. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. ifornia, November 25, 1881; mar-ried Mary Jane Hankins, who died April 12,1885. Children: Rachel, Thomas G. andMary Ann, all deceased. 2. Alexander Conn,or whom further. 3. Rebecca Ann, born Jan-uary 15, 1855, died December 11, 1870. , born January 23. 1857; married Octo-ber 10, 1878, Peter Preston Humbert, a farmernear Little Washington. Pennsylvania; chil-dren: Thomas S., Martha Jane, Joseph A. andElsie May. 5. William Johnson, born Janu-ary 7, i860, a farmer of Franklin Martha Jane, bom June 26, 1862, di
. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. ifornia, November 25, 1881; mar-ried Mary Jane Hankins, who died April 12,1885. Children: Rachel, Thomas G. andMary Ann, all deceased. 2. Alexander Conn,or whom further. 3. Rebecca Ann, born Jan-uary 15, 1855, died December 11, 1870. , born January 23. 1857; married Octo-ber 10, 1878, Peter Preston Humbert, a farmernear Little Washington. Pennsylvania; chil-dren: Thomas S., Martha Jane, Joseph A. andElsie May. 5. William Johnson, born Janu-ary 7, i860, a farmer of Franklin Martha Jane, bom June 26, 1862, died De-cember 28, 1883; married. May 4, 1882. Guth-rie W. Curry, a farmer and banker of Aurora,.\ebra?ka. 7. Jacob Henderson, born January17, 1S65, died July 17, 1883. (V) Alexander Conn, son of Thomas Guth-ridge and Mary (Henderson) Sherrard,was born in Dunbar township, Fayette coun-ty, Pennsylvania, December 28, 1852, in a logcabin now the site of the Juniata mine early life was passed on his fathers farm,and his education was received at the Sandy. I i^ 1^^ ^^i^-^C^ FAYETTE COUNTY 431 Hollow schoolhousc in Dunbar the death of his father the care of thehome fell upon his shoulders, and for twoyears he cultivated the farm, moving in 1877to Dunbar township and purchasing one hun-dred and thirty-seven acres of rich fertile this in 1892 he built a beautiful countryhome and lives there at the present time. Jnpolitics he is a Democrat, and is one of theleading business men of the county. Besidesowning valuable coal lands in Greene andWashington counties, he holds directorshipson the boards of the following institutions:Washington Coal and Coke Company, Wash-ington Run Railroad Company, First Na-tional Bank of Dawson, Union National Bankof West Side, Connellsville; Cochran CoalCompany of Morgantown, West Virginia, andis also director and president of the LittleKanawha Coal Company of West \ irginia. He married, August 26, 1875, Elizabeth(Cooper) P
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