Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Forest Foster Witherup




Husband Forest Foster Witherup 1 2 3

           Born: 1864 - Venango Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 21 Dec 1897 2 4
 Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
         Buried:  - Calvert-Riddle Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: William Witherup (1832-1915) 3 6 7 8
         Mother: Martha L. Eakin (1845-1926) 3 6 9





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General Notes: Husband - Forest Foster Witherup


He spent his early boy-hood days about Scrubgrass, Venango County, Pennsylvania, and was educated in the school at Kennerdell. He went to Grove City College for two terms, after which he taught school for a number of terms and then entered the mercantile business at Kennerdell. Later he went to Pittsburgh, where he was conductor on the street railway. He remained there till ill health obliged him to give it up and return home. Everything possible was done for him, but the fatal disease consumption had marked him for its victim.

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Sources


1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 990.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 958.

3 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 34.

4 James Brockington Witherup, History of John Witherup Family from 1762 to 1909 (Butler, PA: Ziegler Printing Co., 1909), Pg 35.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 21.

6 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 989, 990.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 683, 911, 957.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 321.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 683, 911, 958.


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