Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Newcomer and Mary Close




Husband John Newcomer 1 2

           Born: 22 Jan 1809 - German Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1861
         Buried: 


         Father: Jacob Newcomer (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Mary Rennard (      -      ) 2


       Marriage: 



Wife Mary Close 1

            AKA: Marie [Unk] 2
           Born: 14 Jun 1821 - Germany 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 May 1880 1
         Buried: 

   Other Spouse: John Bryan (      -      ) 1 2


Children
1 M John Newcomer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1905
         Buried: 



2 F Eliza Newcomer 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Christopher Aspey (1842-      ) 1
           Marr: 1869 2


3 M David Newcomer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1905
         Buried: 



4 F Elizabeth Newcomer 1 3

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Francis Hough (      -      ) 1 3


5 M Joseph Newcomer 1 2

           Born: 25 Jun 1854 - Perry Twp, Fayette Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1918
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Annetta Mehrling (      -      ) 2 4
           Marr: 31 Dec 1873 4


6 M Jacob S. Newcomer 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1905
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - John Newcomer


He was born in German township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and subsequently moved to Perry township, where he passed his entire life as a farmer. He was a Democrat in politics.


General Notes: Wife - Mary Close


She was born in Germany and brought to the United States at eight years of age. [HWC 1906 iii, 199]
She was a native of Germany, and came to America from there when but fifteen years of age with her mother and stepfather, a man by the name of Kloss. [ONW, 815]

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 199.

2 Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vols. III & IV (New York, NY: The American Historical Society, Inc., 1918), Pg 815.

3 Scott Lee Boyd, The Boyd Family (Santa Barbara, CA: Self-published, 1935), Pg 260.

4 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 200.


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