Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Daniel Johns and Unknown




Husband Daniel Johns 1

            AKA: Daniel John 2 3 4
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         Father: [Father] Johns (      -      )
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Wife Unknown

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Children
1 F Esther Johns 1 6

            AKA: Esther John 2 4 5
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           Died: 8 Oct 1802 3 4
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         Spouse: Samuel Cochran (1750/1750-1837) 1 2 4 6 7
           Marr: Chambersburg, Franklin Co, PA



General Notes: Husband - Daniel Johns


He was a prominent Quaker, who was brought to Pennsylvania by William Penn to preach the Friends' Gospel to Indians and Quakers.

One of his sons owned a part of Harper's Ferry. One of his grandsons was Gideon John, sheriff of Fayette County, about 1832.

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Sources


1 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 788.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 152.

3 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 532.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 243.

5 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 532, 996.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 245.

7 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 996.


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