Francis Asbury Middleton and Catharine C. Burns

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Husband Francis Asbury Middleton ¹

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           Born: 1848 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1930
         Buried:  - Big Bend Methodist Cemetery, Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2

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         Father: John Middleton (cal 1799-1881) 1 3
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Phipps (1806-1890) 4 5

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       Marriage: 1870 6

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   Other Spouse: Lillian R. Gilmore (1878-1919)

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Wife Catharine C. Burns ⁶

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           Born: 
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           Died: 
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         Father: John Burns (      -      ) 6
         Mother: Jane [Unk] (      -      ) 6

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Francis Asbury Middleton

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He was educated in the common schools, and reared a farmer, in connection with which he was engaged in the oil business, having twenty-nine wells on his own farm. Po­litically he was a Democrat.

The name "Lillian, 1878-1919" appears on his gravestone as his wife. (But thirty years younger than he??? Perhaps a daughter?)

1 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 976.

2 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 20.

3 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 946.

4 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 976, 977.

5 Ruby Jane (Bailey) McCord, Genealogy of the Phipps Family (Self-published), Pg 6.

6 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 977.