Leon Chappotin Magaw and Sophie Matilda Selden
Husband Leon Chappotin Magaw 1 2 3
Born: 16 Jul 1827 1 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: Col. William Magaw ( - ) 1 Mother: Adeline Chappotin ( - ) 1
Marriage: 1851 4
Other Spouse: Susan E. Gray ( - ) 4 - 1866 4
Wife Sophie Matilda Selden 1 2 3
Born: 27 Jan 1829 2 Christened: Died: 28 May 1862 2 Buried:
Father: George Selden (1796-1835) 5 6 Mother: Sophie Louise Shattuck (1801-1868) 2 3
Children
1 F Elizabeth S. Magaw 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: A. M. Fuller (1847- ) 7 Marr: 27 Jan 1876 8
2 M G. Selden Magaw 4
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:
3 F Adelaide Louise Magaw 9
Born: Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John J. Shryock (1853- ) 10 Marr: 13 Sep 1883 11
General Notes: Husband - Leon Chappotin Magaw
He was educated in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and at a private school, at Buffalo, New York. When twenty-two years of age he embarked in the grocery trade, and continued in the same for thirty years, fifteen years of which as a wholesale dealer. In the year 1880 he started a cheese factory, and eventually retired from the grocery trade, owning and operating fourteen cheese factories. He was the most extensive cheese manufacturer in Pennsylvania; he sold his products throughout the United States and Mexico.
1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 752.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 586.
3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 204.
4 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 753.
5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 585.
6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 203.
7 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 739, 753.
8 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 739.
9 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 753, 770.
10 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 753, 769.
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Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 770.
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