J. William Beighlea and Elizabeth Shaner

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Husband J. William Beighlea ^{1 2}

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           Born: 11 Jan 1818 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Feb 1897 3
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: William Beighley (1790-1868) 5
         Mother: Magdalena Myers (      -1854) 1

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       Marriage: Abt 1844

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Wife Elizabeth Shaner ²

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           Born: 29 Dec 1817 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Jun 1904 3
         Buried:  - Irwin/Kilgore Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Catherine Beighlea ⁶

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           Born: 1860
     Christened: 
           Died: 1948
         Buried:  - Amity-Mt. Irwin Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7

         Spouse: Marion Valentine Smith (1854-1914) 8 9
           Marr: 22 Mar 1883 6

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2 F Susanna Beighlea ¹⁰

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Steffy Griffin (1846-      ) 11
           Marr: Sep 1869

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3 F Mary R. Beighlea ^{12 13}

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           Born: 1862 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 1923 13
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Fulton Boyd Hovis (1857-1927) 13
           Marr: 19 Oct 1882 12 13

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General Notes: Husband - J. William Beighlea

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from Lancaster Twp, Butler Co, PA
He and his wife were members of the Irwin Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where they are buried. They moved from Butler County to a farm in Irwin Township, Venango County, about 1852-53, following his brother Joseph to that vicinity. The family is of German origin. Of the family born to Mr. and Mrs. Beighlea six reached maturity, two sons and four daughters.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 200.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 725, 832.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 832.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 54.

5 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1313.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 725.

7 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 34.

8 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 966.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 724.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1077.

11 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1076.

12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 831.

13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 9.