John Oakes and Mary Marsh

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Husband John Oakes ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: May 1769 3
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         Father: William Oakes (      -      ) 2 3
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Wife Mary Marsh ^{2 3}

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           Born: Mar 1773 2 3
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Children

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1 M Avery Oakes ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1802 2
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           Died: Abt 1872 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA
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2 M John Oakes, Jr. ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1804 - Massachusetts 3 4
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           Died: Aug 1882 - ? Crawford Co, PA 3 4
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         Spouse: Myra Spring (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Margaret Case (      -1863) 3 4

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3 M Joel Oakes ^{1 4}

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           Born: 1806 4
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           Died: 1887 - Sugar Lake, Crawford Co, PA 4
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         Spouse: Naomi Spring (      -      ) 4

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4 M Levi Oakes ^{4 5}

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           Born: 1808 - Massachusetts 4
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           Died: 20 May 1863 - Sugar Lake, Crawford Co, PA 6
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         Spouse: Sarah Ann McFadden (      -Bef 1913) 4 6

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5 F Abigail Oakes ^{4 8}

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            AKA: Abigail Oaks 7
           Born: 1810 - Massachusetts 4
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           Died: Bef 1913 - near Cochranton, Crawford Co, PA
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         Spouse: John E. Byham (      -      ) 4 7 8

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6 M Luther Oakes ^{1 4}

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7 F Nellie Oakes ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - John Oakes

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He came into Crawford County, Pennsylvania, in 1815, accompanied by John Byham. Returning to their home at Worcester, Massachusetts, they brought their families the next year, Mr. Oakes settled on the Oil Creek road in Randolph township.

He was born in May, 1769, according to W. G. Atkins' "History of Hawley, Massachusetts," went west in 1816 by covered wagon with cowhide tires, settled in Pennsylvania, bought farmland at $2.50 an acre, and developed fine markets for apples in Pittsburgh.

In 1816, just a year after the close of our second war with England, the spirit of western emigration came to him and he, accompanied by his family, ten in all, started for Pennsylvania, which was then "the west." The journey was made in a covered wagon drawn by two steers and a mare. Instead of iron the wagon had tires made of cow hide; the yoke used on this journey was preserved for more than forty years and the iron chain was long on the list of family heirlooms. After leaving Massachusetts they traveled steadily until they arrived at Rochester, New York, where they tarried for six weeks, and then made their way to Pennsylvania, where they secured two hundred acres of land for $2.50 an acre. They endured many hardships: they worked in the woods and fields all day and far into the night making pine shingles which were shipped to Pittsburgh to sell. They were first taken to Cochranton, there put on flat boats and sent down the river to Pittsburgh. Apples, grain and other farm products were also sent. [GPHNP, 481]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Marsh

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She was said to be of Spanish descent.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 760.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 481.

3 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 231.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 482.

5 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 760, 1037.

6 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1037.

7 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 928.

8 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 927.