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Louvena
(Minerd) Hixenbaugh |
Louvena (Minerd) Hixenbaugh was born in 1860 in Dunbar, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of Isaac and Catherine (Smiley) Minerd.
On Oct. 29, 1887, when she was 27 years of age, Louvena entered into matrimony with 31-year-old widower Samuel Hixenbaugh (1856- ? ), a resident of Dunbar.
The wedding ceremony took place in a section of South Connellsville known as New Haven, PA, by the hand of S.G. Smutz, minister of the Free Baptist Church.
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| Samuel's workplace, the Dunbar Furnace |
Samuel's first wife had died less than a year earlier, on Dec. 14, 1886. She may have been Eliza Grim (1860- ? ), and if so, the pair is known to have dwelled in 1880 in Upper Tyrone Township, Fayette County, boarding in the household of Samuel and Nancy Grim. At that time, Samuel earned a living as a coke oven worker, and at times his name was misspelled as "Hicksonbaugh."
At the time of marriage, Samuel earned a living as a laborer at the Dunbar Furnace. He is believed to have brought at least one stepchild into the second union, Dortha Flynn.
The fate of the Hixenbaughs after marriage is unknown.
Presumed stepdaughter Dortha Hixenbaugh (1880-1906) was born on July 23, 1880 in Scottdale, PA. She wed Peter Flynn ( ? - ? ). The Flynns resided in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. Sadly, at the age of 25, Dortha contracted pulmonary tuberculosis. She suffered for a year, and died from its effects at the age of 26 years, four months and one day on Nov. 24, 1906. Burial of the remains was in St. Aloysius Cemetery.
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