John, Don D., -1957

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Death 1957

Biographical notes:

Quaker family of Uwchlan and Shamokin Valley in Pennsylvania.

Reuben John, the twelfth child of Griffith and Ann John, was born in Uwchlan in 1743. He married Lydia Townsend ca. 1768, and, after the death of the latter in 1798, a widow, Jane Yocum. Reuben and Lydia had nine children, viz. Martha (Patty) who married Abia John, Phebe, Townsend, Israel, Pamela (Maly) who married George Brenholts, Robert, Joanna who married Abraham Griffith, Sarah (Sally), who married George F. Janney, and Ann (Nancy) who married Ezra Haines.

From the description of Family papers, 1775-1951. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 30541703

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Subjects:

  • Collectors and collecting
  • Quakers

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  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Kentucky (as recorded)
  • Uwchlan (Pa. : Township) (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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