Person:Reuben Sturgeon (1)

Watchers
m. Est 1782
  1. Reuben SturgeonAbt 1783 - 1832
  2. Elizabeth Sturgeon1785 - 1856
  3. _____ SturgeonEst 1787 -
  4. Catherine Sturgeon1790 -
Facts and Events
Name Reuben Sturgeon
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1783 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States
Death? Sep 1832 Monroe, Ohio, United States
References
  1. McCoy, Claudius T. A genealogical history of the Sturgeons of North America. (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1926)
    pp. 163-64.

    'Reuben, ... was born in 1783, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where his father had moved in 1780. He was in the War of 1812. ... He moved to Clarington, Ohio, ...'

    Not mentioned in his father's will, but family tradition is that he married a Catholic and his father disinherited him. Some background on the family tradition is presented on pages 162-63.