Joseph Thom and Elizabeth Craig
Husband Joseph Thom 1
Born: 1743 - County Down, Ireland 2 Christened: Died: 23 Nov 1829 - Indiana 2 Buried:Marriage:
Wife Elizabeth Craig 1 3 4 5
Born: 1757 ? 2 Christened: Died: 11 Jun 1826 2 Buried:
Father: Lt. Samuel Craig ( -Abt 1777) 3 4 6 7 8 9 10 Mother: Elizabeth McDonald ( - ) 3 4 9 11
Children
1 F Jane Thom 1 2 12
Born: 20 Feb 1780 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1870 - in the American west Buried:Spouse: Robert Cathcart (Abt 1774-1847/1848) 1 2 13
2 F Sarah Thom 14
Born: 14 Sep 1781 14 Christened: Died: Aft 1871 Buried:Spouse: Aaron Aimes ( - ) 14Spouse: James Travis ( - ) 14
3 M Samuel Thom 14
Born: 8 Dec 1783 14 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M John Thom 16
AKA: John Thorn 15 Born: 8 Mar 1786 14 Christened: Died: 23 Aug 1863 14 Buried:Spouse: Margaret Culbertson ( - ) 14 15 Marr: 14 Jun 1814 14Spouse: Nancy Wallace (1793-1865) 17 Marr: 1 Jun 1834 17
5 M William W. Thom 18
Born: 16 Mar 1788 18 Christened: Died: Buried:
6 M Robert Thom 19
Born: 25 Aug 1790 19 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Lydia Moorhead (1797- ) 19
7 M James Thom 20
Born: 9 Jan 1793 20 Christened: Died: Cause of Death: Construction accident Buried:
8 F Elizabeth Thom 20 21
Born: 25 May 1795 20 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Alexander Armstrong (Abt 1795-1875) 21
9 M Alexander C. Thom 20
Born: 15 Sep 1797 20 Christened: Died: Buried:
10 M Joseph Thom 20
Born: 5 May 1800 20 Christened: Died: Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Thom
He was a native of County Down, Ireland, whence he came to Pennsylvania and settled on Jacob's creek, Westmoreland County. In 1820 he went to the state of Indiana, where he afterwards died. He was a farmer by occupation, and a member of the Presbyterian church.
He came from Ireland to America in 1773. He served in the War of the Revolution and is mentioned in the Archives of Pennsylvania. He settled in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, near New Alexandria; went later to Scrubgrass Creek, Armstrong County; later to the mouth of the Clarion River, and finally to Jefferson County, Indiana.
General Notes: Wife - Elizabeth Craig
She is said to have been born in 1757, and as that date is also claimed for the birth of her brother Samuel by his descendants, it is possible that they were twins. It is a family tradition that Elizabeth was so small at birth, that (as it was expressed) they could put her into a quart pot and close the lid.
1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 567.
2 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 72.
3 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 315.
4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 408.
5 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 16, 72.
6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 174.
7 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1082.
8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 684.
9 Thomas Lynch Montgomery, LL.D., Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography, Vol. 15 (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1924), Pg 178.
10 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 14.
11 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 15.
12 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 706.
13 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 706, 736.
14 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 74.
15 Lewis R. Culbertson, M.D., Genealogy of the Culbertson and Culberson Families (Zanesville, OH: The Courier Co., 1923), Pg 303.
16 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 74, 102.
17 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 76, 102.
18 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 76.
19 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 77.
20 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 78.
21
—, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 287.
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