Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Courtney, Ethelbert O. May 7, 1829 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 326
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Ethelbert O Courtney was born May 7, 1829, on what is 
now the Phillips farm in North Union township, Fayette 
county, Penna, and is a son of Benjamin Courtney and Sarah 
Wilkey Courtney.
    Benjamin Courtney was born in North Union township, and 
was a carpenter by trade but was principally engaged in 
farming.  In 1821 he married Miss Sarah Wilkey, who was born 
in 1798 near New Haven and was a daughter of James Wilkey.   
Mr and Mrs Courtney have six children: Henry Courtney, 
Jackson Courtney, John Courtney, Ethelbert O Courtney, 
William Courtney and Margaret Elizabeth Courtney; all are 
dead except Ethelbert.
    Benjamin Courtney's father, John Courtney, was born in 
the eastern part of the State and came to North Union 
township where he married Elizabeth Carter and engaged in 
farming.  
    Ethelbert O Courtney was reared on a farm, was educated 
in the common schools of North Union and Menallen, and for a 
time was a pupil of Hugh Espy, a prominent teacher of that 
day.
    Mr Courtney married September 15, 1859, Miss Lucinda N 
Foster, daughter of John Foster of North Union, a farmer and 
stock buyer and a member of the Presbyterian church.  Mr and 
Mrs Courtney are the parents of two children: Emily Jane 
Courtney, born August, 1861, married to William Colley of 
Uniontown, and has one child, Ethelbert Colley; James 
William Courtney, born April 9, 1867, and was married to 
Elizabeth Jeffries, daughter of William Jeffries of Menallen 
township.  
    Mr Courtney is a democrat and has voted for every 
democratic candidate since he became a voter.  He has held 
the offices of school director, township auditor, judge of 
election and road supervisor.  He and his wife are members 
of the Presbyterian church at Laurel Hill.  He has made 
farming the business of his life, and owns a good farm in 
Menallen township where he now resides.

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