Hello Bill and the mailing list, Just found out that GenConnect boards are offline for maintainance and will be back by late evening. Sorry about that...I didn't know until after I posted the message. Good luck. Barbara Bill wrote: > hello, tired the various records, and I could not get through--the > operation timed out according to the error message. I can however get into > the roots mailing list (http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > but nothing else--could their be a problem with the addresses? > bill > bstill@ctaz.com > > ---------- > From: Barbara Farthing Bonham <bbonham@wpmedia.com> > > Subject: [PACRAWFO-L] Crawford County Genealogy Resources > Date: Monday, May 31, 1999 7:39 AM > > For all the new subscribers, this is a posting of resources known to be > for the Crawford County researcher. > > PACRAWFO mailing list back issues search: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > Type in PACRAWFO for name of list > > Bible records: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBibl > Biographies: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBios > Deeds: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordDeed > Obituaries: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordObits > Pension Files: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordPens > Wills: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordWill > > Crawford County Genealogy - Post and View Queries > http://genealogy.toolcity.net > > Bible records: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBibl > Biographies: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBios > Deeds: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordDeed > Obituaries: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordObits > Pension Files: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordPens > Wills: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordWill > > Tom Yosert's Page - very informative site with much abstracted data > http://www.gremlan.org/~yoset/ > > Conneautville Valley Area Historical Society - Excellent site! > http://www.granniesworld.com/cvahs/ > > http://www.ccia.com/~rharvey/crawford.htm > PAGenWeb site for Crawford County > > For more information or help, contact me, the Listowner. > > Barbara > msb@myfamily.org > -- > Barbara Farthing Bonham > Summerville SC > Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net > The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham > Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Crawford County Pennsylvania Genealogy On The Web > http://genealogy.toolcity.net -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

Rep. Lindsey Graham's Website ......date uncertain self Upon logging onto Rep. Graham's website this morning to send him an e-mail red type greeted me with the following message: NOTE: The rumor that Congress will soon vote on a surcharge for the use of e-mail has been circulating on the Internet in various forms since early December, 1998. There is no legislation pending in Congress that would permit telephone companies or the U.S. Postal Service to charge individuals for long distance use of e-mail. In recent days, my office has received a new version of the letter. It claims the Postal Service is quietly pushing Congress to pass a bill, 602P introduced by Congressman Tony Schnell (R), which will charge 5 cents on every delivered e-mail. This is a hoax. There is no bill 602 P and there is no Congressman named Tony Schnell. -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

Sorry about the duplication of links...must have feel asleep on the Control V...while pasting. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

For all the new subscribers, this is a posting of resources known to be for the Crawford County researcher. PACRAWFO mailing list back issues search: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Type in PACRAWFO for name of list Bible records: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBibl Biographies: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBios Deeds: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordDeed Obituaries: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordObits Pension Files: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordPens Wills: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordWill Crawford County Genealogy - Post and View Queries http://genealogy.toolcity.net Bible records: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBibl Biographies: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordBios Deeds: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordDeed Obituaries: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordObits Pension Files: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordPens Wills: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Pa/CrawfordWill Tom Yosert's Page - very informative site with much abstracted data http://www.gremlan.org/~yoset/ Conneautville Valley Area Historical Society - Excellent site! http://www.granniesworld.com/cvahs/ http://www.ccia.com/~rharvey/crawford.htm PAGenWeb site for Crawford County For more information or help, contact me, the Listowner. Barbara msb@myfamily.org -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

Now that summer has "officially" arrived, it is reunion planning time. I will post your reunions on the Crawford County Genealogy Web Site and submit them to Roots-L and also send them to the list. Be sure to put Reunion in the subject line and email me the details. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

Ed: Thanks for the obit! One of the honorary "bearers" was George F. Davenport, a gguncle! It's so good to be able to put him in some context in the community. Now I'll look more carefully when I see the other names, hoping that a Davenport may be lurking among them. And thanks for the Second Souvenir as well! See what happens when we all help each other! 8-) Linda in Utah Edward Sinker wrote: > I was pleased to see my great-great uncle listed > as one of the recipients of the 300 copies of > Second Souvenir distributed by Francis C. Waid - > > >May 12, 1888 W. R. Andrews, Meadville, Penn > > This was Wesley R. Andrews who was proprietor > of the Meadville Tribune 1870s-1880s and later > secretary to Senator Boise Penrose and chairman > of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania. > > He and Dr. T. L. Flood were neighbours. > > >Jan. 23, 1889 Dr. T. L. Flood, Meadville, Penn > > Dr. Flood and his son Ned attended the funeral for > Wesley's wife, Rubie Annie Robinson who died in 1901. > Perhaps some will be interested in the names who > attended her funeral which appeared in her obituary: > > ***************************************************** > .................The funeral services were held Tuesday, September > 17, at Christ Protestant Episcopal church at noon. The rector, > Rev. George Sherman Richards read the service and the > appropriate lines "I shall be satisfied." > The quartet (Miss Katherine Shryock, Miss Janet > Miller, Mr. W. A. Wilson, Mr. Walter Dewey), sang "Nearer, My > God, to Thee" and "Peace, Perfect Peace." Miss Minnie > Gibson was the organist. The flowers were in exquisite taste > and very beautiful. The services were simple yet impressive > and befitting the character of the deceased. > The ushers at the church were Col. Ned Arden > Flood, Harry A. Reynolds, Capt. Wesley B. Best and Win S. > Rose. > The bearers were John J. Shryock, A.L. Bates, > W.S. McGunnegle, E.A. Hempstead, Dr. H.C. Carroll and A. > G. Richmond. > Honorary bearers were Dr. T.L. Flood, Geo. F. > Davenport, Maj. A.C. Huidekoper, Col. J.W.H. Reisinger, Col. > S.B. Dick and A.M. Fuller. > *************************************************** > > - Ed > Edward Coates Sinker - email: sinker@globalnet.co.uk > Church Lea > Bosbury > Herefordshire HR8 1PX > U. K. > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > Crawford County Pennsylvania Genealogy On The Web > http://genealogy.toolcity.net

I am researching the following families: Robert Wallace (Wallis)b. ca 1804 in Pa m. Mary (Polly) Fox in 1826 in Crawfard Co, Pa. issue: Delilah b. ca 1828 Mary Emmaline b. Mar 27, l929 John b. ca 1830 Easick b. Jan 29, l832 Louisa b. ca 1837 Jane b. ca 1839 By 1842 Robert Wallace married a second time to Sarah Taylor issue: Hiram b.ca 1842 All of these children were born in Crawford Co. About 1848 the entire family removed to Knox Co, IL and about 1863 many of them migrated to Cass Co, IA. Is anyone else researching the families of Wallace and Fox in Ceawford, Co? Regards, Nancy McEwen

I was pleased to see my great-great uncle listed as one of the recipients of the 300 copies of Second Souvenir distributed by Francis C. Waid - >May 12, 1888 W. R. Andrews, Meadville, Penn This was Wesley R. Andrews who was proprietor of the Meadville Tribune 1870s-1880s and later secretary to Senator Boise Penrose and chairman of the Republican Party in Pennsylvania. He and Dr. T. L. Flood were neighbours. >Jan. 23, 1889 Dr. T. L. Flood, Meadville, Penn Dr. Flood and his son Ned attended the funeral for Wesley's wife, Rubie Annie Robinson who died in 1901. Perhaps some will be interested in the names who attended her funeral which appeared in her obituary: ***************************************************** .................The funeral services were held Tuesday, September 17, at Christ Protestant Episcopal church at noon. The rector, Rev. George Sherman Richards read the service and the appropriate lines "I shall be satisfied." The quartet (Miss Katherine Shryock, Miss Janet Miller, Mr. W. A. Wilson, Mr. Walter Dewey), sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "Peace, Perfect Peace." Miss Minnie Gibson was the organist. The flowers were in exquisite taste and very beautiful. The services were simple yet impressive and befitting the character of the deceased. The ushers at the church were Col. Ned Arden Flood, Harry A. Reynolds, Capt. Wesley B. Best and Win S. Rose. The bearers were John J. Shryock, A.L. Bates, W.S. McGunnegle, E.A. Hempstead, Dr. H.C. Carroll and A. G. Richmond. Honorary bearers were Dr. T.L. Flood, Geo. F. Davenport, Maj. A.C. Huidekoper, Col. J.W.H. Reisinger, Col. S.B. Dick and A.M. Fuller. *************************************************** - Ed Edward Coates Sinker - email: sinker@globalnet.co.uk Church Lea Bosbury Herefordshire HR8 1PX U. K.

