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Samuel FARQUHAR

Samuel FARQUHAR

Male 1772 - 1839  (66 years)

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  • Name Samuel FARQUHAR 
    Birth 22 Nov 1772  Pipe Creek Monthly Meeting, Frederick Co., MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • 1772, 9m, 22d
    Gender Male 
    Note
    • Notes for SAMUEL FARQUHAR:
      As told by Franklin Smith Farquhar

      Uncle Samuel had gone to Ohio, to visit his brother William who had migrated there from Maryland. Returning, Samuel came by the way of the present site of Oil City. He found oil flowing from the ground. Securing some in a bottle he brought it home as a curiosity to show to the neighbors; eventually to use some of it in an old oil-wick lamp. It proved a success as illuminating fluid.

      Uncle Samuel was a giant of a man. He was over six feet tall, weighed 250 pounds and was strong as an ox. He could lift a 500-pound weight over his head with ease. On one occasion, while on a return trip for Philadelphia, (to which place they had gone to haul their produce) the outfit was held up by highwaymen. In the onslaught that followed, her Uncle Samuel picked up the leader of the gang and hurled him over the hillside. The victim struck a tree and broke his neck. The rest of the highwaymen fled.
    Death May 1839  Columbiana Co., OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Person ID I5069  MM
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2017 

    Father Allen FARQUHAR,   b. Abt 1720, IRELAND Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Dec 1800, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Sarah Jane MOORE,   b. 1733   d. 4 Jul 1829 (Age 96 years) 
    Family ID F438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Leah DAVIS 
    Marriage 1797  [1
    Family ID F29  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 22 Nov 1772 - Pipe Creek Monthly Meeting, Frederick Co., MD Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - May 1839 - Columbiana Co., OH Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S99] Walter Moore Family File, 99.

    2. [S97] American Quaker Genealogy, (Edwards Brothers, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1936), Vol VI, p.490, 97.

    3. [S98] Descendants of Allen Farquhar, 98.