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given at any time, but to derive every advantage from it & could wish him an elegant education especially in French & Spanish. I wish all my wearing apparel, books, Flute, Bureau, and in fact everything I am possessed of may be delivered to John Ormsby Gregg, with the following encumbrances, viz.: Ten Dollars to Mr. Henry Woods & Twenty Dollars to Hugh H. Brackenridge which is all the money I owe unsettled & which I wish paid. Jos. B. Ormsby. New Orleans May 30th, 1803. Witness to the signing of the above. James Huston." |
GREGG.
| 5. Sidney Ormsby (John1), b. Pittsburgh, 1774; d. Pittsburgh; m. Isaac Gregg, who, with their son, laid out the town of Sidneyville in the spring of 1812, on land originally patented to John Ormsby. It was named for Mrs. Gregg and was afterwards absorbed in Birmingham.[1] |
ORMSBY.
| 1. Jane Ormsby (Oliver2 John1), b. 1803; d. Louisville, Ky., 20 July, 1839; m. Pittsburgh, 13 March, 1820, by the Rev. William Richmond, rector Trinity Episcopal church, to Robert Graham Ormsby, originally of co. Sligo, Ireland, later of Louisville, Ky. Issue: | |||||
| 1. Henry Graham Ormsby, b. Louisville, 18 May, 1822; d. Pittsburgh, 1830. | |||||
| 2. Sarah Mahon Ormsby, b. Louisville, 29 February, 1824; m. 23 January, 1845, to Wil- | |||||
- ↑ History of Allegheny County. Phila., L. H. Evarts & Co., p. 140; also Pittsburgh Directory for 1826, p. 9.