Hello! I'm new to the list, and am working on the McArdle and Hanratty families who lived in Beaver and Summerhill Townships 1840-1860. Specifically looking for information on Peter and Patrick MC ARDLE, and James and Thomas HANRATTY. Also, Catharine MC ARDLE, age 7, born Ireland, was on the 1850 census with the HANRATTY family. Were the MC ARDLE and HANRATTY families related? What happened to the rest of the McARDLE children after their parents died? S. S. McDOWELL was named guardian in 1854. Some of the McARDLE line ended up in Erie County, Pa. (McKean Township) by the late 1800s. Thanks for any leads! Debbie

The following letter from Mr. W. F. Oldham, of Singapore, in the Straits Settlements, Malay Peninsula, India, appeared in a Meadville paper December 27, 1888. In introducing the letter the editor of the paper makes the following remarks: "Our friend Francis C. Waid having received the following letter from W. F. Oldham, now a teacher and missionary in India, has kindly handed it to us for publication, knowing that it will prove interesting to a large number of acquaintances and friends. Mr. Oldham was formerly a student at Allegheny College, and while pursuing his studies here gave many lectures in the vicinity. He is a native of India." SINGAPORE, NOV. 3, 1888. Dear Brother and Sister Waid: We were pleased to receive your letter of April last, which I unhappily mislaid soon after receipt. Sow that I have found it again, I write at once. I am, as you will see by consulting a map, at the southernmost extremity of Asia, within eighty miles of the equator. This is a lovely place, where every prospect pleases, and only man is vile. As I am presiding elder of a district, pastor of an English church, and principal of a large and growing school, you can imagine my hands are full. God has prospered us beyond our expectations, as the little school I commenced among a few heathen boys is now a flourishing institution, educating 309 boys, paying its own current expenses, and, paying half the expense of its $14,000 building, into which we have just moved. We have now a membership of sixty, and a promising congregation. We have great joy in upbuilding a Methodist Church from nothing. We have also services in Malay and Tamil, and one of our number is learning Chinese, which is very difficult.. We visit hundreds of heathen homes, and witness for Christ to scores of heathen souls. We pay some attention to the American captains and sailors who come to this port. As a result of these multiform activities, I must confess to being utterly worn out. For four years I have had no single holiday, except when sick once for ten days and another time for six. I have taught on an average forty hours a week, and preached four or five times a week. I mention this to explain why you may probably see me in 1890 back to the U. S. (D. V.) to once more see the beautiful snow, and be invigorated by the tonics of cool weather and renewed Christian friendships. With much interest shall I then revisit State Street Church, and shall be very glad, if you will have me, to preach once more the Gospel of Jesus Christ to my old friends. Please remember me to Brother and Sister Reynolds, the Sacketts, Auntie Brown, the old brother class leader (I forget his name) and all others whom I learned to love in the Lord. Mrs. Oldham is not well, but improves. Yours sincerely, W. F. OLDHAM. In Memoriam MRS. ELIZA C. WAID, Who died at Blooming Valley, Penn., July 4, 1888. "Farewell, Francis dear, farewell, Adieu, farewell to thee; And you my children all, Farewell, farewell to you." Our mother is gone, and we are left The loss of her to mourn. But then we hope to meet with her With Christ before God's throne. Call not back the dear departed Anchored safe where storms are over; On the border land we left her, Soon to meet and part no more, Far beyond this world of changes, Far beyond this world of care; We shall find our missing loved one In our Father's mansion fair. 'Tis hard to break the tender cord When love has bound the heart; 'Tis hard, so hard, to speak the words, "We must on earth forever part." Dearest loved one we must lay thee In the peaceful grave's embrace; But thy memory will be cherished Till we see thy heavenly face. Through all pains at times she'd smile, · A smile of heavenly birth; And when the angels called her home, She smiled farewell to earth. Heaven retaineth now our treasure, Earth the lonely casket keeps; And the sunbeams love to linger Where our sainted mother sleeps. Yes Eliza, sleep, but turn I Back to a busy world of strife; For a place awaits my coming On the battlefield of life. But ere I go, a promise sweet Is to my spirit given, That we shall meet beyond the grave; Yes, meet again, in heaven. *Written on the death of Mrs. F. C. Waid, by a devoted friend, Mrs. M. N. These lines appeared in print--first on July 6, 1888, and again, in a slightly amended form, on November 29, 1888, in the Pennsylvania Farmer. The following beautiful tribute to the memory of Mrs. Eliza C. Waid, a woman who held so enviable a position in the affection of husband, children and friends, appeared in a local paper. It was sent to the bereaved husband by his esteemed friend, J. Y. Gilmore, editor of the New Orleans Sugar Bowl and Farm Journal, accompanied by a warm letter of condolence and sympathy. "She is dead," Simple words are these, lightly spoken by many, and scarcely heeded by the masses, ordinarily; but when it has reference to one who is near and dear to us, either from lifelong friendship or of kindred tie, how differently sounds that sentence! School ourselves as we may in the belief that death is a natural event, which should be expected, and by which we should not be grieved when it comes, there is another natural consequence--that of strong attachment, which grieves at parting--that completely overcomes all cold philosophy when the trial comes. These reflections are caused by the receipt of the unexpected news of the death of Mrs. Francis C. Waid, nee Eliza C. Masiker, a lifelong friend and early schoolmate of this writer. Meeting, as we did, but a few months before, she apparently in perfect health, with that pleasant face and roseate hue for which she was always noticeable, none, unless told, would have suspected that a fatal malady was daily doing its deadly work. She knew the end was approaching, but, with that Christian fortitude so characteristic of her, she murmured not; but that noble life, which had been one long sacrifice to a deep sense of duty, was laid upon this last altar, and, while painful, she peacefully passed away. Although gone before, her memory lingers to bless her friends who are made better by remembering her example, if they but seek to emulate it. She has passed to a more blessed state, and may we all so live that our lives may be as pure and our reconciliation to death as complete as was hers. ADDENDA TO LETTERS RECEIVED FROM RECIPIENTS OF MY FIRST SOUVENIR. MEADVILE, PENN., January 4th, 1887. FRANCIS C. WAID, ESQ., Dear Sir.--I desire to thank you for the interesting volume, containing the biographical sketch of yourself and some of your family and friends, which you so kindly furnished me recently. It is doubly interesting to me from the fact that my relations with you, and many members of the family to which you belong, have given me some personal acquaintance which I would cherish. Old memories are awakened by looking over the pages of your volume. Here are the names of old friends: Ira C. Waid, George W. Cutshall, C. R. Slocum and others. There are the engravings of persons, places and objects which recall other and pleasant days. Your treatise on money lending, and the address to youth, are full of valuable suggestions. Your book seems valuable as illustrating the fact that men may cherish high aims and good habits, and obtain "the life that now is, and that which is to come." It has been written [see 1st Psalm] of certain persons: "He shall be like a tree, planted by rivers of water; his leaf shall not fade, and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Your volume will be interesting to your family and friends as a genealogical record, and will be profitable in illustrating the path of success in life, and stimulating others to hope and labor efficiently. You have been a laborer; you did not use up all the products of your labor in useless, or worse than useless, expenditure. The surplus products of your labor became capital, or accumulated labor. Those who denounce capital, but praise labor, forget that capital is only accumulated labor. This is a rule; there may be some exceptions, but they are few. Excuse delay in acknowledging the receipt of your volume; it was mislaid a few days. Wishing you continued success and much happiness, I remain Your friend. G. B. DELAMATER. LAWRENCE, KAS., March 19th, 1890. F. C. WAID, ESQ., My Dear Brother :--I was at Conference when your letter came, with that very welcome $10. It has been added to the S. S. window fund, and is on interest until needed for the special purpose. The book which you sent me should have received earlier notice. Your collection of Historical Sketches of relatives, friends and neighbors must afford reflective people of that region of country very great pleasure. Like myself, many are now far away from scenes once familiar. This book calls back many of the brighter places and the sweeter experiences of the earlier days. These pictures of rural life under Christian surroundings are eminently calculated to "Do Good." Fraternally, Jas. MARVIN. Thanks, David

