Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Johnston Calhoun and Maggie A. Calhoun




Husband Johnston Calhoun 1

           Born: 19 Sep 1812 1
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         Father: Joseph Calhoun (Abt 1787-1845) 1
         Mother: Jane Littell (Abt 1792-1863) 2 3


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   Other Spouse: Sarah Shirts (      -      ) 1



Wife Maggie A. Calhoun 1

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         Father: Samuel Calhoun (      -      ) 1
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Children

General Notes: Husband - Johnston Calhoun


He carried on farming and sheep raising successfully till 1872, after which time he lived a life of retirement, for some years in Beaver, Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and then for some years in Hookstown.
He was elected a school director, and served as such for a number of years; also as justice of the peace of Beaver County. He was a delegate of the Christian Commission twice during the Civil War; first, to the Potomac army at Washington City, and sent from there to Virginia; second, to Cumberland army in Tennessee and Alabama. He organized and taught a Bible class in each army, over and above the duties devolving upon him as a delegate.

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Sources


1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 832.

2 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 832, 863.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 865.


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