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Marriages Gleaned from the Pittsburgh Christian Advocate 1834 MARRIAGES 1834 – 1855 gleaned from The Pittsburgh Christian Advocate published by Archives & History Ministry Team Western Pennsylvania Conference The United Methodist Church 2000 Library of Congress Control Number: 99-85901 All rights reserved Reprint 2017 INTRODUCTION The Pittsburgh Conference Journal began publication February 1, 1834. On October 28, 1840 the name was changed to The Pittsburgh Christian Advocate. It continued for ninety-eight years until, having become a casualty of the depression, it was merged with The New York Christian Advocate. Throughout its history The Pittsburgh Christian Advocate was published in Pittsburgh. During the entire time it served all the territory of the original Pittsburgh Conference, thus serving Erie, North-East Ohio, West Virginia and Pittsburgh Conferences. The publication started with a circulation of about 700, costing $2.00 per annum. It consisted of four pages, 13” x 21” in size. By 1835 circulation had risen to 1,900. Before 1850 the number of pages was increased to eight. In 1912 circulation reached 42,986. At that time the format had been changed to 32 pages, 9” x 12”. It was what the prospectus had said it would be “a religious newspaper, containing a review of literary and scientific improvements, reporting progress and needs of religious institutions within our section of the United States”. It often included a sketch of foreign as well as domestic news. The Advocate maintained a file of its issues. This file was bound and consists of sixty large volumes, containing 5,114 weekly issues. It is a valuable documentary record of Methodist life and work in the Pittsburgh area from 1834 to 1932. These volumes are now in the custody of the General Commission on Archives and History at Drew University, Madison, New Jersey. In 1962 the entire file was microfilmed by the Board of Microtext of the American Theological Library Association. Various libraries own microfilmed copies. The marriages listed in this volume were abstracted from the microfilm copy at Pelletier Library, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. All pertinent data have been included for some 4,715 marriages. They include all available records from 1834 through 1855. These issues were missing from our microfilm. Every effort is being made to locate them. 1834 - May 17 & 24, July 26, and December 4; 1835 - April 23, May 28, September 10 and December 10; 1836 - October 20 and November 3; 1837 - March 9 and December 28; 1838 - July 12 and October 25; 1839 - January 24 through March 14, April 11 and May 9; 1840 - pages only from October 1 & 8 and December 16; 1844 - June 26 1845 - pages only from August 13; 1855 - no marriages listed for April 3. Helen G. Clear, Conference Historian 851 Route 68 New Brighton, PA 15066 [email protected] This Page Is Blank ABDILL, JOHN to PHILIA ANNE ST. JOHNS, both of Allegheny on 2 December 1846 by Rev. S. G. J. Worthington. [9 December 1846] ABRAHAM, DANIEL to EMILY BARRETT, both of Jefferson City, Ohio on 14 March 1848 by Rev. S. Longden. [5 April 1848] ABRAHAM, DANIEL M. of Jefferson Co., Ohio to SUSAN McCLURE of Allegheny Co., Pa. on 2 March 1854 by Rev. D. A. McCready. [14 March 1854] ABRAHAM, JAMES S. of Steubenville, Jefferson Co., Ohio to LUCINDA CLARK of Minerva, Stark Co., Ohio on 12 December 1844 by Rev. D. L. Dempsey. [8 January 1845] ACKERS, WILSON L. of Carrollton, Ohio to CAROLINE RHEY, daughter of John Rhey of Pittsburgh, Pa. on 7 December 1843 by Rev. Charles Cooke. [20 December 1843] ACKLEY, ANDREW to Miss _____ SARBER on 18 June 1837 by Rev. Wesley Kenney, both of Allegheny. [29 June 1837] ACKLIN, JOHN to HANNAH REBECCA JACOBS on 14 October 1841 by Rev. S. B. Dunlap, both of Bellvernon, Fayette Co., Pa. [3 November 1841] ACTON, THOMAS to NANCY BLACKFORD on 4 August 1853 in Chartiers by Rev. C. Morrison. [30 August 1853] ADAMS, DAWSON to N. LEDWITH on 8 December 1836 by Rev. J. Phillips, all of Waynesburgh, Greene Co., Pa. [29 December 1836] ADAMS, EPHRAIM H. to ALMIRA B. CHRISTLEY on 1 May 1849 by Rev. T. Benn. [20 June 1849] ADAMS, JAMES, Jr. of Pittsburgh to HANNAH JONES McMINN on 6 May 1834 in Philadelphia by Rev. G. T. Bedell. [31 May 1834] ADAMS, JOHN, formerly of Wellsburgh, Va. to REBECCA CAMPBELL of Allegheny on 30 October 1851 by Rev. R. J. White. [18 November 1851] ADAMS, JOHN of Pittsburgh to SUSAN S. B. BIGGS of Allegheny City, Pa. on 3 August 1854 by Rev. J. D. Knox. [15 August 1854] ADAMS, JOHN of Michigan to CATHARINE S. WARD of Auburn, Geauga Co., Ohio