THE HENRY O. ALLEN FAMILY. The following record of the Henry O. Allen family I received in April, 1888, from his widow, Mrs. Rhoda A. Allen, of Winterset, Madison Co., Iowa: Henry O. Allen, born August 18, 1821, at Meadville, Crawford Co., Penn., died October 29, 1885, at Leavenworth, Kas., at the age of 64 years, 2 months and 11 days. [Had he lived till November 11, 1885, he and his wife would have seen the forty-fifth anniversary of their wedding day.] Rhoda Ann Caleb, born October 11, 1820, at Danby, Tompkins Co., N. Y. Above named were married November 11, 1840, at Ovid, Seneca Co., N. Y., and their children were as follows: Oscar Monroe, born May 10, 1843, at Athens, Bradford Co., Penn., died at Pleasantville, Penn., December 14, 1874, aged 31 years, 7 months and 4 days. Francis Elijah, born July 13, 1846, at Athens, Bradford Co., Penn., died at Ottawa, Kas., May 6, 1879, aged 32 years, 9 months and 23 days. Adrian Leroy, born August 10, 1851, at Athens, Bradford Co., Penn. Ida Bell Estelle, born August 4, 1857, at Meadville, Crawford Co., Penn. I here also give some other names that may be of interest to the reader, and which I jotted down from time to time when visiting cemeteries: Clinton Cullum, born November 17, 1819, died at his pleasant home on Liberty Street, Meadville, January 28, 1888; interred in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville. Nicholas R. Stull died at his home in Woodcock Township, Crawford County, February 9, 1888, aged 68 years and 1 month, interred on 11th in Blooming Valley Cemetery, the funeral services being conducted by our pastor, M. Miller, whose text was: Our fathers, where are they? Brother Stull had been a member of the State Road Methodist Episcopal Church for about twenty-five years. James H. Allen died November 24, 1888, in Campbell County, Dakota, while his wife was visiting in Crawford County, Penn. Robert Quinn died October 16, 1865, aged sixty-eight years; Jane, his wife, died November 12, 1856, aged sixty-years. They are interred in Lakeview Cemetery, Jamestown, Chautauqua Co., N. Y, and by their side rest the remains of Leander Simmons. Reuben E. Fenton, born July 4, 1819, died August 25, 1885, and is also buried in Lakeview Cemetery. [The Fenton vault is a small, plainly beautiful structure, bearing upon one end the words, I am the Resurrection and the Life, and upon the other side the legend, "Rest in peace."] Cordelia A. Stephenson died March 13, 1889, in her sixty-sixth year. Her husband, John Stephenson, died in 1878, and both are interred in Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, and I attended both funerals: they were relatives of mine. On that beautiful spring afternoon, March 14, 1889, I read on a monument in Greendale Cemetery the following: Through the grave and the gates of Death We pass to a joyful resurrection. DARWIN A. FINNEY, 1814-1866. I here give the record of several departed ones not already mentioned in my 1886 SOUVENIR: Franklin, son of M. S. and M. Morehead, died September 15, 1862, aged 3 months. [Interred just east of our last monument erected.] Angeline, wife of Henry Thurston, died September 1, 1856, aged 26 years, 5 months, 26 days. [This lady was a schoolmate of mine. Three of her children--David, Allen and Mack--are interred by her grave.] Daniel Cowen died May 15, 1864, aged 71 years, 1 month, 4 days. Basheba, wife of Able Ellis, died April 1, 1885, aged 80 years, 9 months. Samuel Floyd died July 11, 1849, aged 84 years. Catharine Pitcher, daughter of A. and J. Pitcher, died April 20, 1854, aged 17 years. David Pitcher, son of A. and J. Pitcher, died December 19, 1849, aged 20 years, 1 month, 18 days. Nicholas Pitcher, died April 30, 1854, aged 23 years. Eliza A. wife of Leland Braymer, died November 25, 1879, aged 34 years, 1l months, 6 days. Susan, wife of Luther March, died April 13, 1845, aged 36 years, 6 months, 26 days. O. E. Adams, wife of H. L. Boyles, died December 12, 1873, aged 29 years, 6 months, 6 days. Frank T. Densmore, 1856-1885. Marillie, wife of John Pochey, died November 16, 1884, aged 27 years, 4 months, 24 days. George Lemmon, born November 13, 1885, died February 1, 188l [sic]. Jane, wife of J. Lemmon, died October 8, 1868, aged 73 years, 3 months. Charles Stewart died March 11, 1873, aged 45 years. Henry B. Baxter, born December 17, 1827, died July 4, 1882. [I pause a moment here to make a remark, as the date of Mr. Baxter's death comes so near home to me as I write it. I had always loved him since our first acquaintance. He lived several years in our neighborhood; was superintendent of Sabbath-school at State Road, and I have always been acquainted with Phebe C. Baxter (Phebe C. Baxter attended the Moore school where I taught in 1856, and later on she taught our district school where our children attended.--F. C. Waid), his beloved wife. She is a daughter of J. F. Breed, of whom I have spoken in this volume, and when I think of my own beloved wife, Eliza, whose name and memory to me are imperishable, never to be forgotten, died on the 4th of .July, 1888, just six years to a day after my friend, Henry Baxter. Is it any wonder to the reader that I stop to think? But I continue to give the list of the departed ones. On this monument, which I may say is the largest and perhaps one of the most attractive in the cemetery, is inscribed the name of his wife, or widow: Phebe C. Baxter, born April 3, 1841.] Fannie S. Falkinburg, born October 1, 1838, died April 21, 1885. W. W. Baxter, born November 12, 1851; Hulda A., his wife, born January 24, 1842, died February 17, 1884. Preston D., son of A. and S. Rider, died March 21, 1878, aged 18 years, 10 months, 7 days. G. J. Wykoff, wife of R. Roudebush, died July 7, 1870, aged 23 years. Janett E., wife of W. L. Wykoff, died May 3, 1878, aged 28 years, 2 months, 12 days. Lydia, daughter of R. and S. A. Teasdale, died March 25, 1876, aged 19 years, 11 months, 5 days. Temperance Fergerson, born December 20, 1796, died March 11, 1869 (Temperance Fergerson died at the home of my brother, Robert L. Waid, where she was visiting and took sick.--F. C. Waid). Interred near the Waid Twin Monuments. James A. Fergerson, born December 25, 1795, died April 22, 1858, and is interred in the cemetery in Meadville. John H. Marvin died November 3, 1881, aged 21 years, 7 months, 28 days. Samuel Barrett, born May 18, 1834, died October 20, 1882. Alice, wife of G. Gilmore, died March 14, 1867, aged 22 years, 10 months. Athan A. Williams, born October 5, 1813, died March 28, 1877. Polly, wife of T. J. Odell, died November 7, 1870, aged 54 years, 9 months, 15 days. Stella M. Hays, wife of J. D. Barr, died January 14, 1884, aged 36 years, 1 month, 12 days. Elizabeth, wife of John Ring, died March 28, 1874, aged 80 years. Hattie Dickson died October 22, 1873, aged 35 years. Dwight Dickson died October 23, 1871, aged 22 years, 6 months, 13 days. Louessa, wife of Henry Marker, died August 13, 1886, aged 73 years, 4 months, 27 days. Henry Marker died November 11, 1887, aged 77 years, 3 months, 14 days. George P. Marker, son of H. and L. Marker, died February 18, 1856, aged 21 years, 3 months, 16 days. Charlotte, wife of Henry Kelly, died October 20, 1851, aged 52 years, 2 months, 25 days. Almira Fleck died March 6, 1845, aged 23 years, 7 months, 10 days. Peter Marker died October 31, 1841, aged 26 years, 5 months, 9 days; Delilah, daughter of P. and S. A. Marker, died March 4, 1860, aged 19 years, 8 months, 13 days. Sally Ann, wife of Peter Marker, died December 10, 1860, aged 40 years, 6 months. In memory of Thomas Mifflin, died April 4, 1853, aged 57 years. THE WAID TWIN MONUMENTS IN BLOOMING VALLEY CEMETERY The one was erected August 13, 1884, the other bearing the date November 30, 1888, although it was not placed in position, owing to delay in shipment, until December 11, following. The chief object of this monument being to perpetuate the memory of my beloved wife, Eliza, it was a happy coincidence that it should be erected on the birthday of our little two-year-old granddaughter, who was named after her--Edna Eliza Waid--only daughter of Guinnip and Anna Waid. On this monument are the following inscriptions: (On West Side.) In memory of ELIZA, His beloved wife; FRANKLIN, His twin brother; Parents and Kindred; These twin monuments are dedicated by FRANCIS C. WAID, November 30, 1888. (On South Side.) FRANCIS C. WAID, Born April 23, 1833, ELIZA, His wife, Born April 13, 1832, died July 4, 1888. (On East Side.) RECORD OF KINDRED. Pember Waid had seven sons and five daughters. Ira C., son of Pember Waid, had four sons, namely. Robert L., who had three sons. George N., who had six sons and four daughters. Francis C., who has three sons. Twins Franklin P. Francis C. Waid's three sons are Franklin I., who has four daughters, Guinnip P., who has one daughter, Fred F. Record of Jacob Masiker's Family. Six sons and two daughters. Jane, wife of G. W. Cutshall. Eliza, wife of F. C. Waid. TEMPERANCE FERGERSON, Born December 20, 1790, died March 11, 1869. (On North Side.) "Have Faith in God." Commit thy ways unto the Lord; trust also in Him and He shall bring it to pass. Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youth. Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. Oh, that my words were now written; Oh, that they were printed in a book, that they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever. For 1 know that my Redeemer liveth. Jesus saith, because I live she shall live also. Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. The Waid lot in Blooming Valley Cemetery is cast of the center of what was known as the first purchase (or old lot), located on the north side of the driveway. Adjoining this lot, both to the east and to the west of it, are interred near relatives. East of my twin brother's grave is that of my uncle, William Morehead. The lots of Washington Waid and William Morehead bound our lot on the cast, and the lots of Cyrus Goodwill and George Roudebush on the west. Elsewhere I give the record of others interred in this cemetery, not already mentioned in my 1886 SOUVENIR. More to follow, David

