Dr. Samuel Allen Lacock and Sylva DeFrance

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Husband Dr. Samuel Allen Lacock ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Dec 1849 - Franklin Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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         Father: John V. Lacock (1822-1906) 2 4
         Mother: Sarah Jane McClenathan (1825-1889) 1 2

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       Marriage: 9 Sep 1896 5

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   Other Spouse: Flora T. Slusher (      -1877) 3 5

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   Other Spouse: Olive Kate DeFrance (      -1893) 3 5 - Nov 1878 5

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Wife Sylva DeFrance ⁵

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         Father: William DeFrance (      -      ) 5
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Children

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1 M Walter B. Lacock ⁵

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2 M Wilford Clare Lacock ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. Samuel Allen Lacock

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He was born in Franklin township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, and passed his youth on the home farm, attending during the winter months the public schools of the neighborhood. His later education was received at Washington and Jefferson College, and in 1870 he entered Bethany College, West Virginia, graduating therefrom in June, 1873. After his studies were finished, he taught school for two years, then read medicine at Washington. In 1875 he took a medical course at Ann Arbor, Michigan, and in 1876 entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, where he graduated in March, 1877. In July of the same year Dr. Lacock commenced the practice of his profession at McConnell's Mill, in Chartiers township, Washington County, remaining there three years. In April, 1883, he moved to Canonsburg.
In politics he was an active worker in the Democratic party, having served his party in many ways. During the years he was a resident of Canonsburg he took an active part in extending the borough limits and generally improving the town, and was greatly interested in the establishment of water-works, electric light, and the sewerage of the town. He served as city burgess, nearly eight years as school director, and was a director in the Citizens' Bank.

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1009, 1152.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 966.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1009.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1152.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 969.