Family and Forebears

By the mid-1800's Sewickley, Pennsylvania had grown to be a large village of about 500 inhabitants and wanted to become a Borough.  On April 8, 1853, they presented to the grand jury a petition of a majority of freeholders and a majority of the legal voters that were within "the present limits of the Borough of Sewickley who are desirous of being regularly incorporated as a Borough and forming a

My 3x Great Grandfather Joseph W. Warren was a resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania.  During my research, I found that he was referenced along with my 5x Great Grandfather, Nathan McPherson in the book "The Village of Sewickley" by Franklin Taylor Nevin, published in 1929.  Much to my delight, I was able to find an original copy from an online bookseller a few years ago.

There is a lot of great information in this book and it also includes some valuable information that may interest other genealogists.  I have transcribed the following as it appears in the book.  Hopefully, it helps someone with their research.