Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Godfrey Exley, Jr. and Barbara "Babette" Best




Husband Godfrey Exley, Jr. 1

            AKA: Godfried Exley
           Born: 10 Nov 1822 - Langenberg, Wuertemberg, Germany 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Mar 1895 - Clarion Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Godfrey Exley, Sr. (1789-1863) 2
         Mother: Mary "Maria" Schneider (1791-1877) 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Barbara "Babette" Best 1

           Born: 4 Oct 1829 - Clarion Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jan 1880 - Clarion Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: John Michael Best (Abt 1800-      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Sherry (      -      ) 3 4




Children
1 M Israel Exley 5

           Born: Abt 1846
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elvira Allan (      -      )


2 M John Henry "Hank" Exley 6 7

            AKA: Johann Heinrick Ochesle
           Born: 5 May 1847 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1924 7
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Agnes Rowe (1851-1890) 7 8
         Spouse: Priscilla Switzer (1862-1937) 7


3 F Sophia Exley 5

           Born: 7 Feb 1852 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Dec 1939 9
         Buried: 
         Spouse: James Adams Peters (1848-1910) 9
           Marr: 1873 9


4 M George Washington "Wash" Exley 5

           Born: 28 Nov 1855 - Dutch Hill, Forest Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1941 - Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 10
         Buried:  - St. Paul's Lutheran, Knox, Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA
         Spouse: Fianna Hunsberger (      -Aft 1943) 10


5 M Samuel Clements Exley 5

           Born: 4 Feb 1856 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Dec 1940 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Martha "Mattie" Dennison (1861-1929) 11


6 F Maria Caroline "Aunt Cal" Exley 5

           Born: 17 May 1860 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 20 May 1926 12
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thomas Beatty Wilson (1856-1938) 12


7 F Elizabeth Exley 5

           Born: 10 May 1862 5
     Christened: 16 Aug 1863
           Died: while young
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 F Emma Malinda "May" Exley 5

           Born: 9 Sep 1864 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Dec 1942 13
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Henry Benjamin Opdyke (      -1890) 13
         Spouse: Francis Addison Opdyke (1869-1950) 13


9 F Lydia Celeste Exley 5

           Born: 26 Sep 1867 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert H. Dennison (      -      ) 14
           Marr: 25 May 1891 14


10 F Rosa Catherine "Kate" Exley 5

           Born: 27 Sep 1870 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1949 15
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Josiah Berlin (1864-1932) 15
           Marr: 12 Apr 1892 15


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Sources


1 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 7.

2 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 5.

3 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 63.

4 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP v.

5 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 10.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1543
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7 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 17.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1543.

9 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 25.

10 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 32.

11 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 50.

12 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 64.

13 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 76.

14 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 84.

15 Terrance L. Johnson-Cooney, The Exley Family 1789 to 2005 (Self-published, Aug, 2005), Pg 93.


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