I too am researching in Hayfield Twp For the John H. Coon family. There is a small cemetery behind the Littles Corner schoolhouse near the corner of Rt #198 and #98. It's name is Littles (Patriot's) Cem. It has listed a John Morehouse Death date, 5 Oct 1855 at age 80 years 10 M 12 D. I hope this helps you some. Kuhnie Karen Krihwan wrote: > > Hi everyone, > I am new to the list, and Moved to Crawford County in the last two years, I have found that my family tree has lead me to the Norrisville, Hickernell, & Little Corners areas. > > I am searching for the following names: > > REYMORE/REYMOUR, ODELL, CARR, CHAPIN, NORRIS AND MOOREHOUSE. > >SNIP< > > I am willing to Share my information on these names. > Thank you for your time and trouble. > Karen Krihwan > krihwan@ncinter.net > > ==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political > announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, > etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal > and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have > to take a stand. For comments or list administration questions,please > Barbara Farthing Bonham msb@myfamily.org -- "Of all the things I ever lost, I miss my mind the most" Merle W. KUHN Kuhnie the COON hunter mkuhn@enter.net

Other Morris: A couple of months ago I wrote the Historical Society in Meadville and they just sent me a lot of stuff. They did a lot of work and I am sorry to say that there are more than one Hiram Morris and John Morris. Therefore I am informing any MORRIS researcher that has a LEVI in their clan a Mary Anne and sister who went to IOWA etc that a lot of good stuff will be at the Historical Society soon and you should get it. Apparently Levi died in the Civil War ,,,,guardianship etc ... is all included. Vanda444

Hi, I have been trying to ttrack down my father's family and would appreciate any leads that anyone out there might have. My dad MAURICE NORTHEN(D) FOUNTAINE b.1909 - d.1992, and his brother THOMAS FOUNTAINE 1913-1993, were the sons of THOMAS AND ELIZABETH (NORTHEN(D) FOUNTAINE. My grandmother had two sisters MAUDE AND MARTHA NORTHEN(D). Both my father and uncle were born in Meadville. My grandparents were married in Christ Church? in 1912. THOMAS was born 8-22-1878 and ELIZABETH was born in 1875. Can anyone oth there help me. Some how we are also decended from AUGUSTUS SHEPHERD.but the connectoin is unclear. Thanks, Mary Beth Fountaine Wagner ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

My gr gr uncle David Chilson who was born 1840 is reported to have said he was born in Dunkardsville, PA. Has anyone every heard of the place. In the "The First 100 Years," there is a reference to a religous group known as the Dunkards. Could their settlement once have been known as Dunkardsville? Thanks Gail Hallesy

Can anyone tell me where I can find the Numeration District # for Springboro,Crawford co,Pa. for 1900 - 1910 - 1920 census records. thank you. David. >BALDWIN, BRECKER, JOHNSON.<

