Matthias Tombaugh and Jane Letherman

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Husband Matthias Tombaugh ¹

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            AKA: Mathias Tombaugh 2
           Born: 1834 3
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         Father: Matthias Tombaugh (1792-1864) 4 5
         Mother: Rachel Spohn (1807-1892) 4 6

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Jane Letherman ^{2 3}

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         Father: John Letherman (      -      ) 2 7
         Mother: Christina Myers (      -      ) 2

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Matthias Tombaugh

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While filling the office of superintendent of schools of Livingston County, Illinois, he was accidentally drowned. He was out fishing in the Illinois River with several companions, when the boat suddenly lurched, which caused one of his friends to be thrown overboard. Matthias made an heroic attempt to rescue him, succeeding at the expense of his own life.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 742, 973, 1101.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 350.

3 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 973.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 972.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 742, 1101.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 411.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1027.