Adam Lightner

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Husband Adam Lightner ¹

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• Note: This may be the same person as : John Adam Lightner.

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1 F Catherine Howe Lightner ¹

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           Born: 1800 - Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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           Died: Abt 1859 - ? Springfield Twp, Mercer Co, PA
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         Spouse: Nicholas Nelson (1806-Abt 1882) 2 3

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2 F Nancy Lightner ⁴

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         Spouse: John Albin (1819-      ) 4 5
           Marr: 1843 4

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3 F [Unk] Lightner

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         Spouse: John Rung (      -      ) 5

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4 M John Lightner ⁵

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5 M Henry Lightner ^{5 6}

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         Spouse: Margaret Hewit (      -      ) 5

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6 M Samuel Lightner ⁵

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7 M Adam Lightner ⁵

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         Spouse: Eliza Ann Stryker (      -      ) 5

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8 M Fahnestock Lightner ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Adam Lightner

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From Perry County, he came to West township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, about 1799, settling on the tract of land which was long known as the Lightner homestead, which had been somewhat improved by an earlier settler. He reared ten children, five daughters and five sons.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 914.

2 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 404, 418.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 909, 914.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 954.

5 J. Simpson Africa, The History of Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Louis H. Everts, 1883), Pg 404.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 903.