Peter Fair and Sarah Fair

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Husband Peter Fair ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: Cal 18 Jul 1796 - Indiana Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Sep 1878 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: John Fair (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: 

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• Note: This may be the same person as : Peter Fair.

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Wife Sarah Fair ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: Cir 5 Nov 1800 - Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Dec 1891 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Michael Fair (cal 1775-1860) 3 4
         Mother: Mary B. Steelsmith (Cir 1780-1870) 3 4 5

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Children

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1 M Leonard Fair ²

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           Born: 12 Nov 1821 - ? Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 2
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           Died: 16 Apr 1900 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Magdalene Helms (1819-1872) 6
           Marr: 16 Feb 1843 6

         Spouse: Catherine Martin (      -1890) 6
           Marr: 14 Oct 1873 6

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2 F Elizabeth Fair ^{3 7}

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           Born: 1 Mar 1824 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Mar 1902 3
         Buried:  - St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Cowansville, Armstrong Co, PA

         Spouse: Jacob Helm (1815-1895) 8

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3 M John Fair ¹

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           Born: 31 Aug 1831 - Washington Twp, Armstrong Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Emma D. Quigley (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 5 Sep 1881 1

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General Notes: Husband - Peter Fair

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He was born in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, and removed about 1817 to Armstrong County, where he settled in what is now Washington township. He engaged in farming as well as working at his trade; he was the first blacksmith in Washington township. He was an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran church.

He was of German descent. He settled in Washington township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, on a tract of about three hundred acres then all in the woods. He built a log cabin on the hill and made a permanent home there. He was a farmer; a Lutheran in religion and a Republican in politics.

He and his wife were cousins.

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Fair

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She and her husband were cousins.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 514.

2 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 831.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 548.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 909.

5 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. I (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 383.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 832.

7 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 351.

8 —, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 924.