John H. Alcorn and Adelia Van Dresser

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Husband John H. Alcorn ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 May 1828 - Cherrytree Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 28 Mar 1917 - Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried: 30 Mar 1917 - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: John Alcorn (1788-1865) 3 4 5
         Mother: Elizabeth Mitchell (1785-1855) 3 5

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       Marriage: 3 Apr 1855 2

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Wife Adelia Van Dresser ^{1 2}

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           Born: 25 Sep 1837 - Hume, Allegany Co, NY 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Mar 1917 - Wallaceville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA

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Children

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1 F Harriet DeEtta "Etta" Alcorn ²

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            AKA: Ella Alcorn
           Born: 25 Feb 1856 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Sep 1897 2
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John R. Thomas (1852-      ) 2
           Marr: 21 Feb 1878 - Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 6

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2 F Mary Roena Alcorn

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           Born: 25 Dec 1859
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Nov 1944 - Titusville, Crawford Co, PA
         Buried:  - Fairview Cemetery, Pleasantville, Venango Co, PA

         Spouse: Harry Hirst (      -1922) 2
           Marr: 28 Jun 1887 2

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3 F Sylvia Imelda Alcorn ²

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           Born: 4 Mar 1867 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Feb 1947 2
         Buried:  - Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - John H. Alcorn

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He was born May 22. [HVC 1879, 630]
He added the H because his father's name was John - it didn't stand for a middle name.
He was reared on the farm, and received a common school education. He worked on his father's farm until he was twenty-five years old, when he married. He had a farm of 117 acres, in Plum township, Venango County, PA.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 630.

2 Earl Prather, The Alcorn Family in Northwestern Pennsylvania (Self-published, 1997), Pg 6.

3 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 567.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 590.

5 Earl M. Prather, Alcorn Family Genealogy (Centerville, PA: Self-published, 2003), Pg 1.

6 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 244.