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Elizabeth Huston

Thomas Todd Sr. 1

  • Born: 9 Nov 1762, County Down, Ireland 1
  • Marriage: Elizabeth Huston

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

1. Immigration, 1783. 1

2. Moved, 1795, Uniontown, Fayette County, Pennsylvania, USA. 1

3. Book: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, 1889. 1 Thomas Todd Sr was born November 9, 1762, in County Down, Ireland, and came to America in 1783. He married Elizabeth Huston and moved to the vicinity of Uniontown in 1795. Their children were as follows: Hannah Todd, wife of Jesse Ross, born July 3, 1790, died November 1, 1849; Nancy Todd, wife of Richard Barnes, born February 4, 1792; John Todd, in the War of 1812, born March 11, 1794; Martha Todd, wife of Isaac Beal, born January 13, 1797; Phebe Todd, wife of Richard Mills, born December 3,1799; Eliza Todd, wife of Walter Brown, born April 4, 1802, died March, 1872; Mary Todd, wife of Thomas Van Hook, born July 8, 1804, died December 25, 1849; Huston Todd, married Catherine Gadd, born May 16, 1807, died December 26, 1849; Sarah Todd, wife of Joseph Saliday, born August 13, 1809, and Thomas Todd Jr.

 

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    EWING TODD of Brownsville is of Irish descent and was born December 30,
1831, in Redstone township, Fayette county, Penna, and is the son of
Huston Todd and Catherine Gadd Todd.
    The ancestry of Mr Todd's family can be traced back to his paternal
grandfather, Thomas Todd, who was a native of County Down, Ireland.  He
came to the United States in 1785 and settled for a short time at
Wilmington, Delaware, where he was married.  Leaving Wilmington in 1790 he
came to Franklin township where he passed the remainder of his days.  His
death at ninety years of age occurred in 1855.
    He was a noted "sale crier," then called "vendue crier," for which he
was specifically qualified and in which he was wonderfully successful.
    Huston Todd, father, was born in Franklin township in 1807 and died in
Menallen township in December, 1849.  His life was principally spent in
Redstone township as a farmer.  He was a Jackson democrat and was married
to Miss Catherine Gadd of Redstone township, born in 1808 and died in
October, 1882.
    Ewing Todd was raised on a farm and attended the common school until he
was eighteen years of age when he came to Brownsville to learn the trade
of a plasterer.
    For nearly forty years, Mr Todd has worked successfully at his trade and
his services have always been in good demand. 
    He was married in 1860 to Miss Margaret Claybaugh, daughter of Martin
Claybaugh, a blacksmith of Brownsville township.   Their union has been
blessed with nine children, six sons and three daughters: William H Todd;
Lucy Todd; Harry M Todd; Cora Todd; Samuel C Todd; Thomas Todd; Bessie
Todd; Alford Todd and Ewing Todd Jr. 
    He is a good workman, a reliable citizen and is an active member of the
I O O F and is a democrat. 

Note:  Thomas Todd in the 1850 census indicates a Maryland, not a Delaware birth.