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Note for:   James Harrison LAVERTY,   15 SEP 1843 - 21 JUL 1926         Index

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Burial:   
     Date:   1926
     Place:   Neodesha Cemetery, Neodesha, Wilson County, Kansas

Note:   [McNutt6.FTW]

Struck oil Became wealthy with 2nd wife. Came to Neodesha 1878. Army of
the Cumberland. He was 5'6 1/2 ", fair complexion, Auburn hair, and Blue
eyes. Enlisted Armiesburg, IN. 20-SEP-1861. Lr. Neodesha,Wilson,KS.
Lived on a farm northwest of Neodesha for 12 years, then bought property
at third and Wisconsin streets in Neodesha.Kept and bred fine horses. Was
a Mason in early life. Was never sued or had anyone sue him. Had money
from oil.

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Note for:   James LAVERTY,   19 NOV 1785 - 10 AUG 1861         Index

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Burial:   
     Date:   1861
     Place:   Miller Cemetery, Liberty Township, Parke County, Indiana

Note:   [McNutt6.FTW]

James Laverty was one of eight children, the others being Alexander,
Samuel, John, Polly, Mary, Rachel and Margaret. They all removed to
Indiana about the same time, where they settled and made homes for
themselves. James and Margaret (Guffey) Laverty, the former a native of
Pennsylvania, who removed to Kentucky and later to Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, in 1803, on the site of which city he assisted in erecting
the first buildings. Mother Jane and son James then went onto Pickaway
County, Ohio in 1812. After James fought in the War of 1812, in the
winter of 1817-18 he came by wagon to Parke County with his mother Jane,
settling on sixty acres on section 25, which he obtained of his brother
John, who, with another brother, Samuel, had come to the State a year
earlier and entered land. In 1850, James, son James Harrison Laverty,
and a Mary A. Laverty were all living with the family of Rebecca and
Jackson Bryant in Parke County, Indiana. See Margaret Guffey Laverty.

1803: Franklin County, Ohio, Court of Common pleas order BKI 1816
1812: Fought in War of 1812
1812; Mother Jane and son James went to Pickaway County, Ohio.
1817-1818: Mother Jane and son James went to Parke County, Indiana.
Settled on 10 acres on Sec 25, which he got from his brother John who
with another brother Samuel came to the state a year earlier.
1850: Living in Park Co. Indiana with Rebecca and Jackson Bryant family,
including James H. & Mary A. Laverty.

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Note for:   Margaret GUFFEY,   22 MAR 1786 -          Index

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Note:   [McNutt6.FTW]

born in Pennsylvania and was a daughter of Henry and Margaret (McDowell)
Guffey. The former was a Captain in the War of 1812, in which he did
valuable service. He was killed while plowing on his farm in
Pennsylvania, though he had his gun strapped to the plow, being shot by
Indians in ambush. The Guffey family who are of Scotch descent, come from
an old and thoroughly respected clan in the land of Burns. Our subject's
father had accumulated four hundred acres of land, having lived in the
West for ten or fifteen years, but lost his property before his death.

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Note for:   Isaac LAVERTY,   23 OCT 1750 - 1793         Index

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Occupation:   
     Place:   Planter

Burial:   
     Place:   Miller Cemetery, Parke County, Liberty Township, Indiana

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Note for:   Indiana [Twin] LAVERTY,   6 APR 1820 -          Index

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Burial:   
     Place:   Miller Cemetery, Liberty Township, Parke County, Indiana

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Note for:   Louisiana [Twin] LAVERTY,   6 APR 1820 - 18 DEC 1841         Index

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Burial:   
     Place:   Miller Cemetery, Liberty Township, Parke County, Indiana

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Note for:   Aquilla LAVERTY,   3 OCT 1822 - 30 NOV 1896         Index

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Burial:   
     Date:   1896
     Place:   Wabash Township, Parke County, Indiana

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