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John Adam Pogue

Male 1827 - 1909  (81 years)


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  • Name John Adam Pogue 
    Birth 10 Jun 1827  Mont Alto, Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 30 Mar 1909  Orbisonia, Huntingdon, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1044  forneyclark
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

    Father Henry (Poge) Pogue,   b. 1803, Mt. Pleasant, Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1854, Mont Alto., Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother ELIZABETH "BETSEY" RUTTER,   b. ABT. 1810, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1863 (Age ~ 53 years) 
    Family ID F0085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Barbara Ann Yantz,   b. 1838, Mont Alto, Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Sep 1901, Orbisonia, Huntingdon, PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 2 Feb 1855  Mont Alto, Franklin Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Anna Pogue,   b. ABT. 1856
     2. Henry Clegg (Claiggett?) Pogue,   b. ABT. 1859
     3. Susan Ester Pogue,   b. 1860
     4. John Lincoln Pogue,   b. 1861, Fulton, Huntingdon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1936, Huntingdon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
     5. Samuel Walker Pogue,   b. 1862, Huntingdon, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. William Geary Pogue,   b. 9 Oct 1866, PA; lived in Pittsburgh, PA at the time of marriage application Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Howard Luthern Pogue,   b. Mar 1869, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. ABT. 5 Oct 1928, Narberth, Montgomery Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)
     8. Brown "Brownie" Pogue,   b. ABT. 1872, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Jennie M. Pogue,   b. 1875, Huntingdon Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
     10. Ella W. Pogue,   b. ABT. 1878, PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F0337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Mar 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Source:
      George and Becky Leeper
      Clarence "Bud" Walter:
      Names, dates, & places
      John A. Pogue, of Cromwell Township, Huntington County, was born June 10, 1827, in Mt. Alto, Franklin County, son of Henry and Elizabeth (Rutter) Pogue.
      [His grandfather, Robert Pogue, was born in Pennsylvania of German ancestry. He was an iron worker. He died at Mt. Pleasant, Franklin County. During the war of 1812, he enlisted in the American ranks; being stationed most of the time at Lake Erie. He married Eliza Allender; their children were: Andrew, Henry, Frederick, Tiny, and James.]
      John A. Pogue received a common school education and when he was twelve years old, his parents moved to Antietam Iron Works, Maryland, where his father worked three years. Returning to Mt. Alto Iron Works, in Mt. Alto, John A. Pogue served an apprenticeship of three years. In 1853, John went to Bloomary Forge, Hampshire Co., WV, and worked as a foreman two years, then two years in the iron works at Mt. Alto. At that place, in the winter of 1855, he married Barbara N. Yantz, the daughter of Henry and Ester (Howard) Yantz. After marriage, John Pogue, lived two years at Mt. Alto; in 1857, he moved to Carrick Iron Works in Franklin Co., PA, where he remained three years. He resided three years at Valley Forge, and then worked at places in PA and Va until 1888 when he moved to Pittsburgh and there engineered and worked in a machine shop. He was the first to operate the cable cars of Pittsburgh. In April 1894, he came back to Cromwell Township and led a retired life on a farm of 196 acres. He was a Republican and a member of the Methodist Church.

