Hello! These are my Crawford Co. surnames: My Father's Family: Parker, Peterson, Ray, Lasher, Andrews? My Mother's Family (Great Grandmother) Gehr, Leavitt, Tenant, Pike, Harned, Gibson, Kightlinger, Stainbrook Any kind of help, would be great. Thanks, Tammy

Hi, According to From Our County and Its People by Samuel Bates, 1899, my 4-great grandfather was the first justice of the peace in what is now Spring Township. (His name is Thomas Fisher.) Does anyone know where I should look for or send for information regarding the dates of Thomas being the justice of peace? Thank-you. Carolyn

Hello, I am new to this list and here are the surnames in Crawford County that I am researching: SPAID, STULL, GROMOLL, EWING, THURSTON, BYHAM, OAKS, STORRY, and MURDOCK. I would like to hear from anyone with mutual interests. Dale

>> >> >I hope I am going about this correctly. >> >> >I am looking for the Ancestors of my Grandfather, Lucius G.Frisbie. >> >> >b 1856 m 1881 d 1928 >> >> >Married to Clarissa H.Garlock in Conneautville PA. on Jan.2,1881 >> >> > Any help will be appreciated on where to go or how to go about >> >> >search. >> >> >Thanks >> >> >Lester C Frisbie >> >> > >> > >> >-- >> >Barbara Farthing Bonham >> >Summerville, SC >> >The Family Snitch's Web http://www.tfsweb.net >> >League of the South - SC Chapter http://www.palmetto.org > >-- >Barbara Farthing Bonham >Summerville, SC >The Family Snitch's Web http://www.tfsweb.net >League of the South - SC Chapter http://www.palmetto.org

Hi! I am looking for info on Nathan ELDERKIN b. 3 Nov. 1807 m. Mary Ann KNAPP 3 July 1828. Children: 1) Louisa ELDERKIN b. 25 Feb. 1830 d. 1 Sept. 1895 2) Daniel Sylvester ELDERKIN b. 22 April 1832 3) Julia Ann ELDERKIN b. 17 Nov. 1835 4) Joseph Dennison ELDERKIN 13 Sept. 1837 5) David Manin ELDERKIN b. 30 Sept. 1839 6) Patience ELDERKIN b. 24 Sept. 1841 7) Alma Charilla ELDERKIN b. 21 Sept. 1843 m. ____? GRAHAM d. 12 July 1908 8) Nathan Joshua ELDERKIN b. 12 Mar. 1849 d. 1/1850 Nathan ELDERKIN was found on the 1830 Census Crawford Co., Oil Creek Twp. #022. Louisa ELDERKIN was born in Sugar Creek, Crawford Co., in 1830. The 1850 census for Waterford, Erie Co., PA shows: N.J. ELDERKIN M.A.ELDERKIN, (Mary Ann?), age 38 b. in NH abt. 1812. If any of this sounds familiar to you, I would really like to hear from you! Thanks in advance!

Hi! Here are my Erie Co. and Crawford Co. surnames: MOORE KINKADE ELDERKIN KNAPP Thanks!

Looking for info on James, Sidney, Nathaniel, or Aaron Herriott. Obituary, Crawford Democrat, October 25, 1842: At the residence of his nephew in North Shenango, on the 5th inst. Major James Herriott, in the 75th year of age. The deceased will be remembered as one of the first settlers of Crawford County, one that has done much to accelerate the improvement of this then vast uncultivated forest. A man that was devoted to the interests and welfare of his country, ever ready to give himself to her service, either against foreign invaders or the savages of our own land from the bloody tomahawks and scalping knives he but barely escaped. And, although he was called to experience the sad reverses of fortune by which he was reduced from afluence , almost to a state of abject poverty, yet his prayer was that of David "when I am old and grey headed, forsake me not." which was answered by some special marks of the merciful care of Divine Providence in his behalf. It is coincidense, perhaps worthy of remark, that one brother and himself were the only off spring of the family, they were separated when but boys, and often thousands of miles intervened between them, yet they died on the same identical spot and their remains are intered beneath the same mould, there to remain until the last loud trump shall arouse their slumbering dust. Possibly had a son William. History of Crawford County (Page 300) states the first jury trial in Crawford County occurred on the 6th of January 1801. The jury which sat upon this case included William Herriott. Also, in the year 1800, a William Herriott pledged $50 to support the new legislature. Will doesn't name any direct descendants... only nephews. Interested in any and all Herriott/Harriot information. Thanks, Ray Harriot

Looking for the wife and children of James Long b 1738 d 1830, Rev. War Veteran, buried at Mt. Blair Cemetery. Know of 4 sons named, George m Margaret Blair (also at Mt.Blair), John, James, and Cookson according to the Crawford County History book, Woodcock Township. John and his family are buried at Gravel Run Cemetery, I think. Any data on this family will be appreciated. Sue

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_915561260_boundary Content-ID: <0_915561260@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Everybody: Tom Yoset has added some new Sketches to his website at http://www.gremlan.org/~yoset/ If your a newbie be sure and check this site out for Crawford County History and Personal Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers. I am enclosing one on the Blair Family that Tom will be adding shortly. Bev --part0_915561260_boundary Content-ID: <0_915561260@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: BJHErie@aol.com Subject: Captain T. W. McCalmont, West Fallowfield Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 12:41:28 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit CAPTAIN T.W. McCALMONT, West Fallowfield Township When the pages of this Atlas are perused in future years, and the biographies here recorded are called to notice, the epitome of the life of Captain McCalmont will deserve attention, since it tells in brief the life and character of a man. Thomas W. McCalmont was the second son and fourth child of Henry McCalmont and Ann Wilson. Born September 4, 1809, in Centre County, Pennsylvania, his life till 1819 was passed in the cheerful carelessness of childhood. Removing with his parents, at the age of ten years, to Venango County, he became well versed in avocations of the farmer by summer labor, and endeavored to acquire somewhat of education during the winter season. He learned the advantage of having a good trade to fall back upon, and, when eighteen commenced work at the trade of carpenter and joiner, and followed it up till 1838. The 22d of October, 1834, was a marked day with Mr. McCalmont, since at that date he married Miss Elizabeth Snyder, of Centre County, Pennsylvania. She was younger by nearly two years, having been born January 3, 1811, and a resident of Venango County since 1832. Of nine children, four are living. Since 1838, Mr. McCalmont had followed farming in Venango County, and in 1864, having sold out, he removed to Crawford County and his present home. The view which accompanies this sketch illustrates his idea of a homestead, and the portraits of himself and wife are faithful reflections of innate worth.* Deservedly held in high esteem by his acquaintances in this locality, he has endeavored to fill the measure of good citizenship by laboring to foster education and support religious teaching. For fourteen years he served as School Director, and has held offices of trust with strict integrity. He holds the title of Captain by right of seven years service in the State militia. Himself and wife accord in religion, and are both members of the United Presbyterian Church. It might be added of the Captain's parents, that his father was born in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, March 4, 1776, and died January 5, 1855, and his mother was born in 1775, and died in 1836. --part0_915561260_boundary--

Welcome to 1999! I know that I have already sent a similar message, but since many people left over the Holidays and are now returning, I thought I should send the reminder again. I just wanted to take a minute to remind you that many people will have gotten their first computer this Holiday Season. These people are perhaps our "cousins" and they will be joining this list. They will be what some consider "newbies." They will make mistakes. I urge all of you to let me handle those mistakes. We have all made them and we want to encourage others to join our group, not discourage them by publically pointing out their errors. Your patience with the newbies will not only be appreciated by me, the listowner, but may benefit you. You never know when that newbie may have the missing information you've been searching for. New on the computer may have years of genealogical research experience to their credit. Thank you and may 1999 bring you all those missing ancestors! Barbara, Listowner -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville, SC The Family Snitch's Web http://www.tfsweb.net League of the South - SC Chapter http://www.palmetto.org

