Husband Aaron Weeks Raymond 1 2 3
Born: 21 Jan 1801 - Norwalk, Fairfield Co, CT 1 2 4
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Died: 24 Jan 1890 5 6
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6
Father: Aaron Raymond, Sr. (1759-1810) 1 2 4
Mother: Hannah R. Weeks (1765-1830) 1 2 4
Marriage: 29 Sep 1824 - Sand Lake, Rensselaer Co, NY 5 6 7
• Additional Image: A. W. Raymond.
Wife Ann Eliza Whitaker 5 6 7
Born: 25 May 1802 - Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY 8
Christened:
Died: 25 Jan 1887 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 5 6
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6
Father: Capt. Ephraim Whitaker (1755-1846) 5 6 7
Mother: Hannah Stevenson (1763- ) 6 7 8
Children
1 F Matilda Raymond 6 7 9
Born: 9 Sep 1825 6
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Died: Aft 1919
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Spouse: Matthew Lee Whann (cal 1813-1877) 6 7 10
Spouse: Jackson Robison ( - ) 5 6
2 M William W. Raymond 5 6
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Died: Bef 1919
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3 M George W. Raymond 6 11 12
Born: 4 Aug 1828 - Troy, Rensselaer Co, NY 6 13
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Died: 5 Apr 1909 - Raymilton, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Spouse: Mary Adams (1852-1882) 6 14
Marr: 29 Sep 1874 14
Spouse: Corra Greenwood West (1857-1924) 15
Marr: 2 Jun 1897 - Buffalo, Erie Co, NY 12
4 M Charles H. Raymond 6 14
Born: 3 Feb 1832 - Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 6 14
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Died: 7 Aug 1908 6
Buried: 10 Aug 1908 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 16
Spouse: Jennie S. Ives ( - ) 6 14
Marr: 16 Aug 1871 6
5 F Hannah M. Raymond 6 17
Born: 3 Mar 1834 - Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
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Died: - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
Buried: 5 Jan 1929 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 16
Spouse: Philetus Wilton Raymond (1829-1884) 6 18
Marr: 17 Oct 1854 19
6 F Mary J. Raymond 5
Born:
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Died: Aft 1929
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
7 F Harriet A. "Hattie" Raymond 20 21
Born: - Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
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Buried: 30 Dec 1914 - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 16
Spouse: John L. Mitchell (1826-1898) 20 22
Marr: 21 Feb 1867 22
8 F Sarah L. Raymond 5 23 24
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Died: Aft 1919
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Spouse: William John Lamberton (1838-1892) 5 24 25
Marr: 29 Apr 1869 24 25
9 M Aaron Whitaker Raymond 5 26
Born: 17 Jul 1842 - Raymilton, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
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Died: 1 Jan 1894 - Raymilton, Mineral Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
Buried: - Franklin Cemetery, Franklin, Venango Co, PA 6
Spouse: Elizabeth P. Simcox (1856-1945) 26
Marr: 18 Oct 1877 - Venango Co, PA 6
10 F Ann Elizabeth Raymond 5 6
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Died: Aft 1919
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Aaron Weeks Raymond
He spent his early years in New York State. In 1806 he saw Fulton's first boat, the "Clermont," as it was under construction in the North river. His father dying when he was but nine years old, he went to live with his eldest sister then residing at Clinton, New York, attending school there. Three years later he went to work for the husband of another sister, Capt. Abraham Underhill, as cabin boy, and thus started the vocation of his earlier manhood, rising from this humble position on a steam-boat to captain after serving in every intermediate capacity. He commanded three different boats, acting as agent and part of the time as captain of the "Chief Justice Marshall," the pioneer steamboat on the line from Troy to New York, and as captain of the "Star." During the winter seasons he usually engaged in clerking. In 1819 he made a trip to Erie County, PA, where he spent one year with his brother-in-law David Russell, engaged in farming, but in 1822 he returned to Troy on foot, and resumed his former occupation. In 1828 he was interested in a grocery at Troy as a member of the firm of Raymond & Underhill. It was in 1830 that he came to Venango County, where he purchased a large tract of land in 1844, acquiring possession of a tract of about six hundred acres which includes what became the site of Raymilton, and practically all of which is still [1919] held in the family. He settled in May, 1830, at the present site of the borough of Utica, which he laid out that year. Putting up a building he opened a store and foundry, and within a few years had given a strong impetus to the growth of the town, which he named Utica in honor of Utica, NY. He had a hand in most of the important business of his day. He took a contract on the French creek canal, which he completed faithfully, and afterward built three locks on the Erie Canal, near Hartstown. The Utica post office was established through his efforts, and in 1844 he built a large grist and saw mill there, which he operated successfully. In 1844 he purchased the land south of his original location in the vicinity of what is now Raymilton, which he also founded and named, and where he put up a blast furnace, mills and other buildings, also establishing a large store. He operated the furnace for eight years, it being closed down in 1857, and in his various activities often had a hundred men working for him. Removing to Franklin in 1858, he soon purchased a hotel which he conducted as the "Rural House" for a few years (it was a temperance house), and he was one of the first in this field to engage in the production of oil, drilling the second well sunk after Drake's, in the fall of 1859. He was president of the Mammoth Oil Company, which had been organized at Franklin for that purpose, and they struck oil in March, getting a fairly good flow. He continued to be actively interested in oil development during the rest of his business career, having valuable holdings on Oil creek, Sugar creek, the Allegheny River, Sandy creek and elsewhere. Some of his most profitable oil investments were at Raymilton, Reno and Franklin, in Venango County. Mr. Raymond never relinquished his active connection with business until three years before his death, when he was well along in the eighties. When the oil industry was at its height he was president of two oil companies. His production at Raymilton paid well. Mr. Raymond could always be counted upon to support any good cause and to cooperate with his fellow citizens in projects looking to the general welfare. From 1842 he held membership in the Presbyterian Church, and he was for many years one of the elders of the church of that denomination in Franklin. [CAB, 673]
Notes: Marriage
Date of marriage Sept 25. [HVC 1890, 768]