Chief, you out there? If so, please send me a note. Mail addressed to you came back undelivered. Need to discuss John Benjamin (1784) with you. -- Dick McCracken Towanda, PA Plan your Work... Work your Plan...

Having just completed a 4-day, 800-mile loop from Washington, DC to Chenango Co, NY and back westward below the Finger Lakes and home, your message resonated. I was captivated by the Pennsylvania and New York landscapes and particularly treasured the areas without freeways and housing developments. This is what is blighting the Northern Virginia and Maryland suburban Washignton and Baltimore counties that just 30 years ago duplicated what you remembered from days of yore. Where farms and fields were framed by beautiful woodlands, now there are housing tracts, strip malls and clogged roads. This is happening around most large cities country-wide; the result of over population and the rest of "there's no tomorrow" blindness. Be thankful that what you are witnessing is a natural evolution and not human-generated degredation of our countrside which is irreversable. I can't wait to get back up into your beautiful area which must be ablaze with fall color right now. Quentin Cabell Smith

John McClelland died in 1821; I have copies of two 1823 land deeds recording the purchase of John's land by his son, Peter, and the provision of a life estate for John's widow, Anna WELLER McClelland. So, Peter apparently resided on the old McClelland place. The 1858 and 1869 county maps show the home of "P. McClelland" located in the same place, about 1/10 of a mile east of Fries Cemetery, on the north side of the Austinville Road. Sugar Creek is only a short distance south of the Austinville Road; John and Anna were reportedly buried near the creek. So...if there actually was a McClelland Cemetery and John was the first buried in it, then a likely place would be across the road from the old homestead. If you read the story of the great 1901 flood, on Joyce's website, it reports that boulders weighing two tons (and located near the creek) were washed away and never found again. It seems unlikely that a few old gravestones could have survived that particular flood, but maybe someday they'll be discovered. I hope so. Sincerely, Paul Newell In a message dated 10/22/2003 8:56:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, montrose@npacc.net writes: > Does anyone know where the location of the McClelland Family Cemetery in > Columbia Township was located? It was somewhere on Sugar Creek between Columbia > Cross Roads and Austinville and is related to have been destroyed in a > flood. I am wondering if there could possibly be any remnants of the cemetery > remaining today. John McClelland was a Revolutionary Soldier. > > J. Kelsey Jones > montrose@npacc.net >

I traveled from my residence in the Seeley Creek Valley of Wells Township today to Towanda, Pennsylvania (it takes nearly an hour and it must have been a long trip by horse to get to the county seat and probably an overnight stay). Having traveled a portion of the same route by bus to high school in Troy, Pennsylvania for six years I am forever noticing the quickly changing landscape. Where there were once farms with cattle and crops in the field, many of those fields are now growing up and many areas are already lightly forested and this has only been in twenty plus years. I can only wonder what another twenty years will bring and then another twenty years when one may find remnants of bygone farms such as a stone wall or rusted farm implement within the forest. So many of our ancestors worked so hard to clear the land and much of it is once again reverting to the forest. I believe there are six dairy farms left in Wells Township and one only has to look at the 1900 directo! ry to see that it once was nearly all farms and this is true of many parts of Bradford, Tioga, and Chemung Counties. The landscape will continue to change. J. Kelsey Jones

Does anyone know where the location of the McClelland Family Cemetery in Columbia Township was located? It was somewhere on Sugar Creek between Columbia Cross Roads and Austinville and is related to have been destroyed in a flood. I am wondering if there could possibly be any remnants of the cemetery remaining today. John McClelland was a Revolutionary Soldier. J. Kelsey Jones montrose@npacc.net

Hi Anyone Was wondering if there are any Thompson's (Thomson) out there. I am trying to locate this line as it seems, from what I can gather, that he was a type 2 diabetic carrier. My mother (EVELYN A. SMITH) and her mother (MAUDE ELEANOR THOMPSON) had this disease. My ggrandmother SCHRADER did not have it, but was married to a JESSE THOMPSON . My mother had a brother (none of his children seem to have this disease. On the other hand, my mother had 3 children and 2 of her three have type 2 diabetes. Thank you in advance Roberta Selub RSELUB@EARTHLINK.NET

