Andrew Jackson MORGART ³⁴

  General Notes:

Born to Andrew Jackson Morgart & Rebecca O'Neal, Providence Twp, Bedford Co, PA:
Sarah Ellen, 20 Aug 1860
Rachel S., 24 Feb 1863
Ida Florence, 7 Aug 1868, d. 9 May 1941
Rebecca Jen, 19 Jan 1854Arabelle, 2 Apr 1856
James Henry, 7 May 1858
Catherine Amanda, 8 May 1848
George Washington, 20 Aug 1849
Mary Elizabeth, 20 Sep 1851
William Baltzer, 16 Dec 1865, d. 1 Mar 1924
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Rebecca identified with the Christian Church. Sermon preached at her funeral by Rev. J. Pattien Moore of the Everett Metodist Espiscopal Church.
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Remarks: Andrew J. Morgart (1824)
Jackson Morgart was a much respected farmer of West Providence township, having farmed at the old Morgart homestead.

Rebecca was for several years made her home with the Sponslers, where she died. She was a most Christian woman having professed saving faith in Christ early in life, and identified herself with the Christian church of which she remained till death a consistent member.

Copied from the records of the Family Bible of his Grandmother Morgart.
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Index to Bedford Co, PA, Wills
Andrew J. Morgart, 1870, Bk 5, p 18
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Family Group Sheet: Everett Press Newspaper Copy; Family bible of Mary Morgart, copied by Daniel Halfpenny, in possession of the William Weaverling family, Everett, Penn.; Family record of Emmuel Noggle, Providence, Penn. written in 1842.; Computer File Index; Church Herald, Slate Run, Penn (June 1848); Tombstone inscription, Everett Cemetery, Everett, Penn.; IGI #7802631; Morgart Farm Graveyard Tombstones
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Extracted from the Bedford Gazette 7/2/47. Married Andrew Jackson Morgret to Rebecca O'Neil, both of West Providence Twp.
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1850 Census, West Providence, Bedford, Pennsylvania
119, 124
Jackson Morgert, 26, M, Farmer, Penna
Rebecca Morgert, 28, F, Penna
Catherine Morgert, 2, F, Penna
George Morgert, 1, M, Penna
Jane Chasy, 21, F, Penna
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1870 Census, Bloody Run, West Providence Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania, Pg. 721

118,124
Morgart, Jackson, 46,M,W, Farmer,$4000,$1000,Penna
Rebecca, 46,F,W, Keeping House, Penna
George W., 21,M,W, Farm Laborer,$300, Penna
Mary, 19,F,W, At Home, Penna
Rebecca, 17,F,W, At Home, Penna
Arabella, 13,F,W, At Home, Penna
James H., 13,M,W, At Home, Penna
Sarah, 9,F,W, Penna
Rachel, 7,F,W, Penna
William, 5,M,W, Penna
Ida, 2,F,W, Penna
Manspeaker, A., 27,M,W, Farm Laborer, Penna
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IMPORTANT EVENTS, BIOGRAPHIES, AUTOBIOGRAPHIES:

Andrew Jackson Morgart's Will in Bedford Co. Courthouse Will Book 5 Page 18

July 23 1870

This will was made "while he was sick and weak in body but sound of mind". He willed that his executors sell undivided one half of 230 "sorree" acres in W. Providence Twp. lying in the township adjacent lands of Jos. Weaverling "kerris beris" and others. All of the homeplace containing 166 acres of Meadow (which he was willed from Bolser) lying along turnpike adjacent toll gate to sons George Washington Morgart, James Henry Morgart, William Morgart share and share alike for which they are to keep their mother Rebecca in health and sickness and in all the necessaries of life so long as she remains my widow so that she will be well treated and treated as a mother should be. And to pay to Catharine Amanda Weaverling $100 three years after my death, Mary Elizabeth Morgart $10 when she comes of age, Rebecca Jane $100 when she comes of age, Arabell $100 when she comes of age, and $100 to Ida Florence until she comes of age. George W. and James are to assist their mother to raise the younger children "to be clothed, fed, and schooled" as they are now.

Executors Philip G. Morgart and
Robert Steckman ³¹

Andrew married Rebecca Margaret O'NEAL, daughter of James O'NEAL and Catherine SNAVELY, on 4 Jun 1847 in West Providence Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States ³⁴.^,72 (Rebecca Margaret O'NEAL was born on 4 Mar 1824 in Providence Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States,³¹ died on 29 Apr 1898 in West Providence Twp., Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States ³¹ and was buried in Morgart Family Graveyard, Everett, Bedford, Pennsylvania.)

  Marriage Notes:

Married, Andrew Jackson Morgret to Rebecca O'Neil, both of West Providence Twp.
(Source: Bedford Gazette, July 2, 1847, Carol Eddleman, Bedford County Marriage Record Board, March 25, 2003)