J. Y. Provins and Malinda Sterling

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Husband J. Y. Provins ¹

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            AKA: Joseph Y. Province 2
           Born: 1813 - Monongahela Twp, Greene Co, PA 1
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         Father: Benjamin Provins (      -      ) 1
         Mother: [Unk] Hartly (      -      )

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       Marriage: 1833 or 1834 1 2

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Wife Malinda Sterling ²

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            AKA: Melinda Sterling 1
           Born: 29 Jan 1812 2
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           Died: 25 Aug 1883 or 1884 1 2
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         Father: John Sterling (1783-1833) 2 3
         Mother: Catharine Knife (1788-1865) 2 3

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Children

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• They had no children.

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General Notes: Husband - J. Y. Provins

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He was reared on a farm by his grandfather, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and a pioneer farmer of Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
He attended school in an old log school-house for a few months in winter. He chose farming as his occupation and met with marked success. He began as a farm laborer working by the month or day, but became the owner of 300 acres of valuable land.
He was a Democrat, manifested great interest in the educational affairs of his township and served as a member of the school board.

1 Samuel P. Bates, History of Greene County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Nelson, Rishforth & Co., 1888), Pg 776.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1912), Pg 20.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 602.