My thanks to everyone who volunteered.  The response was so much better than I expected!!  I will get back with you tomorrow to pass on instructions and obits.    Once again, thank you so much.   Lynne

  We are looking for someone with the technical skills necessary to help update and expand the website.  This will not be a quick project, so you will need to have a reasonable amount of spare time you can devote to this.    Please let me know if you’re interested and we can discuss in more detail.   Thanks!   Lynne

We’re looking for a few typists to help enter information into the obituary data base.  It’s not difficult to do, and no particular technical skills are required.  The only skill you need is the ability to type accurately and follow directions.  You can devote as much or as little time to this project as you are able.   Please let me know if you’re interested.   Thanks!   Lynne

Hello Family Researchers, Here are the latest updates to the Cambria Schools Pages (including the nearby Somerset County schools of (Conemaugh Township and Windber). ALSO Somerset County students from the area of Hollsopple; Davidsville; Jerome; etc. appear in many of the early Ferndale HS yearbooks http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacambr2/ Please let me know of any mistakes you may find and I Will try to make the corrections as quickly as possible You can contact me with any comments or suggestions at: Camcopa@comcast.net HS YEARBOOKS & SENIOR PICTURES: * = Somerset Co. Schools Bishop McCort HS Yearbook - 1977 Cresson HS Yearbook - 1957 Carrolltown HS Yearbook - 1951 Ferndale HS Yearbook - 1932 Johnstown HS Yearbook - 1923 Lilly Washington HS Yearbook - 1947 Northern Cambria HS Yearbook - 1977 Portage HS Yearbook - 1976 Wilmore HS Students - 1947 *Windber HS Yearbook - 1954 JUNIOR HS PICTURES Joseph John Jr. HS Yearbook -1950 HIGH SCHOOL REUNIONS: Johnstown HS Class of 1952 - 2007 Reunion Triangle Area HS Class of 1964 -2004 Reunion There will be an "All Years" Richland HS reunion On 16 & 17 August - For details visit http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacambr2/Reunions/ When using the search engine to find someone, try with just the surname. For additional search engine TIPS, go to: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacambr2/searchtips.html Don Varner -:Cambria County, PA,, Schools Pages - http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pacambr2/