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Part 2 From County Communities The names for many townships and villages can be traced to individuals, as in the case of Meadville. Bloomfield Township (1811) was named for an early settler, Thomas Bloomfield, who came from New Jersey by way of Fayette County in 1797. Jonathan Titus arrived in the eastern part of the county about 1796 in what an early historian termed "a state of single blessedness." He married in 1804. Though he named his settlement Edinburg after his mother- in-laws birthplace, the town quickly became known as Titusville. Richard Custard arrived south of Meadville in 1797, eventually opened the Black Horse Tavern on the new state road to Pittsburgh, and the area is still known by his name. The waterfall near Custards which was a local attraction for years is now nearly obliterated by the interstate north-south highway which still closely follows the old route to Pittsburgh. Amos Line, a Quaker, was a surveyor for the Pa. Population Co in 1800. He bought a 400 acre tract for $4 per acre, moved there from New Jersey in 1818, and laid out what was to become the village of Linesville in 1825. He served as the first postmaster and schoolteacher in his town. William Kerr moved west from Philadelphia in 1811. He purchased 100 acres across French Creek from Meadville, taught at the Meadville Academy, and then opened the store which gave Kerr's name to the village which grew on his land. In 1815 Jacob Guy settled in thick wilderness to the east of Meadville, built a mill two years later, and in 1833 opened a store to serve his community of Guy's Mills. Townville took its name from Noah Town. He migrated from Granville, N.Y., first to Meadville and then to a farm to the east in 1831. It took him two years build the saw mill which would ship much lumber to Pittsburgh. Samuel Rice put his saw mill on Oil Creek in an unbroken forest where Riceville now stands. A few years later (1837) Seth Lincoln built his own mill and started a village, now known as Lincolnville. In 1842 Anson Sherman laid out Shermansville as a lumber shipping port on the canal to the west of Conneaut Lake. It is not entirely clear for whom the town of Cochranton is named. Thomas Cochran bought land there and gave it to his son. Slightly later Charles Cochran, who was unrelated or only distantly related to the earlier Cochrans, settled in the present limits of the community in 1800; his son James ran a store and tavern and was a justice of the peace. Harts Cross Roads was so-called in the 1820's for James and Wm Hart who settled there; it was also unofficially called Hartford for several decades and finally was incorporated as the borough of Hartstown in 1850. The list could go on: Espyville (John Espy, 1833); Miller's Station (George Miller, 1808); Fredericksburg (Frederick W. Hudekoper, 1863). There are many more. Sometimes a founder's name would be forgotten no mater how well established it might have seemed in early years. For example, blacksmith Abner Evans arrived in 1796 and built a mill at the outlet of Conneaut Lake. His community was known for more than a century as Evansburg, but his name is now forgotten in favor of the name of the lake. Alexander Power selected his tracts as pay for his work as a young surveyor in 1794 and 1795. His town, where he ran a mill and served as postmaster, was known for years as Powerstown, he suggested, however, the name of Conneautville, and his preference was honored. Henry Broadt (or Bright) in 1797 started a village first called Brightstown. Because this blacksmith belonged to a religious group known as Dunkards (German baptists who formed the Church of the Brethren and believed in total immersion adult baptism) or Harmonites (they emphasized commercial harmony), in time the village became known as Harmonsburg. The town named Aikenville, for the two brothers who built a mill there, became Spartansburg in 1846. Peter Titus was the original settler of Hydetown, but it is named for the two men who bought his mill. Despite all they did in Richmond Township, Daniel and Ebeneezer Hunt, the first settlers, are not memorialized. Daniel Saeger was more fortunate, as the land he bought from Roger Alden in 1824 came to be known as Saegerstown, rather than as Alden's Mills (the second "s" would be dropped in the mid-twentieth century). Roger's cousins, Timothy and Isaiah, also failed to perpetuate their names, as the village of Aldenia which they laid out north of Evansburg on the shores of Conneaut Lake did not prosper. The growth of most of these communities was slow and steady, although figures might show an occasional decline as a new township split from an older one. Meadville numbered 2,578 inhaabitants in 1850 and 7, 103 two decades later; in 1860 the population of Vernon Township was 1,533 of Troy 954, of Sparta 1,019, of South Shenango 1,393, of Beaver 1,090. Cambridge Township held 1,012 inhabitants in 1860, but by 1870 it counted only 747, as Cambridge Borough had by then become a separate entity with a population of 452. On the other hand, the oil boom gave Titusville a tremendous surge in growth; numbering only 438 persons in 1860, Titusville held 8,639 in 1870. Hope you enjoyed! Bev

I am seeking someone to do a couple of look ups for me in Crawford county. I would like either the cemetery records or the obits of two of my possible relatives. According to the information I have both are buried in the Kingsley Cemetery, Townville, Steuben Township: I would be happy to pay for the costs of coping and mailing any information about: J.C. Robinault 1863-1926 Marion E. Robinault 1858-1929 If look ups are not possible, I would also like to know how to contact the courthouse, library, historical society or genealogy society where this information may be obtained. Thank You Ken "The Truth is Out There."

