William Forker and Melissa Sopher

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Husband William Forker ^{1 2}

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           Born: 22 Apr 1843 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Levi Jones Forker (1818-1888/1889) 2 3
         Mother: Isabella A. Bell (1817-1891) 2 4

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   Other Spouse: Hannah Atwell (Abt 1846-1867) 1 5 6 - 8 Aug 1865 6

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Wife Melissa Sopher ⁶

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Children

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1 M [Unk] Forker ⁶

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 Cause of Death: Fire
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1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901.

2 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 5.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 637.

4 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 27.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 631.

6 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 9.