Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John W. Pry and Mary E. Rea




Husband John W. Pry 1 2 3

           Born: 9 May 1846 - Cross Creek Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: Abraham Pry (1813-Aft 1893) 2 5
         Mother: Rachel McClurg (      -      ) 2 6


       Marriage: 26 Sep 1867 4

   Other Spouse: Elizabeth B. Welch (      -      ) 7



Wife Mary E. Rea 3 8 9

           Born: 25 Sep 1847 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jan 1881 or 1887 3 4
         Buried:  - Cross Creek Cemetery, Cross Creek Twp, Washington Co, PA


         Father: John C. Rea (1813/1813-1882) 8 10
         Mother: Mary Ann Lyle (1816/1817-Aft 1893) 10 11




Children
1 M Charles Lyle Pry 3 4

           Born: 10 Aug 1869 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 Jul 1945 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Helen C. Davis (      -      ) 3


2 F Della Pry 3

           Born: 27 Jan 1872 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: W. E. Lowe (      -      ) 3
           Marr: 8 Aug 1893 3


3 F Rachel C. Pry 4

            AKA: Rachael E. Pry 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - John W. Pry


He passed his youth on the home farm, receiving a common-school education. In 1864 he enlisted in Company H, Twenty-first Pennsylvania Cavalry, being sent to the army of the Potomac in the vicinity of Richmond, Virginia, where he took part in the closing scenes of the war. In August, 1865, he was mustered out of the service and returned home, afterward remaining with his parents until twenty-three years of age. He then moved onto a farm in Cross Creek township, where he lived four years, and finally opened a general merchandise store in Burgettstown.

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Sources


1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 492, 916, 1180, 1253.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 603.

3 Alvin D. White, The Lyles of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Burgettstown, PA: The Enterprise Press, 1963), Pg 224.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 916.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 597, 1253.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1253.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 604.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 492, 1180.

9 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 603, 714.

10 Alvin D. White, The Lyles of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Burgettstown, PA: The Enterprise Press, 1963), Pg 215.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 492.


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