Listers, I've written privately to the Hepworth researcher, but thought I'd share what I found today: In the Freeport Cemetery: Amelia Hepworth, no death date, no place of birth, place of residence = Freeport, was 18 years old at death, buried in Sect E-29. Mary Hepworth, 11 years old, all else ditto above. Mina E. Hepworth, 21 years old, ditto above. Thomas B. Hepworth, 9 years old, d.o.d.Sept 2, 1870, all else ditto above. Samuel Hepworth, death date Aug 18, 1889, born England, died in Buffalo Township, 74 years old age at death, cancer of stomach, buried in Section E-28. Sarah Hepworth, d.o.d. Mar 16, 1884, Born England, died in Buffalo Township, 62 years old at death, apoplexy, buried in Sect E-28. In the Armstrong County Will Book Index: Samuel Hepworth, residence Buffalo Township, Butler County, 1900, Volume 6, p.146, estate #6186-B. >From the Freeport Journal. Nov 20, 1877: William Ritchie and Emily Hepworth married. Mar 16, 1884 Mrs. Sarah Hepworth died. May 3, 1887: Samuel Hepworth and Mrs. Margaret Barnett married. Aug 18, 1889: Samuel Hepworth died, age 74y. Nov 30, 1892: George W. Wold and Mrs. Margaret Hepworth married. Nov 26, 1904: Mrs. Emma Hepworth Ritchie died in Florence, PA, age 54y. Feb 27, 1905: H. Brenneman & Son bought the Hepworth farm in Buffalo Township for $3000. >From "History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania" by Robert Walter Smith, Esq, published 1883 by Waterman, Watkins & C0, Chicago. Pages 415 and 432 have to do with the Hepworth farm land purchases. The one I find significant is p.432 where it describes the "Mount Joy" property formerly owned by the John and Massa Harbison family. Samuel Hepworth and L. Johnston purchased 52 and 50 acres respectively on the west side of the eastern bend in the Buffalo Creek, and James Patterson bought 18 acres on the east of the Buffalo Creek. Happy Hunting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Hindman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 3:29 PM Subject: Re: [PABUTLER] Fw: HEPWORTH > It would not be unusual for someone living in Freeport to be buried in > Buffalo Twp, Butler County, as Freeport is only a mile or so from Buffalo > Twp. There was a Nellie HEPWORTH found in the IGI at familysearch.org, > married to Calvin Y. NOBLE. The 1900 census shows her birth to be in Feb > 1874. Calvin Y. Noble was a first cousin once removed of my > grandmother. > For a map of Freeport see http://www.mapquest.com/maps/. > > James Hindman > Peterborough, Cambridgeshire > > On 9/21/07, Joan Barnes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Joan Barnes >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 10:37 AM >> Subject: HEPWORTH >> >> >> Dear Listers - I am new to this list. When I started this line all I >> knew was that my gggf Samuel Hepworth had left his wife and only child >> (my >> ggf) in Batley in Yorkshire and got on a ship "to the colonies". I now >> have a person of the same name on a ship from Liverpool to the US, and a >> family on the 1870 census living in Freeport, Armstrong Co. A wonderful >> contact sent me me the burial entries for this family whom I cannot find >> on the 1880 census. She also sent me a copy of this person's >> naturalization papers and the signature is identical to that from >> Samuel's >> (first) marriage in Batley. I believe that this is my long lost >> gggf. However, some of the burial entries were from Buffalo in Butler >> Co. and it appears that the family moved from Freeport to Buffalo >> between >> 1863 and 1884. Most of the chidren died young, in contrast to my ggf who >> lived to 93. However there are several children still unaccounted for >> and >> I hope that someone on the list might recognise! >> the name of one of their ancestors. Here they are >> >> Emily F. Hepworth b.c. 1852 in Pennsylvania (Freeport?) >> Laura Hepworth b.c. 1857 in Pennsylvania (Freeport?) >> Sarah Hepworth b.c. 1859 in Pensylvania (Freeport?) >> Samuel b.c. 1863 in Buffalo d. in Cabot in 1914. (He may have spent >> some >> time in the oil industry in California). >> >> I would love to hear from anyone who may be a connection or who can give >> me any information about this family. (I have the Hepworths back to c. >> 1740 in Batley and am still working on them)! >> >> Joan Barnes >> Palmerston North >> New Zealand >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >