Israel Stearns Yard and M. J. Tarr

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Husband Israel Stearns Yard ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Ezra Yard,1 Isaac Yard 3
           Born: 7 Mar 1844 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
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           Died: 14 Dec 1926
         Buried:  - Barkeyville Cemetery, Barkeyville, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

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         Father: Benjamin R. Yard (1802-1892) 1 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Catharine Hovis (1803-1856) 5 6 8 9

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Adaline McMurdy (1846-1935) 3 - 1866

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Wife M. J. Tarr

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Children

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1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 954.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 51.

5 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 601.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 638, 643.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1311.

8 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 35.

9 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 959, 992.