John L. Pugh ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1851 in Trefeglwys, MGY, Wales, GBR. ² The 1851 Wales Census recorded John Pugh, carpenter, 48, living with wife Ann, 42; John, 14; Thomas, 10; Sarah, 7; and Jane, 3.

2. Census in 1860 in Adams, Berkshire, MA. ³ The 1860 census recorded John Pugh, 49, living with wife Ann, 47; Ann, 18; Jane, 16; Sarah, 13; Thos, 9; and John Walton, 28. The Pughs were born in Wales.

3. Massachusetts State Census census in 1865 in Adams, Berkshire, MA. ⁴ The 1865 Massachusetts State Census recorded John Pugh, 54, living with wife Ann; daughters Ann Chandler, 23; Jane Beecher, 21; and Sarah Pugh, 18; and son Thomas G. Pugh, 15. All were born in North Wales. Also in the home are two sons-in-law: D. W. Chandler, 24, New York; and John Beecher, 24, Germany.

4. Census in 1870 in Taylor Twp., Cambria, PA. ⁵ The 1870 census listed the household of John Bueher (handwriting appears like Beecher however), 31, born in Württemberg (Germany) living with wife Jane, 26, born in Wales; Mary, 4, born in Pennsylvania; father-in-law John Pugh, 59 and his son Thomas Pugh, 17, both born in Wales. The post office was Johnstown, Pa.

5. Census in 1880 in Woodvale, Cambria, PA. ¹ The 1800 census recorded Jane A. Beecher, 36, born in Wales, living as a widow with her children: Mary A., 14, born in Massachusetts; and two born in Pennsylvania: John B., 7; and Harry C., 5. The children's father was born in Wertemburg (Germany). They are all living in the home of John Pugh, 69. He and his parents were from Wales.

John married Ann. (Ann was born about 1813 in Trefeglwys, MGY, Wales, GBR ⁴ and died before 1870.)