Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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David Proudfit and Anna Haggerty




Husband David Proudfit 1

           Born: 10 Dec 1837 - Franklin Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Aug 1862 - Philadelphia, PA 2
         Buried:  - Edinboro, Erie Co, PA


         Father: Andrew Proudfit (1795-1875) 3 4
         Mother: Isabella Smith (1803-1865) 1


       Marriage: Aug 1861 2



Wife Anna Haggerty 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1911 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried: 


         Father: Hugh Haggerty (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Ann Waidley (      -      ) 2



   Other Spouse: J. N. McCloskey (      -      ) 2


Children

General Notes: Husband - David Proudfit


He enlisted in Co. C of a regiment organized in Erie, Pennsylvania, in response to the call for "three months' men" at the opening of the War of the Rebellion, which regiment drilled for three months but was never mustered into the army of the United States. He was third sergeant in this company. At the expiration of his term of enlistment he re-enlisted, Aug. 26, 1861, in Co. D. of the 83d Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, and was chosen sergeant. He was wounded June 27, 1862, at the battle of Gaines's Mill, and died in Philadelphia, Aug 5, 1862. Is buried in the old cemetery at Edinboro, Pennsylvania.

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Sources


1 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 35.

2 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 47.

3 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 887.

4 Margaret Compton, Historical Sketch of the Proudfit Family (Meadville, PA: Privately published, 1911), Pg 17, 35.


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