1Rita (wojskim at hughstech.net (4/22/99)).
lists him b. 30 Jan 1987 in Chestnut Hill, North Hampton Co., Pennsylvannia;
d. 11 Sep 1869 in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvannia; md Lydia Stroh who was born 22 Nov 1796 and died 9 Apr 1883 in Wilkes-Barre; abt 184 he moved to the Matthias Hollenback farm near Pittston, Pennsylvannia; Census 1830, Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co, PA.2JB Stephens ©1912, The History of Newton and Ransom
Townships, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/dbwholepdfs/28755688_whole.pdf, pg 211, 212.
"Petty came from Connecticut about 1804 and settled in Monroe county, Pennsylvania. Several years later he moved to Luzerne county and lived on a farm near Wilkes-Barre. Later he1843 he moved to South Wilkes-Barre and purchased a grist joill which he ran until about four years before his, death. when he returned to Wilkes-Barre. Here he died about 1866, aged 82 years. While he was living in Monroe county, he was married to Miss Lydia Stroh. She died in 1883, aged 86 years. Her parents came from GermanV. Mr. and Mrs. Petty had four children: Peter, born April 1, 1816 and died Nov. 16, 1874; Levi, born 1818 and died in Colorado: Naomi Wagner, born in 1q21 and died 1904; Mathias born in Wilkes-Barre in 1830 and died at Berwick in February 1908."
1Rita (wojskim at hughstech.net (4/22/99)).
lists him b. Coxton,,Pennslyvania; farmer; possible alt. mg date for Matthias & Mary is 19 Dec 1860 in Pennsylvania; resided in Salem township for 9 years, later resided in Briar Creek, Columbia Co; had 10 children
Hattie (Mrs. James Smith)
Amy
Samuel M.
William
Charles
Margaret
Louise
Edith
Emily.
1Rita (wojskim at hughstech.net (4/22/99)).
farmer, PO Berwick; was borm 26 Apr 1865 in South Wilkes-Barre; son of Matthias and Mary (Pell) Petty. His paternal grandfather, William, a native of Germany, was an early settler of South Wilkes-Barre, and erected the grist mill now operated by Morris & Walsh. His wife was Lydia Stroh, by whom he had 4 children...
also gives website: www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/luzerne.htm
1Rita (wojskim at hughstech.net (4/22/99)).
1850 Census: Pittston Township, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania.2JB Stephens ©1912, The History of Newton and Ransom
Townships, http://www.libraries.psu.edu/do/dbwholepdfs/28755688_whole.pdf, pg 211, 212.
"Peter Petty was born in Monroe county, April 1, 1816 and came to Luzerne county when a boy with i.'s parents. He was married in 1837 to Miss Sarah, daughter of Christian and Sarah (Stoekel) Nagle of Northampton county. Mrs. Petty was born March 7, 1819 in Hanover township and died Nov. 19, 1896 in Milwaukie. Mr. and Mrs.. Petty moved from Pittston to in Milwaukie in 1852, where they purchased the farmn now owned by their son, Milton. They were the parents of eight children, namely: .Jennie, born Sept. 17, 1838 and died Nov. 1, 1882: Sarah Ann, born Dec. 29, 1839 and married N. G. Reed and lives in Milwaukie; William J., born Feb. 20, 1841 and died in August, 1845 at four years of age; Leander, born March 8, 1843 and died in August, 1845, only two or three days after the death of William; Amy A., born Feb. 3, .1846 and married Samuel Decker, and is living in Nicholson with her son, Dr. V. C. Decker; Lydia E., born March 11, 1849 and married Samuel Rose and is living in Worthington, Minn.; Mildred N. and Milton W., (twins), were born June 29, 1859.
Mildred married AWrilliam Klipple and is living in Milwaulkie. Milton is living old the old homestead in Milwaukie."
1Rita (wojskim at hughstech.net (4/22/99)).
reared in Luzerne and Columbia Counties, PA
see also www.rootsweb.com/~paluzern/bios/pbios.htm
began study of medicine in 1883, practiced in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne, PA
md in 1887, had one daughter, Annie.