Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Leon Chappotin Magaw and Sophie Matilda Selden




Husband Leon Chappotin Magaw 1 2 3

           Born: 16 Jul 1827 1
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         Father: Col. William Magaw (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Adeline Chappotin (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 1851 4

   Other Spouse: Susan E. Gray (      -      ) 4 - 1866 4



Wife Sophie Matilda Selden 1 2 3

           Born: 27 Jan 1829 2
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           Died: 28 May 1862 2
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         Father: George Selden (1796-1835) 5 6
         Mother: Sophie Louise Shattuck (1801-1868) 2 3




Children
1 F Elizabeth S. Magaw 4

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         Spouse: A. M. Fuller (1847-      ) 7
           Marr: 27 Jan 1876 8


2 M G. Selden Magaw 4

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3 F Adelaide Louise Magaw 9

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         Spouse: John J. Shryock (1853-      ) 10
           Marr: 13 Sep 1883 11



General Notes: Husband - Leon Chappotin Magaw


He was educated in Meadville, Pennsylvania, and at a private school, at Buffalo, New York. When twenty-two years of age he embarked in the grocery trade, and continued in the same for thirty years, fifteen years of which as a wholesale dealer. In the year 1880 he started a cheese factory, and eventually retired from the grocery trade, owning and operating fourteen cheese factories. He was the most extensive cheese manufacturer in Pennsylvania; he sold his products throughout the United States and Mexico.

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Sources


1 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 752.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 586.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 204.

4 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 753.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 585.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 203.

7 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 739, 753.

8 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 739.

9 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 753, 770.

10 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 753, 769.

11 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 770.


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