MISCELLANEOUS. BIOGRAPHY OF THE PHELPS FAMILY. I take a pleasure in placing the following biography of the Phelps Family on record in my SOUVENIR. It is not enough for me to say of Levi M. Phelps that I loved him. He helped me much in my lifetime, and God only knows how much he helped me on that never-to-be-for-gotten occasion, when he knelt down and prayed for me in the old State Road Church on January 10, 1851. I loved Levi M. Phelps before then as a man and a friend, but from that day forward I loved him as a man, a true friend and as a father of the church until his death. And I yet love him, and cherish his precious memory with sincere reverence. It was his son, Nathan, who led me to the altar where I was converted, so it may not be wondered at that I love the Phelps Family. Levi M. Phelps was born August 3, 1803, in Maryland, and died March 31, 1857, in Minnesota. When he was but four years old his father died, and the boy was reared without education or any chance of improvement. He was a good father, a man who impressed all with whom he associated with the right, and was looked up to as a leader. He was for many years exhorter, steward, class-leader and trustee of his church; was several times school and town officer. He died as he had lived. Shortly before he passed away he said: "I thought religion was good, but I never expected such a triumph. All joy, all peace, all Heaven!" And though dead, he yet speaketh. His wife, Phebe M., was born July 28, 1808, in Allegany County, N. Y., and died July 29, 1875, in the town of Marion, Minn. She always despised wrong, looked with contempt on anything unchaste or dishonorable. She instructed her children in the right, and left a salutary impress on all she had to do with, and died in the faith. The children of Levi M. and Phebe M. Phelps were as follows: (1) Nathan S., born February 23, 1826, in Steuben County, N. Y.; married Margaret Waldron February 18, 1870, and has three children, all girls. He resides in Olmsted County, Minn., a wealthy farmer and a man of prominence in church and municipal affairs. (2) Eleazer C., born March 22, 1827, in Steuben County, N. Y.; married Electa A. Rorman in September, 1750, in Crawford County, Penn., and has four daughters married. He is now a resident of Rochester, Minn. (8) Thomas W., born April 28, 1829, in Steuben County, N. Y.; married August 29, 1858, at Faribault, Minn., to Eliza Jane Hooner, and has four danghters and one son--Sadie P., Mina E., Thomas L., Emma B. and Jennie L., all living and well to do. He resides in Chester, Olmsted Co., Minn. [At page 340 will be found a brief autobiographical sketch of Thomas W. Phelps.--F. C. W.] (4) Sarah J., born October 15, 1850, in Steuben County, N. Y.; has never married. She has taught school nearly thirty years, commencing in 1848 in Crawford County, Penn. She is also a resident of Olmsted County, Minn. (5) Mary A., born April 15, 1832, in Potter County, Penn.; is married and has four children. She was the first of a family of eleven, converted at the meetings held at State Road Church, Crawford Co., Penn., in 1850-51. She now lives in St. Clair County, Mo. (6) Sylvester N., born September 17, 1833, in Potter County, Penn.; is married and has one child, a daughter. He was converted in December, 1850, at the State Road Church, attended Allegheny College in Meadville, Penn., and moved to Minnesota in September, 1855. Joined the Conference in 1856, and preached nearly twenty years. He owns a very fine farm. (7) Letitia P., born August 15, 1835, in Steuben County, Penn.; is married and has three children living, all girls. He resides in Rochester, Minn. (8) Loretta P., born August 8, 1837, died in April, 1874, in Marshall County, Iowa, leaving two children living--one son and one daughter. (9) Margaret E., born February 18, 1840, in Crawford County, Penn.; married in 1858, and had two children by first marriage; in August, 1864, she lost her husband in the war, and in 1870 she again married, by which union she had three daughters. She died February 9, 1887. (10) Amelia S., born July 26, 1846, in Crawford County, Penn.; is married, and resides in Marshall County, Iowa. (11) Emma, born in February, 1848, in Crawford County, Penn.; is married and has one child living. She resides at Crook City, Dak. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THOMAS W. PHELPS. (WRITTEN FOR HIS SINCERE FRIEND FRANCIS C. WAID.) The record of my birth and parentage, etc., is included in the biographical record of the Phelps Family, and will be found at page 339 in this book. When I left home, just before I was twenty-one years of age, I had no property I could call my own, and had but little schooling. However, during the winters of 1850-51 and 1851-52 I attended school, and in September, 1852, I commenced college, following which I taught school in various places, alternated with further studies at college. In 1856 I moved to Minnesota, and located at Marion, where I went to work immediately, and followed surveying several years. I was town superintendent of schools in 1860-61, and county superintendent several years. Have held nearly every town office; was a justice of the peace many years; was in the Legislature, 1871 and 1877; was president of the Agricultural Society, 1877-78-79. I have been district treasurer ever since 1874, and am now supervisor and treasurer. I have held nearly all the offices in the church; have been lay delegate, district and recording steward (many years); have held the office of class leader, steward, president of building committee (during the putting up two new churches); am at present steward and Sunday-school superintendent. On my farm we raise cattle, horses, hogs and the various kinds of grain and seeds--hay, clover and timothy, for seed, doing well here. We have a comfortable living, enough for ourselves and whomsoever may visit us; and I wish you, my dear friend Mr. Waid, could come and see us and stay a long time. You and yours would be welcome and twice welcome. Things taste better when we have our friends with us. Come! Come!! Come!!! Your sincere friend, THOMAS W. PHELPS. CHESTER, MINN. February 8, 1887. More to follow, David

