Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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John Crawford Dewoody and Agnes A. Henderson




Husband John Crawford Dewoody 1 2

           Born: 15 Apr 1838 - Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1904
         Buried:  - Henderson/Ford Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: Robert Dewoody (Abt 1804-1860) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth McBride (      -Aft 1890) 2


       Marriage: 22 Aug 1866 2



Wife Agnes A. Henderson 2 4

           Born: Apr 1847 4
     Christened: 
           Died: 1915
         Buried:  - Henderson/Ford Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3


         Father: William Henderson (      -      ) 2 5
         Mother: Sarah DuMars (      -      ) 5




Children
1 F Mary A. DeWoody 2 6

           Born: Jun 1868 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Clayton J. Park (      -      ) 2
           Marr: 1888 - ? Venango Co, PA
         Spouse: John Whann (      -      ) 6


2 F Sarah Elizabeth DeWoody 2 6

           Born: 15 Sep 1869 - Pearl, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Dec 1942 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Emlenton Cemetery, Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 7
         Spouse: John Amos Taylor (1861-1955)
           Marr: 29 Aug 1889 - Pearl, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 8


3 F Effa Jane DeWoody 2 6

           Born: 1871 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Charles Heckard (      -      ) 6


4 M William E. DeWoody 2

           Born: Cal 23 Mar 1874
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Aug 1877
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 9
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 F Margaret M. DeWoody 2 6

           Born: Jul 1878 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: J. F. Carroll (      -      ) 6


6 F Myrtle "Cricket" DeWoody 6

            AKA: Myrtie A. DeWoody 2
           Born: Oct 1879 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Kohler (      -      ) 6


7 M Orvil G. DeWoody 2

            AKA: Orval G. DeWoody
           Born: Cal 27 Oct 1881
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Nov 1897
         Buried:  - Henderson/Ford Cemetery, Victory Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


8 M Howard Leroy DeWoody 2 6

           Born: Sep 1885 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Emma C. [Unk] (      -      ) 6



General Notes: Husband - John Crawford Dewoody


According to the cemetery book, he was born in 1840. DR has same.

He was brought up in Sandy Creek, and obtained a fair common school education. By the death of his father he was, at an early age, compelled to assist his mother in the support of the family. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry. He participated in the campaigns of Maryland and Virginia, was under Sheridan at Winchester, and within a short distance of Gettysburg during that memorable engagement. He was also in the battles of Stony Point and Stony Gap, Virginia. After the grand review at Washington, he was discharged, May 29, 1865, and returned to his home.
The family was connected with the Evangelical church of Victory township, in which Mr. Dewoody was Sunday school superintendent. He was secretary of the township school board, and politically a Republican. [HVC 1890, 1037]

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1061.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1037.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 147.

4 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 43.

5 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 26.

6 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 44.

7 Margaret Segui Kahle, Emlenton Cemetery Interments (Emlenton, PA: Self-published, 1977), Pg 101.

8 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #1069.

9 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 98.


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