Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John C. Rainbow and [Unk] Mitchell




Husband John C. Rainbow 1 2

           Born:  - England
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Esther Marshall (      -Bef 1883) 1



Wife [Unk] Mitchell 3

           Born: 
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Children

General Notes: Husband - John C. Rainbow


Born in England, he came to the United States about 1822, located at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later became a merchant and the owner of a saw and grist mill. He and his brother-in-law owned a mill at Crows Run, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and Mr. Rainbow afterward moved to New Brighton, Beaver County, his home being on the site later occupied by the Masonic Temple. In his new home he operated a grist mill and conducted dealings in feed, then became a hardware merchant and still later the proprietor of a general store, finally engaging in the sale of flour and feed.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 194.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 191.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 192.


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