Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John Davison and Mrs. Elizabeth "Betsy" Foster




Husband John Davison 1 2

            AKA: John Davidson
           Born: 14 May 1803 - Mercer Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Apr 1875 or 1876 - Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 3
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 4


         Father: Isaac Davison (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Jane Kenney (      -      ) 5


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Eliza Weakley (1810-1853)



Wife Mrs. Elizabeth "Betsy" Foster
3

           Born: 6 Dec 1816
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Apr 1902
         Buried:  - Sunville Cemetery, Sunville, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA 4


         Father: John Foster (Abt 1786-Abt 1867)
         Mother: Hannah [Unk] (Abt 1794-      )




Children
1 F Hanna Salista Davison

            AKA: Hanna C. Davidson 6
           Born: 23 Oct 1858 - Bradleytown, Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 13 Nov 1944 - Warren, Trumbull Co, OH
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John B. Zeigler (1856-1932) 3
           Marr: 7 Jan 1879



General Notes: Husband - John Davison

Plum Twp, Venango Co, PA
He was born in Butler County, PA. [HVC 1890, 1054]
In 1829 they came to Venango County, PA, and purchased two hundred acres of land in Plum township at a cost of three dollars per acre, a large portion of which was well timbered with fine oak. They became among the wealthiest farmers of the township, and were prominent members of the Presbyterian church at Sunville.
All together, he was the father of fourteen children.

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Sources


1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 631.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1054.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1055.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 8, Plum Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 2000), Pg 62.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1075.

6 John A. M. Ziegler, Ph.D., D.D, Ziegler Genealogy (Huntington Park, CA: Glenn Printing Co., 1935), Pg 21.


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