Daniel McDeavitt and Elizabeth Sturgeon

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Husband Daniel McDeavitt ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1756 - Ireland 2
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           Died: 1805 - ? Butler Co, PA 1 2
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       Marriage: 

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Wife Elizabeth Sturgeon ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1835 1
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Children

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1 F Catharine McDeavitt ¹

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           Born: Abt 1788
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           Died: 1864 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Henry McDeavitt ^{1 3}

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           Born: Abt 1790
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           Died: 1876 1
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         Spouse: Jane McClymonds (      -      ) 1

         Spouse: Rebecca Christy (Abt 1814-Bef 1850) 1 3
           Marr: Abt 1842

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3 M James McDeavitt ¹

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           Born: Abt 1797
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           Died: 1882 - Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M John McDeavitt ¹

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            AKA: McDavitt 4
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           Died: 1851 - Louisville, Jefferson Co, KY 1
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         Spouse: Jane St. Clair (      -Bef 1883) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Daniel McDeavitt

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He moved from Newcastle, DE, to Greensburg; thence, in 1797, came to Butler County, PA, and settled in Brady township. He brought his goods upon pack-horses, his family, consisting of his wife and three children, accompanying him; also the Montooth family (which settled in Franklin Township), making thirteen in the party. Mrs. McDeavitt rode horseback, carrying her youngest child, James, while Catharine, aged nine years, and Henry, aged seven, drove two cows. They arrived here the 27th of April. He cleared ground and raised corn and potatoes that year. After getting his family established in their new home, he went back to Maryland to work and earn money for their support, leaving his wife and little ones alone in the wilderness, with few neighbors anywhere near them. During his absence, some hunting Indians came and encamped near the house. They appeared friendly, and never disturbed the family. The second house built by Daniel McDeavitt, a structure of hewed logs erected in 1815, was still standing as late as 1883. In that house James, the youngest of the three children that came to this county with his parents, died in 1882 at the age of eighty-five years.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 363.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 615.

3 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 24.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 340.