Thomas Bestwick and Mary Jane McEwen

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Husband Thomas Bestwick ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 13 Nov 1841 - Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: John Bestwick (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Ann Gadsby (1821-      ) 4

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       Marriage: 5 Apr 1866 1

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Wife Mary Jane McEwen ^{2 3}

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         Father: George McEwen (1818-      ) 5
         Mother: Jane King (      -      ) 6

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Children

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1 M John Bestwick ¹

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2 M Charles Bestwick ¹

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3 M George Bestwick ¹

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4 F Anna Bestwick ¹

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5 M Thomas Bestwick ¹

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6 F Jennie Bestwick ^{1 2}

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         Spouse: Franklin Pierce Minner (1874-1923) 2
           Marr: 9 Nov 1893 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 2

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7 M Bert Bestwick ¹

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8 M Thomas Lester Bestwick ⁷

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           Born: 29 Dec 1885 - Mercer, Mercer Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Helen Henderson Infield (1890-      ) 7
           Marr: 19 Nov 1912 - Jackson Center, Jackson Twp, Mercer Co, PA 3

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Bestwick

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Civil War: In August, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, One Hundredth Pennsylvania Volunteers, and re-enlisted in December, 1863, and served until the close of the war. At the battle of Bull Run he was shot in the right shoulder, and was shot through the clothing several other times. A part of the time he was a sharp-shooter.

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 975.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 139.

3 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 153.

4 Maude Gadsby Watkins, Gadsby Cousins (Stockton, CA: Privately published, 1988), Pg 8.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 975, 982.

6 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 982.

7 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 91.

8 Oren V. Henderson, The Descendants of Robert Henderson of Hendersonville, Pennsylvania (Durham, NH: Self-Published, 1947), Pg 154.