Program - Adams Twp. Teachers Institute 100R Hall January 24-25, 1908 Dunlo, PA. Dunlo, a well-known mining town nestled in the Alleghenies is situated in Adams Twp., Cambria County, PA. Like other mining towns it has been one of rapid growth. It is but a generation ago since the "Primeval Forest" covered the mountain glades of the present site with its density. The deer, the fox, the bear, caverned in the luxuriant growth. The wild turkey was a palatable dish for the lucky settler. The numerous small fur bearers furnished sport and recompense for the snowy tramps of the hunter, of the merry angler hid from the summer sun by the gigantic boughs ensnared the trout splashing in the crystal mountain stream. Instead of this condition of nature we now see grim towering smokestacks attached to massive machinery that brings from old earth the hidden treasure or winding in graceful curves to high altitudes, rails which bear the locomotives drawing ponderous "hoppers" to be freighted with coal, the result of daily labor. The surrounding hills have yielded their forest product and the wind whistles over the bare rocks or they reflect the rays of Old Sol in the summer season. Dunlo was named by the Postmaster General, a friend of the Berwind and White Mine Superintendent. The first house was built by Jacob Wendell about forty-five years ago. It stood a short distance from the present PRR station and was destroyed by fire Dec. 11, 1907. * One of the first industries of South Fork. It was of the type known as the "Frame Saw" or the "Up and Down" mill built of heavy hewed timbers. Mr. George Fye of Salix, then a young man, helped to raise the mill and has a distinct recollection of other persons who helped; the kind of weather and several incidents connected with it. Another mill was built further up the stream later and was operated by Emanuel Seese. These were replaced by the famous modern mill of Kuhns and Goodwin. This firm was one of the largest lumber concerns in the State. The first schoolhouse was built by Henry Hubert, in 1854 and was repaired several years later by his son David Hubert. The first pedagogue to wild the birch and do the "cipherin" was John Noon. The successor was Orlando Brookbank. These venerable gentlemen to whom we lift our hats in reverence had but to step outside the "Palace of Civilization" to get from the forest a memory gem for the evil-doer or the "Big Ones at the writin' desk" whose wandering eyes cast sidelong glances of love at the girl ( and future partner) in the homespun frock. Others who molded minds in the capacity of teacher in the same house were James Noon, George Fye, Amanda Hubert, David Lamb, Amanda O'Connor (cousin of Judge O'Connor). This was known at one time as the Costlow School. A new house was built later on the school lot used at present. This "Little Red Schoolhouse" was sold to Peter Valco for $25 and is now used by George Valco as a wareroom. Disciples of Socrates who occupied later and some of whom have carved their way to fame were H. C. Wilmuth in 1880. His successors in order were Omer Davis, D. L. Kauffman, Miss O'Connor, Alvin Noon, F. J. Livingston, Joseph Richardson, Harry Bender (Principal of Park Ave. School, Johnstown). Each taught five months at a salary of $25 per month. The highest average of pupils was eleven. Following these were W. J. Kauffman, Norman Stotlar, J. M. Stull, W. H. Hubert (two terms) and J. M. Stull, each six months. William R. Eichenser began the school in 1894 with ninety-four pupils and a seating capacity of thirty-five. He resigned, and F. J. Fox, now proprietor of the Merchants' Hotel filled the place until H. Thomas was secured as the permanent teacher. It was necessary to build another house this year to accommodate on account of the growing conditions. Mollie Barnhart was employed as the primary teacher in the new building. Some of the men to record the doings of the school board were B. F. Varner, E. S. Grumbling, T. Stutzman, J. S. Yoder, and J. H. Livingston. The real growth of Dunlo began with the first shipment of coal which was mined at the "Drift", then operated by the Mountain Coal Company. The next mine opened was the Henrietta Shaft No. 1. The third was the Yellow Run Shaft, fourth, the slope by the Logan Coal Company, the last Henriette Shaft No. 2. The town was granted a post office in 1893 with John B. Kuhns as Postmaster. He was succeeded the same year by Francis J. Fox, who served until June, 1899, when the present incumbent, J. H. Saulsbury, became Uncle Sam's trustee. The office is equipped with modern appliances and required two assistants to do the work. The present coal industry of Dunlo is carried on by the Henrietta, the Logan and Berwind & White Companies. Shaft No. 2 was sunk in 1902. It is 90 ft. deep and has all modern equipment's. The Henrietta has a promising future. It is the owner of 5,400 acres of coal fields and its product has gained the enviable record of being the best coal that enters tide-water market. This company employs about 400 men and has an output of 22,000 tons per month. The present Superintendent is Mr. Phillips. The Logan Coal Company operates two mines - the Slope and the Drift. It has well-equipped shops. These and the mines employ about 500 men. Its output per month is 18,000 tons. These mines are in a prosperous condition and will be shipping coal in the far future. The superintendent is William Blackburn. The Berwind & White Company operates the Yellow Run Shaft. The monthly shipment is 7,800 tons which is but a part of the shipment of former times. It employs about ninety men. The practical straightforward business methods in vogue here are evidence of the ability of the great concern of which it is a part. It is managed by J. H. Sausbery. Dunlo now has a population of 3,200, two school buildings, employs 10 teachers and has an enrollment of 450 pupils. The new rooms lately built are spacious and pleasant. The schools were organized and placed under supervision by the present Board of Directors in 1905. The progressive spirit of the Board is evident in the success of all schools in the District. The town has a neat railroad station and four passenger trains leading to the main line daily. It is one of the business towns in the mining district. The business men are up-to-date, hustling and prosperous. Dunlo has a well-equipped electric light plant which also furnishes light for Beaverdale, and Salix, Pitcairn Ave. and Huff St. are its main thoroughfares. * There appears to be something missing at this place but is copied verbatim from the copy that was given to me. Batha Karr