I received a wonderful Christmas present from the National Archives in Washington, DC. It was the complete pension file for my great great grandfather, who died in the Civil War. Included were his marriage certificate, the marriage certificate for his widow's remarriage, the appointment of a guardian for his five minor children, various affadavits from doctors, friends, and ministers who were present at the birth of said children or the marriage, documents concerning his death which gave the cause of death and name of the hospital where he died. His widow was granted a pension of $8 a month for ten years, with an additional $2 for each minor child. To get this information I had sent off a NATF Form 80, which I had requested by email from inquire@nara.gov. They accept credit cards. You can get information about the National Archives services at http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/genindex.html The following is exerpted from their website: ************************************************** To obtain Civil War military service and pension records by mail Paper copies of Civil War military service and pension records can be ordered by mail using one NATF Form 80 for each soldier and each type of file. You can obtain the NATF Form 80 by providing your name and mailing address to inquire@nara.gov. Be sure to specify "Form 80" and the number of forms you need. You can also obtain the NATF Form 80 by writing to: National Archives and Records Administration, Attn: NWDT1, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. ********************************************** -- Marilyn Mills Hesse mmhesse@snet.net Windsor, Connecticut, USA Researching: HAMILTON/McQUISTON/MILLS/MOORE - in Pennsylvania (Crawford Co.& Mercer Co.);N.Ireland;Liverpool,UK CRAIGHEAD/LYNCH/MOODY/ROBINSON - in PA (Beaver Co) and N. Ireland DENNIS/WILLIAMS - in PA (Crawford Co and Bucks Co) and New Jersey BRENNER/GLASS/HESSE/MUELLER - in Louisville, KY and Germany

Hi Barbara and all: I've been watching for cousins for sometime....in scrapbooks, etc. and haven't seen any potential cousins yet. Smith Headley married Minerva Adele Sturgis thought to be daughter of Almond and Mary E. Sturgess (Sturgis). They married at Chapinville, Crawford Co. Sept. 22, 1885 and had 4 children. Minerva later changed her name to Adele Minerva and had a son, Lee, when she married Smith. Smith adopted Lee. Lee later had a son, Ray, who was married to a Lucille ?. Lee took his own life in Youngstown OH in 1932. Smith was a gandy dancer for the railroad (which line I do not know.) The children were Stella b. Sept. 1886 (m. a Stacy and lived in Ontario Canada, d. 1950), Ralph b. July 1888(m. a Lida ? and took his own life in Youngstown OH about 1940), Lizzie b. Nov 1890 (Elizabeth m. a Smith and lived in New York), Florence (married a Conaway) b. 1892 and Arthur Almon b. May 14, 1896. They made their home in Titusville. Arthur was my father and married first in PA and had two daughters by first wife?, then traveled to Missouri and married there in 1931. He had five children by Geneva Pendleton--AA Jr., Gloria Sue, Ralph Bruce (me), Larry Winslow and Mary Jane. Smith and Adele divorced in Crawford Co. in 1905. Adele remarried to a Bishop Hawthorne and Smith died in Trumbull Co. Ohio (his birthplace) October 26, 1928. Smith's parents were Winslow Headley and Elizabeth Smith of Trumbull Co. Ohio. I would like to know who Arthur A. married first in Pennsylvania and what his two children's names were. I would also like to know more about the family or the siblings and if anyone still lives in Crawford Co. from this family. I would very much like to exchange correspondence with anyone who can help with research on this family. Bruce and Carol Headley Greenwood, Missouri

