Robert Atwell and [Unk] Wallace

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Husband Robert Atwell ¹

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           Born: Bef 1799 - Ireland
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           Died: Bef 1883 - Butler Co, PA
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       Marriage:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA

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Wife [Unk] Wallace ¹

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Children

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1 M Wallace Atwell ¹

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         Spouse: Mary Gilchrist (      -      ) 1

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2 M John Atwell ¹

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3 F Hannah Atwell ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Dunlap (      -      ) 1

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4 F Polly Atwell ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Gilchrist (      -      ) 1

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5 F Nancy Atwell ²

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         Spouse: William Dugan (      -      ) 3

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General Notes: Husband - Robert Atwell

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He was born in Ireland, and, during the latter part of the 1700s, took passage on board an emigrant vessel bound for America. Off the Delaware Capes the ship was wrecked, and all on board were swept into the sea. Of those saved was Robert Atwell, who, with a few others, were washed ashore apparently lifeless, but resuscitated through the efforts of those living near by. Not long after his rescue from the deep, he became a resident of Pittsburgh. About 1800, he purchased a tract of land in the township of Marion, Butler County, Pennsylvania. Leaving his wife at Pittsburgh, he went to the wilderness property, built a small cabin, cleared several acres of land, raised some potatoes and other vegetables, which crops, at the close of the growing season, he gathered and placed under the puncheon floor of his habitation. He then returned to Pittsburgh, and the following spring, accompanied by his family, came back to his forest home. But during the winter, Indians, or unscrupulous white hunters, had occupied his cabin and as a result of such occupancy, the little structure had been burned. He then built another log dwelling (near where his descendants now live), on the south side of the hill, and resided there for many years, until his death. [HBC 1883, 432]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 432.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 432, 433.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 433.