Samuel McConnell and Fanny Bovard

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Husband Samuel McConnell ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 24 Sep 1809
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         Father: David McConnell (1764-1829) 4 5 6
         Mother: Martha Whiteside (1765-1842/1842) 3 7

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       Marriage: 17 Mar 1831

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Wife Fanny Bovard ²

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Children

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1 F Martha Elizabeth McConnell ⁸

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           Born: Abt 1836
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           Died: Aft 1909
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         Spouse: John Washington Jellison (Abt 1835-Aft 1909) 8

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel McConnell

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He was one of the pioneers in California where he lived twenty years, then returned to Pennsylvania and resided in Oil City.

He was one of the early oil drillers in the Pennsylvania oil fields.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 493.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1106.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34.

4 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 490.

5 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 13.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 34, 145.

7 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 14.

8 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 1105.