So the mystery of William Calender Pewtherer, father of Daniel Porter Pewthers, was solved a couple of years ago, with the finding of some family letters. The man was five times married and lived from one end of the country to the other.
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1-William Calender Pewtherer b. 28 May 1819, Brighton, Beaver, Pennsylvania, USA, d. Abt 1908, of, Polk, Oregon, USA
+Margaret Dawkins m. 10 Nov 1838, Jackson, OH
|--2-Margaret Elenor Pewthers b. 1839, d. Abt 1873, TX
+Elizabeth M. Thorp b. Abt 1825, NJ, m. 19 Aug 1841, Jackson, OH, d. After 1860, <, Jackson, Ohio, USA>
|--2-Elizabeth Jane Pewthers b. Feb 1846, IA, d. 15 Feb 1890, Lick, Jackson, OH
|--2-George W. Pewtherer b. Aug 1847, IL, d. 12 Jan 1928, Salem, Marion, Oregon, USA
|--2-Daniel Porter Pewthers b. 27 Jan 1850, IA, d. 29 Dec 1910, Beaver, Pike, OH
+Mariah Jane Nickell b. 5 May 1833, Jackson, OH, m. Abt 1850, IA, d. 23 Sep 1902, Cowden, Washita, Oklahoma, USA
|--2-Thurman Pewthers b. , IA, d. , Sunset, Montague, TX
|--2-John Wesley Pewthers b. 5 Aug 1851, Collin, TX, d. 31 Dec 1935, Mountain View, Kiowa, OK
|--2-William Y. Pewthers b. 1853, TX
+Sarah Withers b. , Mississippi, USA, m. 9 Dec 1855, Lawrence, Missouri, d. prob Oct 1857, Spring Lake, Scott, MN
|--2-Emmaline Pewtherer b. 29 Jan 1856, Spring Lake, Scott, MN, d. 29 Mar 1946, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, USA
+Lydia Brown Thomas b. 14 Sep 1825, ME, m. 15 Sep 1858, Spring Lake, Scott, MN, d. 7 Sep 1914, Benton, OR
|--2-Huldah Pewtherer b. Abt 1860, Minnesota, USA, d. Bef 1870, Minnesota, USA