George Tombaugh and Elizabeth Gardener

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Husband George Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 8 Aug 1768 1
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           Died: 5 Nov 1832 1
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         Father: [Father] Tombaugh (      -      )
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Wife Elizabeth Gardener ¹

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           Born: 2 Mar 1758 1
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Children

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1 F Christina Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 1787 1
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         Spouse: George Swihart (      -      ) 1

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2 F Elizabeth Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 1788 1
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         Spouse: Daniel Wise (      -      ) 1

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3 M Jacob Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 1790 1
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         Spouse: Susan Wise (      -      ) 1

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4 M Matthias Tombaugh ^{1 2}

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           Born: 26 Dec 1792 - Ohio 3
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           Died: 21 May 1864 3
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         Spouse: Rachel Spohn (1807-1892) 1 4

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5 M George Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 1796 1
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         Spouse: Susan Myers (      -      ) 1

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6 M Solomon Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 1798 1
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         Spouse: Catharine Horn (      -      ) 1

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7 F Sarah Tombaugh ¹

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           Born: 1801 1
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           Died: Aft 1882
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         Spouse: George Myers (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - George Tombaugh

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The exact date of the settlement of the Tombaugh family in Washington County, Pennsylvania, was about the time of the closing of the Revolutionary war. George Tombaugh and his young brother, Matthias, were the only children of their parents, and, so far as known, were at the time of their parents' death the only representatives of the name in America. Previous to their settlement in Washington County they had lived at Georgetown, D. C. They were of German extraction.
The young men, George and Matthias, had abundant reason for the exercise of their industry and frugality, for whatever may have been the pecuniary means of their parents at Georgetown, they came into Washington County without a penny. George, indeed, had a shilling in his pocket before crossing the Monongahela, but by some means lost it while crossing the river. With characteristic energy they went to work, and in time accumulated enough to purchase a tract of land on South Pigeon Creek.

He took an active part in Indian wars which harassed the inhabitants of the Ohio border, and fought under Col. Crawford.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 972.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 742, 1101.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 742.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 411.