Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Basil Sessler Newcomer and Emily Ellen Rider




Husband Basil Sessler Newcomer 1

           Born: 8 Mar 1861 2
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         Father: David Newcomer (      -1868) 3 4
         Mother: Abigail Sessler (      -1900) 4


       Marriage: 5 Jan 1887 2



Wife Emily Ellen Rider 5

            AKA: Ella Rider 2
           Born: 18 Feb 1868 1
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         Father: Isaac Rider (1837-1910) 6
         Mother: Mary Frances Longanecker (1844-Aft 1912) 5




Children
1 F Medora Newcomer 2

           Born: 28 Apr 1889 2
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2 F Odessa Newcomer 2

           Born: 25 Mar 1891 2
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3 F Mary M. Newcomer 2

           Born: 24 Sep 1892 2
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4 M Basil S. Newcomer 2

           Born: 10 May 1894 2
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5 F Carrie W. Newcomer 2

           Born: 17 Aug 1895 2
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6 M Ward E. Newcomer 2

           Born: 11 Dec 1896 2
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7 F Ella Newcomer 2

           Born: 21 Dec 1897 2
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           Died: 26 Aug 1898 2
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8 F Mabel Newcomer 2

           Born: 17 Aug 1899 2
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General Notes: Husband - Basil Sessler Newcomer


He attended school in German township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. He was both a farmer and a school teacher. For twenty-two years he taught in Georges, German, and Nicholson townships, and thus laid the foundation of a wide acquaintance in Fayette County. Later for fourteen years or more he owned the John Moser farm, at McClellandtown, Fayette County; the farm contained sixty-five acres, and he had all of it under cultivation.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 261, 722.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 722.

3 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 1082.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 721.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 261.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 260, 722.


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