Nancy sent me this. I have lost her name and email address. But I thank her for sending it to me. Nancy - More on Dunlo: This Frederick Costlow was my relative. >From an obituary of Frederick Costlow -- Johnstown Tribune, August 26, 1933 "Frederick Costlow was a son of James and Elisabeth (Seese) Costlow and was born at Dunlo in the fall of 1879. His father died in 1904 and his mother in 1922. He was a brother of Mrs. Catherine Eichensehr, of Geistown, and Mrs. Margaret Rhodes, and Thomas and Edward Costlow, of Sidman, this county. ...The old Costlow homestead, where Mr. Costlow was born, was a farm of 366 acres and was sold when the mining development began, which gave the name and the town Dunlo to the map of Adams Township and of Cambria County." The farm was sold about 1891. Cambria Freeman, Friday, October 16, 1891 A new post office has been established at the new coal field, nine miles north of South Fork under the name Dunlo, with John B. Kuhns, as postmaster.. Johnstown Weekly Democrat - Nov. 18, 1892 Fire at Dunlo A telegram from Dunlo last night announced that there was a big fire at that place, which is a mining village in Adams township, in this county. The Vigilant steamer and hose carriage were sent by special train. The Pennsylvania Railroad furnished the train and Chief Marshal Haberkorn, of the Fire-Department, and Mr. Thomas O'Neill and a number of other firemen went along with the fire apparatus. Dunlo is situated about three miles above the South Fork dam on the line of the new railroad from South Fork. September 30, 1931: Ebensburg Mountaineer Herald- 30 years ago. Charles #. Fox, 76, Glendale , Calif. Formerly of Dunlo, died Friday, September 22 in Glendale. Born June 3, 1855 in Adams Township, a son of John and Mary (Shellar) Fox. Surviving is he widow Vera Cappett, brother of Mrs. Ambrose McCall, Summerhill and William R. Fox, Ebensburg and preceeded in death by brothers & sisters, Francis J., Mrs. Elizabeth Eichenser, John, Joseph, Fred & Martha. Reg. Mass in Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Dunlo. Interment in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Geistown, PA. Johnstown Tribune - June 9, 1945 Forty Years Ago - June 9, 1905 Elton - There was some talk of lighting the streets of Salix by electricity from the plant at Dunlo, a distance of two miles, but it has been discovered that the land between the two places is so terrible stony that it is next to impossible to sink post holes. Batha Karr

Pioneers Gave Names to Local Area (Article from Tribune) Samuel and Solomon Adams and their sister, Rachel Adams are credited with having been the first white settlers in Cambria County. It is believed that they lived in what is now the 7th Ward of Johnstown, according to Henry Wilson Storey's "History of Cambria County." Tradition has it that Rachel Adams was killed by Indians while traveling to Bedford. She and her brothers had only gone a few miles from Johnstown when Samuel and Solomon found it necessary to return. Rachel was left with the horses. When the brothers returned they found Rachel dead and the horses gone. The bereaved brothers named the small stream where she was killed Rachel's Run and the nearby hill, Rachel's Hill. The tragedy happened near Elton in Adams Twp., not far from Geistown. (Hence, the name of the Rachel Hill Elementary School.) Later, while Samuel and Solomon again were going to Bedford, they and their companions were attached by a number of Indians. The pioneers scattered and ran, except Sam. He ducked behind a tree and fought. When the white men returned they found Samuel and an Indian dead. Both had been stabbed. The white man and the red man were buried in the same grave, located a few hundred yards from the William Cole home in Richland Twp. Approximately a century later, in 1870, when a new township was formed in south-eastern Cambria County, it was named Adams Twp. In honor of the pioneers. Joe Wipey, a friendly Delaware Indian, lived in a cabin near Johnstown and often visited Solomon and Samuel Adams. Wipey was murdered in May 1774 by 2 renegade white men - John Hinckston and James Cooper - while fishing from his canoe in the Conemaugh River. Kicky Ruston, another friendly Indian, lived in a wigwam on "Kicky's Ridge" in Adams Twp. Wipey and Kickey were among the last of the Indian race to remain in southern Cambria County during its pioneer days. (Kicky's Ridge is above the old Salix airport.) This was the Luther Airport. Named for Pioneers - Adams Twp. Was formed January 5, 1870, from part of Richland Twp. It was named for Cambria County pioneers, Solomon and Samuel Adams Batha Karr

