Simon Cort and Sophia Hardin

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Husband Simon Cort ^{1 2}

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           Born: 8 Nov 1811 2
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         Father: Daniel Kort (1780-1859) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth A. Turney (1786-1860) 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 25 Dec 1834 7

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Wife Sophia Hardin ²

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Children

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1 F Mary Lavina Cort ²

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General Notes: Husband - Simon Cort

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He was one of the founders of the Presbyterian church in the Rocky mountains; first elder of the first congregation in Denver, Colorado; helped in the organization of the first Presbyterian Synod; was several times delegate to the general assembly. He was the father of thirteen children.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 91.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1005.

3 —, History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1887), Pg 703.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 179.

5 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 662.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 642.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 182.