John E. Sphar and Sarah Jane McKenna

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Husband John E. Sphar ^{1 2}

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           Born: 27 Dec 1849 - Allen Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John Sphar (1816/1817-1904) 2 4 5 6 7
         Mother: Lucy Ann Scott (1819-1899) 2 4 6 7 8

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       Marriage: 29 Oct 1872 3

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Wife Sarah Jane McKenna ^{2 3}

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         Father: Cornelius McKenna (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Harriet Phillips (      -      ) 3

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1 M Clark Herbert Sphar ³

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2 F Nellie Ethel Sphar ³

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3 F Rena Maud Sphar ³

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4 F Eldora Belle Sphar ³

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5 F Gertrude Sphar ³

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6 M Lawrence Garfield Sphar ³

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7 F Jennie May Sphar ³

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8 F Evangeline Sphar ³

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9 M John McKenna Sphar ³

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10 M Russell Harrison Sphar ³

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11 F Bessie Inez Sphar ³

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General Notes: Husband - John E. Sphar

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He received a district-school education, then attended one term at the college at California, Washingon County, Pennsylvania. After leaving school he began to follow farming. He married and in the spring of 1873 they settled on the homestead farm in Allen township. He was an ardent Republican. He assisted his father on the farm till 1887, when he became owner of part of the farm. While he was thus engaged, foreseeing in the near future the development of the coal lands for which the Monongahela Valley came to be noted, he turned his spare time to reading surveying. After some practice in land surveying and town plats, he was called to construct maps of coal fields. He drew the first map of the coal field that came to be known as the Red Bird mine. Then followed the mapping of the extensive field owned by the Laughlins, known by the name of Vesta Coal Mines. He also located the main gas line from the famous Parson Well in the Maple Creek gas field; then carved out and optioned some coal land for which he found ready sale, besides doing much other work, being the only surveyor in Allen township. He was a member of the Mt. Tabor M. E. Church and secretary of the Sabbath-school.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1033, 1071.

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

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1034.

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

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

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

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

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