Samuel Proper and Catherine [Unk]

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Husband Samuel Proper ¹

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Wife Catherine [Unk]

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Children

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1 M Joseph Proper ²

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           Born: Sep 1781
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           Died: 1842
         Buried:  - Diamond Cemetery, Diamond, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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2 M Samuel Proper ²

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           Born: 24 Dec 1782
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           Died: 15 Jun 1842
         Buried:  - Diamond Cemetery, Diamond, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Elizabeth Bradley (1798-1858)

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3 M Andrew Proper ^{2 5}

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           Born: 7 Oct 1784
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           Died: Jun 1874 - Troy Twp, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried:  - Diamond Cemetery, Diamond, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Rachel Luse (1808-1882) 5

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4 M Barnett Proper ²

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5 M Daniel Proper ¹

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           Born: Cal 25 Feb 1796 - ? New York
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           Died: 9 Jan 1870 - ? Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Diamond Cemetery, Diamond, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

         Spouse: Margurite Archer (1797-1851) 7
           Marr: Abt 1817

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6 M Jacob Proper ²

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7 F [Unk] Proper

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         Spouse: Samuel Beers (      -      ) 2

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8 F [Unk] Proper

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         Spouse: John Gates (      -      ) 2

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9 F [Unk] Proper

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         Spouse: Joseph Dipps (      -      ) 8

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Proper

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He was a veteran of the Revolutionary War from Schoharie County, New York, and of unmixed German descent. Although he spoke English when necessary in the transaction of business, German was used exclusively in domestic intercourse at his home. He moved to Plum Township, Venango County, PA, in 1801. The journey was made by wagon, via Erie and Meadville, and the first night after entering the limits of Venango County was passed at the cabin of Benjamin August. Mr. Proper's settlement was made on the Meadville and Titusville road, at the crossing of Sugar creek. A burial ground on this farm is probably his last resting place, but no legible inscription has been found to locate the spot.

He was a pioneer of German descent who emigrated from Schoharie county, New York, in the year 1801 with a family of six sons and three daughters, and settled on a farm of two hundred acres at the present site of the Diamond, Venango county. At that time all was a dense wilderness; the nearest neighbors were six miles distant, Indians and wild animals were plentiful, and many were the hardships endured by this early pioneer in his efforts to establish a home in Venango county.

He came to America with La Fayette, and five of his sons served in the American army in the war of 1812. [HCC 1899, 728]

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 598, 1053.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 598.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 47.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 48.

5 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 669.

6 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 46.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1053.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 599.