Maj. John Stafford Darragh and Mary Lyon

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Husband Maj. John Stafford Darragh ^{1 2}

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           Born: 16 Jul 1804 - Allegheny Co, PA 3
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         Father: Maj. Robert Darragh (1776-1872) 4 5 6
         Mother: Deborah Hart (      -      ) 2 4

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       Marriage: 1827 7

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Wife Mary Lyon ⁷

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         Father: James Lyon (      -      ) 7
         Mother: Electa Smith (      -      ) 7

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Children

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1 M James Darragh ⁷

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2 M Robert Darragh ⁷

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3 M Thomas Darragh ⁷

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4 M Jesse Darragh ⁷

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5 M George Darragh ⁷

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6 F Anna M. Darragh ⁸

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         Spouse: Capt. Charles B. Hurst (      -1887) 8
           Marr: May 1850 - Rochester, Beaver Co, PA 9

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7 F Louisa Darragh ⁷

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8 F Martha Darragh ⁷

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. John Stafford Darragh

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He was reared in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, where he obtained his schooling, and early in life worked in his father's store and also carried on business for himself for about twenty years, as a merchant. From 1836 to 1837 he was collector for the canal company. He then embarked in business in company with his brothers and conducted a general store at Sharon; also erected a foundry and machine shop. In 1844 he sold out his entire interest to his brothers, and built a steamboat called the "Gondolier." The boat was run with a good profit to the owner until 1848, when she sunk. He was then appointed mail agent on the Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, having been the first mail agent appointed on that railroad, and was afterward assistant treasurer for all express transfer at Pittsburgh. He next went on a steamboat as clerk, for eighteen months. In 1860 he was elected county treasurer and served one term. He served two years in the pension department at Washington. He was for many years president of the Big Beaver Bridge Company; was a prominent member of the I. O. O. F. and a Republican. He served seven years as major of militia.
He was a member of the Methodist Episco-pal church for more than half a century.

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General Notes: Wife - Mary Lyon

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Her grandfather was killed by the Indians in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Her father and his brother were taken, when children, by the Indians, and carried to Ohio, where they were afterward exchanged.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 507, 761.

2 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 229.

3 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 761.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 118.

5 Rev. Joseph A. Bausman, A.M, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1904), Pg 228.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 251.

7 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 762.

8 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 669, 762.

9 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 669.