Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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H. H. Davenport and Betsy McDowell




Husband H. H. Davenport 1

           Born: 18 Mar 1821 - Tompkins Co, NY 1
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         Father: Solomon Davenport (Abt 1795-1870) 1
         Mother: Nancy Van Corder (Abt 1793-1883) 2


       Marriage: 1847 1



Wife Betsy McDowell 1

           Born: 1828 - Summerhill Twp, Crawford Co, PA 2
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         Father: George McDowell (      -1869) 2
         Mother: Anna Bagley (Abt 1808-Aft 1885) 3




Children
1 M George F. Davenport 4

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         Spouse: Susan A. Holt (1847-      ) 4


2 M James L. Davenport 2

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3 F Lida A. Davenport 2

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General Notes: Husband - H. H. Davenport


He received a partial academic education, and taught school about five terms in his younger days; afterward he engaged in boat building and repairing, along the line of the Erie Extension Canal, which business he followed for about twenty years; he also worked at the carpenter's and joiner's trade.
He was the owner of 150 acres of well-improved land, part of which was his father's old homestead. He and his wife were members of the R. T. of T. In politics he was a Republican.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1055.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1056.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1060.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 525.


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