Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Dr. George Washington Delo and Sophia Wheaton




Husband Dr. George Washington Delo 1

           Born: 14 Mar 1824 - Beaver Twp, Clarion Co, PA 1
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         Father: Daniel Delo (1799-1877) 2
         Mother: Christiana Loughner (Abt 1807-Abt 1877) 3


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Wife Sophia Wheaton 1

           Born:  - New Jersey
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           Died: Bef 1913
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         Father: Charles Wheaton (      -      ) 1
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Children
1 M C. A. Delo 1

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2 M William R. Delo 1

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           Died: 1910 - Indiana 1
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         Spouse: Sadie Adams (      -Aft 1913) 1


3 M John A. Delo 1

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4 F Mary E. Delo 1

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         Spouse: Benjamin La Belle (      -Bef 1913) 1


5 M Wesley B. Delo 1

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6 F Maria Delo 1

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         Spouse: George Atterbury (      -      ) 1


7 M George Franklin Delo 1

           Born: 14 Mar 1860 - Pennsylvania
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           Died: 25 Jul 1941 - Los Angeles Co, CA
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8 M Joshua H. Delo 1

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9 F Hannah J. Delo 1

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         Spouse: L. B. Cooper (      -      ) 1



General Notes: Husband - Dr. George Washington Delo


He and his wife had a fam­ily of thirteen children; three died in infancy.

He was a car­penter in his early manhood, later he studied medicine. He taught school for several winters. For some years he lived in the oil­field of Oil Creek, Pennsylvania; then in Clarion county. In 1857 he moved to Elk­hart, Indiana, thence to northern Alabama, where he practiced medicine in connection with agricultural pursuits. The Kuklux sent him several death notices. He finally sold out his plantation at a sacrifice and moved to a farm joining the city line of Springfield, Mis­souri, where he prospered, and even into his late ninties was a well preserved man, physically and mentally, and had a compe­tence for his old age. He and his wife held membership in the Lutheran and Methodist Episcopal churches in their changes of resi­dence. He was a Prohibitionist.


General Notes: Wife - Sophia Wheaton


She was a na­tive of New Jersey, and came to Pennsylvania when she was four years old. She died aged eighty-two years.

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Sources


1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 245.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 243.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 246.


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