Looking for Clarissa Northrup and her first husband along with her maiden name. She had 3 children with him, they were William, Eddy and Jenny Northrup/Northrop. She was a widow, I suspect he died during the Civil War, but don't know, maybe he fought in the war. She remarried an older man named Daniel Jenks who's first wife died after 1864. (Clarissa was 31 in 1865 and listed on the NY state census). She and Daniel lived in the Vestal area of Broome Co, Binghamton area of NY. Daniel died in 1871. Any information would be helpful. Thank for whatever you can provide. Gwen

Hello....I hope this is the right email to send to the whole group.... My name is Robert Shoemaker, my grandfather was Robert E. Dewing. My great-grandfather was Fred Dewing, son of Andrew. I have searched for years for a Dewing Milk Bottle that reads "Dewing Brothers Dairy" which was my great-grandfathers and Great Uncle Harry's Dairy they had on 94 Front Street in Binghamton after moving from Warren Center. My great Uncle Andrew had a dairy and the bottle was labeled "Andrew Dewing Dairy" I have one of the Andrew Dewing ones, but none of the Dewing Brothers. I know they exist because my Uncle Dana Dewing acquired one that was found in the mud of the basement of the Boscov's Dept. Store in Binghamton.....Boy, I loved to search that basement and dig a little. A side-note, my parents still live on some of the land that Fred and Robert owned, and the farmhouse inwhich Fred and Mildred (Lyons) owned and where my Grandfather was born has been fixed up....so that many more generations can enjoy the history of our family for themselves....not just through stories. Anyway, I appreciate any help in finding the bottles. Thanks Rob

I'm looking for information on the Dittrich family of Towanda: William b. abt. 1827 Clotilda b. abt. 1830 d. 1890 William F. b. abt. 1853 m. Florence ? Emil b. abt. 1857 m. Louise Fairfax Morgan Crockett b. 1857 Emil and Louise had one daughter, Clotilda b. 3/12/1885 d. abt. 1920. Thanks, Donna Crockett Mowery

Need some help with the Buck & Seymour families of LeRaysville William Buck, a native of Connecticut, settled at LeRaysville in the township,1801. Married Charlotte Seymour 1802. Lydia Buck, their daughter born about 1808 married Simeon Brink 21 Sept. 1823 Per History and Geography of Bradford County, PA 1615-1924, Chapter XXX Pike Township, Page 356 " Other settlers - 1802, Gould Seymour, Issac Seymour." "The Seymour's, brothers and natives of Connecticut, moved from Vestal, N.Y." Any help with these Buck or Seymour families would be appreciated. Tom Brink

Seeking information on Hilah Irene Wilcox and family. Irene m. Calvin Webster Crockett, son of Charles E. and Louisa F. Crockett. Irene was the daughter of Benjamin and Julia Alexander Wilcox. Thanks, Donna Crockett Mowery

Looking for any information on David Wilmot (Wilmot Proviso), judge and politician and his wife, Anna Morgan. Anna's parents were Thomas H. and Katherine Gregory Morgan. Thomas was born in 1784 in Wales and died in Bethlehem in 1837. He was proprietor of the Eagle Hotel at the time of his death. He left his wife Katherine with 4 sons and 3 daughters. The only ones I've identified thusfar are Charles W. Morgan, m. Isabella Hipkins. Anna Morgan Wilmot m. David Wilmot, and Katherine Morgan Reed (I think she married Charles Reed). Charles Morgan had a daughter by the name of Louisa Fairfax Morgan b. in Loudoun Co. VA. She m. Charles E. Crockett, Emile Dittrich and Pat J. McCauley. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Donna Crockett Mowery

You guys are fine. This list is on Lists2 server and has been down since Oct 9. It was brought back up yesterday after lots of work by RootsWeb staff. The helpdesk is a good place to look first if you suspect a problem. The yellow box is there to inform us of problems. Also you should check password central for a current list of which mailing list you are on. This will tell you if you have bounced off a list. http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ There are still 77 lists that have to be manually fixed, not bad considering thousands of lists have been down for the last week. margy > I've been wondering the same thing. Ferne Johnson > > -----Original Message----- > > Haven't seen any traffic here since the 5th. A problem with the list? > Have I been dropped? > -- > Dick McCracken > Towanda, PA > >

All the lists seem to be very quiet right now for some reason. I belong to several different ones. Jan in Zephyrhills, FL

I've been wondering the same thing. Ferne Johnson -----Original Message----- From: rjm001@epix.net [mailto:rjm001@epix.net] Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 09:02 PM To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Tri-Counties] Test Haven't seen any traffic here since the 5th. A problem with the list? Have I been dropped? -- Dick McCracken Towanda, PA Plan your Work... Work your Plan...

