Jesse Hofford and Esther James

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Husband Jesse Hofford ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1798
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           Died: 1847 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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Wife Esther James ¹

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            AKA: Hettie James 2
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           Died: 1848 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 2
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Children

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1 F Mary E. Hofford ¹

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           Born: 1829 - Sheakleyville, Sandy Creek Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Roderick McCoy (      -Bef 1909) 3

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2 M N. Burwell Hofford ³

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3 F Emma Hofford ²

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           Born: 1 May 1840 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Samuel E. Benn (      -1864) 2
           Marr: 1862 2

         Spouse: James Cameron Prather (1842-1924) 2 4
           Marr: 28 Mar 1867 2

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General Notes: Husband - Jesse Hofford

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In the early part of the nineteenth century, he and his wife came from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and located first at Meadville, Crawford County, where they resided for about two years. Then, with others of the pioneers they drove by team to Sheakleyville, where they settled on a homestead.
They were the parents of four sons and two daughters.
He was a cooper by trade. He died at the age of forty-nine.

He and his wife were natives of Pennsylvania, of German and Scotch descent, and came to Crawford County in 1827, where he followed coopering, then, in 1830, moved to Mercer County.

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General Notes: Wife - Esther James

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She died at the age of forty-seven.

1 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1027.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 1104.

3 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1028.

4 Earl M. Prather, McCalmont History in Venango County, Pennsylvania (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 1996), Pg 11.