Rev. Essington Kephart and Margaret Dewoody

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Husband Rev. Essington Kephart ^{1 2}

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           Born: 9 Jul 1807 - Huntingdon Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

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         Father: Henry Kephart (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Elizabeth Epley (      -      ) 2

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       Marriage: 26 Jan 1883 3

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   Other Spouse: Mary Ann B. Meiss (      -      ) 4 - 1827 or 1830 3 4

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   Other Spouse: Mrs. Deborah Vincent (      -      ) - 5 May 1886 3

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Wife Margaret Dewoody ^{5 6}

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           Born: 1819 7
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           Died: 23 Jun 1885 7
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         Father: William Dewoody (Abt 1774-1837) 5 8 9
         Mother: Mary Lyon (Abt 1784/1787-1861) 5 9 10

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   Other Spouse: James Griffin (Abt 1816-1880) 5 11

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Essington Kephart

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Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA

He came to Venango County, Pennsylvania, in 1827.
He had a son killed by lightning, July 8th, 1869.
He was a local preacher in the Methodist church, and politically a Republican.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 641.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1026.

3 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 131.

4 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1027.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 676.

6 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 79, 92.

7 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 79.

8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 498, 640.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 9.

10 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 498.

11 Newton Edward Brightwell, DeWoody Records (Baltimore, MD: Gateway Press, Inc., 1989), Pg 92.