Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Gen. Thomas J. Power and Mary Ann Johnson




Husband Gen. Thomas J. Power 1 2

            AKA: George Thomas J. Powers 3
           Born: 7 Jul 1808 - Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: Gen. Samuel Power (Abt 1774-1840) 1 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Penny (Abt 1778-1830) 1 5


       Marriage: 1832 1



Wife Mary Ann Johnson 1

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         Father: Samuel Johnson (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 F Josephine Power 2 6

            AKA: Josephine Powers 3
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         Spouse: Gen. William S. Shallenberger (1839-      ) 3 7 8 9
           Marr: 1 Dec 1864 2 6



General Notes: Husband - Gen. Thomas J. Power


He was reared in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, was a civil engineer by profession, and spent over twenty-seven years of his life on public works. He also served one term as adjutant-general of the state.
In politics he was a Republican.
In 1888, he and his wife had six children living.

He was a civil engineer, and was engaged, in his early years, on the Pennsylvania Canal and Portage Railroad; and also on the first surveys of what became known as the Philadelphia Railroad. He was one of the promoters of the Erie and Pittsburg Railroad. He was Adjutant-General of the State from October 25, 1856, to February 5, 1858.

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 804.

2 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 224.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 128.

4 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 30.

5 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 227.

6 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 810.

7 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 809.

8 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 223.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 582.


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