Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry Clay Sphar and Hannah Rebecca McElhiney




Husband Henry Clay Sphar 1 2 3 4 5

           Born: 4 Feb 1844 - Allen Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 5
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           Died: Aft 1927
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         Father: John Sphar (1816/1817-1904) 2 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Lucy Ann Scott (1819-1899) 2 5 6 8 9


       Marriage: Oct 1868 - Roscoe, Washington Co, PA 10



Wife Hannah Rebecca McElhiney 3 5 10 11

            AKA: [Unk] McElhaney 1
           Born: Oct 1844 - Armstrong Co, PA 3 5
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           Died: Aft 1927
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Children
1 F Alberta Sphar 10

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         Spouse: Thomas Eagye (      -      ) 10


2 M Edwin F. Sphar 10

           Born: 18 Feb 1871 - Allen Twp, Washington Co, PA 10
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         Spouse: Annie Anderson (      -      ) 10


3 F Sarah Sphar 10

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4 F Mary Sphar 10

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         Spouse: Joseph H. Underwood, Jr. (      -      ) 12


5 F Lucy Sphar 10

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6 M Dr. Robert Argyle Sphar 3 4 10




           Born: 10 Mar 1881 - Roscoe, Washington Co, PA 3 4
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         Spouse: Sadie A. Eaton (1892-      ) 3 4
           Marr: 1 Oct 1919 - Mt. Pleasant, Washington Co, PA 3 4


7 M William Sphar 10

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General Notes: Husband - Henry Clay Sphar


He was active in the farming industry, and was a member of the Republican party.

He owned forty acres of the old family farm which lay in the Second Precinct, and he lived in a comfortable and commodious brick residence, which was erected by a Mr. Griffith, in 1804, on the farm, about two miles distant from the old farmhouse in which Mr. Sphar was born. He attended the district schools and followed farming for some years. In 1869, he and his new wife moved into their permanent residence. He devoted considerable time to the growing of fruit and had the reputation of raising the finest grapes produced in Washington County. He was a director in the First National Bank at Roscoe.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1071.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1033.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 189.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 315.

5 Robert Phillips, Descendants of William Rodgers and Sarah E. Sphar (Unpublished genealogy research, Dec 2016).

6 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 651.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 395, 866, 1071, 1344.

8 —, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1926), Pg 72.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 395, 866, 1344.

10 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1030.

11 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 765.

12 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1030, 1054.


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