Marilyn, Which historical society? Batha May -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:00 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 83 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Narrow Gauge Railroads (marilyn) 2. Re: Narrow Gauge Railroads (marilyn) 3. Re: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 (Batha Karr) 4. Riding the train to school (marilyn) 5. Riding the train to school (marilyn) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:17:27 -0400 (EDT) From: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: djvalko@verizon.net, pacambri@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8D02AB84A91DBB6-A7C-37885@webmail-m287.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Check in the Historical Society. They have a set of red pamphlets that identify all the logging and coal railroads in the state which were mostly narrow gauge. [The only one that became a regular railroad was the C & I.] The individual booklets are mostly by single counties. They include hand drawn maps and a lot of information. Sorry I can't remember the name of the author or name of the series. If you can't go there, call or e-mail and they could copy the pages that might help you. I think there was information about the south of the county, but I was only interested in the north. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Dave Valko <djvalko@verizon.net> To: PACAMBRI-L <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>; batha.k <batha.k@att.net>; houston4 <houston4@netcarrier.com>; tracyann481 <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 11:37 am Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 15:17:30 -0400 (EDT) From: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: djvalko@verizon.net, pacambri@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8D02AB84C7050DF-A7C-37888@webmail-m287.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Check in the Historical Society. They have a set of red pamphlets that identify all the logging and coal railroads in the state which were mostly narrow gauge. [The only one that became a regular railroad was the C & I.] The individual booklets are mostly by single counties. They include hand drawn maps and a lot of information. Sorry I can't remember the name of the author or name of the series. If you can't go there, call or e-mail and they could copy the pages that might help you. I think there was information about the south of the county, but I was only interested in the north. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Dave Valko <djvalko@verizon.net> To: PACAMBRI-L <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>; batha.k <batha.k@att.net>; houston4 <houston4@netcarrier.com>; tracyann481 <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 11:37 am Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 21:37:19 -0700 From: "Batha Karr" <batha.karr@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 To: <pacambri@rootsweb.com>, <djvalko@verizon.net> Message-ID: <51a6d77f.e7e1440a.4bfa.ffffb4fc@mx.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 *************************************** ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 01:05:00 -0400 (EDT) From: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Riding the train to school To: batha.karr@gmail.com, pacambri@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8D02B0A5EC8888D-A7C-3BDC3@webmail-m287.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Batha, In the north of the county, students and some teachers rode to school on the trains. Westover, for example, had only 2 years of high school and the students rode from Westover to Hastings for the last two years. Students from Thomas Mills [formerly Elder's Mill] rode to Patton, and students from Bradley Junction rode to the high school at Patton. Students from Cresson rode to Altoona to the Altoona Catholic High School. I am sure there were others. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Batha Karr <batha.karr@gmail.com> To: pacambri <pacambri@rootsweb.com>; djvalko <djvalko@verizon.net> Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 12:40 am Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 *************************************** - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 01:05:02 -0400 (EDT) From: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Riding the train to school To: batha.karr@gmail.com, pacambri@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8D02B0A60703DFF-A7C-3BDC9@webmail-m287.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi Batha, In the north of the county, students and some teachers rode to school on the trains. Westover, for example, had only 2 years of high school and the students rode from Westover to Hastings for the last two years. Students from Thomas Mills [formerly Elder's Mill] rode to Patton, and students from Bradley Junction rode to the high school at Patton. Students from Cresson rode to Altoona to the Altoona Catholic High School. I am sure there were others. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Batha Karr <batha.karr@gmail.com> To: pacambri <pacambri@rootsweb.com>; djvalko <djvalko@verizon.net> Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 12:40 am Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. 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Bertha, My great-grandparents settled on a farm in Dunlo while my great-grandfather worked in the coal mines. I would be very very interested in the articles and maps that you mention. Audrey -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Batha Karr Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:37 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com; djvalko@verizon.net Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 *************************************** - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Batha, In the north of the county, students and some teachers rode to school on the trains. Westover, for example, had only 2 years of high school and the students rode from Westover to Hastings for the last two years. Students from Thomas Mills [formerly Elder's Mill] rode to Patton, and students from Bradley Junction rode to the high school at Patton. Students from Cresson rode to Altoona to the Altoona Catholic High School. I am sure there were others. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Batha Karr <batha.karr@gmail.com> To: pacambri <pacambri@rootsweb.com>; djvalko <djvalko@verizon.net> Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 12:40 am Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 *************************************** - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Batha, In the north of the county, students and some teachers rode to school on the trains. Westover, for example, had only 2 years of high school and the students rode from Westover to Hastings for the last two years. Students from Thomas Mills [formerly Elder's Mill] rode to Patton, and students from Bradley Junction rode to the high school at Patton. Students from Cresson rode to Altoona to the Altoona Catholic High School. I am sure there were others. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Batha Karr <batha.karr@gmail.com> To: pacambri <pacambri@rootsweb.com>; djvalko <djvalko@verizon.net> Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 12:40 am Subject: Re: [PACAMBRI] PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 *************************************** - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Dave, My email address is now <batha.karr@gmail.com>. I became interested in Dunlo because my uncle's father lived there and was a barber at the Ft. Stanwix Hotel in Johnstown. The question I had was, How could George live in Dunlo and work in Johnstown? George and Effie married in 1896 and lived in Dunlo, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Uncle Charles was born in 1901. George rode to work in the passenger cars attached to the coal train that each morning took coal to the Johnstown Steel Mills and returned home the same way in the evening. Many people traveled back and forth this way. The narrow gauge railroads connected Bedford County to Dunlo and the people switched trains. Remember, lumber was a big business back then, before coal. The last passenger cars were dropped in the early 50's. We lived at the crossroads on top of Salix hill and I waved to many a passenger as a child. I have some articles and maps you might find interesting. I will have to dig to get them. Batha May Risher Karr -----Original Message----- From: pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:pacambri-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of pacambri-request@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:01 AM To: pacambri@rootsweb.com Subject: PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 Today's Topics: 1. Narrow Gauge Railroads (Dave Valko) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 09:45:16 -0400 From: "Dave Valko" <djvalko@verizon.net> Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads To: <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>, <batha.k@att.net>, <houston4@netcarrier.com>, <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Message-ID: <4922D94BFAB644B089D0E11E96BD2C68@DavesPC> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko ------------------------------ To contact the PACAMBRI list administrator, send an email to PACAMBRI-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the PACAMBRI mailing list, send an email to PACAMBRI@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PACAMBRI Digest, Vol 8, Issue 82 ***************************************

