Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Leonard Kearns and Rosanna Bell




Husband Leonard Kearns 1 2

           Born: 15 Oct 1815 - Green Tree, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Dec 1900 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Kearns (1783-1867) 1
         Mother: Rebecca Calley (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 1843 1



Wife Rosanna Bell 2

           Born: 28 Mar 1822 - Carnegie, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1901 3
         Buried: 


         Father: James Bell (1787-1847) 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Farley (      -1843) 1




Children
1 F Elizabeth Bell Kearns 1 2

           Born: 27 Jul 1843 - Robinson Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Samuel Henry Patterson (1840-      ) 2 5
           Marr: 8 Dec 1863 2


2 M Thomas J. Kearns 1 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Walker (      -Bef 1915) 7



General Notes: Husband - Leonard Kearns


He learned the blacksmith's trade in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, South Side, being "bound out" to a master of that calling for a term of three years, and in 1852 located at Mansfield (Carnegie), where he was the proprietor of a shop almost until his death. He and his family were of Presbyterian convictions.

He was born in Temperanceville borough, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
He was born and reared on a farm. At the age of seventeen years he learned the trade of blacksmith, which he followed all his life. He came to Mansfield, and worked at one place for thirty-three years. [HAC 1889, 395]

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Sources


1 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 395.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 263.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 264.

4 Editor, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 395, 574.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 217.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 264, 360.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 360.


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