Your info was a tad skimpy. The 1900 Tioga PA census didn't index any BRAHANEY. I sorted for given name Bridget, got 6: DYNER BRIDGET 27 F W PA PA TIOGA BLOSSBURG 1900 HARRINGTON BRIDGET 72 F W IREL PA TIOGA BLOSSBURG 1900 KELLEY BRIDGET 60 F W IREL PA TIOGA BLOSSBURG 1900 MCANDRIS BRIDGET 24 F W NY PA TIOGA BLOSSBURG 1900 MURRAY BRIDGET 26 F W PA PA TIOGA BLOSS TWP 1900 WRIGHT BRIDGET 28 F W PA PA TIOGA BLOSSBURG 1900 Harrington seems to have PA-born grandson and daughter James 5 and Nellie 6 Patterson with her. Kelley's daughters Mary and Bridget and grandson James Kernan? live with her. Both are hard-to-read films. Nobody by name/spelling Bridget Brahaney indexed anywhere. Here's the only John on 1900 index: BRAHANEY JOHN 18 M W MA NH ROCKINGHAM NEWMARKET 1900 Kaye in Texas > Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:27:34 -0400 > From: "Dan" <dbmshm@warwick.net> > To: PABRADFO-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Tri-Counties] Bridget Brahaney > > Hi List, > According to information found on a deed in Sullivan Co., NY, > Bridget is found living in Tioga Center, Tioga Co.,PA in 1894. Could someone > please look in the county directories and send me the information, if any. I > tend to think that she is living with one of her children. Known children are > John, Ellen, and Catherine. > Any help greatly appreciated. > Dan McIntyre __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

Press Release Contact: Linda Young-Miller Jim Glimm/Local Heritage Project Director (607) 562-3407 lindenmark3@hotmail.com Towanda - Old-time fiddling, clogging, regional stories, songs and tall tales will light up Towanda’s historic Keystone Theatre on Sunday, November 2 at 2 p.m. at the Friends of the Bradford County Library Appalachian Heritage Concert. Featured performers include Mark Orshaw and his daughter, Laura, 15, of Athens, local storyteller Dr. Bonnie Kyofski, of Nelson, and the Cherry Flats Ridge Pluckers, of Tioga County. The Markell Family Cloggers, of Columbia Cross Roads will keep the show hopping with clogging demonstrations and young fiddle players from the region will showcase their talents. Tickets for the show are $5 and are available at the door. Proceeds from the show will benefit the Friends of the Bradford County Library Jim Glimm/Local Heritage Project. Concert organizer and independent producer Linda Young-Miller explained that the concert came about as part of a fund-raising effort to produce a documentary on the late Dr. James York Glimm and the regional stories and songs of north central Pennsylvania that he gathered and performed for over 25 years. Young-Miller will produce the documentary in partnership with the Friends of the Bradford County Library. The hour-long documentary will be geared for PBS and cable stations. A companion, 15-minute educational video will be provided free to elementary schools and public libraries throughout Bradford, Tioga and Sullivan counties. In September, Young-Miller was awarded a grant to defray pre-production costs through the Bradford County Regional Arts Council’s Pennsylvania Partners-in-the-Arts program. “When Mark Orshaw heard about the project, he volunteered to do a benefit concert to help raise funds to complete the project,” said Young-Miller. “In fact, all of the performers are volunteering their time. There’s a tremendous amount of interest in local heritage,” she continued, “and everyone has been very supportive. We’re looking forward to offering an afternoon that’s both fun and educational.” For more information on the Jim Glimm Heritage Project, contact Diane Sadler, Bradford County Library System at 570-297-2436 or e-mail lindenmark3@hotmail.com. The Glimm Heritage Project is supported by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (PCA), a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania’s General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Bradford County Regional Arts Council.

Hi List, According to information found on a deed in Sullivan Co., NY, Bridget is found living in Tioga Center, Tioga Co.,PA in 1894. Could someone please look in the county directories and send me the information, if any. I tend to think that she is living with one of her children. Known children are John, Ellen, and Catherine. Any help greatly appreciated. Dan McIntyre

Testing to see if this gets through on Tri-County maillist. Please do not respond. Joyce M. Tice

Haven't seen any traffic here since the 5th. A problem with the list? Have I been dropped? -- Dick McCracken Towanda, PA Plan your Work... Work your Plan...