Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Henry Coryea and Rebecca Canon




Husband Henry Coryea 1 2

           Born:  - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Rebecca Canon 1

            AKA: Rebecca Cannon 2
           Born:  - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1888
         Buried: 


         Father: Moses Canon (1782-      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Swasie (      -      ) 1




Children
1 F Mary Coryea 3

           Born:  - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 May 1904 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jesse Smith (1827-      ) 3 4
           Marr: 1854 2



General Notes: Husband - Henry Coryea


He was of German ancestry, and the son of one of the earlier settlers of Shenango Township, Mercer County, PA. In his early life, he was a contractor on the Erie Canal, and later worked as a stone mason. Subsequently locating permanently on a farm in Springfield Township, he was here engaged in tilling the soil the remainder of his days.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 850.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 921.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 920.

4 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1042.


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