John Bortz and Agnes McClarren

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Husband John Bortz ¹

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           Born: 14 Jul 1827 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Henry Bortz (      -1879) 1
         Mother: Anna Maria Fishel (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 10 Jun 1851 2

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Wife Agnes McClarren ²

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         Father: James McClarren (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Sarah Hill (      -      ) 2

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1 M Matthis Bortz ²

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2 F Anna Mary Bortz ²

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         Spouse: W. M. Ferguson (      -      ) 2

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3 M Daniel Welty Bortz ^{3 4}

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           Born: 2 Jul 1857 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Malinda S. Bortz (1858-      ) 3 5

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4 F Sophia Priscilla Bortz ²

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5 M James M. Bortz ²

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6 F Sara Jane Bortz ²

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         Spouse: Richard Cowan (      -      ) 2

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7 F Martha Elizabeth Bortz ²

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8 M Henry A. Bortz ²

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9 M Elmer E. Bortz ²

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10 F Bella Bortz ²

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         Spouse: John Patterson (      -      ) 2

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11 M Arthur T. Bortz ²

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General Notes: Husband - John Bortz

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He was born on the family homestead farm in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, where he lived not only during his boyhood but until 1859, at which time he purchased from his father that portion of the farm lying south of the road leading from Greensburg to New Alexandria, containing thirty-two acres, and upon which there was at that time erected a frame dwelling and what was then an up-to-date sawmill operated at that time by water power. Later this mill was fitted up with steam power and was operated the greater part of the year until 1880.
Until middle life he was a staunch Democrat, but when temperance became an important issue, he joined the Temperance party and from that time on labored for the success of the cause, hoping that he might live to see liquor banished from the land. He was a member of the school board of Unity township for more than twenty years, filling at different times the office of president, secretary and treasurer. In early married life he and his wife were members of the Zion Lutheran Church at Greensburg, but later, on account of distance, they transferred their membership to the Presbyterian church at New Alexandria.

1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 551.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 552.

3 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 352.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 85, 551.

5 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 85, 553.