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James Lafferty Jr.

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Birth	:	1792 Bedford County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death	:	1840 New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	New Vienna IOOF Cemetery, New Vienna, Clinton County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.3284120, -83.6913350
Description	:	James may be buried here in West Union Village Cemetery, Adams County, Ohio From Ohio Centennial History By J. W. Klise Page 366 County of Highland State of Ohio Wesley Lafferty Wesley Lafferty, a substantial farmer of Salem Township, has well earned all his present comforts by a life of labor which has very unpromising beginnings. Even as a lad only tens years of age he knew what hard work was and had to "keep his nose to the grind stone" as the saying is, in order to obtain for himself the ordinary means of livlihood. His father was James Lafferty,... Read More	James may be buried here in West Union Village Cemetery, Adams County, Ohio From Ohio Centennial History By J. W. Klise Page 366 County of Highland State of Ohio Wesley Lafferty Wesley Lafferty, a substantial farmer of Salem Township, has well earned all his present comforts by a life of labor which has very unpromising beginnings. Even as a lad only tens years of age he knew what hard work was and had to "keep his nose to the grind stone" as the saying is, in order to obtain for himself the ordinary means of livlihood. His father was James Lafferty, a shoemaker by trade, who married Mary Snyder and lived for some years at West Union, Ohio, subsequently spending a short time at Lynchburg and then moving to New Vienna where he died about 1840. Shortly after this event, his widow came to Highland County and located in White Oak Township, where a few years later she married John Heckerthorn. With him she spent the remainder of her days and reached the extreme age of over ninety-five years before her death. There were eight children by her first marriage, of whom John, Absalom, Rebecca, Eliza, and Amanda are dead. The three living are William, of Paint, and Quincy of Salem Township, and the subject of this sketch. Margaret and Ella, the only two children by Mrs. Lafferty's second marriage have both passed away. Wesley Lafferty, fifth of the first set of children, was born November 16, 1830, while his parents were living at West Union, Ohio and was still quite young when brought by his widowed mother to Highland County. Even as a child, however he was ambitious to "do for himself" and early conceived a desire to go to work and become a man of independent means. He commenced carrying out this resolve at the age of ten, when most boys are still engaged in playing marbles or robbing birds-nest, and many weary years of drudgery passed before he succeeded in establishing himself on a firm basis. His work was mostly on farms at monthly wages, which were distressingly small at first, but grew better with age and experience, and eventually he felt sufficiently independent to choose a wife. He was married to Mary, daughter of Soloman and Elizabeth Sprinkle, of Highland County, and settled temporarily on a rented farm in Salem Township. By industry and economy he had saved enough money by 1860 to purchase a small place of thirty acres, which has since been increased to 104 acres, and constitutes his present residence. He has farmed and raised stock in the usual way, depending on gradual increases rather than on speculation or fancy schemes of any kind. In this way he has accumulated a comfortable home while rearing and educating his children to be useful men and women. He is a member of the Dunkard Church and his political affiliations have always been with the Democratic party. His six children are Samuel, Henry W., Eliza B., and Lydia, at home; Lieuphenia, wife of Mander Stevens, of Hillsboro; and Clara wife of V. Stroop, of Salem Township. Mrs. Lafferty died in 1892, since which time the childen have been keeping house for their father. http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/highland/biography/l1630001.txt

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James Lafferty Jr.'s memorial is located at: New Vienna IOOF Cemetery, New Vienna, Clinton County, USA.
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James Lafferty Jr. death on 1840 in New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, USA
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Latitude: 39.3284120
Longitude: -83.6913350

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