John Yard and Mary Eldred Montgomery

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Husband John Yard ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 7 Dec 1825 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 May 1915 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Benjamin R. Yard (1802-1892) 1 3 5 6 7
         Mother: Catharine Hovis (1803-1856) 3 5 6 8

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       Marriage: 22 Jun 1845 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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Wife Mary Eldred Montgomery ³

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           Born: 2 Oct 1824 - New York state 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Oct 1912 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Henry Montgomery (      -      ) 9
         Mother: Margaret Dunbar (Abt 1790-1866) 10

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Children

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1 F Mary Yard ^{2 11}

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            AKA: Maria Yard, Marie Yard
           Born: 1851 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1923 11
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Samuel Reed Weston (1846-1925) 12
           Marr: 4 Jan 1872 2

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2 F Louisa Yard

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            AKA: Louise E. Yard
           Born: Feb 1853 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1947 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: William H. Weston (      -Aft 1917) 12

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3 F Nancy Ellen Yard ^{2 13}

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           Born: 3 Aug 1856 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Oct 1949 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 13
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Amos L. Gilmore (1855-1941) 2 13 15
           Marr: 24 Dec 1875 - Venango Co, PA

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4 M Wilbur Montgomery Yard ^{13 16 17}

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           Born: Abt 1859-1860 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1937 - Casper, Natrona Co, WY
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sarah "Sadie" Sterrett (      -Aft 1919) 16 18
           Marr: Jul 1889 - ? Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Minerva Stowe (      -      ) 13

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5 M Cyril Benjamin Yard ^{3 19}

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           Born: 1 Mar 1866 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Mar 1952 - Kennerdell, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Frances Luella "Lulie" Coulter (1868-1906) 3 20
           Marr: 3 Oct 1888 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - John Yard

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He was reared in Irwin Township, Venango County, PA. After his marriage he spent seven years near Clintonville, in 1868 purchasing the farm where his son C. B. Yard now [1919] lives, and remaining there until his death. He built the house on that place in 1878, and the barn twenty-five years ago, and both are in excellent condition at this writing [1918], the entire property being well kept up by the present owner as it was by his father. Mr. Yard was an intelligent man, of high principles, a lifelong member of the Pleasant View M. E. Church, and in his later years a Prohibitionist in political association, though he had originally been a Republican. He was a subscriber to the "Christian Advocate" for over sixty years. [CAB, 639]

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Eldred Montgomery

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Another source gives the date of her death as Oct 25.
She died in 1913. [CAB, 638]

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

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 40.

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

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

9 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 130.

10 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 3, 35, 130.

11 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 36.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 637.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 37.

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 20.

15 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 955.

16 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 964.

17 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 596, 638.

18 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 596.

19 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638, 878.

20 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 878.