Aaron
Samuel
French
Born in Wadsworth, Medina County, Ohio, United States of America
Ancestors 
Son of Philo French
and Mary (McIntyre) Stearns
Brother of
Philo French, Henry Augustus French, John McIntyre Stearns [half], Lucy Merrill (Stearns) Van Tyne [half], William Leonard Stearns [half], Frank McIntrye Stearns [half], David Edwin Stearns [half], Daniel Merrill Stearns [half] and Charles L. Stearns [half]
Husband of
Caroline Barbara (Skeer) French
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Euphrasia (Terrell) French
— married
1848 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Lucie (French) Retter, Ida Euphrasia (French) Phillips, Clara (French) Kaufman, Philo Nelson French and Mary Adelaide French
Died
at age 79
in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Oct 2018
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Biography
From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
Mr. French was born in Racine, Wisconsin, January 26, 1860, son of Aaron French. When he was two years of age his parents removed to Pittsburgh, where practically his entire life has been spent.
From History of Pittsburgh and Environs:
Aaron French, youngest child of Philo and Mary (McIntyre) French, was born in Wadsworth, Medina county, Ohio, March .23, 1823.Mr. French married (first), in 1848, Euphrasia Terrill, of Liverpool, Medina county, Ohio, who died in 1871. They had children: Lucie, married Carl Retter; Ida, deceased, married William Phillips; Clara, married Charles Kaufman, of Lancaster, Pa.; Philo Nelson, a sketch of whom follows. Mr. French married (second) Caroline B. Skeer, of Chicago, and they had one child, Mary A., who died at the age or eighteen years.
Sources
- Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 1 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 100-101)
- Fleming, George T. History of Pittsburgh and Environs (The American Historical Society, New York and Chicago, 1922, Vol. 4, p. 21-22)
- Find A Grave: Memorial #46546429
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