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James J Christy

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James J Christy

Birth
Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
Death
16 Aug 1900 (aged 82)
Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Kinsman, Trumbull County, Ohio, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.4496778, Longitude: -80.5883972
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Transcription from Archive.org : http://archive.org/stream/historyoftrumbul02will/historyoftrumbul02wil l_djvu.txt :
"James J. Christy, oldest son of Andrew and Elizabeth Christy, was born in Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 25, 1818. October 24, 1844, was married to Margaret Hunter, daughter of James Hunter, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where she was born November 22, 1822. They have one son and one daughter — Wilbur A., born September 26, 1845, a farmer of Mercer county, Pennsylvania ; and Elizabeth J., February 25, 1847, now the wife of James Jack, of Crawford county. Wilbur was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National guard; served out his term of service, and was mustered out with his regiment in 1864. He married, in 1876, Isa Kinleyside, and has two children, Eleanor S. and Margaret. In 1845 Mr. Christy settled on the place where he now lives, which was originally settled by Joseph McMichael. He has been township trustee several terms; is a member of the United Presbyterian church, of which church, at Jamestown, Pennsylvania, he is still ruling elder. He was formerly a Whig and anti-slavery man, and was active in assisting fugitives."
Transcription from Archive.org : http://archive.org/stream/historyoftrumbul02will/historyoftrumbul02wil l_djvu.txt :
"James J. Christy, oldest son of Andrew and Elizabeth Christy, was born in Kinsman, Trumbull county, Ohio, July 25, 1818. October 24, 1844, was married to Margaret Hunter, daughter of James Hunter, of Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where she was born November 22, 1822. They have one son and one daughter — Wilbur A., born September 26, 1845, a farmer of Mercer county, Pennsylvania ; and Elizabeth J., February 25, 1847, now the wife of James Jack, of Crawford county. Wilbur was a member of the One Hundred and Seventy-first Ohio National guard; served out his term of service, and was mustered out with his regiment in 1864. He married, in 1876, Isa Kinleyside, and has two children, Eleanor S. and Margaret. In 1845 Mr. Christy settled on the place where he now lives, which was originally settled by Joseph McMichael. He has been township trustee several terms; is a member of the United Presbyterian church, of which church, at Jamestown, Pennsylvania, he is still ruling elder. He was formerly a Whig and anti-slavery man, and was active in assisting fugitives."


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