Benjamin Leyda and Catherine Stoody

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Husband Benjamin Leyda ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - near Bentleyville, Washington Co, PA
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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Myers (      -      ) 1

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Wife Catherine Stoody ²

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           Born:  - Pennsylvania
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Children

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1 M George Leyda ²

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           Born: 1796 2
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           Died: 1864 2
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         Spouse: Luzanna Newkirk (1803-1868) 1
           Marr: 1823 2

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Leyda

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He and his wife were natives of Pennsylvania, and settled in Washington County, where they reared a family of eleven children.

He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was a deacon of the Presbyterian church.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 369.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 504.