Nancy (Staley) Hemphill (1840 - 1922)

Born 11 Nov 1840 in Bakerstown, Richland Township, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 7 Apr 1922 at age 81 in Tarentum, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States

Biography

From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

(John W. Hemphill) Aug. 17, 1864, he married Nancy, daughter of James Staley, Sr., of Tarentum;

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill are Elva, John S., James W., Orland and Harry.

From Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

(JOHN W. HEMPHILL) Mr. Hemphill was married, Aug, 11, 1864, to Miss Nancy Staley, daughter of James M. Staley, an Allegheny county pioneer, formerly engaged in the oil and salt business, and in his time one of the most prominent men of Tarentum. Elva N. was educated in Tarentum high school, and is now at home; John S., a graduate of Tarentum high school, and a tailor by trade, engaged in business at Monessen, Pa., and died in December, 1902; James is with the Carnegie steel company, at Duquesne, Pa. ; Orland is employed in Alton, Ill., in one of the largest glass manufacturing establishments in the United States, and Harry H. is with his father, a member of the firm of J. W. Hemphill & Son.

Sources

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, Part 2: p. 661)
• Northwestern Historical Association. Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (Northwest Historical Association., Madison, Wisconsin, 1904, Vol. 2, p. 404-405)
• Find A Grave: Memorial #13951640