John Scull and Margaret "Mary" Irwin
Husband John Scull 1
Born: Abt 1765 Christened: Died: 8 Feb 1828 2 Buried: - Long Run Presbyterian Church, North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: Jasper Scull ( - ) 2 Mother: Unknown ( - )
Marriage:
Wife Margaret "Mary" Irwin 1
AKA: Mary "Polly" Irwin 2 Born: Abt 1767 Christened: Died: 9 Sep 1842 2 Buried: - Long Run Presbyterian Church, North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
Father: Col. John Irwin (1739/1740-1822) 1 3 4 Mother: Elizabeth Cunningham (Abt 1748-1818) 1 4
Children
1 M Edward Scull 2
Born: Christened: Died: Cause of Death: Yellow fever Buried: - New Orleans, LA
2 F Elizabeth Scull 2
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Ephraim Blaine ( - ) 2Spouse: William Ward ( - ) 2
3 M John Irwin Scull 2 5
Born: 1790 2 Christened: Died: 31 Jan 1827 6 Buried: - Long Run Presbyterian Church, North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PASpouse: Anna Bonnett Spencer ( - ) 2
General Notes: Husband - John Scull
He journeyed through the wilderness from Reading, Pennsylvania, to Pittsburgh, in 1786, in company with Joseph Hall, and on July 29 of that year they established the Pittsburg Gazette, the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny mountains. It was firm in the support of the Washington administration. He was also the first postmaster of the city of Pittsburgh, and president of one of the first banks established in that city.
1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 353.
2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 506.
3 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 558.
4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 135.
5 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 260.
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John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 507.
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