Samuel Ralston and Elizabeth "Betsey" Wolford

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Husband Samuel Ralston ¹

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            AKA: Samuel Ralson 2
           Born: 1813 - Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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           Died: 1865 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Centerville, Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: John Ralston, Sr. (1776-1850) 1
         Mother: Betsey Sharp (      -      ) 1

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Wife Elizabeth "Betsey" Wolford ^{2 3}

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           Born: Abt 1811 - Butler Co, PA
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           Died: Aft 1895
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         Father: Henry Wolford (      -1853) 2 4
         Mother: Mary Frick (      -1892) 5

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Children

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1 F Salina B. Ralston ¹

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         Spouse: Lewis Winter (      -      ) 1

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2 F Mary J. Ralston ¹

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3 M John W. Ralston ¹

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           Born: 16 Sep 1839 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Sarah M. Dickey (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 1876 1

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4 M Henry Ralston ¹

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           Died: 3 Apr 1865 7
         Buried:  - Poplar Grove National Cemetery

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5 F Sarah E. Ralston ¹

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         Spouse: L. S. Hall (      -      ) 1

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6 M George Ralston ¹

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7 F Minerva Ralston ¹

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8 M Zachariah Ralston ¹

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9 M Samuel Ralston ¹

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10 M Lewis Ralston ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Ralston

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He learned the miller's and millwright trades and was connected with his father's mill for many years, and throughout his life was more or less engaged in milling and in the erection of mills in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and adjoining counties. In 1839 he received from his father the farm later owned by his son John W., upon which he settled.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1207.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 606.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1207, 1286.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1210, 1285.

5 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1286.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1207, 1215.

7 Samuel P. Bates, History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5; Vol. III (Harrisburg, PA: B. Singerly, State Printer, 1870), Pg 579.