Check in the Historical Society. They have a set of red pamphlets that identify all the logging and coal railroads in the state which were mostly narrow gauge. [The only one that became a regular railroad was the C & I.] The individual booklets are mostly by single counties. They include hand drawn maps and a lot of information. Sorry I can't remember the name of the author or name of the series. If you can't go there, call or e-mail and they could copy the pages that might help you. I think there was information about the south of the county, but I was only interested in the north. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Dave Valko <djvalko@verizon.net> To: PACAMBRI-L <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>; batha.k <batha.k@att.net>; houston4 <houston4@netcarrier.com>; tracyann481 <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 11:37 am Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Check in the Historical Society. They have a set of red pamphlets that identify all the logging and coal railroads in the state which were mostly narrow gauge. [The only one that became a regular railroad was the C & I.] The individual booklets are mostly by single counties. They include hand drawn maps and a lot of information. Sorry I can't remember the name of the author or name of the series. If you can't go there, call or e-mail and they could copy the pages that might help you. I think there was information about the south of the county, but I was only interested in the north. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Dave Valko <djvalko@verizon.net> To: PACAMBRI-L <PACAMBRI-L@rootsweb.com>; batha.k <batha.k@att.net>; houston4 <houston4@netcarrier.com>; tracyann481 <tracyann481@hotmail.com> Sent: Tue, May 28, 2013 11:37 am Subject: [PACAMBRI] Narrow Gauge Railroads I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko - - - - - - - - - - Search for more Cambria County information on our webpage: http://www.camgenpa.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PACAMBRI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just came across your 2003 thread regarding locations of the old narrow gauge railroads around the Beaverdale area in PACambria-L Archives on the RootsWeb website. Having lived in Dunlo all my life and run on the old railbeds for many years, I've been trying to find an accurate map of all the logging rail lines in the area. The maps/data in "Stemwinders..." is good but not exactly accurate. And maps that I've seen aren't detailed enough. Do any of you have any other information or sources of info that is above the "Stemwinders..." series?? Thanks for your help. I certainly appreciate it. Dave Valko

I had my computer hijacked and lost all my e-mail and contacts. Someone had asked me about Steven Harancher and Susan Huber. I have found a list of their children, including some I am related to by marriage. Post me, please. Marilyn Kline Washington

