Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. David Imbrie and Jean Reed


Husband Rev. David Imbrie 1 2 3 4 5 6 

            AKA: Rev. David Emery 7 8
           Born: 22 Aug or 28 Aug 1777 - New York 4 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jun 1842 4 5 9
         Buried:  - Seceders' Cemetery, near Darlington, Beaver Co, PA


         Father: [Unk] Imbrie (      -      )
         Mother: [Unk] Flack (      -      ) 10



         Father: James Imbrie (      -1803) 2 3 5 6
         Mother: Euphemia Smart (      -      ) 3 6


       Marriage: 29 Nov 1804 11

Wife Jean Reed 5 11 

            AKA: Jane Reed 7 8 9
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Mar 1825 5
         Buried:  - Seceders' Cemetery, near Darlington, Beaver Co, PA


         Father: John Reed (Abt 1744-1817) 1 11 12 13 14
         Mother: Anna Atcheson (      -      ) 15


Children
1 F Ann Reed Imbrie 5 

           Born: 29 Mar 1805 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Sep 1881 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Joseph Sharp (      -      ) 5

2 F Maria Smart Imbrie 5 

           Born: 1 Sep 1807 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1851 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dr. J. W. Galvin (      -      ) 16

3 F Jean Imbrie 5 

           Born: 1 Jul 1809 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1857 5
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

4 M Rev. David Reed Imbrie 4 5 

           Born: 24 Jan 1812 - Darlington, Beaver Co, PA 4 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jan 1872 or 1878 - Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS 4 17
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Nancy R. Johnston (      -Aft 1895) 4
           Marr: Jun 1843 4

5 M John Reed Imbrie 5 

           Born: 13 Apr 1815 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Mar 1860 5
         Buried:  - Washington, Washington Co, PA






6  M  James Milton Imbrie 2 5 16





           Born: 9 Mar 1816 - near Greersburg, Beaver Co, PA 2 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Apr 1889 - Big Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, PA 5
         Buried: 



         Spouse: Clarinda Jackson (1820-1899) 9 16






7  F  Elmira Emily Imbrie 5





           Born: 2 Mar 1819 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 15 Oct 1895 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH 5
         Buried: 



         Spouse: John M. Buchanan (      -      ) 5









General Notes: Husband - Rev. David Imbrie




Different sources give different information about his parents.

He was born in New York, and received a classical education at Glasgow University. He studied theology under Dr. John Anderson, of Frankfort Springs, and was licensed by the Associate church when twenty-seven years of age. In 1805 he settled in Big Beaver township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, then a thinly settled region, covered with dense forests, near the town of Greersburg (later Darlington), and there, for forty years, was engaged in the work of the ministry.
On the 12th of June, 1842, while on his way to church, he had a stroke of apoplexy, of which he died, aged sixty-five years.
He had three sons and four daughters; James Milton, was the youngest son.

He weighed 300 pounds, and always took two horses when he went to Presbytery, or any great distance, and would ride up to a house and get the inmates to assist him in changing horses. If he were not careful in getting on he would fall off on the other side.

He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and studied divinity under Dr. John Anderson, of Moon township, Allegheny County, and in 1803 was licensed to preach at the Seceder church. [MAC, 495]

He was reared in Moon township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and was a student of the old Canonsburg Academy, which later became Jefferson College and afterward Washington and Jefferson College. On November 14, 1797, while a student in this institution, he was the leading spirit in the founding of the Franklin Literary Society, an organization which continued for many years, having numbered among its members men afterward famous in many walks of life, who within its walls received the first impetus for culture and literary knowledge for which they later were noted. Completing his general education he studied theology under the preceptorship of John Anderson, a student and scholar of more than ordinary attainment, well known in that day, and was licensed to preach by the Chartiers Presbytery of the Seceders Church, December 14, 1803. After his marriage Mr. Imbrie made his home on a large tract of land in Big Beaver township, Beaver County, which he had purchased in 1800. In the active cultivation of his estate he took no part, although he was in continuous touch with all the operations conducted thereon and gave it his personal supervision and management. During his connection with the ministry of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church he held two charges in Beaver County, one Bethel Church, and another, Brush Run (now Darlington) Church, his death occurring while engaged in this ministry. The primitive transportation facilities of the day made travel by horse the common method of locomotion, and it was while riding with his daughter, Jean, in his carriage on the way to deliver a sermon at Bethel Church that he was stricken with apoplexy, and died the next day. He was a man large in body, his physical size in proportion with his mental stature. Never did a congregation of a church so sincerely mourn the loss of a loved pastor, never were such glorious plans so rudely shattered, seldom has such a touching demonstration of affection been made as by the solemn grief of his people.



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Sources






1
—, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 997.

2
—, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 669.

3
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 877.

4
—, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1236.

5
—, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 495.

6
J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 828.

7
Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 860.

8
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1015.

9
—, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 670.

10
—, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 170.

11
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 878.

12
Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 859.

13
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 885, 1015.

14
Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1199.

15
—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 885.

16
John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 879.

17
—, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 495
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