John George Blose and Esther Ament

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Husband John George Blose ^{1 2}

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            AKA: George Blose Sr. 1 3
           Born: 3 Aug 1803 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Jan 1877 - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Blose (1778-1849) 2 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Walton (1779-1860) 2 4

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       Marriage: 20 Apr 1826 1 2

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Wife Esther Ament ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Esther Mitchell 3
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1881 - Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 

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         Father: George Ament (1758-1843) 1 5 6 7
         Mother: Esther Markle (1766-1854) 1 5 6 7

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Children

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1 M Josiah Blose ^{1 6}

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            AKA: Joseph Blose 3
           Born: 8 Mar 1827 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Apr 1915 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Grove (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 19 Jan 1854 6

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2 F Rachel Mary Dennison Blose ^{3 6 8 9}

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           Born: 9 Mar 1829 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Dec 1913 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nathan Crossman (1826-      ) 8
           Marr: 17 Jun 1852 6

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3 F Esther Markle Blose ^{1 6}

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           Born: 7 Mar 1831 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jul 1901 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Madison Haddan (      -      ) 1 6
           Marr: 10 Aug 1853 6

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4 M Jeremiah Blose ^{1 6}

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           Born: 22 Jul 1833 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Apr 1858 1
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         Spouse: Jane Wachob (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 15 Nov 1855 6

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5 F Susannah Catharine Blose ^{1 3 6}

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           Born: 28 Mar 1836 6
     Christened: 
           Died: May 1895 - Altoona, Blair Co, PA 1 6
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         Spouse: John Henry Weaver (      -      ) 1 6
           Marr: 19 Jan 1854 6

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6 F Sarah Jane Blose ^{3 10 11 12}

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           Born: 19 Mar 1838 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Nov 1910 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: David Miner Postlethwaite (1834-      ) 13 14
           Marr: 15 Feb 1859 6

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7 M Darius Ellsworth Blose ^{1 3 6}

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           Born: 2 Dec 1840 - near Perrysville, Jefferson Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 May 1899 - Punxsutawney, Jefferson Co, PA 3 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Martha C. McQuown (      -Aft 1913) 6
           Marr: 11 Jan 1869 6

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8 M George Ament Blose ^{3 4 6}

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           Born: 13 Nov 1842 - Jefferson Co, PA 1 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1917
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Louisa Jane Raybuck (1854-      ) 6 15
           Marr: 26 May 1877 6 15

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General Notes: Husband - John George Blose

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A few years after marriage he moved from Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, to Armstrong County, where they resided three or four years. In 1834 they moved to Jefferson County, where they lived in a little log house a short distance east of Perrysville till March, 1836, when they moved to a farm they had bought about two miles west of Perrysville, in Perry township, upon which they were residing at the time of their deaths.

The farm to which they moved had a small one-room round log house on it, and was in the woods except for a few acres that were cleared around the house. Deer, bears, wild turkeys, wolves, wildcats and other wild animals were plentiful in the woods. They caught some of the wild turkeys by building a rail pen, covered with rails, first digging a narrow and shallow ditch which extended under the pen, into which they scattered corn or other grain, some being also scattered inside the pen. The turkeys would follow the grain as they ate it, and when once in the pen would try to get out above, being prevented by the rail covering.
A short time after they moved to the place Mrs. Blose, one Sunday, walked up a little hill north of the house. A few rods from the house she came upon twelve or fifteen deer, some lying down, and some feeding on the bushes. When they saw her they started to run away, but did not seem to be much afraid. The wolves would come and howl 'round the house at night. One night they killed and ate a sheep under a chestnut tree in the field above the barn. The sheep and young stock of every kind had to be shut up to keep the wolves from killing them. Two or three dogs were kept, but the wolves did not seem to be much afraid of the dogs, one of which would try to get into the house when wolves came.

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General Notes: Wife - Esther Ament

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She was a woman of more than average intelligence and superior management, and con-tributed largely to the support of the family by her industry and frugality. For about nine years before her death she was an invalid. She was a consistent member of the Lutheran Church from her thirteenth year; and was a most estimable woman, pious and upright, and bore her long and trying affliction with great patience and Christian fortitude.

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3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 464.

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5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 148.

6 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 179.

7 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 266.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 467.

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10 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 466.

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12 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 179, 581.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1123, 1226.

14 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 581.

15 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1124.