1827 - 1909 (81 years)
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Name |
John Adam Pogue |
Birth |
10 Jun 1827 |
Mont Alto, Franklin Co., PA |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
30 Mar 1909 |
Orbisonia, Huntingdon, PA |
Person ID |
I1044 |
forneyclark |
Last Modified |
22 Mar 2024 |
Father |
Henry (Poge) Pogue, b. 1803, Mt. Pleasant, Quincy Twp., Franklin Co., PA d. 1854, Mont Alto., Franklin Co., PA (Age 51 years) |
Mother |
ELIZABETH "BETSEY" RUTTER, b. ABT. 1810, PA d. 1863 (Age ~ 53 years) |
Family ID |
F0085 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Barbara Ann Yantz, b. 1838, Mont Alto, Franklin Co., PA d. 1 Sep 1901, Orbisonia, Huntingdon, PA (Age 63 years) |
Marriage |
2 Feb 1855 |
Mont Alto, Franklin Co., PA |
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 d. 1936, Huntingdon Co., PA (Age 75 years) |
| 5. Samuel Walker Pogue, b. 1862, Huntingdon, PA |
| 6. William Geary Pogue, b. 9 Oct 1866, PA; lived in Pittsburgh, PA at the time of marriage application |
| 7. Howard Luthern Pogue, b. Mar 1869, PA d. ABT. 5 Oct 1928, Narberth, Montgomery Co., PA (Age ~ 59 years) |
| 8. Brown "Brownie" Pogue, b. ABT. 1872, PA |
| 9. Jennie M. Pogue, b. 1875, Huntingdon Co., PA |
| 10. Ella W. Pogue, b. ABT. 1878, PA |
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Family ID |
F0337 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
22 Mar 2024 |
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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:
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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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