Andrew Oliphant and Mary Griffin

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Husband Andrew Oliphant ¹

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         Father: Andrew Oliphant (      -1790) 2 3
         Mother: Ann Hughes (      -      ) 3

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Wife Mary Griffin ⁴

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         Father: Hon. Isaac Griffin (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Mary Morris (      -      ) 6

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1 F Mary Ann Oliphant ⁷

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         Spouse: Edgar C. Wilson (      -      ) 7

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2 M James M. Oliphant ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Andrew Oliphant

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He and John, his older brother, commenced the iron business at Old Fairfield Furnace, and soon added Fairchance, on the same stream, to it. Subsequently to this they built "Sylvan Forges," on the lower waters of Georges Creek, near the village of New Geneva, Pennsylvania. They made pigs at Fairchance, and converted them into bar iron at Sylvan Forges; built boats, launched them on the Monongahela at Geneva, and floated their iron down the river to Pittsburgh and points below on the Ohio to market. They continued as partners in business until 1816, when they dissolved and divided the property. Fairchance and Sylvan Forges being considered about equal in value, John gave his younger brother, Andrew, the first choice. He took Sylvan Forges, and the property was partitioned on that basis, without invoking the aid of the courts.

He was commissioned a justice of the peace for Springhill township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 2, 1804.

1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 583, 699, 766.

2 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 583.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 875.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 699, 766.

5 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 698, 766.

6 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 698.

7 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 766.