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Jonathan Albaugh
JONATHAN ALBAUGH, farmer, P. O. West Hickory, was born in Jackson township,
Venango Co., Penn., April 22, 1844, and is a son of John P. and Margaret S. (Schenck)
Albaugh, who settled in Hickory township in 1853 on the farm now occupied by
their son Jonathan, a part of which they cleared, and where they lived until
their death. Their children were Elias, Charles, Jonathan, James, William and
Mary. Jonathan Albaugh was reared in Jackson township, and was nine years of
age when he removed with his parents to Hickory township. He has always
followed farming, and occupies the old homestead of seventy acres, a good
share of which he cleared and improved. He was in the Civil war, enlisting
August 11, 1862, in Company G, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteers; was
wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville and was honorably discharged from
the service July 12, 1865. He was twice married, his first wife being
Elizabeth, daughter of Conrad Remsneider, of Lickingville, Clarion Co., Penn.,
and by her had three children: Susan (deceased), Flora A., and Martha E.
(deceased). His second wife was Sarah, daughter of John and Lorinda (Green)
Rhodes, of Forest county, by whom he has two children: Nettie M. and Lydia J.
Mr. Albaugh is a member of the Evangelical Church, and of the G. A. R.; in
politics he is a Republican.Source: Page(s) 942, Chapter 15 Biographical Sketches – Tionesta Township and
Borough of Tionesta
Hickory and Harmony Townships
History of Counties of McKean, Elk and Forest, Pennsylvania.
Chicago, J.H. Beers & Co., 1890.
Transcribed December 2005 by Nathan Zipfel for the Forest County Genealogy
Project
Published 2005 by the Forest County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project
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