H. W. Troy    

H. W. TROY, deceased, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1804, married Elizabeth Hendrickson, born in 1802, and settled in French Creek Township at art early day. They had twelve children, of whom the following are living: Hon. Cyrus, Dr. S. S., Mrs. S. S. Ross and Mrs. William Burns. Those deceased were John, Gideon, Albert, Hiram, Rev. McVey, Martha, Phoebe and Sarah. H. W. Troy died November 28, 1887, and Elizabeth Troy November 4, 1877. Rev. McVey Troy was born November 12, 1846, in French Creek Township. He was educated at Allegheny College, entered the Erie Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in July, 1868, and was first located at Salem City, where he remained one year. The next two years were spent at Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, and following that he was sent to Rockland, Venango County. Here his health failed in one year, and he was compelled to obtain superannuary relations. He died April 15, 1873, at the early age of thirty-six. He was married to Maggie Perrine August 18, 1866. Three children were born to them: Albert E., born April 4, 1868; Orvill M., born April 7, 1870, died October 26, 1877, and Carrie L., born September 19, 1872. Albert E. Troy started the Weekly Tribune at Sandy Lake February 29, 1888. It only lived a few months; was a six column folio and independent in politics.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, page 1067.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com

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