Israel Stearns Yard and Adaline McMurdy

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Husband Israel Stearns Yard ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Ezra Yard,1 Isaac Yard 3
           Born: 7 Mar 1844 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Dec 1926
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Benjamin R. Yard (1802-1892) 1 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Catharine Hovis (1803-1856) 5 6 8 9

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       Marriage: 1866

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   Other Spouse: M. J. Tarr (      -      )

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Wife Adaline McMurdy ³

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            AKA: Adeline McMurdy
           Born: 8 Dec 1846 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Sep 1935
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: James McMurdy (1818-1900) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Porter (1824-1893) 10

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Children

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1 M James Austin Yard

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           Born: Abt 1867 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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         Spouse: Mary Olive Raysor (Abt 1873-      )
           Marr: 1 Jun 1893 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

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2 M A. R. Yard ¹²

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           Born: 1869 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
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           Died: 
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3 F M. Rose Yard

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           Born: Abt May 1870 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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4 F Eva Estella Yard ¹³

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           Born: 1871
     Christened: 
           Died: 1934
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Frank Peter Fryman (1868-1953) 15
           Marr: 8 Dec 1891 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA

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5 M J. C. Yard ¹²

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           Born: 1874 12
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6 F Ida Elizabeth Yard ¹²

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           Born: 22 Dec 1875 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Aug 1877 12
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M John Elmer Yard ^{12 16}

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           Born: 1 Oct 1878 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 May 1967 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Laura Arzonia Montgomery (1883-1965) 4 12
           Marr: 1902 - Venango Co, PA

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8 M Charles R. Yard ¹⁷

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           Born: Abt 1883
     Christened: 
           Died: 
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         Spouse: Mary Alice Hoffman (1884-1966) 17
           Marr: 24 Dec 1903 - Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 18

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1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 51.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638, 643.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1311.

8 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 35.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 992.

10 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954, 990.

11 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #2350.

12 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 40.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 10, 40.

14 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 43.

15 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 10.

16 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 734.

17 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 188.

18 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #6358.