John Christley and Mary Hyde Smith

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Husband John Christley ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1797 - Westmoreland Co, PA 3 4
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           Died: 1872 - ? Butler Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: George Christley (      -Bef 1888) 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Snyder (      -Bef 1888) 5

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Smith (      -      ) 3 7

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Wife Mary Hyde Smith ^{3 7 8}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1825 3
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         Father: William Smith (      -      ) 3
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Children

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1 M James Perry Christley ^{1 8 9}

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           Born: 1821 - Mercer Co, PA 4
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           Died: Aft 1883
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         Spouse: Mahala Kiester (      -      ) 7 10
           Marr: 1846 4

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2 M William George Christley ^{1 3 8}

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           Died: Bef 1883
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3 M John Harvey Christley ^{1 3 8}

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           Born: 18 Feb 1824 - Slippery Rock Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
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           Died: Bet 1895 and 1909
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         Spouse: Mary Jane Gabby (      -      ) 3 11

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General Notes: Husband - John Christley

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He was an early settler in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, but in 1822 he located in the vicinity of Centerville, Butler County, where he remained until his death.

He came to Slippery Rock Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, about 1822, and settled on an unimproved farm. He was a cabinet-maker, and carried on his trade in connection with his other business. Com­mencing about 1825, he was gate-keeper a number of years on the old Pittsburgh & Erie Turnpike. He also kept a public house known as the Half-Way House, it being situated about midway between Butler and Mercer. In 1841, he was township tax collector.

He was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and removed with his parents to Mercer County in 1811. He learned the cabinetmaker's trade with his father. In 1823 he came Slippery Rock township, Butler County, and settled on a farm of 100 acres, which his father purchased for him, later the property of his son Curtis. Here he resided until his death, carrying on the cabinet trade in connection with farming. On the completion of the Pittsburg and Erie turnpike, he was appointed toll-keeper of the gate located near his house, which position he held as long as the road continued a toll road. He also kept a hotel, and his house was the change station for the stage and mail route between Mercer and Pittsburgh. He was a stanch Republican, and although not a member of any church, he attended serv­ices with the Methodist Episcopal society, and was a liberal supporter of that denomination.

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 390, 414.

2 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 934.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1212.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 414.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 933.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1211.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 390.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1012.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1209, 1212.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1209.

11 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 889.