George Sowash and Elizabeth Bankert

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Husband George Sowash ^{1 2}

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           Born: 14 Feb 1806 - North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Sep 1882 - Irwin, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: John Sowash, Jr. (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Catherine Thomas (      -      ) 2 4

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       Marriage: 14 Apr or 14 Aug 1835 1 2

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Wife Elizabeth Bankert ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - the area of Cumberland, Allegany Co, MD
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           Died: Jan 1883 1 3
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         Father: Mathias Bankert (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M John Sowash ^{1 3}

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           Born: 6 Jun 1836 - near Jacksonville, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: Aft 1906
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         Spouse: Sarah Rose (      -1882/1884) 5
           Marr: 1866 5

         Spouse: Hannah Cooper (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 17 Mar 1886 5

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2 M William Henry Sowash ^{1 3 6}

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           Born: 16 Sep 1838 1 3
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         Spouse: Annie L. Lauffer (1846-      ) 1 6
           Marr: 2 Feb 1865 6

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3 M Matthias Sowash ^{1 3}

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           Born: 16 Sep 1840 1 3
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         Spouse: Eliza Jane Byerly (      -      ) 1

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4 F Catherine "Kate" Sowash ⁷

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5 F Harriet Sowash ³

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6 M Dr. Millard Fillmore Sowash ^{1 3 8 9}

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           Born: 15 Jan 1849 - Browntown, North Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 1907 9
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         Spouse: Margaret Jane Skelly (1857-1899) 8 9 10
           Marr: 3 Apr 1879 1

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7 M George Sowash ^{1 2}

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           Born: 15 Oct 1851 1 2
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         Spouse: Sarah Stewart (1859-      ) 1
           Marr: 30 Jun 1881 3

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8 M Cyrus Sowash ¹¹

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General Notes: Husband - George Sowash

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In his earlier days he was a fuller, but most of his life was spent in agricultural pursuits, by means of which he accumulated considerable money.

He was born in Jacksonville, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the common schools of that place. Early in life he engaged as a miller and carder, owning one of the first steam mills in the county, near Jacksonville, known as the Sowash mill, which about 1845 was destroyed by fire. He purchased, in 1854, the George Keck farm, residing thereon until 1866, and then purchased a farm at Crabtree, near Georges Station, where he farmed until 1876, when he retired from active business pursuits. He moved to Irwin, Westmoreland County, in 1876. In political proclivities he was an old line Whig, and after the formation of the Republican party, joined that organization. He was an elder in the Presbyterian church at Harrison City for a number of years.

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General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Bankert

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Her parents came to Westmoreland County, PA, while she was still a child and settled in the vicinity of Irwin.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 411.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 42.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 43.

4 Karen Patterson, My Urey Family (Privately published, July, 2001), Pg 12.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 44.

6 The Lauffer History. A Genealogical Chart of the Descendents of Christian Lauffer, the Pioneer. (Jeannette, PA: Press of the Westmoreland Journal, 1906), Pg 66.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 43, 573.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 466.

9 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 231.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 377, 411.

11 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 573.