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Descendants of Thomas Courtwright

Generation No. 3

7. THOMAS³ COURTWRIGHT (JOHN², THOMAS¹) was born 19 June 1824, and died 06 February 1857 ²⁸. He married HESTER "EASTER" "ESTHER" RUSH²⁹ Abt. 1850 ³⁰. She was born 22 March 1833 ³¹, and died 01 November 1904 ³².

Notes for THOMAS COURTWRIGHT:
Greene Co., Pa., Courthouse Records
Will Book 3-226 (Estate 1721) Probate 3-3-1857
2-28-1857
Thomas Cortright
      Widow, Hester Courtwright renunciates her power to Daniel Gallentine as Administrator: Witnessed by Robert Rush
Mentioned in inventory Easter Courtright , 5 a. wgeatm 1 bureau, 1 heifer
                  Eobert Rush, 4 bu. wheat

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Slonaker Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., PA

Thomas Courtwright d. 2-6-1857 33 yr, 7 mo, 18 da

More About THOMAS COURTWRIGHT:
Burial: Slonaker Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa

Notes for HESTER "EASTER" "ESTHER" RUSH:
Hester [Esther] Rush was a sister to Perry Rush, whose son, James Wiley Rush, married Rebecca Courtwright, daughter of James Harvey Courtwright and Sarah Jane Morris.
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Census of Greene Co., Pa.,      1860, Aleppo Twp.

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Easter Courtwright            28      b. Va       Manager of Robert Rush farm
      Emma dau.      9      v. Pa

1880 Census of Greene Co., Pa      Aleppo Twp.
214
Bungard, Isaac            52       Oh Oh Pa      farmer
      Hester            49 wife      WV WV WV
      Anderson            21 son      WV Pa WV
      Wilson            17 son      WV WV WV
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Greene Co., Pa. Record Books
Will Book 10-35 # 6174      Registered 11-9-1904 Written 8-3-1904
      Hester Bungard
      Husband: Isaac Bungard
      Daughter: Emma Jane Moss
      Daughters: Della Benson, Essa Hartzell; and William Henry Bungard
      Will witnessed by: John Hartzell and Isaac Polen
      Wit: John Polen, B. F. "X" (his mark) Chambers
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Tombstone at Slonaker Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa

      Isaac Bungard                  Hester C. Bungard
5-15-1828 8-18-1905            4-3-1831      11-1-1904
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More About HESTER "EASTER" "ESTHER" RUSH:
Burial: Slonaker Cemetery, Aleppo Twp., Greene Co., Pa

Child of THOMAS COURTWRIGHT and HESTER RUSH is:

23.

EMMA JANE⁴ COURTWRIGHT, b. 1851.

8. JOHN "JACKSON"³ COURTWRIGHT (JOHN², THOMAS¹) was born Abt. 1832 in Pa ³³. He married ANNA CHAMBERS. She was born 15 August 1832 in Pa^33,³⁴, and died 04 December 1882 ³⁵.

Notes for JOHN "JACKSON" COURTWRIGHT:
Census of Greene Co., Pa., 1860      Aleppo Twp.
P. O. Ryerson Station, Pa

284/277
      John Courtwright      28      farmer       b. Pa
      Anna            27            b. Pa
      William H.      5            b. Pa
      Mary E.      4            b. Pa

Census of Marshall Co., Wv., 1880      Liberty district.
416            Courtwright
Anne            45 widow keeping house      Va Md Md
Harvey      24 son      laborer            Va Pa Va
Mary             23 dau                  Wv Pa Va
Emma            14 dau                  Wv Pa Va
Albert            13 son                  Wv Pa Va
John            10 son                  Wv Pa Va
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More About JOHN "JACKSON" COURTWRIGHT:
Occupation: 1860, farmer

Children of JOHN COURTWRIGHT and ANNA CHAMBERS are:

24.	i.		WILLIAM HARVEY⁴ COURTWRIGHT, b. Abt. 12 October 1855; d. 18 May 1948, Cameron, Marshall Co., WV.
	ii.		MARY E. COURTWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1856 ³⁶.

Notes for MARY E. COURTWRIGHT:
Note; in the Marshall Co., WV., marriage records > Marriage Book C1, page 461
George Harris and Mary E. Courtwright, both age 27, both from Marshall Co., WV
Married Nov. 28, 1885 by Elder Conrad Fair.

Could this possibly be this Mary E. Courtwright? Needs to be researched further.

	iii.		EMMA COURTWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1866 ³⁷.
	iv.		ALBERT COURTWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1867³⁷.
	v.		JOHN COURTWRIGHT, b. Abt. 1870³⁷.

9. MARY³ GRIFFITH (MARY ELIZABETH² COURTWRIGHT, THOMAS¹) was born 09 August 1824. She married AZARIAH EVANS 03 September 1848 ³⁸. He was born 28 August 1828 in Washington Co., Pa ³⁹, and died 23 September 1888 ⁴⁰.

More About MARY GRIFFITH:
Church: Church of God ⁴¹

Notes for AZARIAH EVANS:
From: Bates History of Greene Co., Pa. 1888 page 563

      AZARIAH EVANS, farmer and stock-grower, was born in Washington County, Penn, August 29, 1828, and is a son of Caleb and Anna [Smalley] Evans. His father was a native of Fayette County, and his mother was born in Washington county. They were of Welsh extraction. His father, a farmer by occupation, came to Greene county in 1839, and in 1841 settled in Aleppo Township, where he died in 1860. He reared a family of fourteen children, twelve of whom grew to be men and women, and eight of the family are still alive and in active life. The subject of this sketch is next to the oldest of those now living and was reared on the home farm, receiving a common school education. Mr. Evans has spent his life as a farmer, having lived in Greene County since he was 13 years of age. He has been very successful, and owns at present a fine farm of 274 acres. He was united in marriage September 3, 1848, with Mary, daughter of William and Elizabeth [Courtwright] Griffith, who were of Irish origin. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have two children living---Elizabeth A., wife of William B. King, and Samuel L., a farmer and stock grower, who married Lucinda, daughter of James and Julianna [Chess] Parson. Mr. and Mrs. Evans have met with well deserved sucess. Both have been very hard workers and noted for their liberality. Mr. Evans' name often appears on the church subscription papers, and he has given liberally both to the church and Sabbath school. Though not a member of any church, he is ever anxious for the success of any church or moral enterprise. His wife is a member of the Church of God. Mr. Evans is a Republican. In 1862 he enlisted in Company A., Eithteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and served until the close of the war, being discharged by general order. Among the engagements he took part was the famous battle of Gettysburg. He was at one time an active member of the Patrons of Husbandry.
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1850 Census of Greene Co., Pa       Aleppo Twp.
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EVANS, Zachary            22
      Mary            25
      Elizabeth            11/12
1870 Census of Greene Co., Pa      Aleppo Twp.
194/194
EVANS, Ezra            41      b. Pa.       farmer
      Mary            46
      Samuel L.            18


More About AZARIAH EVANS:
Military: Co. A., 18th Pa. Cavalry⁴¹
Occupation: farmer⁴¹

Children of MARY GRIFFITH and AZARIAH EVANS are:

25.	i.		ELIZABETH A.⁴ EVANS, b. 1849.
26.	ii.		SAMUEL L. EVANS, b. August 1851, Pa.

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