Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Isaac Grier and [Unk] Cooper




Husband Rev. Isaac Grier 1

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           Died: 1815 1
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Wife [Unk] Cooper

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         Father: Rev. Robert Cooper (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Martha Grier 3 4

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         Spouse: Hon. Robert Orr (1786-1876) 3 5 6
           Marr: 1836 4


2 M Hon. Robert Cooper Grier 1 7

           Born: 5 Mar 1794 - Cumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 25 Sep 1870 - ? Philadelphia, PA 1
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         Spouse: Isabella Rose (      -      ) 8
           Marr: 1829 8



General Notes: Husband - Rev. Isaac Grier


He was a Presbyterian minister. In the autumn of 1794, he took charge of the academy at Northumberland, Pennsylvania, having a full complement of scholars. At the same time he taught a grammar school, preached to three congregations, and tilled his own farm for the support of his family. He was a superior Latin and Greek scholar, and a man of remarkable energy of character.

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Sources


1 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 266.

2 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 219.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 508.

4 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 588.

5 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 587.

6 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 311.

7 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 589.

8 —, The Biographical Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania of the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia, PA: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1874), Pg 267.


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