My Genealogy Hound

JOHN R. VERNER, farmer, post office Groveton, was born in 1826 in Washington county, Pa., son of Adam and Margaret (Reed) Verner, and grandson of Jacob Verner, who immigrated to America in or about 1796; he was by trade a broommaker, and among the first men in this section engaged in that business. Adam Verner was born in 1788, and was among the eldest of the thirteen children born to his parents, eight of whom grew to maturity. He was a blacksmith by trade, and later in life followed farming. John R., our subject, was three years of age when he came to Robinson township, where he was reared, and educated at the common schools. He went on the river when young, which avocation he followed for thirty-eight years, purchasing his present farm of sixty-five acres in 1875. He was married in 1850 to Esther Young, daughter of Capt. John Young, and to them were born eight children: Rachel, Francis, Alfred, John, Andrew W., Oliver N, Samuel Young and Anna; six are now living. The mother of these children died, and Mr. Verner married her sister. The family are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Verner is a republican.