Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Thomas and Catharine Weaver




Husband John Thomas 1 2

           Born: 1799 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Dec 1881 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: Barnett Thomas (      -      ) 1 4
         Mother: [Unk] Mechling (      -      ) 1


       Marriage: 16 Feb 1826 3



Wife Catharine Weaver 1 4

            AKA: Catharine [Unk],5 Catherine Weaner 6
           Born: 7 Aug 1801 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Feb 1886 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Jemima Thomas 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1918
         Buried: 



2 M Nathaniel Thomas 3

           Born: Abt 1826
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1846-1848 - Puebla, Mexico
         Buried: 



3 M Barnett "Barney" Thomas 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1918
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin



4 M Maj. Cyrus Thomas 1 7

           Born: 9 Feb 1830 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1898
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Earnest (1860-      ) 3
           Marr: 14 Mar 1854 3


5 M John Thomas, Jr. 4 8

           Born: 9 Feb 1834 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Susan Henry (      -Aft 1918) 4 8


6 M Jacob Thomas 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 M Abraham W. Thomas 2 3

           Born: 18 Jun 1839 - Westmoreland Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Henry (      -1894) 5 8


8 F Sybbilla Thomas 9

            AKA: Sibella Thomas 4
           Born: Abt 1840 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 May 1911 - Greensburg, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Frederick Stark (1828/1829-Abt 1893) 6 9
           Marr: 27 Jan 1852 9



General Notes: Husband - John Thomas


He was born in Hempfield township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, west of Greensburg. In early life he removed west but was compelled to leave the western country on account of ague. He returned to his native county and engaged in farming during the rest of his life. He was an old-line whig and republican, and a member of the Reformed church.

He and his wife had six sons and two daughters; of whom six were living in 1890. At his death, he had six children, twenty-four grandchildren and thirty-three great-grandchildren living.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 705.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 81, 103.

3 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 706.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 81.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 103.

6 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 384.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 523.

8 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 962.

9 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 166.


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