yeah, because that information was given to you in 2000. Happy to help! Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 7:04 AM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Re: PACAMERO-D Digest V04 #65 > Oh MIke - Thanks!!! That Elk County Census clears up a lot of mystery - as > family oral history places the family there - and I've looked for validation of > that for years and found none. Guess, I was looking too early. > > I think the Genie Angels wanted me doing other things for a while. > Because!!!! I have spent hours at the Cameron County site and have cleared up a lot of > mysteries, and of course as a consequence, created more. LOL > > It appears that my mother's paternal and maternal lines were ALL in the same > vicinity around the same time. While the WEAVER/WEBER line was in Sterling > Run, the KING/FISK/HERSHEY lines were in Driftwood. An obit for Andrew Jackson > HERSHEY says he married the Widow KING FISKE (1 child, who fits my ggram Mary > F. Hershey, b. 1849 Driftwood - more about her later) ca 1860 in the lumber > region of Clearfield County. Documents list A. J.'s wife as Sara, Susan and/or > Susannah. A. J. and Sara/Susan's children John b. Bald Eagle, Clrfld County > 1861, and Sara bd. and place unknown. At some point A.J. and Sara/Susan > settled in Snow Shoe, Centre County. > > Mary F. apparently took her stepfather's (A.J.) name. She subsequently > married James OSWALT, b. 1847 Potter Tshp, Centre County where all their children > were born, and the, James and Mary, are buried. One puzzle has been > determining Mary's original surname. Family oral history has her related to the KING > family - but I have been unable to find a Sara, Susan, or Susannah KING fitting > the stats. I did find a John KING, wife Sara, family in with a year old dau > on the 1850 Burnside Census. Checking earlier censuses, I found BECK family > with dau Sara, (as neighbors to the Reeder KING family with son John) who > fits the stats for Sara KING m. to John King. > > I have searched for 2-3 years, but could find nothing on FISKE in the area. > But, on the Cameron County wonder site today I found two - one William - too > old - and one James FISK who agewise could have been spouse of the Widow KING > FISKE. In a nutshell, is Mary F. a KING or a FISKE? > > Anyone related to this group? Any suggestions or help welcomed. > > Mike, thanks again for the info - gonna make my life a whole lot easier. > > Regards, \ > > Jan > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Invite your family and friends to join us! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >