Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Jacob Whieldon and Mary A. Williamson




Husband Jacob Whieldon 1

           Born:  - England
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 1850 - England 1



Wife Mary A. Williamson 1

           Born:  - England
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 M Joseph Whieldon 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Caroline Triskit (      -      ) 2


2 M Wesley W. Whieldon 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Malinda Zahniser (1868-      ) 3
           Marr: 1886 3


3 F Anna M. Whieldon 1 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William P. Arbuckle (      -      ) 4


4 M William J. Whieldon 1




           Born: 17 Oct 1865 - Fairview Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Gertrude Reed (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1895 1


5 M Albert J. Whieldon 1

            AKA: Albert B. Wheildon 5
           Born: 5 Dec 1868 - Mercer Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Lolla Marsteller (      -      ) 6



General Notes: Husband - Jacob Whieldon


The year following marriage he and his wife sailed for America, settling in Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter, also followed farming on an extensive scale; and was a lumberman. He was the foreman in the construction of the courthouse of Mercer County which was later destroyed by fire. He was a successful business man. In his politics, he was a Republican. Both he and his wife were Wesleyan Methodists, and Jacob Whieldon was the founder of the Oak Grove Wesleyan Methodist church, which building stood on his farm, seven miles northeast of Mercer.

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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 406.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1059.

3 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 127.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 933.

5 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 252.

6 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 255.


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