Felix Negley and Ruth Horton
Husband Felix Negley 1 2
Born: 22 Sep 1764 3 Christened: Died: 19 Apr 1836 3 Buried:
Father: Alexander Negley (1734/1735-1809) 1 4 Mother: Mary Ann Bergstresser (1741-1829) 3
Marriage: 28 May 1798 or 1800 1 3
Wife Ruth Horton 1 2
Born: Christened: Died: 1873 5 Buried:
Father: [Father] Horton ( - ) Mother:
Children
1 M Alexander Negley 5
Born: 17 Mar 1802 5 Christened: Died: 25 Jan 1806 5 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
2 M Thomas Negley 5
Born: 2 Aug 1803 5 Christened: Died: 10 Jan 1804 5 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
3 F Mary Negley 5 7 8
AKA: May Negley 6 Born: 8 Feb 1805 - Allegheny Co, PA 5 8 Christened: Died: 25 Dec 1886 - Allegheny Co, PA 5 Buried:Spouse: James Humes (1793-1865) 5 6 7 9 Marr: 1 Jan 1824 - Allegheny Co, PA 9
4 M Felix Negley 5 7
Born: 24 Nov 1806 5 Christened: Died: 11 Apr 1852 5 7 Buried:
5 F Margaret Negley 5
Born: 13 Sep 1808 5 Christened: Died: 2 Jul 1892 5 Buried:Spouse: Robert Hare ( - ) 5
6 F Ruth Negley 5
Born: 10 Apr 1810 5 Christened: Died: 10 Jun 1882 5 Buried:Spouse: Dr. J. H. Goodwin ( - ) 5
7 F Elizabeth Negley 5
Born: 2 Feb 1812 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: P. N. McDowell ( - ) 5
8 F Barbara Negley 5
Born: 8 Aug 1813 5 Christened: Died: 3 Jun 1860 5 Buried:Spouse: Leslie Jack ( - ) 5
9 F Rebecca Negley 5
Born: 3 Jun 1815 5 Christened: Died: 19 Mar 1896 5 Buried:Spouse: Hugh Lessley ( - ) 5
10 F Fanny Negley 5
Born: 3 May 1817 5 Christened: Died: 29 Oct 1884 5 Buried:Spouse: S. N. Christy ( - ) 5
11 F Jane Negley 5
Born: 11 Mar 1819 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: George Lessley ( - ) 5
12 F Eleanor Negley 5
Born: 20 Jan 1821 5 Christened: Died: Buried:
13 F Catherine Negley 5
Born: 17 Oct 1822 5 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James Lacey ( - ) 5
14 F Nancy Negley 5
Born: 27 May 1824 5 Christened: Died: 18 Aug 1839 5 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Felix Negley
He was born May 13, 1782, and in 1796 went to live on the site of the later borough of Tarentum (the third ward), Allegheny. He was very enterprising and industrious, and took a conspicuous part in the development of the resources and industries of the neighborhood. He built a saw mill and a grist mill, and in 1821, a carding factory. In 1824 he entered into partnership with Alexander McAllister, in the wool carding business. His death occurred in 1832. He was married in 1800. [GPHWP, 460]
He was of German descent, and in 1796 settled where the borough of Tarentum, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, now stands. In 1797 he built a saw mill and grist mill and in 1821 he built a carding factory and began carding in 1824 in company with Alex. McAllister.
He served in the Revolutionary War.
Another source states that he died in 1832.
1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 270.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 640, 1348.
3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1348.
4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 460, 1348.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 105.
6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 389.
7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 299.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 460.
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John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 459.
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