KASSON, Minn., March 8, 1887. My Dear Friends, Mr. and Mrs. Waid and Family: Your very kind letter, and also the kind remembrance, or Souvenir, you sent us, were duly received and should have been gratefully acknowledged much sooner had we been at home when they came, but Mr. Taylor and I were both in Wisconsin at that time. I take this first opportunity after reaching home to answer your most welcome letter, and to thank you from our hearts for the book. It will be a precious keepsake for us, and especially for myself, having been acquainted at some period of my life with almost every one of whom it speaks, and with most of them very intimately. In perusing the book so many things which had almost entirely gone from my memory concerning both persons, and places, came back again to my mind with all the freshness of the time when they happened, and I live over again in imagination many of the old times, both sad and gay. I have read and re-read the book. It is like a visit home again, and I prize it very much. I shall enjoy so much looking at those familiar faces and those home residences, but above all looking upon that dear old State Road Church, so appropriately called the Pilgrims' Home. It was there I found the Savior, so precious to me. Let me thank you again for sending the Souvenir to us. Ever your friends, ROBERT AND PAMELIA A. TAYLOR. MEADVILLE, April 24, 1887. Dear Sir: Please accept my thanks for a copy of your Souvenir which you sent me. I find it interesting and instructive, and I have learned many things from it which I did not know. You have my best wishes for your future prosperity and happiness. Yours truly, J. D. CLEMSON. MEADVILLE, April 28, 1887. Dear Sir: Your Souvenir has been handed me. I am obliged to you for honoring me with a copy. In looking through its pages I find many valuable suggestions and much sound advice. It will be of more and more interest as time passes. Again thanking you for your kind remembrance, I remain, Very truly yours, SAMUEL P. BATES. WILLIAMSPORT, May 9, 1887. My Dear Cousin: I received the book you sent me, and let me thank you kindly for it. How very kind of you to remember me of whom you know and have seen so little. I assure you I shall prize the book and appreciate the kindness more than I can tell you, and hope through it to become more acquainted with your family and others of my mother's relatives of whom I know very little. I left that place when so young that I can remember very little of any one there. I enjoyed my visit there over twenty years ago very much and thought then that I might visit there again, and should, if brother, Henry O. Allen, had remained there, but he moved to Iowa soon after our visit, and we removed from Athens, Bradford county, to Williamsport, and have lived here ever since. Your friend and cousin, CLARA W HART *When my brother and I visited Fayette Allen, Dec. 25, 1888, we learned that Clara W. Hart had died Sept. 16, 1888.--F. C. WAID. MEADVILLE, Oct. 17, 1887. Francis C. Waid, Esq. Dear Sir: Please accept my thanks for the volume left at my office by you for me. It is a very interesting memorial, and I shall take pleasure in reading it. With my best wishes for your prosperity, I am Your friend, John J. HENDERSON. NEW RICHMOND, Nov. 1, 1887. Dear Sir: Your token of friendship in the form of a biography and history of your family and friends was gladly received by me, and after a careful perusal I pronounce it a very correct and useful work for those who enjoy calling up old recollections of friends and acquaintances, and one that contains much useful knowledge for the young. Please accept my thanks for remembering me in this way. Very truly yours, E. J. BAILEY. CHICAGO, July 3, 1888. F. C. Waid, Esq., Meadville, Pa. Dear Sir: Your letter of June 26th was duly received, as was also your book sent to his son (Robert T. Lincoln's son). Mr. Lincoln is at present on a vacation trip abroad, and is not expected home until the latter part of August. I write now, therefore, simply to acknowledge the receipt of your book and letter. I will call his attention to both of them upon his return. Very respectfully yours, WILLIAM S. CAMERON. CHICAGO, August 30, 1888. F. C. Waid, Esq., Meadville, Pa. Dear Sir: Please accept my thanks for your favor of June 28th, and also for the Souvenir book, which I have taken pleasure in giving to my son. Very truly yours, ROBERT T. LINCOLN. *It is written the name of the just is had in everlasting remembrance. Perish not from my memory the name of ABRAHAM LINCOLN, and while I live, with pleasure will I cherish and appreciate the honor conferred on me by Robert T. Lincoln.--F. C. Waid. GREENVILLE, Penn., Dec. 17, 1888. My Esteemed Friend, F. C. Waid: I have just received the copy of your Souvenir, which you kindly present to me. Allow me to thank you and to say that I will ever cherish it as a treasure far more valuable than a gift of gold. Many persons of means erect to the memory of their deceased friends, costly monuments beside their graves, and it is often the case that the meanest men have placed to their memory the most expensive tomb-stones. You have struck the right plan of perpetuating the names of your relatives who have gone to their rewards, and of leaving with your posterity the daily acts and ups and downs of your own busy life. Such a souvenir will last long after the moss has grown over the tomb-stones, or the marble has crumbled to mother earth. Happy should the man be who can conscientiously publish such a volume as you have sent me, without fear of its being an evil text for the "gossiping critic" who is of no more use to society than rot is to a ship. My brief acquaintance with you was one of much pleasure, and I am glad to learn that your business placed in my hands was so attended to that the implicit confidence you had in me has never been shattered. I had heard, before getting your letter, that your estimable wife had been called to her rest, beyond this world of strife. I can well remember her, and permit me to extend to you my sincere sympathy in this, the loneliest, the saddest and most melancholy year of your active life. It surely seems hard that she who had shared with you for thirty-four years the hardships, trials, troubles and blessings incident to this life, should be taken forever away when you had arrived at that age when you were most in need of a true and trusted friend and counselor; but He who holds in His hand the verdict that settles the future of each of his creatures, had reasons for severing her life's cord and gathering her into His heavenly kingdom. You may be consoled by the happy thought that you can continue to live the life that will insure your welcome to the place where she has been carried by the angel of death. May I hope that your life will be spared for many years to come, and that it will be fraught with kind acts, such as will serve to add to your already attained high Christian character and good name, which will be the grandest legacy you can leave to your relatives and friends. With the kindest wishes I remain, Your sincere friend, J. M. RUNK. April 17, 1889. Mr. Francis C. Waid. Dear Friend: Your book, Souvenir, is plainly and pointedly written. It is a good book and will do good. The doctrine is sound, the spirit is sweet and helpful to a serious reader. Every point discussed is so briefly and yet so earnestly put that the reader will be fascinated as he progresses to read on and on till he finishes the volume. As your friend, I am gratified that you find time to write books, and especially because you will reach an audience peculiarly your own, which you will inspire to read and think. Your topics are among the best, and their presentation in your way will move others to believe that an unselfish life is the noblest kind one can live. May your life be spared many years, and may you succeed in doing much good is the wish of Faithfully yours, T. L. FLOOD, The Chautauquan, Dr. T. L. Flood, editor and proprietor, Meadville, Pa. The following article is taken from the Meadville Weekly Tribune: A FAMILY SOUVENIR. FRANCIS C. WAID'S GIFT TO HIS KINSMEN AND FRIENDS. We have received from our friend, Francis C. Waid, whose pleasant home stands at the west side of the State Road, about five miles east from this city, a copy of the Souvenir he has had prepared for his family and friends. This Souvenir is a handsomely bound volume of 151 pages, entitled, "Francis C. Waid Souvenir," and contains an historical sketch of the donor, with family biographies, essays on farm economy, money loaning, an address to the youth of our country, and much that is of general interest. The work is a complete family biography, and contains biographical sketches, besides that of the donor, of George N. Waid, Robert L. Waid, George W. Cutshall and C. R. Slocum. The work is printed on heavy calendered paper, in large, clear type and profusely illustrated with fine engravings, among which we find excellent portraits of Mr. Francis C. Waid, Mrs. Eliza C. Waid, Mr. Ira C. Waid, and Mrs. Elizabeth P. Waid. The views embrace the farm home of Ira C. Waid, the old home on the Goodrich Farm, the residence of Francis C. Waid, the Waid lot and monument in the Blooming Valley Cemetery, the State Road M. E. Church, and the Blooming Valley M. E. Church. The general contents of the work are of especial interest to members of the family, containing as it does a complete history of the Waid family for many years back. The series of articles from the pen of the donor, consisting of personal experiences and practical advice on subjects of every-day life, are such as will interest anyone who is so fortunate as to receive a copy of the work. Mr. Waid is what the world recognizes as a practical farmer, and by his own industry and thrift has profited mentally as well as financially. In the articles in which he offers instruction to young men and women, and to older persons engaged in business or following some of the various occupations in life, he speaks from the standpoint of successful experience, and the wise reader will weigh his words carefully and well. Of the work in question, six hundred copies have been printed, to be distributed among members and friends of the family. The following paragraph, reproduced from the preface of the book, shows the aim in view and the spirit which prompted its publication: "In presenting this volume 'without money and without price' to his kinsmen and friends, especially to the youth, Mr. Francis C. Waid does so with an expression of his untold kindness toward the receiver of the book, and with a desire that the compliment be accepted in the same spirit which he intends shall accompany it--a spirit of philanthropy, good will, sympathy and fraternity." The Souvenir, and such it will certainly be, represents a great amount of patient labor and was only made possible by the methodical manner in which Mr. Waid has conducted his affairs in life. Such a compilation, date and family statistics can only be secured where careful records have been kept. In presenting the work to his kinsmen and friends Mr. Waid aims to do good, and certainly the aim will be accomplished. In later years the volume will prove of great value in the family, and will perhaps be followed by another, giving further family history yet to be made. In the idea of publishing such a work the donor does not claim originality--he simply follows in the footsteps of many others who have caused similar compilations. Family biographies, carefully compiled from year to year, and finally bound into attractive volumes, are not unusual, and certainly the idea is a good one. Strip it, if you please, of all colorings of sentiment, and the fact remains that the most interesting reading any of us could find, were such in existence, would be an accurate history of our own family ancestors; and the author of the Souvenir of which we write may well feel that he has prepared for his friends a gift which will find appreciation untold in the years to come. More to follow, David

