John Krepps and Mary Gillespie

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Husband John Krepps ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Philadelphia, PA
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           Died:  - Washington Co, PA
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Wife Mary Gillespie ¹

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         Father: Neal Gillespie, Sr. (      -1813) 1 3
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Children

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1 M Samuel J. Krepps ^{2 4}

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           Died: 6 Mar 1866 - Washington Co, PA
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2 M Solomon G. Krepps ^{2 4}

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3 M John Krepps ⁴

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4 M Christian Krepps ⁴

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5 F Helen Krepps ⁴

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         Spouse: Judge Eli Miller (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Krepps

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He was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and emigrated to Washington County about 1790. He married Mary, a daughter of Neal Gillespie, by whom he received a portion of the Indian Hill tract, which her father had given her. Later he purchased other lands adjoining. The hill known as Krepps' Knob was a part of his farm. About the year 1794 he established a ferry across the Monongahela River, as the court records of Fayette County show that in that year a petition was presented for "a road from Krepps' ferry to the bridge at the mouth of Dunlap's Creek." The ferry binding on the Bridgeport side of the river was near the foot of Spring Street, later the residence of Solomon G. Krepps, his grandson. John Krepps lived and died on the farm, which was afterwards owned by Joseph T. Rodgers and James Slocum.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 782.

2 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 472.

3 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 150.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 783.