The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of RevDavid Kinnear (1840) . siness; m. Jane Noble; b. 1770, in Fermanagh County, Ireland; 15, 1815, in Allegheny County, Pa. She was an ex-ample of piety and religion. Their children were: i. Hanse Greer; b. 1796, in Fermanagh County, Ire- 74 THE KINNEAR FAMILY land. Elizabeth Hall. He was a wealthy farmer, they weremembers of the Church of England, but later joined theM. E. Church. Their children were: i. John Greer^; who died


The Kinnears and their kin; a memorial volume of history, biography, and genealogy, with revolutionary and civil and Spanish war records; including manuscript of RevDavid Kinnear (1840) . siness; m. Jane Noble; b. 1770, in Fermanagh County, Ireland; 15, 1815, in Allegheny County, Pa. She was an ex-ample of piety and religion. Their children were: i. Hanse Greer; b. 1796, in Fermanagh County, Ire- 74 THE KINNEAR FAMILY land. Elizabeth Hall. He was a wealthy farmer, they weremembers of the Church of England, but later joined theM. E. Church. Their children were: i. John Greer^; who died at the age of James Greer^; who died at the age of Robert Greer^.iv. Mary Ann Greer^.V. Elizabeth Greer\vi. Thomias Greer^ii. John Greer; b. March 28, 1798, in FermanaghCounty, Ireland; m. Nov. 21, 1820, in Mercer County, Pa.(v) Nancy Young^ Their children were: i. William Young Greer; b. April 14, 1822, in Allegheny County, Elizabeth Hall Greer^; b. March 25, 1825, in Mercer County, Simpson Greer; d. April 25, 1829, an Greer\ embarked at Londonderry in 1807, andlanded at New York, thence to Philadelphia, and later toAllegheny County, A VIEW OF YOUNGSVILLE. SHOWING THE OLD BRIDGE AND WADE AND THEIR KIN 75 YOUNGSVILLE. In the spring of 1796, Mathew Young, a Scotchman anda bachelor, pitched his tent on the site of the boroughof Youngsville, and began a career which justly entitledhim to the distinction of bequeathing his name to thebeautiful and prosperous village that sprang up aroundhim. Young lived for many years the life of a taught school, a calling for which he was well adapted,being well educated, and a friend and a general favoriteof children. In 1807 he built the first saw mill, on whatis called the Siggins water power. He died on the 4th ofAugust, 1825, while on a visit to Charles Smith, in Deer-field township, and was brought back in a can(X» andburied in the village cemetery at Youngsville. His re-


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