Henry Sphar and Mary Jackman
Husband Henry Sphar 1 2 3
Born: 25 Feb 1820 - Allen Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 2 3 Christened: Died: Aft 1893 Buried:
Father: John Sphar (1777-1856) 1 3 4 5 Mother: Susanna Redd (1774-1851/1852) 1 3 6
Marriage: 15 Jun 1847 1 2 3
Other Spouse: Margaret "Peggy" Gregg ( -1845/1846) 1 3 7 - 5 Nov 1843 1 3
Wife Mary Jackman 1 3 8
Born: - East Pike Run Twp, Washington Co, PA Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Dixon Jackman (1789- ) 9 Mother: Elizabeth Phillips ( - ) 9
Children
General Notes: Husband - Henry Sphar
He resided on a part of the family farm where he always had his home. His entire business life was given to farming. His father gave him a farm of one hundred acres, to which he added other lands. When a young man he united with the Methodist Episcopal Church. [HWC 1882, 651]
He resided on a farm in Allen township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, containing 100 acres of land, and he made a specialty of raising fine Spanish Merino sheep, also keeping a good grade of cattle. In political opinion he was a Republican, and was a member of the school board. He and his wife were active workers in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mount Tabor.
1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 651.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1344.
3 Robert Phillips, Descendants of William Rodgers and Sarah E. Sphar (Unpublished genealogy research, Dec 2016).
4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 866, 1071, 1344.
5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1033.
6 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 866, 1344.
7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 841, 1344.
8 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1345.
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—, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 799, 1345.
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