Hi Everybody: I found this Chapter from "The First 100 Years" Settlement and Growth in Crawford Co, Pa. by Jonathan E. Helmreich very informative and thought I would pass it along. COUNTY COMMUNITIES Pg. 14-17 In planning his mills while working for the land company, Alden decided the best site for a dam on French Creek was north of Meadville. He was in part attracted to this site by the amount of produce coming from the farms of two Scotch-Irish families named McGill who in 1792 were the first settlers in that locale; nearby farms were also doing well. Aden bought two hundred acres in 1802, and soon the community was known as Alden Mills --- now Saegertown. There was great competition between this community and Meadville for designation as the county seat when the Pa. legislature created several new counties in Western Pa. on March 12, 1800. These included the present Crawford Co., land for which was taken from Allegheny Co. which previously had embraced all of Northwestern Pa. Before the partition of Allegheny County (itself formed in 1788), Mead Twp. at first contained all of what was to become Crawford and Erie Counties. Then Erie Township was created in 1788. Though Crawford and Erie Counties were formed at the same time, the border between them was disputed until a new survey was made in 1850. Crawford County itself was divided into nine (9) townships by the first session of court held in July 1800 at the home of Wm Dick in Meadville. Mead twp. of course became much smaller, although it was still larger than it would be in the 1980's. The first new townships were BEAVER, CONNEAUT, CUSSEWAGO, FAIRFIELD, FALLOWFIELD, SADSBURY, SHENANGO, and VENANGO. Rockdale and Oil Creek townships were formed later that year, and others followed. In 1829 a general reorganization of boundaries took place and several new townships appeared, including GREENWOOD, HAYFIELD, SPRING, SUMMERHILL, and WOODCOCK. Borders were redrawn and more townships established in later years as new centers of population asked for independent status. The changes did not always occur without argument. Upon it creation in 1800, the new county was named for Col. Wm Crawford, a frontiersman and friend of George Washington. He lived along the Younghiogheny River and participated in the Rev. War, first in the East and then in the region of Fort Pitt, where he led small raids against hostile Indians. In 1782 the fifty year old Crawford led an expedition against the western Indians near Sandusky. His troops first fell upon and massacred a group of pacifist Moravian Christian Indians before encountering more fierce combatants. Crawford's men were intially successful in heavy fighting. But the Revolutionary War was not yet at an end, and the tide of battle turned with the arrival of additional bands of Indians and of the mounted British Butler's Rangers, a mixture of tories, Indians, and British regular troops. In a scattered night retreat to the Ohio River, Crawford was captured by Delawares. He was marched to a distant campsite where he was tethered to a pole by a long leash. Fires were lit about the pole, and Crawford was forced to dance through them as he was chased by Indians with glowing firesticks and firearms used to give him powder burns. He died at the stake on June 11, 1782. Though Crawford was never a resident of the county named for him, the Pa. legislature deemed his service worthy of this memorial. Because population in the new counteis was sparse, the courts for several of them were to be located at the Crawford Co. seat which, the legislature said, would be Meadville if the community could within four months raise $4000 for the creation of a "seminary of learning." Spurred by thought of the prestige and business connected with the title of county seat, the approx. 200 male white citizens (some accounts say 125) of Meadville raised the funds in two days. Roger Alden, not yet an investor in the upstream community (later Alden's Mills) rivalling Meadville for the designation, was the largest subscriber. David Mead's name headed the list of all those supporting the creation of the academy or high school. There were other communities which briefly dreamed of being the county seat. Jabez Colt, one of the agents for the Pa. Population Co. which held lands widely surrounding Meadville, founded two villages; Colt's Station and New Colt's Station (near Linesville). Neither survived, though the second made a weak bid to become the county seat. The names of the townships and the settlements within them are a guide to the early history of the county. Some names descend from Indian tongues; Cussewago (either "bigsnake or "big belly," perhaps named for the stream's sinuous course, or perhaps because Indians once saw a large snake in a tree along the creek which had a swelling in its length from recently eating a rabbit or some other creature); Conneaut ("snowy place" because snow stayed on the surface of the lake after snow on the land had melted); Venango (from a Seneca word for a obscene drawing found on a tree at the mouth of French Creek). Other township names reflected the characteristics of the area: Beaver (where the animals were thick until completely trapped out by 1835; the species would make a ruturn many decades later); Pine (where much timber has been logged off), Greenwood, Hayfield; Fountain House Corners (where an artesian well constantly flowed in the back yard of a tavern). Some names give witness either to the native homes of the first settlers or to classical inspiration: Cambridge, Athens, Rome, Sparta, Troy. Spring Township was first called Snowhill. Its citizens believed such a name depressing, especially when compared with that of nearby Summerhill, and at their request the court provided a new name. The settlers of the region were religious, as judged from the founding of many churches and of a Bible Society as early as 1815 and by the some forty Sabbath Schools present in the county in 1825. Nevertheless Crawford Co. settlers did not choose to name a single location in the county after a Biblical site. To Be Continued. Bev

