Husband Col. John Oliphant 1 2
Born: 9 Sep 1759 - Chester Co, PA 2
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Died: 28 Feb 1836 2
Buried: - Woodbridgetown, Fayette Co, PA
Father: Andrew Oliphant ( -1790) 2 3
Mother: Ann Hughes ( - ) 2
Marriage: 19 Jun 1794 2
Wife Sarah McGinnis 2
AKA: Sarah McGinnes,3 Sarah Woodbridge 3
Born: 28 Feb 1778 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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Died: 15 Dec 1842 2
Buried: - Woodbridgetown, Fayette Co, PA
Father: Rev. Samuel Woodbridge ( - ) 3
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Father: [Unk] McGinnis ( - )
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1 M Fideleo Hughes Oliphant 4
Born: 4 Jan 1800 - Georges Twp, Fayette Co, PA 3
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Died: 10 Nov 1879 5
Buried: 12 Nov 1879 - Oak Grove Cemetery, near Uniontown, Fayette Co, PA 5
Spouse: Jane C. [Unk] ( - ) 6
2 F Sarah Hughes Oliphant 7
Born: 16 Jan 1811 2
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Died: 24 Aug 1890 - Fairchance, PA 2
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Spouse: Alfred Stewart (1806-1888) 7
Marr: 24 Dec 1833 2
3 F Juliet Oliphant 5
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Spouse: Capt. James A. McClelland ( - ) 5
4 F [Unk] Oliphant
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Spouse: Edgar C. Wilson ( - ) 8
General Notes: Husband - Col. John Oliphant
He ran away from home, a lad of sixteen years, and enlisted under an assumed name to serve in the Revolutionary War.
He and Andrew, his younger brother, commenced the iron business at Old Fairfield Furnace, and soon added Fairchance, on the same stream, to it. Subsequently to this they built "Sylvan Forges," on the lower waters of Georges Creek, near the village of New Geneva, Pennsylvania. They made pigs at Fairchance, and converted them into bar iron at Sylvan Forges; built boats, launched them on the Monongahela at Geneva, and floated their iron down the river to Pittsburgh and points below on the Ohio to market. They continued as partners in business until 1816, when they dissolved and divided the property. Fairchance and Sylvan Forges being considered about equal in value, John gave his younger brother, Andrew, the first choice. He took Sylvan Forges, and the property was partitioned on that basis, without invoking the aid of the courts.
He and his wife had ten children-four sons and six daughters.
General Notes: Wife - Sarah McGinnis
She was the only child of a sea captain who perished by ship-wreck. She was adopted by an uncle, Rev. Samuel Woodbridge, a minister of the Seventh Day Baptist church. With her uncle she crossed the mountains on horseback in 1778 or 1779, mounted on bales of goods strapped upon a pack-saddle. He uncle settled in Springhill township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania.