More from the Second Souvenir (written January 25, 1889.) "I believe if in my grave, Hidden in woody deeps all by the wave. Your eyes should drop some warm tears of regret, >From every salty seed of your deep grief Some fair, sweet blosson would leap into leaf. To prove that Death could not make my love forger." One of the "Humbler Poets" Once again let me pause in quiet, retrospective thought; let me stand aside to see the phantons of past days go by me, accompanying the shadow of myself in dim procession. Weeks, months, years glide alon. They seem little more than a summer day and a winter evening. I find in my hand to-day the marriage ring I placed upon Eliza's finger nearly thirty-five years ago, and a keepsake book, "The Family Circle," which I gave her April 3, 1853, after our engagement but before out marriage. While looking in my library I take from its shelves, this neat little volume, which I find in a good state of preservation, though it has been read and reread with much profit to both of us. The value to me of this little book in increased as I read on the fly-leaf the inscription: "Eliza C. Masiker, April3, 1853," and "Francis C. Waid, April 3, 1853" both in our own handwriting. If this little memento is so valuable to me, I ask what should be the Bible? I have stood aside to see the phantoms of those days go by. They are gone, and I resume the thread of my story. Sandy Schroeder slschroe@intrepid.net

We spent Thursday night, Friday, and Friday night at Homer's, leaving there on Saturday morning. He accompanaied us to Elmira, where we spent Saturday, and called on his brother-in-las, Mr. Trescott, with whom we took dinner and had a pleasant retrospective chat. Years ago, in company with my beloved wife and my mother, I had visited the Trescotts, and since then Mrs. Lydia Trescott and daughter, in company with Mr. and Mrs. Homer Waid, had also called on us when paying their friends a visit in Crawford County. We also went out to the Guinnip farm near the city. This name to me and my family has an attraction, inasmuch as my second son, Guinnip, was named in honor of merchants of that name who carried on business in Meadville before the Rebellion of 1861. Elmira is a city of about 30,000 inhabitants, and has places of interest, which we visited, such as Park Church, W.K. Beecher, pastor, where there was a Christmas tree, etc. Before leaving we called on and had supper with our cousin, Clarence Simmons, and then took the night train for Jamestown. Sunday we spent with relatives in Frewsburgh, five miles from Jamestown, and to us it was an unusually pleasant Sabbath. We found Mr. and Mrs. Burns and their daughter, Clara, at home, and with them we went to church. To enjoy two good sermons and attend Sunday-school was enough for one Christian Sabbath to bring peace and rest to my soul, and I always thank the Lord for these privileges. On the morning of Monday, the last day of the year 1888, Mr. Burns drove us to Busti, a town about eight miles distant, where we passed the day very pleasantly with our relative, Adelbert Simmons, who is in the mercantile business. After a profitable visit with him and his family, we were driven by his son to the farm of Henry Simmons, about two and one-half miles from Busti. These two cousins my brother had never visited. Henry Simmons' wife October 11, 1886, leaving him with the care of three boys and three girls. My wife and I had enjoyed the social friendship of their domestic home ere it had been broken up; and now I fully realized the bereavement and the empty place in the family circle, for I thought of my own loved home. I knew what it was to have a wife and mother taken away. Yet we should not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that's gone. Mr. Simmons had gone to Jamestown, and was not yet returned, so we sat there in the evening chatting with the children; and as I mused on the scene of the motherless little ones grouped in the room, I thought there was still some happiness left under the roof. All the girls were occupied at something, even the youngest, little Bernice, only eight or nine years old, sat there quite lady-like, knitting just as girls used to do in olden times. After the eldest, Katie, had played the organ, we retired to rest, and when midnight came we knew that the old year in dying had fiven birth to the new. The early morning of the first day of the year 1889 saw us up and dressed, and who should be the first one to hail me with a "Happy New Year," as I entered the sitting room, but Henry Simmons himself, and glad we were to meet. Soon after breakfast we took the stage for Jamestown, about eight miles off, and on our arrival we proceeded to the residence of Mr. Frank Simmons, where we were met at the door by Mrs. Simmons, who extended to us the usual greeting, with the announcement that we "were just in time for a New Year's dinner" at the home of her brother, Hezekiah Williams, who lived near by. Of course it came as a surprise to us, and as it was a family gathering purely among the Williamses, held by them for years on such occasions, I hesitated in accepting the generous invitation. Mrs. Simmons, however, observing my hesitancy, said: "Yes, you are going, and here is Frank just coming in." So there was no refusal; we had to go when they put the crucial question, "Don't you want to go>" "Yes, I at once said, "I know your folks so well, and have been acquainted so long, you can regard us as members of the family. Just before leaving for Mr. Williams' a gentleman from Dakota came in, and he also accepted a similar invitiation. (Skipping down a little) As the day had not yet closed, we found we had time to visit other relatives, so directing our steps toward Harvy Simmons', some distance off but yet within the city limits, on Foot's Avenue, we called on Mrs. Simmons andher daughter, who were both sick, the mother's health having been very indifferent for several years. Then after yet another call we proceeded to Frank Colt's (where we stopped December 24), telling him we thought it was time he was visited again by us, as we "had not bben there since last year!" At this he laughed, at the same time, in his usual cheery manner, inviting us to "come in," which we did, and were glad to find Aunt Mary Ann Simmons "quite well." In the morning we left their hospitable roof, and after visiting Mr. Cobb, and my friend William Bowen, also attending to some business we left Jamestown, stopping, during the day at Ashville, to see our cousins, the family of the late Leander Simmons, also our enterprising friend, F. Fleek, who is engaged in mercantile business, and whom we were glad to find prospering. In the evening we came to Union City, Erie Co., Penn., where we tarried with Augustus Underholt, G. N. Waid's son-in-law, and after breakfast the following morning, Mr. Underholt took me to my friend, Mr. Wesley Davidson, who formerly lived in Blooming Valley; thence we proceeded to the chair factory where we found some old acquaintances. With Mr. Davidson I remained and took dinner, and afterward, while my brother chose to prolong his visit with his daughter, I returned home after a ten day's remarkably pleasant, instsructive and invigorating trip. Sandy Schroeder slschroe@intrepid.net

Interesting person, I must say Mary was the daughter of William Watson and Magdalena Cole, daughter of Conrad Cole first Mary m. James Burchfield - in 1857 (thanks to Wm Moore) - He died 1862 second she married S. Ben Cole in 1875, he died allegedly in 1898 and is buried in Sherred Hill (Where the dickens is that??) Still no children that I know of Third, she married William Boyd - no info on him - m. 1902 Still looking for any children, where she died and buried. Sandy Schroeder slschroe@intrepid.net

Sorry. Forget about the cemetery......glen

Could someone that lives near Fremont give me the address and phone number for the Fremont cemetery? Thanks for the help........glen

I am looking for Patrica A. Butterfield Vedner. I have Wilder in my family tree two. Thank You all for your time and trouble. Karen Krihwan krihwan@ncinter.net

I am looking for a James Burchfield, b. 16 June 1824, d. 30 December 1862, buried Cole Cemetery and married Mary Warson, born 1836, Hayfield Twp, died ???, buried ???but probably Cole Cem. Am also looking for any children. and marriage date. place. Can you help? Sandy Schroeder slschroe@intrepid.net

Listers: Searching any information on Joseph (Jozef) Samson (Samsonoski), b. abt 1891/2 in Austria/Poland/Galicia, d. 1954 Cambridge Springs Alms House, buried in an unmarked grave at a corn field with a single marker place by county around 1960, name shows as Joseph I Samson on the marker. Worked at Polish Alliance College for a very long time in maintenance and as an electrician. Any info would open very heavy doors for me. He is my elusive Grandfather! Judy Campbell LV NV ICQ# 30275681 Searching: CAMPBELL(PA,MD,VA)/BATTLES(PA,MD); SAMSON(SAMSONOSKI)/TOMASZEWSKI(A)/BARTOSZ/ZOLA(ZOWA)/ KASZPRYK(PA,POLAND/AUSTRIA); BRADY/PRYLE(PGH,PA); TEETERS(PA,MD,OH,CO)/FRIEL(PA)/KINDELL(PA) and others

Does anyone have any records of general stores that were in downtown Titusville in the 1880's? I am looking for information on a family that owned a store around that time. Not sure about the spelling of the name. Something like Stegman, Steadman, Stedman etc. Any clues would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Vicky VStozich@aol.com

I am searching for information about GEORGE W. HUTTON and MARY E HUTTON generally and especially regarding their ancestors. We know that the family lived in Adamsville, Crawford County, PA starting with John Elmer Hutton and probably his father lived there as well. All are buried in Rocky Glen Cemetery, Adamsville, PA. 1 GEORGE W. HUTTON b: 1838 d: 1919 .+Mary E. Hutton b: 1844 d: July 12, 1906 ......2 John Elmer Hutton b: 1862 d: 1926 ..........+Sara Anna Cook b: January 28, 1873 d: May 28, 1935 in Greenville, Mercer Co., PA ..............3 Robert Richard Hutton ..................+Marion Dempsey ..............3 Rena Elizabeth Hutton b: February 11, 1893 in Adamsville, Crawford Co., PA d: May 10, 1945 in Greenville, Mercer Co., PA ..................+George Washington Mansell b: October 5, 1887 in Greenville, Mercer Co., PA d: March 10, 1951 in Greenville, Mercer Co., Hempfield Twp., PA m: Unknown ..............3 Howard W. Hutton b: December 11, 1894 in Adamsville, Crawford Co., PA d: August 4, 1967 Youngstown, Ohio ..................+Lois Hutton .............. *2nd Wife of Howard W. Hutton: ..................+Dorothy Johnston ..............3 John Lawrence Hutton b: August 31, 1897 in Adamsville, Crawford Co., PA d: March 1, 1974 in Dearborn, MI ..................+Jane Hutton ..............3 A. Marguerite Hutton b: 1902 d: 1976 ..................+Allen Leroy Johnson b: 1901 d: 1980 ...... 2 Flora H. Hutton b: 1867 d: 1940 ..........+James E. Laughery b: 1862 d: 1936

A Portland, OR friend shared this website info with me today. It's a list of photos available of people who served in the Civil War - recognized Alexander Hays, found my husband's great-grandfather, etc., etc., etc. Maybe you can find someone you "know", too! http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usamhi/PhotoDB.html Thanks! PATROBERTS@prodigy.net

Hi Everybody: While doing some filing this morning I found this clipping which I thought I would share with everybody. Suspect it might be from the Linesville Newspaper...dated Nov 17, 1886. HARMONSBURG, PA. - Special Correspondence to the Herald Mrs. Geo. KELLY, of Elk County, Pa., is visiting at her father-in-laws, Thomas Kelly. Mrs. PEOPLES, of Geneva, O., is visiting firends in this vicinity. There will be an oyster supper at the M.E. church on Thanksgiving night. Old Mrs. WHITING (this would be Mary - my ggggrandmother) is on the decline, she having been taken worse in the last week. (She did die in December) Mr. JOHN LONG returned home from his trip in the West wholesaleing bowls, on Thursday last. Mr. JACK McMURTRY is sojourning near Guy's Mills for a few days. The school directors met on Saturday the 9th and hired the following teachers for the winter term: Harmonsburg advance, ASA SIPPS; primary, ANGIE DOENHEIFER; Smith, JOHN WARD; Partus, I. (would be Isa) GIBSON (she eventually moved to Oregon); Chestnut Corners, MAGGIE GEHR; Dennison, DELL FULLER; Gehr, IDA LEWIS; McClure, JOHN DICKSON; Putman, laid over. Schools are to commence December lst. Wages $20 a month; the teachers are to furnish their own board. The fall term will close on Tuesday of this week. Mr. JESSE SITLER and wife left for their home in Kansas, Monday of last week. Another article above the other one: (Don't know the twp.-that was cut off) ELIHU CLARK, Esq., and his son, and Fred Roberts have gone to Los Angeles, Cal. Mr. Clark went to improve his failing health. Mr. and Mrs. STUIER, of Mercer, Pa. were visiting at Mr. Baker's last week. SAMUEL JOHNSON has sold his personal property at auction, and will remove to Youngstown to engage in business, and if successful, will make that place his future home. J.F. PARKER has traded his store in this place to Dan Hayfor, of Lenox, for a farm, and will make that place his future home Enjoy! Bev

My Grandfather Patrick William Geary was Born in Titusville, Crawford, Pa. on 24 Jan 1872 to Thomas Francis Geary and Anna J (Cummings) Geary. I am looking for information on his sister Catherine Mary, born 15 Aug 1870 in Titusville and his brother Charles born 1877 in Titusville. Any information that can be given will be greatly appreciated. Thank you all James Patrick Geary

More from Francis Waid's Second Souvenir In the afternoon of December 24, my brother, George N., and myself took the train at Meadville for Jamestown, N.Y., where we stopped over night with our cousin, Frank Colt, and family. We were happy to find them all well, including dear old Aunt Ann Simmons, now nearly eighty-six years of age, and who is living with Mr, Colt. My brother and I had visited relatives in this county in October last, and at the same time we called on two of our aged aunts--Aunt Phoebe Goodwill (who was then resideing with her son-in-law, Frank Sturgis, near Centreville) and Aunt Clarinda Morehead (living with her son, Charles, near Townville). Although Mrs. Morehead lives so near my brother, yet he had not seen her for eighteen years. After buying our tickets at Jamestown, we had a very pleasant time on the train as we journeyed together, and also in the evening. On Christmas Eve we arrived at Athens, Bradford Co., PEnn., having enjoyed an exhilarating four mile walk from Waverly, the train having failed to connect at that point. The last time I was in Athens visiting relatives was twenty-four years ago, in company with my parents and wife. What a change! How many had bade adieu to earth! My brother and I called on our cousin Fayette Allen, and his wife, whom my brother had not seen for fifty years, and whom I had not met since September, 1861, over twenty-four years ago. We visited sseveral places of note in Athens--the Union Bridge Works, furniture factory, new school building and the Tioga Point Cemetery. The old cemetery is within the limits of Athens. In the former my uncle Fayette Allen's father, and other relatives are interred. On my uncle Allen's headstone is inscribed the following: "L. M. Allen, Born June 19, 1793: Died January 9, 1870." Among other relatives we called upon in Athens was our cousin, Mrs. Sarah Corby. Mr. and Mrs. Corby have three sons and two daughters, all living and married.Fayette Allen has one son and one daughter, both married and living in Athens, and we called on them also. All our relatives in Athens were in good health when we visited them, but we were informed by Mr. Allen that Clarissa Hart, his sister, who was a resident of Williamsport, Penn., had died September 16, 1888. Leaving Athens on the 27th my brother and I stayed a short time with our relative, Charles E. Corby, at Waverly, N.Y., and took dinner. We shall ever remember with true pleasure our short visit with the newly-married couple. After this short pleasant visit, our relatives, including Mr. Allen, accompanied us to the train, and with a farewell shake of the hand we parted. On arriving at Elmira, a town some eighteen miles from Waverly, we found we had to wait till the evening train on the Tioga Branch, in order to reach Millerton, in Tioga County, Penn., a place some twelve miles distant from Elmira. Our cousin, Homer C. Waid, resides at Millerton, and I had written to him to expect us, but hardly supposed he would come to the train at night, and raining as it was, yet there he was, lantern in hand, in the darkness, patiently awaiting our arrival and ready to greet us. We were soon at his home, where we were made welcome by Mrs. Waid and her son, Roy D., and daughter, Flora. I had not seen Mrs. Waid since they moved from Blooming Valley, twelve years ago. Over twenty-five years ago, she made her home with us, I think, part of two summers, and from that time our friendship continued, although our visits had ceased since they left Blooning Valley, Meadville, in 1876, until now. More to follow re: this trip Sandy Schroeder`

Thanks so much for the Greenwood Tsp item. In the Greenwood Presbyterian Church paragraph I found my great grandfather James Hamilton and his son-in-law Pastor Isaac McVitty! In another section I found his uncle John Cook. ___ Marilyn Mills Hesse mmhesse@snet.net Windsor, Connecticut, USA Researching: HAMILTON/McQUISTON/MILLS/MOORE/WILSON - in Pennsylvania (Crawford Co.& Mercer Co.);N.Ireland;Liverpool,UK CRAIGHEAD/LYNCH/MOODY/ROBINSON - in PA (Beaver Co) and N. Ireland DENNIS/WILLIAMS/LEWIS - in PA (Crawford Co and Bucks Co) and New Jersey BRENNER/GLASS/GUNTERMANN/HESSE/MUELLER - in Louisville, KY and Germany

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_919014214_boundary Content-ID: <0_919014214@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Everybody: Just typed this for Tom Yoset's website (http://www.gremlan.org/~yoset/) and thought those that had ancestors from Greenwood Twp. would enjoy reading it. Tom has added a bunch of new information regarding Crawford Co....check it out. Bev --part0_919014214_boundary Content-ID: <0_919014214@inet_out.mail.aol.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline From: BJHErie@aol.com Return-path: <BJHErie@aol.com> To: yoset@gremlan.org Cc: REAdsit@toolcity.net, GIBSONINPA@aol.com, gfajlg@juno.com, XKELLOGGX@aol.com, Mkuhn@enter.net, PAULA1941@aol.com Subject: Greenwood Twp. - 1874 Buisness Directory Crawford County Pa. Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 12:07:01 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit GREENWOOD was formed in 1830. It lies upon the south border of the county, west of the center, and contains 19387 square acres. The major portion of its northern boundary is formed by Conneaut Outlet. The surface is generally level, being a little broken in the north-east part. Conneaut Marsh, which extends along the north border, is about half a mile wide and from 100 to 200 feet below the general level of the land. It is well watered by springs of pure water which give rise to numerous small streams flowing north into Conneaut Outlet, and to Little Sandy Creek and Sandy Run, which flow south-east, all eventually mingling their waters with those of the Allegheny. The soil is a fertile, gravelly loam, well adapted to dairying and fruit culture. The timber consists of beech, maple, pine and hemlock. Its numerous springs of wholesome water constitute it a healthy township. The Atlantic & Great Western R.R. extends through the north part. The population of the township in 1870 was 1,782, of whom 1,761 were native, 21 foreign, 1,771, white and 11, colored. During the year ending June 3, 1872, it contained thirteen schools and employed twenty-two teachers. The number of scholars was 603; the average number attending school, 460; and the amount expended for school purposes, $2,785.61. GENEVA (p.v.) (formerly known as Suttons Corners, which name it derived from John Sutton, who still resides there,) is situated in the northern part on the A. & G. W. R. R. and contains two churches, a school house, two hotels, seven stores, two wagon shops, five blacksmith shops, a telegraph office, shoe shop, harness shop, tin shop, about 100 dwellings and 400 inhabitants. It was incorporated as a borough Jan. 23, 1872. SANDY CREEK is located in the southern part, on Little Sandy Creek. The post office at this place was discontinued in 1872. GRINNELS is a hamlet located a little north of the center of the township. WEST GREENWOOD is situated in the west part, a little south of the center. Settlement is believed to have commenced soon after the settlement of the Meads at Meadville, by Asher and William Williams, who took up 800 acres of land, but our information is not sufficiently authentic to clearly establish the date. Abraham Martin settled here in 1794 and died in 1820. Samuel Anderson, from Sherman, came in 1796, and settled upon a tract of 400 acres in the central part of the township. At that time the nearest market was Pittsburgh. In 1797 Richard Custard, a native of Chester county, came from the west branch of the Susquehanna and settled upon a tract of 400 acres in the eastern part, where for some time he kept a hotel. John McMichael came from the Susquehanna to Meadville, in 1797, and remained there one winter, when he removed to the western part of this township. In 1799 he erected a saw mill and grist mill, the first erected in the township. Robert Adams emigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia, in 1799, and came to this township in 1801, with a yoke of oxen. He located on the farm now owned by George Adams. