James Bestwick and Mary Huey

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Husband James Bestwick ¹

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           Born: 1 Jan 1807 - Staffordshire, England 1
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         Father: James Bestwick (Abt 1783-1882) 1
         Mother: Hester [Unk] (      -1855) 1

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       Marriage: 1839 1

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Wife Mary Huey ²

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         Father: Francis Huey (Abt 1767-1842) 3
         Mother: [Unk] Carnahan (      -1825) 3

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Children

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1 F Ann Bestwick ¹

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         Spouse: Alex McKee (      -      ) 1

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2 M Samuel C. Bestwick ¹

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         Spouse: M. C. Taylor (      -1868) 1

         Spouse: Mary Jane Crowley (      -      ) 1

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3 M James H. Bestwick ^{1 4}

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         Spouse: Elizabeth "Eliza" Zahniser (      -1887) 1 4

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4 M George Bestwick ¹

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         Spouse: Eliza Lewis (      -1888) 1

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General Notes: Husband - James Bestwick

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In 1833 immigrated to America and located on a farm in what is now Worth Township, Mercer County, PA. His parents came to America in 1834, and located on an adjoining farm.
He owned the farm on which the Ormsby Coal Mine was situated, and was a member of the Democratic
party.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1072.

2 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1072, 1078.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1078.

4 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 152.