James Harper and Sarah Emily Mershon Hovis

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Husband James Harper ¹

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Wife Sarah Emily Mershon Hovis ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Mar 1843 - Venango Co, PA 1 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1923 1
         Buried:  - East Unity Presbyterian Cemetery, Allegheny Twp, Butler Co, PA 4

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         Father: Jacob Hovis (1806-Abt 1881) 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsy" Coleman (1808-1894) 3 5 8

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   Other Spouse: Joseph Eakin (1832-1913) 9 10 - 10 Mar 1868 1

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General Notes: Wife - Sarah Emily Mershon Hovis

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Residing in Butler Co, PA, in 1919.
She was born March 10. [DJTH, 52]

1 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 52.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 987.

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 987.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 3, Scrubgrass Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1995), Pg 99.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 573.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 992.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 986.

8 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 43.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643, 910, 987.

10 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 53.