Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry Parry and Sarah Cadwalader




Husband Henry Parry 1 2

            AKA: Harrison Perry 3
           Born: 1761 - South Wales 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Oct 1847 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 20 Jul 1797 2



Wife Sarah Cadwalader 1 2

           Born: 3 Mar 1778 - Maryland 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1842 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Gen. John Cadwalader (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Mary Olivia Parry 4

           Born: 16 Oct 1820 - Deer Creek, Ross Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1903 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Scott Dilworth (1819-1877) 5
           Marr: 15 Dec 1841 - Cincinnati, Hamilton Co, OH 4


2 F Elizabeth Parry 1

            AKA: Elizabeth Perry 6
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 1878 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Hugh Logan (      -      ) 6 7



General Notes: Husband - Henry Parry


Early in life he was a carpenter in London, England. Later he came to the United States, was employed on government work in Washington, coming thence to western Pennsylvania, and erecting the first court house in Pittsburgh.

He was a native of Wales who immigrated to the United States at an early date, settling at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was a carpenter by trade and hung the first bell ever hung in Pittsburg, the court house bell.

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Sources


1 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 227.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 47.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 728.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 44.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 46.

6 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 727.

7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 226.


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