William Thomas Shurlock and Matilda Ann Owrey

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Husband William Thomas Shurlock ¹

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           Born: 28 Nov 1831 - Beaver Co, PA 1
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         Father: Samuel Shurlock (1796-1885) 1 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Stinson (      -1844) 1

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       Marriage: 1 Aug 1868 3

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Wife Matilda Ann Owrey ⁴

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            AKA: Anna Owrey 3
           Born: 30 Mar 1845 - Crawford Co, PA 4
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         Father: Henry Owrey (1805-1890) 5
         Mother: Esther Steen (1811-1884) 5

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Shurlock ³

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            AKA: Elizabeth Shearlock 6
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         Spouse: Robert McAnlis (      -      ) 7

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2 F Sarah Shurlock ³

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         Spouse: R. A. Patterson (      -      ) 3

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3 F Margaret Shurlock ³

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         Spouse: Charles Cross (      -      ) 3

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4 F Anna Shurlock ³

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         Spouse: William Guy (      -      ) 3

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5 M William S. Shurlock ³

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         Spouse: Early Klingensmith (      -      ) 3

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6 M Thomas Shurlock ³

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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7 M Charles P. Shurlock ³

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8 F Ethel Claire Shurlock ³

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General Notes: Husband - William Thomas Shurlock

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He was reared on the old homestead in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. In his boyhood he had few educational advantages beyond having an educated man for his father; but in later years, when afforded the opportunity, he supplied all that had previously been lacking. During three summers of his boyhood he engaged in boating between Pittsburgh and Erie. After his marriage, in 1868, he rented the Paden farm, in Big Beaver Township, for ten years, then moved to the Eckel's farm for one and one-half years. In 1881 he bought his own farm, twenty-nine and one-half acres, from the McKim estate. The rest of his land was a part of the old Shurlock homestead farm. Mr. Shurlock engaged in threshing for fifty-four seasons, beginning in that industry with the old-fashioned thresher and cleaner, which later gave way to the improved machinery of modern days. When he brought his first machine into the field it elicited much comment and attracted people from far and near. As Mr. Shurlock remarked, "So many people came to see it that it looked as if they were going to a fair." In following the threshing business he traveled all over that section of the state and had a wide acquaintance with substantial farmers.
In politics, Mr. Shurlock was identified with the Democratic party and on numerous occasions he was called upon to accept public offices. He served for nine years as Overseer of the Poor, for six years was constable and for some years was road supervisor. In 1868 he was made a Mason, in Enon Lodge, and became one of the oldest members of the fraternity in Lawrence County.

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General Notes: Wife - Matilda Ann Owrey

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She was born in Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and reared from the age of three years at New Castle.

1 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 942.

2 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 691.

3 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 943.

4 Karen Patterson, My Urey Family (Privately published, July, 2001), Pg 58.

5 Karen Patterson, My Urey Family (Privately published, July, 2001), Pg 52.

6 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 553.

7 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 553, 943.