Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Harvey Macbeth and Margaret Louise Welty




Husband William Harvey Macbeth 1 2 3

            AKA: William H. McBeth 4
           Born: 24 Apr 1852 - South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 5
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         Father: John Macbeth (Abt 1816-1889) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Keams (1810-Aft 1906) 2


       Marriage: 18 Sep 1873 5



Wife Margaret Louise Welty 3 5 6

            AKA: Louisa Welty 4
           Born: 28 Jun 1848 5
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           Died: 5 Jun 1905 5
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         Father: George Welty (1823-1844) 4 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Baughman (1826-      ) 4 6




Children
1 M John Franklin Macbeth 3

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2 F Clara Mabel Macbeth 3

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         Spouse: Henry Clinton Porter (      -      ) 3


3 M Clarence W. Macbeth 1

            AKA: Clarence Welty Macbeth
           Born: 23 Aug 1879 - East Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1935
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         Spouse: Mary Edna Williams (1882-Aft 1935) 7 8 9
           Marr: 23 Feb 1904 8


4 M William Koontz Macbeth 3

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5 F Cora Louise Macbeth 3

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6 M Ottis Burrell Macbeth 3

            AKA: Attis B. Macbeth 5
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         Spouse: Zella Marie Morrow (      -      ) 3


7 M Charles Russell Macbeth 3

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8 M Elmer Grant Macbeth 3

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         Spouse: Orphia Pearl Parson (      -      ) 3



General Notes: Husband - William Harvey Macbeth


He was a merchant and postmaster at McBeth, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

He was reared on the family homestead, receiving his education in the public schools of his native place, the Mount Pleasant high school, college, and normal school. After completing his education he was engaged for about fifteen years in teaching, at one time in the normal schools of Madison and Mount Pleasant. He then learned photography which he practiced for three years in McKeesport, and then abandoned for the occupation of a farmer and dairyman. He had a coal mine on his farm where he mined fifty or sixty thousand tons annually. His estate comprised eighty-five acres, and was situated one mile west of Alverton, near the old Zion church. He was a member of the Reformed church.


General Notes: Wife - Margaret Louise Welty


For a number of years she was organist of the Reformed church of which she and her husband were members.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 216.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 396.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 170.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 524.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 397.

6 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 669.

7 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 646.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 217.

9 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 111.


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