Sunday, October 24, 2004

William Peter Darst, continued

William Peter Darst Family
Mr. William Peter Darst and his wife, Christina Renick Darst, came to Perry County when the Maysville Pike was being built. Mr. Darst was a building contractor and was also in the Real Estate business. He helped build the Somerset Court House in 1829. The Darsts had four children: Mary, Sarah, Thomas and William.
Mary lived in Somerset all her life. Sarah married John Gallin, who operated businesses in Somerset - a general store and a music store. Sarah and John had four daughters: Mary, Isabelle, Florence and Margaret.
Mary married John Francis (J. Frank) Scanlon who operated the Men's Clothing Store in Somerset. Isabelle married Al Chalfant, a prominent Perry County farmer. Florence Gallin married William J. Flautt who owned the Dry Goods Store in Somerset. Margaret joined the Convent of the Dominican Sisters in Columbus at St. Mary of the Spring's Motherhouse.
Thomas Darst died as a young man. William H. Darst married Mary A. O'Neill of Zanesville, Ohio. William and Mary had one daughter, Ann Janet. They lived in Zanesville until 1912 when they retired and lived the rest of their lives in Somerset. Janet Darst married Frank D. Scanlon of Somerset in 1917.


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