Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John F. Weakley and Olive Atwell




Husband John F. Weakley 1 2

           Born: 12 Aug 1856 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert Weakley (1816-1885) 1
         Mother: Martha Watt (      -1892) 1


       Marriage: 11 Jun 1885 1



Wife Olive Atwell 1 2 3

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           Died: Bef 1919 - Slippery Rock, Butler Co, PA
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         Father: Robert J. Atwell (1837-1912) 4 5
         Mother: Phoebe Scott (1840-1916)




Children
1 F Mary E. Weakley 1

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2 F Gertrude Weakley 1

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General Notes: Husband - John F. Weakley


He was born on the family homestead in Slippery Rock township, Butler County, PA, was reared on the farm and received a common school education. In 1880 he opened a coal mine on his farm, and carried on mining in connection with agriculture. After pur­chasing the old homestead he made many improvements, and erected a new residence in 1893. He was a Prohibitionist after 1885, before which year he was a Republican. He was a member of the United Presbyterian church, of Centreville, and was a member of the session.


General Notes: Wife - Olive Atwell


She died at about forty years of age.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1209.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 631.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 646.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 790, 900.


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