The Sinking Valley Cemetery was started on private land in the 1790's. Local Catholic settlers buried their dead here due to the great distance to Loretto and Newry, the locations of the two nearest Catholic churches. Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania Volume I [1793 - 1839] Rev. Albert H. Ledoux, 1993, Page 262 05495 McMullen, Peter d. 11 - 17 - 1797 05496 McMullen, Ellen d. 08 - 13 - 1800 05497 Wilson, Mary d. 01 - 16 1804 in her 30th yr. [leaving 4 children, youngest child 8 d. old] Note: this probably means death in childbirth. 05498 McMullen, Peter d. 07 - 16 - 1809 in his 57th yr. [erected by son John] 05499 McMullen, Ellen d. 05 - 1811 in her 25th yr, 05500 Carrol, Mary Ann d. 03 - 09 - 1821 33 yr. 05501 McMullen, Catherine d. 06 - 23 - 1828 in her 68th yr. [erected by son John] 05502 McMullen, Peter d. 02 - 16 - 1829 33 yr. 05503 Conrad, Mary d. 08 - 16 - 1830/50? 61/64? - 2 - 28 05504 Conrad, Mary d. 10 - 02 - 1831 21/24? yr. 05505 McClain, Patrick d. 01 - 30 - 1837 24 - 7 - 13 Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Randy Litzinger <randylitzinger@gmail.com> To: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Sent: Wed, May 22, 2013 2:57 pm Subject: Re: Ever heard of this place in Sinking Valley, PA no, I don't. There are 11 burials total, or 11 Litzingers buried in that cemetery? One plot on that 1850s sinking valley farms map that Jane sent the link for was a McMullen. Also the 100 acre Litzinger heirs plot on heir could have become the Meyers farm at some point, since I think his youngest daughter married a Meyers. Randy On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 2:42 PM, marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> wrote: Randy, I went over the Ledoux book, Vol !, p 262 and it is Burials in McMullen Cemetery, Sinking Valley [Tyrone Township, Blair County] PA [1793 -- 1839] I knew I had seen something like that, but couldn't find it the other night. It was in the back of the volume, not with St. Michael's Church. There are eleven burials. If you don't have it, I will copy it for you. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Randy Litzinger <randylitzinger@gmail.com> To: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 8:48 pm Subject: Re: Ever heard of this place in Sinking Valley, PA The church that Leonard attended, I can't remember the name off hand, had a fire and the records burnt, was the story that I heard. Leonard was in that area Tyrone/Sinking Valley from mid or late 1801 till his death in 1818. I'm mainly trying to see if the Meyer's Farm cemetery still exists or not, or is called something else now, and that's why no one has found his grave all these years. Randy On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 8:28 PM, marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> wrote: Do you have Fr. Ledoux's books? There might be something there. A lot of the early days are missing as Fr. Gallitzin would make notes on pieces of paper and then forget to enter them into the records at St. Michaels. But a lot of the early material [starts 1799] is in St. Michael's records. There was a church at Huntingdon, but I don't know any details about when it was founded or its name. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Randy Litzinger <randylitzinger@gmail.com> To: marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> Cc: Lisa Baker <lisa_18406@msn.com>; Gary Kriss <gwkriss@yahoo.com>; Jane Tripp <jctripp@charter.net> Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 7:41 pm Subject: Re: Ever heard of this place in Sinking Valley, PA Thank you all. Yes, when Leonard Litzinger was buried in 1818, it would have been Huntingdon County, not Blair. I can't find any info on a Meyer's Farm cemetery, so I have a feeling it is either called something else now, or possibly doesn't exist/was destroyed at some point, since it was mentioned in late 1940s, early 1950s in the document I saw it in. I will try to see if anyone associated with the Huntingdon or Blair societies have heard of it. Randy On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:24 PM, marilyn <marilynkwash@aol.com> wrote: Sinking Valley is near Tyrone, not sure just where, but it was an early Catholic Settlement and Prince Gallitzin would travel there to say Mass and baptize and marry Catholics as well as to Frankstown. and Huntington [Standing Rock.] I think it had a cemetery but not a church. I guess it would be like Old Rt 22 North, now I 99. It would have been in Huntington county at first and became Blair County about 1840--50 when they built the PRR. I think there was a Fort there, too, not Frankstown, but another one. In the Indian days, there would be forts where the settlers could go to be safe from the Indians. Marilyn Kline Washington -----Original Message----- From: Lisa Baker <lisa_18406@msn.com> To: 'Randy Litzinger' <randylitzinger@gmail.com>; 'Gary Kriss' <gwkriss@yahoo.com>; 'Jane Tripp' <jctripp@charter.net> Cc: Marilyn Washington <Marilynkwash@aol.com> Sent: Tue, May 21, 2013 6:10 pm Subject: RE: Ever heard of this place in Sinking Valley, PA I’ve heard the name before, so I did a search for Sinking Valley and there’s one in Blair County. The second wife of my gggf Franklin/Francis Lauffer married Barbara Myers; they’re buried someplace in Blair county, possibly Old St. Patrick, Newry, think it’s now a suburb of Altoona. Franklin was living with his 3rd wife Elizabeth Stingle in Greenfield Township, Blair in 1850, Huston Township, Blair 1860. There are several Meyers-Myers-Moyer families in these counties. Try doing a search on the Blair county genealogy website. Also, they have a great genealogy library with tons of obits and family genealogies. From: Randy Litzinger [mailto:randylitzinger@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:40 PM To: Gary Kriss; Lisa Baker; Jane Tripp Subject: Ever heard of this place in Sinking Valley, PA I just looked through a document from the late 1940s or early 1950s that another Litzinger/Litsinger researcher sent me, it mentioned this about my GGGG Grandfather Leonard Litzinger (1741-1818): "He is buried in a graveyard on Meyer’s Farm in Sinking Valley" Have any of you ever heard of this farm or graveyard, or is it possibly called something else now, if it still exists? thanks, Randy

