Francis Halyday and Sarah Horth

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Husband Francis Halyday ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Hollidaysburg, Blair Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Feb 1811 1 2
         Buried:  - Oil City, Venango Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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Wife Sarah Horth ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt Nov 1769
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Mar 1842 1 3
         Buried:  - Grove Hill Cemetery, Oil City, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: Hiram Horth (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Columbus Halyday ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1813 - ? Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

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2 F Uretta Halyday ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1829 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Alexander Carle (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1812 4

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3 F Margaret Halyday ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Samuel Hunter (      -      ) 4

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4 F Sarah Halyday ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1817 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Moses Davidson (      -      ) 4
           Marr: 1816 4

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5 F Cassandra Halyday ⁴

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1846 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James Bannon (      -      ) 4

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6 F Lovina Halyday ⁴

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           Born: Abt 1801
     Christened: 
           Died: 1813 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 F Amelia Halyday ⁴

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           Born: 10 Dec 1805 - Cornplanter Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1869
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Capt. Samuel Phipps (1795-1879) 6 7
           Marr: 15 Apr 1824 4

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8 M James Halyday ^{1 4}

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           Born: 13 Jan 1809 - Venango Co, PA 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Nov 1884 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 4
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Almira Coe (      -      ) 1 4
           Marr: 16 Oct 1828 1 4

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General Notes: Husband - Francis Halyday

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He located on the creek near the run which bears his name, in 1803. A squatter had made an improvement, and Mr. Halyday purchased his rather intangible title of 400 acres. He was sher­iff of the county for one term, and was regarded as an honorable trustworthy citizen, by the pioneers. [HVC 1879, 509]

He was a pioneer of the Oil Creek valley, settled on the Alle­gheny at the mouth of Oil creek early in the 1800s on a tract of land which he purchased from the state in 1803, part of it now occupied by Oil City. Holidaysburg was his native place, but his ancestors were Irish. The few brief years allotted to him in his new home were still sufficient to earn the character of an honorable, trustworthy citizen among the pioneers. [HVC 1890, 850]

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Horth

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She was a woman of singular energy and attainments for the period in which she lived. Of Scotch parentage she brought to her husband a dowry of tact and management more valuable than gold in their wilderness home. With early widowhood there came the responsibility and support and educa­tion of eight children, the youngest, a son but two years old, and the eldest, her only manly help, to be speedily summoned to the defense of his country.
Her nearest neighbors were Indians, and doubtless her best friend was their chief, Cornplanter, who was ever a welcome guest in her home and ever ready to exchange the wild game of the forest for her savory domestic meats and pastries. As these wild sons of the forest helped to lighten her burdens not less did she and her daughters contribute to the comfort and care of squaw and papoose when sickness and death invaded their tents, and not infrequently were the tears of Indians and pale faces mingled at the open grave. The bold bluff on the north side of the creek overlooking both creek and river was the burial ground of the Senecas at that time, and a similar spot on the opposite hill (now Clark's Summit) was made sacred to their white friends, as one after another their loved ones were consigned to their last repose. [HVC 1890, 850]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 509.

2 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 850.

3 Various, Grove Hill Cemetery Transcription (Oil City, PA: Privately published, ~1985).

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 851.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 18.

6 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 851, 980.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 585.