Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Lewis Walthour and Jane Probst




Husband Lewis Walthour 1 2 3

           Born: 10 Sep 1828 - Manor Station, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1890
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         Father: Christophel Walthour (1792-      ) 2
         Mother: Catharine Drum (      -      ) 2


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Wife Jane Probst 2 3

            AKA: E. J. Probst 1
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           Died: Bef 1918
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         Father: John Probst (Abt 1831-1861) 1 3 4
         Mother: Rebecca Smith (      -      ) 3 4




Children
1 M William B. Walthour 1

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General Notes: Husband - Lewis Walthour


He was reared in his native county, and began life as a brakeman on the P. R. R. He was for several years an engineer on the P. & C. R. R., and acted in the same capacity for the A. V. R. R. thirteen years. Later he was in the employ of the P., McK. &. Y. R. R. as a watchman. Mr. Walthour first located in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, in 1851; he returned in 1862, remained until 1865, and after 1880 was a permanent resident of the city. He was the owner of valuable real estate, and erected several substantial tenement-houses. He was a member of the C. P. Church; in politics he was a republican.

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Sources


1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 641.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 385.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 209.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 153.


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