I now present to the reader a record of the distribution of the 300 copies of my first SOUVENIR, giving date, name and address, also number of portraits contained in each book. FRANCIS C. WAID'S FIRST SOUVENIR. RECORD OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE THREE HUNDRED COPIES RECEIVED AUGUST 17, 1886, GIVING DATES OF DELIVERY OR MAILING. Of these 300 books 242 contained each four family portraits, and fifty-eight contained twelve. DATE. NAME. August 17, 1886 F. C. Waid, Meadville, Penn 17, 1886 To each of my sons, F. I., P. G. and F. F. Waid, Meadville, Penn 17, 1886 G. N. Waid, Meadville, Penn. 17, 1886 G. W. Cutshall, Guy's Mills, Penn. 17, 1886 Martha Goodwill, Grand Valley, Penn 17, 1886 Albert F. G. Goodwill, Grand Valley, Penn 17, 1886 Horace H. Goodwill, Grand Valley, Penn 17, 1886 George A. Goodwill, Tryonville, Penn 18, 1886 Fremont Bradshaw, Grand Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Frank Sturgis, Centreville, Penn 18, 1886 Oscar Goodwill, Centreville, Penn 18, 1886 Uncle Robert Morehead, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 John Morehead, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 Robert A. Fergerson, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 Clark Ellis, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 Cora Williams. Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 Henry Smith, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 William Smith, Meadville Penn 18, 1886 Orlando Waid, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, l886 Daniel H Miller, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Nick P. Waid, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Marilla Bradshaw, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Grant N. Waid, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Iowa Joslin, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Blanch Underhault, Union City, Penn 18, 1886 Elizabeth Riddle, Bolivar, Penn 18, 1886 Jacob Housenic, Union City, Penn 18, 1886 Sarah E. Russell, Guy's Mills, Penn 18, 1886 Frank Cutshall, Guy's Mills, Penn 18, 1886 Philip Cutshall, Guy's Mills, Penn 18, 1886 Aunt Eliza C. Phillipps, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Pember W. Phillipps, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Rebecca Arnold, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Rachel Phillipps, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Lucinda Gillett, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Harrison Sutton, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Aunt Clarrinda Morehead, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Rachel Britton, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Allen Morehead, Townville, Penn 18, 1886 Joseph Morehead, Newton, Penn 18, 1886 George Sutton, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Lewis M. Slocum, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 A. D. Brown, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Ralph Roudebush, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Dr. G. W. Wetter, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 C. W. Wygant, Esq, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Andy Ryder, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Jerome Drake, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 Charles Morehead, Townville, Penn 23, 1886 James Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Ida Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Mary McCullough, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Alfred Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Marvin Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Samuel Gilmore, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 George Gilmore, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Charles Gilmore, Bradford, Penn 23, 1886 John Y. Gilmore, New Iberia, La 23, 1886 Ann Eliza Odell, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Charles A. Buell, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 John Roudebush, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Rev. James Wygant, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 John Wygant, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Ira C. Wygant, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 W. H Hunter, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Zefaniah Briggs, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Nicholas Roudebush, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Chancy Sellew, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Joseph Heard, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Uncle Horace F. Waid, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Hannah Kellogg, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Laban Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 Moses Masiker, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 David Roberts, Meadville, Penn 23, 1886 Edson Sackett, Meadville, Penn 23, 1886 J. H. Reynolds, Meadville, Penn 23, 1886 Hartwell Williams, Meadville, Penn 23, 1886 Emmett Pitcher, Blooming Valley, Penn 23, 1886 S. L. Thompson, Blooming Valley, Penn 24, 1886 Rev. Elisha T. Wheeler, Geneva, Ohio 25, 1886 John W. Gordon, Blooming Valley, Penn 25, 1886 Andrew Cole, Blooming Valley, Penn 25, 1886 Newton S. Chase, Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 Frank Simmons, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 Clarrissa Mosher, Brocton, N. Y. 25, 1886 Leander Simmons, Ashville, N. Y. 25, 1886 Fayette Fleck, Ashville, N. Y. 25, 1886 Thompson Burns, Frewsburgh, N. Y. 25, 1886 Adelbert Simmons, Busti, N. Y. 25, 1886 Henry Simmons, Busti, N. Y. 25, 1886 Ally Washburn, Milwaukee, Wis 25, 1886 Fred Davis, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 William Bowen, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 Ira L. Waid, Fentonville, N. Y. 25, 1886 Martha Cobb, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 Addie Whicher, Mount Vernon, Ill 25, 1886 Frank B. Bush, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 Florence Skinner, Ashville, N. Y. 25, 1886 Steven C. Derby, Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 Rev. M. Miller, Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 Salmon Phillipps, Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 King Fleck, Watts Flats, N. Y. 25, 1886 Harvy Simmons, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 Frank Colt, Jamestown, N. Y. 28, 1886 Hiram Ayres, Pittsburgh, Penn 31, 1886 John M. Ellis, Waverly, Iowa Sept. 1, 1886 Ransom Robbins, Blooming Valley, Penn 1, 1886 George A. Bently, Blooming Valley, Penn 5, 1886 Rev. William B. Trevey, Saegerstown, Penn 4, 1886 James Titus, Tryonville, Penn 6, 1886 Lewis Waid, Centreville, Penn 11, 1886 Simon S. Waid, Townville, Penn 13, 1886 Nicholas R. Stull, Long's Stand, Penn 13, 1886 Frank Handley, Meadville, Penn 14, 1886 Bates Walton, Mead Corners, Penn 14, 1886 Simeon Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 14, 1886 Frank H Clark, Blooming Valley, Penn 14, 1886 Harvy Hatch, Blooming Valley, Penn 14, 1886 Smith Galey, Meadville, Penn 14, 1886 Albertis Clark, Meadville, Penn 14, 1886 Melvin Ward, Meadville, Penn 15, 1886 De Witt C. Harroun, East Tennessee 15, 1886 Lafayette R. Harroun, Spartansburg, Penn 15, 1886 William Farley, Spartansburg, Penn 17, 1886 George Floyd, Saegerstown, Penn 17, 1886 A. Brink, Saegerstown, Penn 17, 1886 Ambro Whipple, Saegerstown, Penn 20, 1886 Grace Thompson, Meadville, Penn 20, 1886 Charles R Slocum, Mosiertown, Penn 20, 1886 Robert Slocum, Mosiertown, Penn 20, 1886 Hon. Salvador Slocum, Mosiertown, Penn 20, 1886 Wilson Floyd, Everett, Colo 20, 1886 Phebe Gray, Pittsburgh, Iowa 20, 1886 James H Allen, Campbell, Dak 20, 1886 Columbus Hatch, Campbell, Dak 20, 1886 Mittie Proud, Aberdeen, Dak 20, 1886 Simeon Dickson, St. Charles, Minn 20, 1886 Joseph R. Finney, Pittsburgh, Penn 20, 1886 Fayette Bloomfield, Cambridgeboro, Penn 20, 1886 George Miller, Venango, Pa 20, 1886 More M. Odell, Blooming Valley, Penn 20, 1886 Hon. Thomas W. Phelps, Chester, Minn 20, 1886 Eleazor Phelps, Rochester, Minn 20, 1886 Nathan Phelps, Miron, Minn 20, 1886 Sylvester N. Phelps, Woodstock, Minn 20, 1886 Amella Taylor, Kasson, Minn 20, 1886 Warren Cutshall, Pine Island, Minn 20, 1886 Willis Masiker, Lansing, Iowa 21, 1886 James Smith, Dayton, Ohio. Soldiers' Home 22, 1886 May Ramsey, Ottawa, Kas 27, 1886 Rev. B. F. Dimmoch, Grace M. E. Church, Dayton, Ohio Oct. 1, 1886 Henry Hudson, Girard, Penn. A stranger 3, 1886 Mary Ellen Washburn, Spartansburg, Penn 4, 1886 H. M. Dickson, Meadville, Penn 6, 1886 Carrie Drake, Little Cooly, Penn 6, 1886 Fred Slattler, Meadville, Penn 6, 1886 A. R. Fowler, Artist, Meadville, Penn 20, 1886 Avery Masiker, Titusville, Penn 20, 1886 Walter Waid, Centreville, Penn 20, 1886 Omri Goodwill, Titusville, Penn 20, 1886 Wilson Smith, Titusville, Penn 20, 1886 Ruth Ann Goodwill, Titusville, Penn 24, 1886 Ebenezer Hites, Blooming Valley, Penn 25, 1886 Walter Thompson, Titusville, Penn 25, 1886 James Thompson, M. D., Oakwoods, Ky 25, 1886 John W. Thompson, Madisonville, Tenn 27, 1886 James A. Beatty, Meadville, Penn 30, 1886 Frank Smith, Cambridge, Penn 30, 1886 Alexander Smith, Lincolnville, Penn Nov. 1, 1886 Isaac Vanmarter, Blooming Valley, Penn 1, 1886 Ebenezer Harroun, Guy's Mills, Penn 1, 1886 Cynthia Gage, Meadville, Penn 11, 1886 Rebecca Dickson, Little Cooly, Penn 11, 1886 Col. S. P. Dick, Meadville, Penn 11, 1886 Hon. G. B. Delamater, Meadville, Penn 11, 1886 Hon. Newton S. Pettis, Meadville, Penn 14, 1886 Anna Tyler, Norwood, Kas 18, 1886 Catharine Stewart, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1886 John F. Breed, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 Hiram Blystone, Meadville, Penn 18, 1886 Hannah Lord, East Branch, Penn 18, 1886 Thomas Smith, Little Cooly, Penn 18, 1886 James A. McLachlin, Hickory Corners, Penn 22, 1886 Perry Blakeslee, Spartansburg, Penn 25, 1886 Mariah Long, Blooming Valley, Penn 25, 1886 Adam Morris, Long's Stand 25, 1886 John Hamilton, Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 Silas Goodrich, Blooming Valley, Penn 25, 1886 Smith Leonard, Meadville, Penn 30, 1886 Leon C. McGaw, Meadville, Penn 30, 1886 Rev. O. L. Mead, Mercer, Penn Dec. 4, 1886 Rev. S. K. Paden, Clark, Penn 4, 1886 Rev. D. S. Steadman, Tidioute, Penn 4, 1886 Ursula Roudebush, Warren, Penn 10, 1886 Bigler Roudebush, Erie, Penn 10, 1886 Melissa Scott, Wentworth, Dak 20, 1886 Mrs. James Irwin, Central Hotel, Meadville, Penn 23, 1886 Mary Ann Astrom, Cherry Valley, Ohio 23, 1886 Marriam Meechum, Meadville, Penn 23, 1886 James Gilmore, Kansas 25, 1886 Lorenzo Harris, Lincolnville, Penn 25, 1886 Homer C. Waid, Millerton, Penn 25, 1886 John Gibbons, Sugar Lake, Penn 25, 1886 Col. C. W. Charlon, Knoxville, Tenn 25, 1886 Col. W. H. Easiley, Muddy Creek Station, Tenn 25, 1886 J. H. Hamilton, Muddy Creek Station, Tenn 25, 1886 Dr. George M. Burdett, Muddy Creek Station, Tenn 25, 1886 Caroline Cochran, Mosiertown, Penn 25, 1886 Meadville City Library, presented by Col. S. B. Dick 25, 1886 Otto Finney (David Finney's son ), Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 Oliver G. Chase, Jamestown, N. Y. 25, 1886 Warren Chase, Union City, Penn 25, 1886 Temperance Gibbs, Tremont, Ill 25, 1886 Steven Morehead, Armington. Ill 25, 1886 Charlotte Cunningham, Iona, Iowa 25, 1886 S. Merrell, Meadville, Penn 25, 1886 Prof. A. B. Hyde, Denver, Colo 25, 1886 F. C. Knapp, Cooperstown, N. Y. 25, 1886 J. M. Bunk, Mercer, Penn. Indiana his home 25, 1886 Rev. J. F. Perry, Springboro, Penn 25, 1886 Rev. A. S. Goodrich, Corry, Penn 25, 1886 John Donnelly, Meadville, Penn Jan. 20, 1887 Fredric A. Tiffany, Essex, Conn 20, 1887 John Braymer, Blooming Valley, Penn 20, 1887 David Braymer, Blooming Valley, Penn 31, 1887 George Waid, Cherry Valley, Ohio 31, 1887 Adelbert Waid, New Lyme, Ohio Feb. 10, 1887 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Meadville, Penn 10, 1887 James A. Brewer, Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburgh 17, 1887 Hon. H. C. Johnson, Meadville, Penn 17, 1887 Mary Ann E. Clark, New Richmond, Penn 22, 1887 Horatio Wright, Wayland, Penn 22, 1887 Rev. James Lewis, Bradford, Penn March 26, 1887 William Gilmore, Hope, Dak April 23, 1887 John Hays Culbertson, Meadville, Penn 23, 1887 Fayette Allen, Athens, Penn 23, 1887 Sarah Corby, Athens, Penn 28, 1887 Clara Hart, Williamsport, Penn 28, 1887 Fred Hart, Williamsport, Penn 23, 1887 Andrew G. Waid, Dexter, Mich 23, 1887 Mary Ann Sackett, Dexter, Mich 23, 1887 William Chase, Meadville, Penn 23, 1887 John Climson, Meadville, Penn 23, 1887 Lorinda Wheeler, Riceville, Penn 23, 1887 Joseph Douglas, Meadville, Penn May 20, 1887 Ephraim Smith, New London, Iowa 20, 1887 Emond D. Ellis, Meadville, Penn 20, 1887 Daniel Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn 20, 1887 Frank P. Smith, Blooming Valley, Penn June 22, 1887 Anna Harmon, Lake Ridge, Mich Aug 8, 1887 G. W. Townley, New Richmond, Penn 15, 1887 Rev. Sam P. Jones, Cartersville, Ga 15, 1887 William H. Mathews, Chautauqua, N. Y. 15, 1887 John M. Yakers, Sharon, Penn 16, 1887 Samuel Falkinburg, Blooming Valley, Penn 16, 1887 Phebe Baxter, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1887 Advent Sunday-school, Blooming Valley, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, State Road, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, State Street, Meadville, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, First Church, Meadville, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Saegerstown, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Townville, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Centreville, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Riceville, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Guy's Mills, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Titusville, Penn 18, 1887 Watson's Run German Reformed Church, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Evansburgh, Penn 18, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Jamestown, N. Y. Sept. 10, 1887 U. S. Grant, grandson of Gen. U. S. Grant, Col. Fred Grant's son 10, 1887 Methodist Episcopal Sunday-school, Cochranton, Penn 10, 1887 A. Arnold, 75 East 10th Street, New York 17, 1887 Emmett Densmore, 58 West 55th Street, New York City 26, 1887 O. H. Hollister, Meadville, Penn 26, 1887 Scott A. Marshall, Meadville, Penn 26, 1887 Henry P. Marley, Meadville, Penn 26, 1887 Edwin J. Bailey, Meadville, Penn 26, 1887 Hon. John J. Henderson, Meadville, Penn Oct. 6, 1887 Baptist Sunday-school, Wayland, Penn Nov. 8, 1887 Sylvester A. Comstock, Phillipsburgh, N. J. 8, 1887 George P. Ryan, Long Stand, Penn April 10, 1888 Rhoda Ann Allen, Winterset, Iowa 10, 1888 William F. Oldham, Singapore, India May 12, 1888 W. R. Andrews, Meadville, Penn 12, 1888 John Porter, Meadville, Penn June 12, 1888 William Reynolds, Meadville, Penn 12, 1888 Maj. D. V. Derickson, Meadville, Penn 12, 1888 A. M. Fuller, Meadville, Penn 12, 1888 Abraham Lincoln, Chicago, Ill July 20, 1888 Hattie Ringer, Olpe, Kas Aug 20, 1888 T. De Witt Talmage, Brooklyn, N. Y. Sept 12, 1888 Charles C. Slocum, Mansfield, Ohio Nov. 20, 1888 George A. Baker, Editor of SOUVENIR, Chicago, Ill Jan. 23, 1889 Dr. T. L. Flood, Meadville, Penn More to follow, David