Hello, Newbie here. Searching for the parents of Harriet Holcomb and Willard G. Lord. I have found in 1850 census for Rockdale Township a Harriet Holcomb age 10 as the daughter of Charles (b.MA) and Mary (b.PA) Holcomb. This would fit as Harriet and Willard had their first child in 1860. Willard G. Lord's death certificate from MI in 1873 lists his age as 46 (b.1827). It also states his father was Moses Lord. I know there are several mentions of a Moses Lord being in Crawford County but have yet to find information connecting this Moses with Willard. Willard was married previously to Anna Madison, having the following children: James (1849), Hattie, Louisa, Alfred, and infant. Willards marriage to Harriet Holcomb produced: Edwin b.1860, Wesley b.1862, William b.1865, Harvey b.1867, Cora b.1870, and Esther b.1872. I look forward to hearing from anyone with information on either of these families. Thanks, Jim Flaherty

Hi! I'm searching for info on William NOWLAND b. 26 September 1784, Westmoreland, PA d. 27 November 1868 Hamtramack, MI m. Elizabeth RUMSEY b. 13 July 1792 Northumberland, PA d. 19 July 1882, Huron, Wayne Co.,MI. Williams parents were Michael NOWLAND and Mary Elizabeth. Elizabeths parents were John Sigler RUMSEY and Mary Phebe RUSSELL. William and Elizabeth had 13 children: Thomas Russell NOWLAND, Andrew Hudson NOWLAND Sr., Michael Dallas NOWLAND, Elizabeth NOWLAND, Henry B. NOWLAND, Nathaniel NOWLAND, David NOWLAND, George H. NOWLAND, Mahala NOWLAND, Moses R. NOWLAND, William NOWLAND Jr., Mary Ann NOWLAND, and Harriet NOWLAND. I have birth, death and spouse info on them. If this sounds familiar, I would really appreciate hearing from you! Thanks in advance!

In a previous post I mentioned this poem & others by Lillian Marie McFadden. I have had requests to transcribe them to the list and will do so as time allows. "IN A COUNTRY CEMETERY It was a Sunday afternoon; A solemn silence filled the air, In that little cemetery Which was known by The name of Mt. Blair. It looked like a panorama As I stood and gazed around High above the surrounding country A cow-bell making the only sound. The summer sky was clear and blue With not a hint of clouds or rain; My eyes swept the valley below Where fields were lush with ripened grain. I contemplated the scene nearby As I dreamily turned and gazed At the hillside pasture below me Where herds of cows peacefully grazed. A long, level strip of country Stretched as far as the eye could see, While farmhouses scattered here and there Were as picturesque as could be. In the distance flowed Woodcock creek, Where grass grew green along its brink While thirsty cattle during the day, Waded in the depths to get a drink. Beyond the sharp bend in the creek Where Uncle Will had his sugar maple trees Which, in spring, attracted birds and bees. Across the creek, several houses Stood clustered together on a ridge, Near a well shaded road that led To the turnpike and the long red bridge. Four white farmhouses called 'the Corners' Looking most friendly and tranquil, Were cozily nestled together At the foot of the turnpike hill. A sudden awe crept over me, At the pastoral scene below Which looked like a beautiful picture As it basked in the sun's golden glow. I turned and gazed around the graveyard, Spread over the summit of the hill, Terracing gently down the west slope; It all looked so peaceful and still. I saw two graves topped with slabs of stone, Darkened and stained by rain and storm; I sat down on one of these to rest, Cooled by the breeze Though the stone felt warm. I tried to read the inscription, Chiseled on the age-blackened stone And found it had been a hundred years Since the man and his Spouse had passed on. I meandered among the headstones Where whole families lay side by side, And I read part of their history, At least, when they were born and had died. Some graves looked neglected and lonely, Lying there by themselves in the sun, Without sign of plant or flower But by a crop of weed overrun. As I wandered about I could see White marble monuments Here and there, Which resembled ghostly figures Towering in the sun and air. I thought 'These graves Are but empty tombs' For their souls had gone to dwell with God; It's their memories we love and mourn, Not their lifeless bodies under the sod. Why fear ghosts in the graveyard at night? It is the living that we should fear, Not the spirits of those who are gone Nor the bodies that lie buried here. When I left the cemetery behind And walked slowly down turnpike hill, A strange calm seemed to enfold me; I felt more humble To do God's will." I do not know when this poem was written, it was published in 1948. What I do know is that Lillian's parents Joseph B. McFadden & Katherine M. Ewing married Mar 22, 1877. Lillian was born in Meadville, Crawford Co, PA in ?yr. She was a graduate of Edinboro Normal School & Meadville Commercial College. In 1921 she moved to Los Angeles, CA. At 40 years of age, she became blind and lived with her Aunt Gertrude McFadden Chamberlain. The Uncle Will mentioned in the poem is probably her great uncle William A. Balliet who died Jan 08, 1918 and is buried at Mt. Blair. This leads me to believe that the poem was written before then as Uncle Will's maple trees are mentioned. It seems odd that there is no mention of her great grandparents Joseph Balliet (d. Nov 21, 1869) & Polly Swartz Balliet (d. May 05, 1899) who are both buried at Mt. Blair. Linda Kellbach, linda@mwci.net (researching McFadden, Balliet, Swartz, Rogers in Crawford County)