does anyone have Terry Kruise book on the cemetery is Hugh McMullen 1803-1890 and wife Mary Catherine Riffle 1812-1880 listed as buried there? also hunting dates for daughter, are they there? Margaret McMullen and husband Elias Barnicle trying to sort out the 2 Hugh McMullens' listed at St. Michael Hugh McMullen 1804-1864 Hugh McMullen d. 21 Jan 1887 s/o James and Rebecca *but the Loretto book shows son of Sameul ST. MICHAEL'S PARISH, LORETTO, PA., M'MULLEN, Hugh (of Samuel) 1801 Jun. 21, 1887 1850 census Cambria co Cleafield twp PA #3/3 Hugh McMullin 45 farmer Catherine 38 Rosana 20 Martha I. 18 James 16 Lucy 14 Margaret 10 Matthew I. 8 Francis L. 7 Charles V. 5 Mary C. 2 ___________________ *working on finding the Hugh that died in 1887 1860 census Cambria co Loretto PA #1238/1229 Hugh McMullen 55 Mary 45 James Humphries 10 ____________________ 1860 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA #1949/1959 Hugh McMullin 57 Catharine 49 Charles 14 Catharine 12 #1950/1960 James Swinehart 23 Martha J. 25 Henry V. 1 Clarra J. Watt 4 1870 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA /family all living beside each other #4/4 Elias Barnicle 37 Margaret 28 Elmira F. 12 Margaret 10 Ambrose 8 Hilerian 3 male Annie 2 #5/5 James F. McMullen 39 Elizabeth 35 Sarah M. 17 Elizabeth J. 14 Francis J. 11 James A. 8 George 5 Anna L. 2 #6/6 Charles A. McMullen 23 Catharine 28 Mary 3 George 2 Hariet 9/12 #7/7 Catherine McMullen 50 Hugh 66 1880 census Cambria co Clearfield twp PA #10/10 Hugh McMullin 77 Catherine 69 Mary Condran 6 g-granddaughter Wm Champino 2 g-grandson Clara J. Watt 23 granddaughter *Mary and Wm listed here are children of Clara

does anyone know which of these, if either, was the husband of Edith Leahey? ?(2) Thomas McGovern in Johnstown Tribune 6-21-1939 6-4-1937 Elaine

Seeking any information on a Dr. J. Sloan Miller, of Barnesboro, who married Miss Katie Hauk (Houck?) of Purchase Line.