I had not planned on sending this information, but it may contain data that some might be interested in. I certainly do not want to send information that is not useful, so if it is no interest, send it to "recycle." When, in 1885, the "History of Crawford County" was published by my friends, Messrs. Warner, Beers & Co., of Chicago, I was desirous of having my personal and family sketch appear in that volume in a more elaborate and exhaustive form than it does; but at the time of giving the several data to the agent, I found I had no practical biographer by my side to aid me in the undertaking. That sketch is like the capitol of our country--it is unfinished, "but the work goes bravely on." We too often ask others to do for us what we can do for ourselves. Harriet Beecher Stowe, in conversation about her "Uncle Tom's Cabin," said that no one was more surprised than herself at the result. "At first," said the authoress, "I intended to write two or three numbers, but when I got agoing I found I could not stop." I have discovered that what I thought I could not do of myself, by Divine help I can. Nothing affords me more pleasure than to continue in the work; and the expressions of appreciation I have received from many of my kindred and friends, to whom I presented copies of my first SOUVENIR, give me great courage and hope. Some of the written acknowledgments I will here give as far as space will permit. When I sent my cousin, Bigler Roudebush (who lives at Erie, Penn.), a copy of my Souvenir, I received in return a photograph of my aunt, Clara Roudebush, with her youngest child, Bigler, in her arms. I do not know of anything that would have pleased me more. My friend, Sylvester A. Tiffany, on receiving a copy of my book, wrote me a very interesting letter, in which, after kind expressions of thanks, he says: "I wish I had such a book for my friends." A relative says of the S0UVENIR: "It is good enough for a king;" and another writes from Milwaukee, Wis.: "If you had sent me $100, although I need money, it would not have pleased me as well; may you live to write more; I think your 'Address to the Youth' is very good. God bless you." Mr. Hamilton says he "read the Souvenir, and failed to find anything that would offend, but much to please and interest." A young man, whose father was a schoolmate and scholar of mine, thus writes me: "After perusing your book, which you presented to my uncle, I longed to possess one like it, for I think between its covers are examples worthy to be imitated by any young man." I will add that this gentleman's wish was gratified. My cousin, M. S. Morehead, of Armington, Ill., writes: "I received a very interesting and valuable book from you. I am pleased and delighted in reading its pages. Many thanks, and while some incidents of sad news bring tears, some others bring joy." From Mr. J. F. Hamilton's letter, dated Muddy Creek, London Co., Tenn., March 29, 1887, I quote the following: "I am proud of the present you sent me. I think your Souvenir is so nice. I am under many and lasting obligations to you. Give our love to all the family." E. W. Harroun, from Guy's Mills, Penn., writes an interesting letter, and after expressing thanks for the book, says: "Francis, your parents and mine were eastern people from Connecticut. I remember well the last time your mother visited our home. I sat and listened to hear them talk of their girlhood days in Old Connecticut. Both were good talkers, and conversation was lively when they came together, but now they both sleep in the same burial ground--our best friends. I respect your judgment in selecting a book to give your friends; a good book is a joy forever, the same to-day or a hundred years hence." Under date of January 2, 1887, Warren Cutshall, of Pine Island, Minn., writes: "It was with great pleasure that we received your book, and we will keep it as a token of friendship. It brings back many scenes of childhood and youth--the old red school-house that I passed in going to the mill, for in those days many a grist was carried on horseback. It was not until after you were married that I became well acquainted with you." Warren Cutshall, David Finney and Henry Smith built our house in 1861. Warren is a brother of George W. Cutshall, my brother-in-law, and since his removal to Pine Island, Minn., I with others have visited his pleasant home twice, once with Mr. G. W. Cutshall and my brother in November, 1880; and in the fall of 1881 I had the pleasure again to visit him in company with Mr. and Mrs. Cutshall and Eliza, my wife. We drove across the country from Lansing, Iowa, to Pine Island, making a most enjoyable trip. I also enjoyed Warren Cutshall's and his wife's company when they were visiting relations and friends here in 1882. On one of my visits to Pine Island, I went to see, in company with G. W. Cutshall, Warren Cutshall and G. N. Waid, Pine Island Cemetery, where, I was informed, eight of the Cutshall family or kindred were interred, among them being Mrs. Warren Cutshall, my friend's first wife, and J. Cutshall, his brother, with whom I was acquainted; the names of the other relatives I can not recall. Warren Cutshall is not only a farmer, but a good carpenter and speedy workman. Some time ago when in Meadville, I was talking with one of our county commissioners, to whom I had sent a copy of my SOUVENIR, and, after thanking me heartily for it he inquired how I found "time to get up such a book." To this I replied: "During the day I thought, and in the evening I put my thoughts into writing. This my publishers printed in book form which I could present to my friends, and this pleases me very much." "Yes," added he, "and your friends too." Among the letters which appear farther on is one from my loved friend, S. N. Phelps, of Woodstock, Minn., and this letter both gratifies and instructs me. The closing remarks interest me most, for they are a theme to which I have given thought and endeavored to act in accordance with all my life, and if there is not a motive in it, then it would be a blank to me, and of no avail whatever; but it is not so conditioned. I feel I have not labored in vain, either in the Lord or for the Lord; and most heartily do I endorse the moral that whatever we do should be done unto Him, and that we should do it as those who expect they have to render an account of the deeds of this life. More to follow, David

