Interred18 Nov 1897 in Section G, Lot 75
Ira T.Leech was the informant in burial permit, per SVC burial book #1, 1882-1913, pg.36, line 14
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James Williamson Christy, retired farmer, was born in Salem (now Hempfield) Township, Mercer Co, Penn., October 4, 1807, and is a son of Col. Andrew and Susan (Williamson) Christy. James W. grew to manhood on the old homestead, and at the age of twenty-four he came to Greenville and followed the tanning business about five years. He then traded his interest in the tan-yard for fifty acres of land near Greenville, which he soon afterward sold and purchased 200 acres in Sandy Creek Township, upon which he settled permanently in 1836. On the 20th of December, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary L. Thompson, a native of Salem Township, who bore him the following children: Thompson A. (deceased), Susan, Elizabeth, Emily, Andrew, Alice (deceased), Madison, Cassius C. (deceased) and Velzora. Mrs. Christy died April 16, 1885, in her sixty- seventh year. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, to which denomination her husband also belongs. Politically Mr. Christy is a Republican, but aside from exercising the right of franchise has taken no active part in political affairs. He is one of the few remaining links between the pioneer days and the ever changing present and has been a daily eyewitness for three-quarters of a century of the steady growth and development of his native county.
1888 History of Mercer County
Provided by contributor: Lori Haney (48115562)
Ira T.Leech was the informant in burial permit, per SVC burial book #1, 1882-1913, pg.36, line 14
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James Williamson Christy, retired farmer, was born in Salem (now Hempfield) Township, Mercer Co, Penn., October 4, 1807, and is a son of Col. Andrew and Susan (Williamson) Christy. James W. grew to manhood on the old homestead, and at the age of twenty-four he came to Greenville and followed the tanning business about five years. He then traded his interest in the tan-yard for fifty acres of land near Greenville, which he soon afterward sold and purchased 200 acres in Sandy Creek Township, upon which he settled permanently in 1836. On the 20th of December, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary L. Thompson, a native of Salem Township, who bore him the following children: Thompson A. (deceased), Susan, Elizabeth, Emily, Andrew, Alice (deceased), Madison, Cassius C. (deceased) and Velzora. Mrs. Christy died April 16, 1885, in her sixty- seventh year. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, to which denomination her husband also belongs. Politically Mr. Christy is a Republican, but aside from exercising the right of franchise has taken no active part in political affairs. He is one of the few remaining links between the pioneer days and the ever changing present and has been a daily eyewitness for three-quarters of a century of the steady growth and development of his native county.
1888 History of Mercer County
Provided by contributor: Lori Haney (48115562)
Interred18 Nov 1897 in Section G, Lot 75
Ira T.Leech was the informant in burial permit, per SVC burial book #1, 1882-1913, pg.36, line 14
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James Williamson Christy, retired farmer, was born in Salem (now Hempfield) Township, Mercer Co, Penn., October 4, 1807, and is a son of Col. Andrew and Susan (Williamson) Christy. James W. grew to manhood on the old homestead, and at the age of twenty-four he came to Greenville and followed the tanning business about five years. He then traded his interest in the tan-yard for fifty acres of land near Greenville, which he soon afterward sold and purchased 200 acres in Sandy Creek Township, upon which he settled permanently in 1836. On the 20th of December, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary L. Thompson, a native of Salem Township, who bore him the following children: Thompson A. (deceased), Susan, Elizabeth, Emily, Andrew, Alice (deceased), Madison, Cassius C. (deceased) and Velzora. Mrs. Christy died April 16, 1885, in her sixty- seventh year. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, to which denomination her husband also belongs. Politically Mr. Christy is a Republican, but aside from exercising the right of franchise has taken no active part in political affairs. He is one of the few remaining links between the pioneer days and the ever changing present and has been a daily eyewitness for three-quarters of a century of the steady growth and development of his native county.
1888 History of Mercer County
Provided by contributor: Lori Haney (48115562)
Ira T.Leech was the informant in burial permit, per SVC burial book #1, 1882-1913, pg.36, line 14
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James Williamson Christy, retired farmer, was born in Salem (now Hempfield) Township, Mercer Co, Penn., October 4, 1807, and is a son of Col. Andrew and Susan (Williamson) Christy. James W. grew to manhood on the old homestead, and at the age of twenty-four he came to Greenville and followed the tanning business about five years. He then traded his interest in the tan-yard for fifty acres of land near Greenville, which he soon afterward sold and purchased 200 acres in Sandy Creek Township, upon which he settled permanently in 1836. On the 20th of December, 1838, he was married to Miss Mary L. Thompson, a native of Salem Township, who bore him the following children: Thompson A. (deceased), Susan, Elizabeth, Emily, Andrew, Alice (deceased), Madison, Cassius C. (deceased) and Velzora. Mrs. Christy died April 16, 1885, in her sixty- seventh year. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, to which denomination her husband also belongs. Politically Mr. Christy is a Republican, but aside from exercising the right of franchise has taken no active part in political affairs. He is one of the few remaining links between the pioneer days and the ever changing present and has been a daily eyewitness for three-quarters of a century of the steady growth and development of his native county.
1888 History of Mercer County
Provided by contributor: Lori Haney (48115562)
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