John Probst and Rebecca Smith

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Husband John Probst ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1831 - Mount Joy, Lancaster Co, PA
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           Died: 1861 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Andrew Probst (      -      ) 2
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       Marriage: 18 Jun 1812 2

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Wife Rebecca Smith ^{2 3}

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         Father: John Smith (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Cordelia [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Cordelia Probst ³

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2 F Susan Probst ³

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3 F Mary Probst ³

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4 M John Probst ³

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5 F Sarah Probst ³

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6 F Rebecca Probst ³

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7 F Frances Probst ³

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8 F Jane Probst ^{3 4}

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            AKA: E. J. Probst 1
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         Spouse: Lewis Walthour (1828-Aft 1890) 1 3 4

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9 M George Washington Probst ^{3 5}

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           Born: 5 Aug 1833 - Gilgrist Farm, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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         Spouse: Sarah J. Little (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 24 Dec 1856 or 1857 2 6

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10 F Henrietta Probst ³

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11 F Elizabeth Probst ³

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General Notes: Husband - John Probst

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He was of German descent, born near Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and removed to Pittsburgh, where he remained a few months. About 1832 he came to Greensburg and engaged in hotel keeping. In 1834 he went to Adamsburg and kept a hotel until 1836, when he returned to Greensburg, where he died in 1861. He was a member of the Lutheran church and a war democra

He was born at Mount Joy, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and received his education in the common schools of that place. Upon reaching manhood he kept a tavern for a time at Elizabethtown and Mount Joy, Lancaster County, and later at Gilcrist Hill on the Pike Road between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Still later he became a wagoner, operating on the National Pike between Philadelphia and Baltimore and between the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. He was a Democrat of the old Jacksonian type in politics, and for a number of years served as tipstaff in the county court house. He was a member of the First Lutheran Church at Greensburg, and afterwards was a charter member of Zion Lutheran Church there.

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 153.

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 385.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 152.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 210.