Anna, married Joseph Young, a gunsmith, and resides in West Virginia. Aaron, now residing in Fayette county ; he married a Miss Work- man. Mary, married John Allen, a far- mer of Fayette county. Martin, a miner of Fayette county, married and has issue. He was a coal miner until his enlistment in a West Virginia regi- ment, serving two years in the Union army, during the war between the states. He then en- tered the employ of the Pittsburgh 8z Lake Erie railroad as brakeman, and after four years service was promoted to the position of conductor. (i) Among those who came at an early day was Samuel Dunn, l)orn in the North of Ireland, who settled in Washington coun- tv, Pennsylvania, where he cleared a farm and lived until his death. CII) Daniel, son of Samuel Dunn, was born in Washington county. He secured a limited ed- ucation in the schools of that period, but in the greater school of actual experience 3i B PEXXSYLVAXIA gained a knowledge and acquired a phy- sique that more than compensated for the loss of advantages. he followed the example of thousands and tens of thousands of his race that ral- lied to the defense of their countr%-"s flag. Sixteenth Regi- ment Pennsylvania \'olunteer Cavaln.-. After the war closed he re- ceived an honorable discharge and returned home. 1868: educated in the public schools and Allegheny College, and now as- sociated in the dr\- goods business with his father. After the flood they moved to Mill Run where he established a store. He introduced several innovations in the county, owning the first two- story house ever built there. FAYETTE COUNTY 321 At the time of his graduation, Rev. (II) John, son of Edward or Edwin Higby, was born 1658, died in 1688. May I, 1679, Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Tread- well, of Fairfield, Connecticut. Children : John ; Ed- ward, of whom further ; Thomas. John was a common name in these Virginia Ed- wards families and there is no doubt but what John Edwards, of Preston county, Virginia, : was a descendant of one of them, but no rec- ord can be found by which he can be definitely traced. A.shbald, served as a private in the Union army during the civil war, dying short- ly after his return from the army. Thomas Jefiferson, married Susan Saylor and died with- out issue; she survives him. He was a Democrat, serving as school director, collector of taxes and poor director. He lived in county Armagh, Ireland, from whence he emigrated to America, landing at Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1734, with wife and seven sons (possibly eight). He married (first), September 26, 1744, Sarah Hall, born 1728, died July 30, 1760; married (second), Ann, daughter of Matthew Clarkson, of Philadelphia ; left issue by both marriages. William, died 1800; a farmer of Chester and Adams counties, Penn- sylvania, later of Augusta county, Virginia ; married (first) ; (second) Catherine, daughter of Samuel Culbertson, of London Grove township, Chester county, Pennsylvania. He made a circuit through the county, preaching here and there, but on the lookout for a good location. He attended the Pleas- ant Valley subscription school, and spent four years in attendance at Merrittstown Academv in Luzerne township, riding three miles to school every day.… continue reading »
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