This info came from a stone in the COON's Cemetery near Route #79 and Route #198 near Saegertown , Crawford County, PA. I hope someone can use it. He doesn't belong to me. Philip A. COON of a cansor Jan 21, 1844 AE 57 yrs + 27 dys friends and Phusicans could not save this mortal body from the grave. This stone is located at the hightest point of the cemetery. Kuhnie -- "Of all the things I ever lost, I miss my mind the most" Merle W. KUHN Kuhnie the COON hunter mkuhn@enter.net

Hi, Does anyone have access to the Crawford County, PA 1830, 1840 and 1850 census records? If possible I'd like to have a lookup. I live in Wisconsin and so there is a cost of several dollars of me asking the library to have the census records sent to the library. E-mail me if you are willing to do this for me. Thank-you in advance. Carolyn searching for Fisher's, Mc Guire's and Bonney's in Crawford County.

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_915401023_boundary Content-ID: <0_915401023@inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Again; Here's another Family heading for Tom Yoset's Website......Hope it helps somebody! Bev Hopkins --part0_915401023_boundary Content-ID: <0_915401023@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: BJHErie@aol.com Subject: The McEntire Family Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 16:58:07 EST Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit THE McENTIRE FAMILY, East Fallowfield Township The McEntire family are of Irish descent. The great-grandfather, James McEntire, crossed the ocean in 1785. The vessel in which he took passage suffered shipwreck, and he was one of sixty-two saved out of three hundred. He swam ashore about twelve miles from Wilmington, Delaware. He was a teacher by profession. He married Elizabeth Dixon by whom five children were born to him. Mrs. McEntire died in November, 1799, and during the same year Mr. McEntire came to Crawford County. Having returned to Pittsburgh to complete arrangements for permanent settlement, he moved out with his family in 1800, and settled in East Fallowfield Township. He married Miss Mary Fletcher, who gave him three children, and he died in March, 1843, in his eighty-fourth year. A son John, was born September 26, 1794. Early schooling was acquired by a daily journey to the school -house four miles away. He learned and practiced weaving for forty-two years. On October 31 he married Drusilla Mason, of Red Stone. They had ten children, --seven boys and three girls; seven of these have lived to take their part as good citizens. Mrs. McEntire died on May 18, 1859. Poor at beginning, Mr. McEntire, assisted by his family, in time, acquired property and gave his children school advantages. Three children are graduates of Allegheny College, located at Meadville. Prominent in politics, education, and religion in his more active life, he is now in his eighty-first year hale, hearty, and contented. Having been a soldier in the war of 1812, he is now a pensioner. He has a brother, James, two years older, and in good health. John Wesley McEntire, son of John, was born January 11, 1824. He was noted for close attention to whatever he undertook. He was a close student at his lessons, and faithful at his work. He chose farming as his profession, and has excelled in his occupation. He married Miss Ellizabeth Thomas, of Greenwood Township, on October 17, 1844. Of nine children, six are living. Mr. McEntire moved on his present farm in 1845; it was then but part of the woods, which stretched unbroken for miles. In politics he votes for the bestmen, regardless of party. Mrs. McEntire is a member of the Baptist Church, and her husband, belonging to none, supports all. Schools have in him a firm supporter. In June, 1861, he fell, on his way home from the fields, and struck his head and cheek violently, and was rendered unconscious; when found he articulated a few words, but has never spoken since. Since 1865 dairying has been a leading pursuit, he having at times as many as sixty-five cows. --part0_915401023_boundary--

