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Source:
Pioneer Period and Pioneer People of
Fairfield Co., Ohio.
by C. M. L. Wiseman
Publ. F. J.
Heer Printing Co., Columbus, O. 1901
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
PIONEER FAMILIES
pg. 70
SOME BIRTH,
MARRIAGE AND DEATH RECORDS OF THE STURGEON,
WILSON AND LATTA FAMILIES,
ONCE VERY PROMINENT IN LANCASTER.
STURGEON
MARRIAGES
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THOMAS
STURGEON
and Jane McEwen were married
November 1, 1796.
Effa Sturgeon and Dr. James Wilson were married
July 5, 1814 |
BIRTHS.
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Thomas Sturgeon, born February 2, 1772.
Jane McEwen, born April 11, 1774.
[Both came from Dauphin County, Penn., in 1800]
Effia Sturgeon, born January 3, 1798
Richland McEwen Sturgeon, born Jan. 1, 1800.
Jane Maria Sturgeon, born April 17, 1802.
Robert Sturgeon, born Mar. 29, 1805.
Brice J. Sterret
Sturgeon, born Dec. 5, 1810.
Timothy Sturgeon, born October 29, 1812. |
DEATHS
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Jane Maria Sturgeon, died January 25,
1822.
Timothy Sturgeon, died June 10, 1823.
Robert McEwen Sturgeon, died March 11, 1827.
Thomas
Sturgeon, died January 19, 1828.
Jane McEwen
Sturgeon, died November 9, 1843.
Brice J. Sterret Sturgeon, died November 10, 1843.
Thomas Sturgeon |
Thomas
Sturgeon, whose family makes this record, was an
uncle of the present Thomas Sturgeon. He
kept tavern until 1824 in the old brick house, now
occupied in part by Dr. Silbaugh. Brice J.
Sterret, whose name appears, must have been a
relative. He owned the section of land east of
Maple street. He returned to Pennsylvania in 1820
and died there.
WILSON
[RECORDS FROM DR. JAMES WILSON'S BIBLE]
BIRTHS:
James Wilson,
born September 25, 1780, in Loudon County,
Virginia.
Effia Wilson, born January 3, 1798,
Pennsylvania, Dauphin County.
Maria Elizabeth Wilson, born September 2, 1815,
3 p.m.
Jane Amanda Wilson, born January 22, 1821, at 10
p.m.
James S. Wilson, born March 14, 1823, 6 p.m. |
DEATHS:
John
Alexander Wilson departed this life
August 25, A. D. 1820, aged 1 year, 7
months, 18 days.
Jane Amanda Wilson departed this life May 31,
1822, aged 1 year, 4 months and 9 days.
Dr. James Wilson departed this life September
28, 1823, aged 43 years and 2 days.
Maria E. Bull departed this life June 11, 1837.
James Wilson departed this life October 26,
1849. |
MARRIAGES:
Dr. James
Wilson was married to Effia Sturgeon,
July 5, 1814.
Maria E. Wilson was married to George F. Bull,
January 3, 1836.
Dr. James Wilson died in the prime of life.
But he had achieved a reputation and was one
of the leading citizens of Lancaster long
before the date of his death. His
daughter, Maria, was an accomplished
woman, and died about one year after her
marriage to George F. Bull.
John Latta was born September 9, 1783, in Westfield
county, Ohio.
Jane Latta was born January 17, 1828, at 9 p.m.,
Lancaster, Ohio.
Elizabeth T. Smith was born August 3, 1829.
John Latta was a descendant of William Latta,
of Revolutionary fame, who took his Bible
and gun and went into the Revolutionary war
and fought and preached. This bit of
history was given me by a member of his
family.
John Lattaq was one of the distinguished
old-time merchants of Lancaster, a man of
character and ability. |
LATTA
BIRTHS:
Born on
Saturday morning at 6½
o'clock, January 31, 1852, John Latta,
son of Wm. and Elizabeth T. Latta.
Born on Tuesday evening, January 24, 1854, at 8½
o'clock, James White Latta, son of
William and Elizabeth T. Latta.
Born on Tuesday evening, August 17, 1858, at 10¾
o'clock, Katharine Latta, daughter of
William and Elizabeth T. Latta.
Born on Wednesday evening, Nov. 21, 1860, at 8¼
o'clock, Elizabeth Latta, daughter of
William and Elizabeth T. Latta.
Born on Friday at 3½ o'clock p.m., September 11,
1868, Morton Brazee Latta, son of
William and Elizabeth T. Latta,
Lancaster, Ohio.
James H. Smith, father of Mrs. E. T. Latta,
was one of a distinguished pioneer family.
He was a merchant in partnership with his
brother-in-law, Tunis Cox. They
married sisters, daughters of the Rev.
William White. Smith died about
the year 1835. His widow married
Joseph Grubb, then a prominent Lancaster
man. |
MARRIAGES:
John
Latta and Effia Wilson were
married December 2, 1824.
William Latta, son of John and Effia Latta,
and Elizabeth Tacy Smith, daughter of
James H. and Elizabeth Smith, were
married December 10, 1850, Lancaster, Ohio. |
DEATHS:
John Latta
died on Sunday, the 8th day of March, 1846,
at 2 P.M.
Effia Latta died July 15, 1828, at 5 A. M.,
Tuesday.
Jane Latta died on Sunday, February 24, 1828.
William Latta died on Friday, the 13th day of
November, 1874, at 6:30 o'clock A. M., aged
49 years, 9 months and 28 days. |
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