Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James B. Wasson and Sarah Elvina Kelly




Husband James B. Wasson 1 2

           Born: 24 Dec 1846 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
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         Father: Nathaniel Marshall Wasson (1823-1904) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Catharine Witherup (1825-1855) 4 6 7


       Marriage: 13 Sep 1881 - Bruin, Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 2



Wife Sarah Elvina Kelly 2

           Born: 17 Sep 1861 - Bruin, Parker Twp, Butler Co, PA 2
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         Father: Archibald Kelly (      -      ) 2
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Children
1 F Mary Ethel Wasson 2

           Born: 30 Apr 1883 2
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           Died: Bef 1909
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2 M Foster Martin Wasson 2

           Born: 18 Jan 1885 2
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           Died: 13 Feb 1886 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M James Wilford Wasson 2

           Born: 23 Sep 1888 2
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4 F Margaret Elizabeth Wasson 2

           Born: 6 Aug 1898 2
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General Notes: Husband - James B. Wasson


He was born in Scrubgrass Township, Venango County, PA. In 1863 he went with his parents when they moved to Crawford County, where he remained till 1869, when he went to Petroleum Center to engage in the oil business, where he worked for some time. Then operated Shamburg, Pithole, Edenburg, St. Petersburg, and finally lo­cated at Bruin, Butler County, in 1877.
After marriage he and his wife lived in Butler County until 1904, when they moved to Kansas and later to Oklahoma and located at Cleveland, Oklahoma.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 902.

2 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 24.

3 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 888, 902.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 990.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1068.

6 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 21.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1067.


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