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Wife Fanny Victoria Edwards

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         Father: John Edwards (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 M John E. Sankey

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           Born: 1868
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           Died: 1912
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2 M Ira Allan Sankey

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General Notes: Husband - Ira David Sankey

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He was a noted evangelist and vocalist, an associate of D. L. Moody.

1 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 167.

2 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 526.

3 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 165.

4 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 86.

5 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 142.