John Nesbit and Sarah Beale

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Husband John Nesbit ¹

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           Born: 28 Sep 1785 1
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           Died: 27 Jan 1865 1
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         Father: Capt. Alexander Nesbit (1754-1823) 2
         Mother: Ann Davidson (      -1807) 1

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Isabella Davidson (1785-1827) 3 - 30 Apr 1812 3

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Wife Sarah Beale ³

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           Born: 
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           Died: 26 May 1861 4
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         Father: [Father] Beale (      -      )
         Mother: 

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   Other Spouse: [Unk] Elliot (      -      ) 4

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Children

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1 F Margaret Jane Nesbit ⁴

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           Born: 4 Jan 1829 4
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Joseph M. Housel (      -      ) 5

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2 F Caroline Nesbit ⁴

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           Born: 3 Feb 1831 4
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           Died: 1 Oct 1832 4
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Harriet J. Nesbit ⁴

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           Born: 4 Nov 1833 4
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           Died: 8 Dec 1836 4
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 M John Nesbit ⁴

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           Born: 4 Nov 1833 4
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           Died: 7 Mar 1858 4
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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5 M David Beale Nesbit ⁴

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           Born: 20 Aug 1837 - Lewisburg, Union Co, PA 4
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           Died: 27 Jun 1914 5
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         Spouse: Emeline Squires (      -1903) 5

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General Notes: Husband - John Nesbit

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He was one of the founders and an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. In 1834 he was one of eight members to form the first Temperance Society there. He was the first burgess of Lewisburg elected under the Borough Charter in 1823. He was appointed justice of the peace, and in 1834 sat as a county delegate in the Democratic Convention at New Berlin.

1 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 13.

2 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11.

3 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 15.

4 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 16.

5 Blanche T. Hartman, Genealogy of the Nesbit, Ross, Porter, Taggart Families of Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 28.