Philip P. Gongaware and Rachel Jane Whitehead

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Husband Philip P. Gongaware ¹

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           Born: 21 Feb 1829 2
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         Father: Peter Gongaware (1796-1879) 3 4
         Mother: Mary Naley (      -1883) 4

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       Marriage: Nov 1850 2

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   Other Spouse: Ellen Henry (      -      ) 2 - 26 Nov 1894 2

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Wife Rachel Jane Whitehead ²

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           Born: 6 Aug 1832 5
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           Died: 17 Sep 1893 2
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         Father: Peter Whitehead (1796-1867/1872) 2 6 7 8
         Mother: Barbara Highberger (1794-1834) 2 6 7 8

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - Philip P. Gongaware

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He received a common school education and farmed his father's place until 1865. After leaving the home farm he moved to a farm near Irwin, at what was later known as “Straw Pump.” Here he remained seventeen years, going thence to Adamsburg for two years, followed by a resi­dence in Westmoreland City of eight months, when he removed to a location at Manor, Pennsylvania. He was a Democrat in politics. In 1848 he became a member of the Lutheran church, and in 1896 a member of the Reformed church, and served in both denominations for many years as deacon.

1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 260, 261.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 261.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 525.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 260.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 534.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 416.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 533.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1100.