Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Daniel Negley and Jane Backhouse




Husband Daniel Negley 1 2 3

           Born: 10 Apr 1802 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Dec 1867 2 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Jacob Negley (1766-1826/1827) 2 4 5
         Mother: Anna Barbara Winebiddle (1778-1867) 6


       Marriage: 15 Jan 1824 2

   Other Spouse: Keziah Peebles Cox (1813-1892) 2 7



Wife Jane Backhouse 2 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Feb 1834 2
         Buried: 


         Father: James Backhouse (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Jane Moore (      -      ) 2




Children
1 M John Roup Negley 3

           Born: 1824 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1908
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Caroline B. Newton (      -Aft 1907) 7


2 M William Backhouse Negley 2 3 8

           Born: 5 Jun 1828 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Jan 1894 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joanna Bruce (      -Aft 1906) 9
           Marr: 17 May 1853 9


3 M James Ross Negley 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1862 7
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Daniel Negley


He was a merchant, and a large property-holder in East End, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a Presbyterian, and was elected to the state legislature in 1858 by the republican party.
His first wife bore him six children and the second, seven; four of his children were still living in 1889.

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Sources


1 Editor, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 531.

2 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 270.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 107.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 106, 243.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1348.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 243.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 108.

8 George Irving Reed, Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Chicago: The Century Publishing and Engraving Company, 1906), Pg 145.

9 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 271.


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