Joshua Pusey EYRE

1803 - 1872  (68 years)

• Name	Joshua Pusey EYRE
  Born	14 Jul 1803  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	1 Apr 1872	Chester, PA   [1, 2]
  Buried	Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, PA
  Person ID	I386	USA Early
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2015

  
  

  Father	Jonas EYRE,   b. 28 Apr 1767,   d. 21 Mar 1836, Chester, PA  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Susanna PUSEY,   b. 17 Oct 1776,   d. 27 Oct 1841  (Age 65 years)
  Married	11 Nov 1801	Londongrove, PA   [1]
  Family ID	F41	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  ------------------------------------------------- One Hundred Years, The Delaware County National Bank Chester, PA 1814-1914 Joshua Pusey Eyre (1835-39, 51-52, 55-57, 62-63, 1865 to '72), son of Jonas and Susanna (Pusey) Eyre, was born in Chester, July 14, 1803. He was apprenticed to the dry goods trade to Townsend Sharpless, of Philadelphia, and when free returned to Chester, where, in 1824, he established a general store at the southwest corner of James (Third) and Edgmont streets. Later he and his brother, William Eyre, Jr., engaged in the lumber and coal business, at the same time running the packet "Jonas Preston," which made tri-weekly trips between Chester and Philadelphia, conveying passengers and freight.

  
  

• Sources

  [S26] 1904 Pedigree Chart, Broomall, W. B., (Name: Chester, Pennsylvania. W. B. Broomall. 1904.;). [S73] Grave Photo.