Looking for any information about a Sarah STEELSMITH/STAHLSMITH born Dec 1838 in PA m ca 1865 to Alexander R. CRAWFORD. After the marriage, the family settled in French Creek Venango County. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

Pat Butterfield, Vedner Correction on the last name of Warren Dearborn's wife. . -----Original Message----- From: PACRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com <PACRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com> To: PACRAWFO-D@rootsweb.com <PACRAWFO-D@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, May 30, 1999 1:26 PM Subject: PACRAWFO-D Digest V99 #146

Novice needs help ! Know that my Great Great Grandfather, James Clark, lived in Crawford County in the 1830's. Had a son, George Edward Clark, on Feb. 26, 1835. Left the county before the 1850 census. Moved to Greenwood, IN. Don't know about siblings or spouse. Stuck at this point in my family tree. Any help would be greatly appreciated. May be in the area near the end of July. Thanks, y'all. Bob Clark Rowlett, TX

Is anyone working this family? I am interested in his wife, Harriet Nodine/Nodyne. His sister, Rachel married Alexander W. Nodine. Thanks, Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC Nodine Nostalgia http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA Genealogy http://genealogy.toolcity.net

Hi Everyone, I thought I would try this again. I am looking for the David Reymore Family. David born 1802 or 1805 in New York. He married an Unknown wife. He died May 10 1887 in Hayfield County, Between Little Corners and Norrisville, Pa. They had the following children A Polly Reymore, who was listed on 1860 census and then disappears. Frederick Reymore who married a Lois, Born 1831 in New York and died August 22, 1896 in Hayfield Township. Between Little Cornes and Norrisville, Pa. David Reymore Jr. Born March 4, 1835 in New York, Married a Lovina. They lived in Conneautville from 1850's to 1880 them moved to Vernon County, Where he died February 7, 1889. Buried at the Johnson Cemetery. Abraham Reymore/ Reymour, born 1840. married first a Eme Gene Odell and than a Demira Wood. I believe they moved west. Mary Reymore married a Marshall Carr. David than married a Eliza Smith, Daughter of Jacob Smith. She was born September 12, 1826 in Troy , New York. Died in Meadville, on December 16, 1913 and is buried at Denny's Cemetery. They had the following children: J. Monroe Reymore, born November 15, 1850 Susan Almira Reymore born June 4, 1859 in Conneautville,. Married September 24, 1885 to a Ralph Emerson Waldo, in Miles Grove, Pa, any one know where that might be? Frank Clarence Reymore born June 28, 1863 at Littles Corners, Pa. Married Loa May Chapin, Daughter of John and Enunic ( Norris) Chapin, July 28, 1886 at Hickernill, Pa. and Died September 26, 1941 in Erie, Pa. I am looking for any information on this family, will be more than happy to share any and all information I have. Thank you all for your time and trouble. Karen krihwan@ncinter.net