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------69F81C9F1102 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This person needs some assistance. -- ********************************* Patricia Butterfield Vedner Conneautville, PA 16406 http://www.toolcity.net/~vedner Conneaut Valley Area Historical Society 1925 Main Street, Conneautville, PA 16406 Open 12-2:00 on Saturdays - Come visit us. http://www.granniesworld.com --------------69F81C9F1102 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-POP3-Rcpt: vedner@wrench.toolcity.net Received: from ds2.ncweb.com (root@ds2.ncweb.com [208.198.225.1]) by wrench.toolcity.net (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id MAA12196 for <vedner@toolcity.net>; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:05:28 -0500 Received: from tlrzjjcy (a8dial40.ncweb.com [208.198.226.169]) by ds2.ncweb.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA05455 for <vedner@toolcity.net>; Sun, 3 Jan 1999 11:56:18 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199901031656.LAA05455@ds2.ncweb.com> From: "Mary Lou Cheney" <lew@ncweb.com> To: <vedner@toolcity.net> Subject: researcher in Oil Creek for KNAPP or DECKER Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 12:04:05 -0500 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Pat, A little up date since I came to the Court House to research Vincent DECKER and Mary Ann (KNAPP/ELDERKIN?) DECKER. Are there any researchers on the net for the Oil Creek Twp. area? Do you know of anyone that would have information on Shepard KNAPP and siblings? Wanting to know if Mary Ann KNAPP is a sister to him and who there parents might have been they appear as neightbors in the 1880 census Mary Ann DECKER and Vincent DECKER listed, Shepard and Clarisa KNAPP right above them and farther up the page is another Shepard F. KNAPP which I figure is Shepard's son possible? When I got to the court house to reseach Vincent DECKER owning property I found nothing, but I did find a Mary Ann ELDERKIN purchased land from James B. KERR, 26 June 1865. This property bordered up to a David M. KNAPP (which I thought might be her father). This narrows a marriage date down to the years 1865 to 1867 when Vincent DECKER was paying personal and real taxes there in Oil Creek Twp., Crawford co., Pa. Also have them on the 1870 census together with his youngest daughter Elizabeth, from his first marriage. I also found sale of property from David M. KNAPP and Margaret KNAPP(wife) to Timothy KNAPP 13 Oct 1848 which I thought might be another sibling to Shepard KNAPP. Plus other purchased of property by the KNAPP's. Thank you for any help that you can add. Mary Lou Cheney Geneva, Oh lew@ncweb.com --------------69F81C9F1102--

