Samuel Reed Weston and Mary Yard

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Husband Samuel Reed Weston ¹

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           Born: 19 Oct 1846 - Huntingdon Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1925
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: George Weston (Abt 1811-1884) 1
         Mother: Anna M. Hall (Abt 1822-1909) 1

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       Marriage: 4 Jan 1872 2

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Wife Mary Yard ^{2 3}

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            AKA: Maria Yard, Marie Yard
           Born: 1851 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
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           Died: 1923 3
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Yard (1825-1915) 2 4 5
         Mother: Mary Eldred Montgomery (1824-1912) 5

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Children

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1 F Adella E. Weston ²

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         Spouse: I. B. Markey (      -      ) 2

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2 M Charles H. Weston ²

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3 F Mary Weston ²

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         Spouse: James McCully (      -      ) 2

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4 M Frank G. Weston ²

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           Born: 1879
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           Died: 1958
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Nancy B. (Blanche?) [Unk] (1884-1947) 3

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5 F Margaret B. Weston ²

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           Born: 1883
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           Died: 1906
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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6 F Carrie B. Weston ²

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           Born: 1885
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         Spouse: William Cochran (      -      ) 2

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7 M Norman C. Weston ^{2 6}

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           Born: 1888 6
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           Died: 1928 6
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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8 F Sarah Blanche Weston ^{2 6 7}

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            AKA: Sarah Weston
           Born: 31 May 1890 - Wesley, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 6 8
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           Died: 1962 6
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Julius Hogue Woods, Sr. (1891-1970) 2 7
           Marr: 6 May 1911 - New Castle, Lawrence Co, PA 8

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9 F Ethel Weston ²

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Reed Weston

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He was four weeks old when the family moved to Lawrence County, PA. He received his early education there, but was reared mainly in Irwin Township, Venango County, at the family home, which was a mile from the town of Mechanicsville (post office Wesley), on the Mill road. Though only a youth when the Civil war broke out he was in the Union army for eighteen months, as a member of Company K, 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, attached to the Army of the Potomac, and in spite of the fact that he saw much field service, taking part in every action in which his command was engaged, was never wounded or captured. He was present at Lee's surrender, and was not discharged until July 1, 1865, the regiment having been kept on duty at Lynchburg until that date. His first fight was the battle of the Wilderness. After his army experience he returned home, but soon went out to Missouri, where he spent three years. He also worked in the oil regions a year before his marriage, at which time he bought a farm on the Yard ridge, making his home at that place for the next eight years. But he had never lost his liking for the paternal homestead, and he returned there after disposing of the property just mentioned, buying out the other heirs gradually, as his work prospered, until he was sole owner. He improved his equipment and the property methodically, creating a fine set of buildings: the house erected in 1897, the barn about 1910. He followed general farming and kept good stock.
Though a Republican in political principle, he voted independently, being broad enough to maintain a nonpartisan stand where good measures were involved, especially with relation to local affairs. His fellow citizens gave testimony as to their opinion of his ability and integrity, electing him to such township offices as constable, tax collector, assessor etc., in all of which he gave a good account of himself. He was a member of the M. E. Church at Mechanicsville. [CAB, 637]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 637.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638.

3 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 36.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959.

5 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 35.

6 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 37.

7 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 102.

8 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 173.