Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Orville Livingstone Stright




Husband Orville Livingstone Stright 1 2

           Born: 8 Dec 1855 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 24 Jun 1899 - Deer Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Sheakleyville Cemetery, Sheakleyville, Mercer Co, PA


         Father: John Warnock Stright (1824-1891) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elvira H. Hall (1825-1909) 1 7





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General Notes: Husband - Orville Livingstone Stright


He worked in the timber business. In 1884 he lived with his older brother, William Hall, and in 1896 worked in a stave mill in Ohio. In 1889 he worked with his brother, Leonard Marcus, in West Virginia. He spent considerable time working in the west. A niece of his wrote, "I've been told that he helped build Old Faithful Inn in Yellowstone Park".
He was a member of the Sheakleyville Presbyterian Church.

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Sources


1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1018.

2 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 30.

3 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 31.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1106.

5 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1019.

6 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 26.

7 Hayden Leroy Stright, A Stright Genealogy (Minneapolis, MN: The Brings Press, 1973), Pg 27.


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