Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Peoples and Margaret Hill Moorhead




Husband William Peoples 1

           Born: 1821 - Ligonier Valley, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1896 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Hugh Peoples (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Hannah Carson (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Margaret Hill Moorhead 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef Oct 1896
         Buried: 


         Father: John Moorhead (1793-1858) 1 4
         Mother: Margaret Hill (1795-1850) 1 4




Children
1 M John Moorhead Peoples 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 25 Jul 1901 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Doty (      -      ) 5


2 F Alice M. Peoples 2 5 6

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Joseph G. Luther (1841-Bef 1918) 2 5 7
           Marr: 1 Apr 1868 6


3 M Rev. Samuel Craig Peoples 2 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sadie Wirt (      -      ) 5


4 F Margaret Elizabeth Peoples 2 5 9

            AKA: Elizabeth Peafels 8
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Updegraff, Esq. (1839-      ) 2 5 8
           Marr: 28 Aug 1879 8


5 M William Carson Peoples 2 5 10

           Born: 22 Mar 1858 - West Fairfield, Westmoreland Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Anna Mary Johnston (      -      ) 5 10 11
           Marr: 9 Dec 1884 11


6 F Cora E. Peoples 2 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1915
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. J. P. Hearst (      -      ) 5


7 M George B. McC. Peoples 5

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - William Peoples


He passed practically his entire life in southwestern Pennsylania, and was engaged both in farming and in a mercantile business and was successful in both.

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Sources


1 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 127.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 52.

3 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 52, 1082.

4 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 1082.

5 Jane Maria Craig, Samuel Craig, Senior, Pioneer to Western Pennsylvania, and His Descendants (Greensburg, PA: Privately printed, 1915), Pg 128.

6 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 170.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 169.

8 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 20.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 405.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 103.

11 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 53.


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