Hi Shelley, You might want to post this info to the Fayette County, PA., message board if you haven't done so yet. Smithfield is in Fayette. Tink At 07:00 AM 12/11/2009, you wrote: >I've "rescued" an old photograph of Ida Mae PIERCE of East Smithfield, >Pennsylvania which was taken at the Bailey & McCausland Normal School >Gallery in Mansfield, PA. The photograph is dated "Class 1896" with Ida >appearing to be in her teens at the time it was taken. In addition to her >name and the date, someone has written "Wayside Inn" on the back of the >photograph as well. > >Based on limited research I was able to gather the following information >regarding Ida Mae and her family: > >Ida PIERCE b. 26 Feb 1876 in Smithfield Township, PA to parents Walter >PIERCE (b. 3 Oct 1834 in PA) and Lorancy T. CARPENTER (b. 5 Dec 1836 in >Hamilton, NY). The couple had 4 children including, George W.; Stanley E.; >Jesse; and Ida M. PIERCE all born in PA between 1860 and 1876. > >Ida married Ellsworth COEYMAN (b. abt 1874 in NJ) on 3 Oct 1903. > >Census records provide the following information: > >1880 census of Smithfield, PA: > >Walter PIERCE, age 45, born PA, a Farmer, parents born PA/CT >Elizebeth PIERCE, wife, age 41, born PA, Keeping House, parents born CT >Geo W. PIERCE, son, age 20, born PA, at Home >Stanley E. PIERCE, son, age 13, born PA >Jesse PIERCE, son, age 10, born PA >Ida M. PIERCE, dau, age 4, born PA >Jane GIBSON, other, age 43, born Scotland, parents born Scotland > >1900 census of Smithfield Township, PA: > >Walter PIERCE, age 65, born Oct 1834, married 21 years, born PA, parents >born PA/CT, a Feed Dealer >Elizabeth PIERCE, wife, age 61, born Apr 1839, married 21 years, no >children, born CT, parents born CT >Ida May PIERCE, dau, age 24, born Feb 1876, born PA, parents born PA, a >School Teacher >Dora PIERCE, adopted dau, age 11, born Jan 1889, born PA, parents unknown, >at School > >1910 census of Smithfield Township, PA: > >Walter PIERCE, age 75, 2nd marriage 30 years, born PA, parents born PA/USA, >a Feed & Fertilizer Merchant >Elizabeth PIERCE, wife, age 71, 2nd marriage 30 years, no children, born CT, >parents born CT >Ida M. COEYMAN, dau, age 34, married 6 years, no children, born PA, parents >born PA/CT >Edwin E. COEYMAN, son-in-law, age 36, married 6 years, born NJ, parents born >NJ, a Feed Store Clerk > >1920 census of Smithfield, PA: > >Eugene E. COEYMAN, age 46, born NJ, parents born NJ, a Flour & Feed Merchant >Ida COEYMAN, wife, age 43, born PA, parents born PA >Walter PIERCE, father-in-law, age 85, a widower, born PA, parents born PA > >I am hoping to locate someone from Ida's family so that this wonderful old >treasure can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of >this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. > >Thanks, >Shelley > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >NYMADISO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >the quotes in the subject and the body of the message