Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Ford Pryor and Olive A. Clark




Husband John Ford Pryor

           Born: 3 May 1849 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Sep 1935 - Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1


         Father: Jesse L. Pryer (1823-1889)
         Mother: Henrietta Caroline Cox (1822-1881)


       Marriage: 29 Sep 1882 2



Wife Olive A. Clark

            AKA: Margaret Olive Clark,3 Ollie Clarke
           Born: 1866 - the area of Seneca, Cranberry Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Sep 1930 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co, OH
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1


         Father: John M. Clark (1813-1901) 4 5
         Mother: Hannah J. Platt (1827-1882) 4 5




Children
1 M John Clyde Pryor

           Born: 23 Aug 1885 - Nickleville, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: Aug 1945 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Spouse: Lottie Winifred White (1888-1968)
           Marr: 1908 - ? Venango Co, PA


2 M Chester P. Pryor

           Born: 1883
     Christened: 
           Died: Nov 1918 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Spouse: Mary Wright (1885-1949)
           Marr: 1 Mar 1911 - Oil City, Venango Co, PA 6


3 M Jesse Ray Pryor

           Born: 1889
     Christened: 
           Died: Oct 1918 - Ambridge, Beaver Co, PA
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
         Spouse: Zettie [Unk] (1892-      )


4 F Irma B. Pryor

           Born: Abt 1888-1890 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Harry E. Detrie (Abt 1890-      )
           Marr: 4 Jan 1915 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 7


5 F Daisy V. Pryor 8 9

           Born: 19 Jun 1892 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Apr 1979 - Fresno Co, CA
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Howard Brown (1890-1964) 8 9
           Marr: 1915 - ? Venango Co, PA


6 F Bernice Pryer

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: [Unk] Crawford (      -      )



General Notes: Husband - John Ford Pryor


Records of the Rockland cemetery record the burial of a John F. Pryer on Sept 22, 1935 and gives his age as 86 years.

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Sources


1 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 70.

2 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 198.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 838.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 1031.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 837.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #9390.

7 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #11307.

8 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 108.

9 Vilena Mae Forker Holliker, "Forker Genealogy" (San Antonio, TX: privately printed, 1976), Pg 21.


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