>From The Historical Atlas of Crawford County 1876 Enclosed is a copy of a few Personal Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers of Crawford Co. that I am copying for Tom Yosets Website at http://www.gremlan.org/~yoset/ Thought everybody might enjoy reading them. I am still looking for descendants of Wm Crozier or Samuel Fisher. Would love to hear from you! Happy New Year- More Sketches will be posted on Tom's Site this Week. Keep Checking.... Bev Hopkins SAMUEL HENRY, East Fallowfield Township The monument may crumble, and the descendants may move to distant regions, and the place where rest honored remains may be lost to the living, but the biography of a life impressed in print goes with us, and is imperishable. Samuel Henry was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, about 1778, and about 1800 emigrated as one of the earliest pioneers to Crawford County, and settled on a four-hundred-acre tract of land. His life was marked by an application to labor of that trying character known only to the frontiersmen. Food was scarce at times, and the game of the forest was the only resort to stay the cravings of hunger. He was twice married, first to Miss Sarah Hunnell, by whom he had five children, all of whom are dead and sleep in the grave with their mother; second, to Miss Polly Rhodes, by whom he had nine children, --seven sons and two daughters. Four children survive. Mr. Henry was energetic and tenacious of purpose, and a shrewd business man. He reared a large family to industry and frugality, combined with honesty and generosity. The faithful wife and loving mother was ever at her post to assist in all that pertained to domestic duties. Her death occurred on July 22, 1851; Mr. Henry followed her on December 29, 1854. He was Democratic in politics, and a firm believer in the advantages of schools and the doctrines of the Bible, and was a staunch supporter of education and the church. This brief sketch is given by his son Alexander as a tribute to the memory of his parents, and as an ancestral record to those who are following after them. CYRUS SHREVE, Bloomfield Township Was born July 23, 1825. Was son of Israel Shreve, who came from Fayette County with his father in 1801, and settled in Bloomfield Township. Cyrus Shreve received only a limited education in his youth; became identified with the Baptist Church, studied theology, and for the past twenty-five years has been a preacher in that denomination; has been foremost in all benevolent movements; is a Life Director in the Pennsylvania Institute for Educating Young Men for the Ministry; may well be called a self made, upright, exemplary man. Was married in 1856 to Florrella Nourse, daughter of William Nourse, formerly of Vermont. Result of this union two sons, Milton W. and Owen M. THE COTTON FAMILY. In this age of invention and progress few stop to inquire after lineage, and what the man is, not who his parents were, is the basis of standing; but a decent respect for our parents requires a tribute to their memory on the printed page or sculptured marble. John Cotton, son of John and Margaret Cotton, was born in Washington County, Pennsylvania, October 11, 1793. The family removed to Meadville, Pennsylvania, in 1801, and in 1812, John Cotton, the son, enlisted and served one year in the military service of the United States. By occupation he has been a farmer. He married May McMaster on August 24, 1820. They had four children; Henry, Nancy Jane, Margaret, and Martha. The first two are living. Mr. Cotton, Sr., settled in West Fallowfield Township about 1818. He had a farm of one hundred and twelve acres. Himself and wife were church members. In politics he was a Democrat. He died March 17, 1846. His wife survived till June 25, 1873. Henry S. Cotton was born May 25, 1821, on the old farm he now owns, and follows farming. He married Miss May McKay, of Summer Hill Township, on October 26, 1843. Mrs. Cotton was born on May 3, 1822, and, having lived a Christian, died March 13, 1866. By this marriage there were eight children, three of whom have died. Mr. Cotton was again married on May 4, 1869, to Mrs. M.E. Martzall. He still resides on his birth-spot, the home of his father, and takes part in politics as a Democrat, and in religion as a Presbyterian, and watches the years roll on with confidence in national strength and perpetuity, and as abiding hope of a peaceful death and a happy resurrection. ****************************************************************************** ***************** Researching the Following Direct Lines: Gibson * Adsit * Mattocks * Putnam * Whiting * Fetterman * Hood * Mushrush * Birch/Burch * Grinnell * Wescoat/Westcott * Gaskill * Staley * Mook * Reed * Williams (Capt Billy's Family) * Andrew J. Williams family * Davis * Hays * Shreve * James * Lippincott * Horton * Seeley * McFaden (McFadden) * Taylor * Bennett * Bates/Betts * Johnson * Garwood * Hill * McGranahan * Hutcheson* Allen * Crozier * Fisher * McDowell * ****************************************************************************** ******************