Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Samuel Nesbitt and Agnes Fulton




Husband Samuel Nesbitt 1 2

           Born: 1837 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1909 - Saltsburg, Indiana Co, PA
         Buried: 


         Father: Samuel Nesbitt (      -Bef 1880) 2 3
         Mother: Jane McConaughy (      -      ) 4 5


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Lowman (      -      ) 1 6



Wife Agnes Fulton 3 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 


         Father: Moses Fulton (      -      ) 6
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Esther Jane "Jennie" Nesbitt 3 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John C. Rose (      -      ) 6


2 M Samuel Moses Fulton Nesbitt 3 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Maud Stranahan (      -      ) 6


3 M Robert Newton Nesbitt 2 3

           Born: 15 Nov 1872 - Conemaugh Twp, Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nora Kennedy (      -      ) 6



General Notes: Husband - Samuel Nesbitt


Civil War: he served three years and nine months in company B, 56th Pennsylvania volunteers, and was wounded in the thigh at North Anna, Virginia, and in the neck at Hatcher's run, Virginia.

He became one of the leading agriculturalists of Conemaugh township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, owning 180 acres of land, the old Nesbitt homestead, on which he carried on general farming and stock raising, specializing in the latter line. He held the office of county treasurer for one term of three years, during which time he lived at Indiana borough. His death occurred at his home in Saltsburg when he was seventy-two years old.
During the Civil war, he enlisted in Company C, 206th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served for four years. He had the misfortune to be wounded in the neck and thigh. Among the treasured possessions of his son, Robert Newton Nesbitt, was the coat of his father's uniform, which was riddled with holes made by bullets.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 435, 503.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1068.

3 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 435.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 340.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 339.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 1069.


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