on 22 October 1854 by Rev. Benjamin Excell. [31 October 1854] ADAMS, JOSIAH, Rev. of Pittsburgh Conference to SARAH ANN FORD, daughter of Hugh C. Ford of Fayette Co., Pa. on 9 May 1843 by Rev. S. Wakefield. [17 May 1843] 1 ADAMS, JOSIAH of Franklin, Venango Co. to ANN ELIZA DAFT, third daughter of T. Daft of Pitt Township on 18 September 1845 by Rev. A. M. Bryant. [24 September 1845] ADAMS, MATTHEW B. to MARGARET A. McKINNEY both of Harrison Co., Ohio on 1 January 1853 by Rev. J. M. Bray. [18 January 1853] ADAMS, RICHARD to CATHARINE NUNEMAKER both of Brooke Co., Va. on 9 October 1851 by Rev. H. Snyder. [28 October 1851] ADAMS, WILLIAM of Wellsburg, Va. to SUSANNA C. FONDERSMITH of Pittsburgh on 12 October 1848 by Rev. W. Cox. [Issue not given] ADKINS, SPENCER to CAROLINE GLOVER, both of Mason Co., Va., on 21 October 1852 by Rev. W. L. Hindman. [30 November 1852] AIKINS, JAMES to CATHARINE HOEY, both of Beaver Co., Pa., on 5 December 1850 by Rev. J. Dillon. [25 December 1850] AIKINS, WILLIAM to NANCY DAUGHERTY, both of West Middleton, Washington Co., Pa., on 2 May 1843 by Rev. C. E. Weirich. [14 June 1843] AIRS, EDWARD of Harrison Co., Va. to CHRISTIANA STADER of Lewis Co., Va. on 3 March 1842 by Rev. C. Foster. [30 March 1842] AIRS, JOSEPHUS to MARIA CONNELLY, both of Fayette Co., Pa., on 16 January 1851 by Rev. J. F. Nessly. [4 February 1851] AKERS, WATSON to MARY A. ANSTRAW on 27 September 1855 by Rev. J. McCarty. [4 December 1855] ALBAUGH, LEONARD M. to ELEANOR SCARLOTT, both of Jefferson Co., Ohio, on 10 March 1853 by Rev. M. W. Dallas. [22 March 1853] ALBERTSON, GARRETT to MARGARET J. McFALL, daughter of Charles McFall formerly of Brownsville, Pa., on 27 August 1854 by Rev. J. W. Flowers in Peoria, Ill. [12 September 1854] ALBRIGHT, JOHN, Jr. to ELIZABETH CROZIER, both of Belmont Co., Ohio, on 18 September 1845 by Rev. J. Montgomery. [12 November 1845] ALCORN, WILLIAM P. of Mount Jackson to MELISSA POWERS of Beaver Co. on 15 February 1838 by Rev. Z. H. Coston. [22 February 1838] ALDEN, ORLONDO of Louisville, Kentucky to Mrs. SARAH E. TAPLIN of Pittsburgh on 6 August 1842 by Rev. W. Kenney. [10 August 1842] 2 ALDEN, PHILANDER to MARY E. GOULD, both of Washington Co., Ohio, on 15 March 1853 by Rev. J. Phillips. [12 May 1853] ALENT, JAMES to ESTHER ANN BECKET, both of Mahoning Co., Ohio, on 23 December 1852 by Rev. W. N. Gilmore. [11 January 1853] ALEXANDER, J. M. to CATHARINE M. WADDLE, both of New Brighton, Pa., on 2 July 1851 by Rev. J. Dillon. [26 August 1851] ALEXANDER, JOHN to JANE McMILLEN, both of Belmont Co., Ohio, on 1 August 1848 by Rev. J. G. Sansom. [13 September 1848] ALEXANDER, THOMAS to SARAH FENTON, both of Greenfield, Pa. on 31 August 1851 by Rev. A. Jackson. [23 September 1851] ALEXANDER, W. of Pittsburgh to MARY WIRE of Harrisburg, Pa. on 25 September 1838 by Rev. S. E. Babcock. [4 October 1838] ALGO, THOMAS, merchant of Monroe Co., Ohio, to SAREPIA PADEN of Tyler Co., Virginia on 11 September 1845 by ?. [1 October 1845] ALLCOTT, WILLIAM to ANNA ARNIDGE, both of Allegheny City, on 17 December 1846 by Rev. C. C. Best. [6 January 1847] ALLEN, GEORGE of Pittsburgh, Pa. to MARY JANE FREEMAN of Allegheny Co., Pa. on 4 December 1851 by Rev. S. Longden. [16 December 1851] ALLEN, ISAAC to SARAH ANN LEMMON, daughter of Rev. Jacob Lemmon, late representative of Hancock Co., Ohio, on 12 May 1846 by Rev. J. J. Cover.[27 May 1846] ALLEN, JACOB to ADALINE McINTIRE of Allegheny City, Pa. on 7 November 1850 by Rev. William Coops. [20 November 1850] ALLEN, JAMES of Allegheny County to ANNE EACRET of Allegheny City on 18 February 1841 by Rev. A. Jackson in Allegheny City. [3 March 1841] ALLEN, JAMES to ELIZABETH JOHNSON, both of Espyville, Crawford Co., Pa. on 1 November 1854 by Rev. J. B. Orwig. [14 November 1854] ALLEN, RICHARD to MARY JANE McBEE, both of Pittsburgh, Pa., on 11 March 1845 by Rev. J. H. White. [19 March 1845] ALLEN, WILLIAM to ELIZA WINTERS, both of Jefferson Co.,Ohio on 25 May 1854 by Rev. William Deveny. [27 June 1854] ALLENDER, JOHN to MARY ANN WICKLES, both of Pittsburgh, on 10 December 1846 by Rev. S. Wakefield. [23 December 1846] 3 ALLEY, JAMES of Kentucky to LAURA E. TEVIS of Pittsburgh on 2 March 1851 by Rev. S. E. Babcock. [11 March 1851] ALLICE, PHILIP to SARAH M. HANDEL, both of Tiltonville, Ohio, on 24 December 1850 by Rev. Z. S. Weller. [7 January 1851] ALLINDER, ABRAHAM to MARY JANE MOORE, both of Pittsburgh, on 27 December 1847 by Rev. W. Cox. [6 January 1848] ALLISON, ENOCH of Hancock Co., Virginia to MARY ANN BARKLEY of Washington Co., Pa. on 21 August 1849 by Rev.
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