Richard Van Fleet and Sally Hogue
Husband Richard Van Fleet 1
Born: 21 Oct 1769 - Somerset Co, NJ 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: [Father] Van Fleet ( - ) Mother:
Marriage: 1 Aug 1801 2
Wife Sally Hogue 2
Born: 25 Dec 1779 - Ireland 2 Christened: Died: Buried:
Father: [Father] Hogue ( - ) Mother:
Children
1 F Phoebe Van Fleet 2
Born: 1802 Christened: Died: Feb 1886 Buried:
2 M William Van Fleet 2
Born: 1803 Christened: Died: Mar 1885 Buried:
3 F Eleanor Van Fleet 2
Born: 1805 2 Christened: Died: Apr 1886 2 Buried:Spouse: William Fitch ( - ) 2
4 M John Van Fleet 2
Born: 1807 Christened: Died: Aft 1888 Buried:
5 F Hannah Van Fleet 2
Born: 1810 2 Christened: Died: Aft 1888 Buried:Spouse: Fredrick Price ( - ) 2
6 M Richard H. Van Fleet 2
Born: 1811 2 Christened: Died: 1846 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH 2 Buried:
7 F Sarah Van Fleet 3
Born: 1813 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Jonathan Riggs (1815- ) 5 Marr: 1838 5
8 M Alexander M. Van Fleet 4
Born: 1815 4 Christened: Died: 1850 - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4 Buried:
9 M Jesse G. Van Fleet 4
Born: 1817 4 Christened: Died: 1857 - Shenango Twp, Mercer Co, PA 4 Buried:
10 F Rebecca B. Van Fleet 4 6
Born: 1820 - Mercer Co, PA 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Henry Kyle (1818- ) 7 Marr: 6 Feb 1840 6
11 M David Van Fleet 4
Born: 1822 4 Christened: Died: Aft 1888 Buried:
12 F Eliza Van Fleet 4
Born: 1824 4 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Adam Sheriff ( - ) 4
General Notes: Husband - Richard Van Fleet
He was a young unmarried man when he came to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1798, where he took up a tract of 400 acres in the donation district, felled the timber and built his log cabin, thus making a permanent settlement. He then brought out his sister and her three children. In 1800 a dispute arose as to the ownership of the tract, which was compromised by his giving up 200 acres of his entry. Richard Van Fleet was a farmer and weaver by occupation. It is claimed that the first Presbyterian sermon ever delivered in Mercer County was preached by the Rev. W. Wick, August 1, 1800, in Mr. Van Fleet's log cabin. [HMC 1888, 860]
Originally from New Jersey, and, afterward, a resident of Northumberland and Washington Counties, Pennsylvania, successively. He came to the present limits of Mercer County in 1798 and in the latter part of 1799 settled on a farm, the south part of which lay in what is now Pulaski Township. On Christmas day, 1798, Mr. Van Fleet got a cabin raised, and then went back to Washington County and brought out his widowed sister, Mrs. Hannah Burwell, who kept house for him until some time in the year 1800; he was in that year married to Sarah Hogue, it being one of the first weddings in the neighborhood. They lived for eight or ten years within the bounds of what is now Mercer County, and then built a cabin on the south side of the farm, now in Lawrence County, near the Pulaski and Youngstown road.
General Notes: Wife - Sally Hogue
She and two of her brothers settled about the year 1800 in the part of Mercer County, PA, that later became part of Lawrence County.
1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 858, 860.
2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 860.
3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 858, 861.
4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 861.
5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 858.
6 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 374.
7
—, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 373.
Home | Table of Contents | Surnames | Name List
This Web Site was Created 15 Apr 2023 with Legacy 9.0 from Millennia