      Source:
      http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/huntingdon/bios/runk/pogue-john-a.txt
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      http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
      http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/huntingdon/
      http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/huntingdon/runk/bios-runk.htm
      Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by JO
      BIO: John A. POGUE, Huntingdon County, PA
      Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley:
      Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry,
      Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative
      Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers. Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M.
      Runk & Co., 1897, page 346.
      JOHN A. POGUE, of Cromwell township, Huntingdon county, was born June 10, 1827, in Mt. Alto, Franklin county, son of Henry and Elizabeth
      (Rutter) Pogue. His grandfather, Robert Pogue, was born in Pennsylvania of German ancestry. He was an iron worker. He died at Mt. Pleasant,
      Franklin county. During the war of 1812 he enlisted in the American ranks, being stationed most of the time at Lake Erie. He married Eliza
      Allender; their children were: Andrew; Henry; Frederick; Tiny; and James. Henry Pogue, son of Robert Pogue, was born in 1803 at Mt.
      Pleasant, Franklin county. He was an iron-worker, and died at Mt. Alto, Franklin county, in 1854. He married Elizabeth Rutter at Mt. Alto; she
      died in 1863. Their children were: Eliza, married John Nunamacher, both deceased; Sarah, married Richard Lily, both deceased; John A.; Solomon;
      Henry; and Nancy (Mrs. William Marshall).
      John A. Pogue received a common school education; when he was twelve years old his parents removed to Antietam Iron Works, Md., where his
      father worked three years. Returning to Mt. Alto, he served an apprenticeship of three years in the Mt. Alto Iron Works. In 1853 he
      went to Bloomery Forge, Hampshire county, W. Va., and worked as foreman two years; then two years in the iron works at Mt. Alton. At that
      place, in the winter of 1855, he married Barbara N., daughter of Henry and Esther (Howard) Yantz. Their children are: Henry C.; Anne (Mrs.
      John Creager); Walker; John L.; Esther (Mrs. Samuel McClure); William G.; Howard L.; Brown; Jennie (Mrs. Henry Lutz); and Ellis. After
      marriage, Mr. Pogue lived two years at Mt. Alto; in 1857 he removed to Carrick Iron Works in Franklin county, and remained three years. He
      resided three years at Valley Forge, and then worked at places in Pennsylvania and Virginia until 1888, when he removed to Pittsburg, and
      there engineered and worked in a machine shop. He was the first to operate the cable cars of Pittsburg. In April, 1894, he came back to
      Cromwell township, and has ever since been leading a retired life on a farm of 196 acres. He is a Republican, and a member of the Methodist
      church.

      Source:
      http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/govdoc/pop_census.html
      Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 1860 Population Census, Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War, Virginia Center for Digital History, University of Virginia ( http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/govdoc/pop_census.html ).
      Family Number Order in House Last Name First Name Age Sex Color Occupation Township
      1009 1 Pogue Solomon 26 Male White Forgeman Metal Tshp.
      1009 2 Pogue Elisabeth 21 Female White Metal Tshp.
      1009 3 Pogue John 2 Male White Metal Tshp.
      1009 4 Pogue George 1 Male White Metal Tshp.
      1009 5 Pogue William Male White Metal Tshp.
      1009 6 Pogue John 25 Male White Forgeman Metal Tshp.
      1012 1 Pogue John 33 Male White Bloomsman Metal Tshp.
      1012 2 Pogue Barbara 22 Female White Metal Tshp.
      1012 3 Pogue Benjamin 9 Male White Metal Tshp.
      1012 4 Pogue Ann 4 Female White Metal Tshp.
      1012 5 Pogue Claiggett 1 Male White Metal Tshp.
      1012 6 Pogue Susan Female White Metal Tshp.
      Showing records 1 to 12 (12 total)

      Source:
      http://www.familysearch.org/
      FamilySearch:
      Marriage and death information

      Source:
      US 1880 Census of Cromwell, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania:
      John W. POGUE Self M Male W 53 PA Engineer PA PA [I believe the middle initial W should be an A]
      Barbara A. POGUE Wife M Female W 43 PA Keeping House PA PA
      Samuel W. POGUE Son S Male W 18 PA Laborer PA PA
      John L. POGUE Son S Male W 16 PA Laborer PA PA
      William G. POGUE Son S Male W 13 PA Laborer PA PA
      Howard L. POGUE Son S Male W 11 PA PA PA
      Brown POGUE Son S Male W 8 PA PA PA
      Janney M. POGUE Dau S Female W 5 PA PA PA
      Ella W. POGUE Dau S Female W 2 PA PA PA



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