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and died May 17, 1844. Alexander Clark and Thomas Abbott came in 1802. Clark was a Virginian and settled on a tract of 400 acres. His son, John R. Clark, our informant, was then two years old. Abbott came from New Jersey and located on the site of Geneva. He died in 1854, in his 72d year. John Sutton, a native of New Jersey, came with his father of the same name in 1803. They came the entire way with a wagon. The same year Francis Porter, from Cumberland county, came with a five horse team, having to chop a road for many miles, and settled upon a tract of land upon which the Presbyterian church now stands. Wm. Brooks emigrated from Ireland to Philadelphia in 1798, and removed thence in company with John Cook and family and John Dermant to the bank of Shenango creek in South Sheanango. In 1808 he settled in this township, on the farm now owned by Alexander Caldwell. He was a soldier in 1812, and in 1813 he removed to Geneva. Joseph Thacher came from Washington county in 1810, in company with his wife and two children and his wife's sister and her two children. They came from Pittsburgh on horse-back, his wife also on horse back, carrying the children while he went ahead. He was drafted in 1812, and during his absence his wife threshed the grain with a flail. He died in 1862, aged 72 years. John M. Wood, a native of Vermont, settled in the township about 1812. Peter Smith who came from Blooming Valley, in Woodcock township, was the first merchant in Geneva. He sold the first goods in 1860, at which time, he says, that borough contained but six or eight shanties and not a single painted house. Greenwood Free Will Baptist Church was organized with six members, Jan. 22, 1832, by Rev. George Collins, the first pastor. The Church edifice was erected in 1843. The building of a new one is contemplated. It is to be constructed of brick and cost about $3000. There are 104 members. The pastor is Rev. A. C. Bush. - (Information furnished by Mr. William Thacher. Greenfield Presbyterian Church, in the south-west corner of the township, was organized with twenty members, June 22, 1854. The church edifice was erected the same year at a cost of $1500. It will seat 250 persons. The first pastor was Rev. George Scott, but previous to his installation (June 27, 1860,) the pulpit was supplied by Rev. James Coulter and others. The present pastor is Rev. I. W. McVitty. The Society consists of forty-five members; its property is valued at $1250. - (Information furnished by Mr. James Hamilton. The Church of the United Brethren in Christ, at Geneva, was organized with four members, in 1870, by Rev. P. W. Ish, the first pastor, and the house of worship which will seat 500 persons, was erected in 1871, at a cost of $2700. The pastor is Rev. -- Everts, and the number of members, twenty-four. The Church property is valued at $2800. - (Information furnished by Mr. I. D. Christ, class leader. --part0_919014214_boundary--

Am looking for any information on Leon Nadrew REEFER, born July 23, 1868 in Meadville, PA. His father Morris REEFER, his mother Jeannette Tichner, or his sister Mae. Barbara Findley

In a message dated 2/9/1999 11:29:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, PACRAWFO-D- request@rootsweb.com writes: << Hi, Does anyone have any information on an Adam GEHR born about 1770-80? Paula >> ADAM GEHR, born abt. 1779 in Cocalico Twp, Lancaster Co. PA. died March 26, 1827, married ANNA MARIA ENGLEHAUPT. A brother to MARGARET GEHR, my husbands grgrgrgrandmother who was born in 1778. There are several people searching the name GEHR, you may get lots of answers. If not, let me know. Dolores

Hi, Does anyone have any information on an Adam GEHR born about 1770-80? Paula

Hi, This was on another list also. Paula HISTORY OF OHIO JOHN HOWARD WILSON, b. Beaver, Pennsylvania, February 1, 1890, son of J. Sharp and Ida (Hazen) Wilson. John m. June, 1915, Miss Rhodabelle Medbury a native of Youngstown.