Could you send me the web site for finding things in rootsweb? I meant to hit keep as new, and hit delete instead!!!! Thanks Dolores

Thanks to the great folks at Rootsweb, you never need to fear hitting the delete button once too many times. If you go here: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and type in the name of the mail list you want to search, you then get a blank to type a key word in for searching that archive. So if you remember something you know you saw in a posting -- or want to check out information that may have been posted before you joined the list, you can search for it here. -----Original Message----- From: Genme@aol.com <Genme@aol.com> To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, November 27, 1998 9:42 PM Subject: [PACRAWFO-L] Re: Mackay >Help, help....I accidently wiped out a whole day's mail and desparately need a >copy of Kathy's Scrapbook Clipping post - Page 6 Part 1 - if anyone >still has it in their files. I would be ever so grateful if you could forward >it on to me and I promise to keep my fingers so far away from the DELETE >button, I would need a telescope to see the keyboard! >Thanks for any help........................Patty > > >==== PACRAWFO Mailing List ==== >NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain letters, political >announcements, current events, items for sale, personal messages, flames, >etc. (in other words - spam) is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal >and exclusion from this mailing list. Spam crashes our servers and we have >to take a stand. For comments or list administration questions,please >Barbara Farthing Bonham msb@myfamily.org >

Hope you all tried tomfelt's suggestion on the great feature of Rootsweb. I did, and not only found my reference, but several more for the same ancestor...ones I must have missed at the first publication. It's a fantastic resource tool....thanks so much tomfelt for the tip........Patty

OBITUARY, Hon. Frank Mantor - Hon. Frank Mantor died at his home in Conneautville at 4 o’clock last Friday morning, after an illness of several months. Frank Mantor was born in Albany county, New York, December 31, 1830. His father came to Conneaut township in the spring of 1831, brining his family. At the age of nine years the (piece missing) “worked out” and attended district school. At the age of fifteen he began teaching, and with the money so earned paid for his further education. He attended two terms at the Kingsville (Ohio) Academy, two terms at the academy at Albion, Ohio, and one term at the Grand River Institute, Austinburg. About this time he was instrumental in organizing a select school in Conneaut township, the first in its history. At the close of three years, at the age of seventeen, he went into the store of the late J.E. Patton. He remained with Patton two years, and then clerked one year, 1849, in Conneaut, O. In 1850 he became a partner in the firm of Hammon & Mantor, general merchants at Conneautville. In 1853 he went to New York, and for two years he was engaged as traveling salesman. His health becoming impaired, he went to Minnesota, but he returned in time to takes a leading part in the organization of the Republican party in Crawford county. In November, 1855, in company with his brothers, he again sought Minnesota, and made claim to a tract of land and settled the town of Mantorville, county seat of Dodge county. Here he built the first saw-mill and the first grist-mill on the Zambro river. In the winter of 1856 Mr. Mantor visited Washington, and secured the establishment of a large number of postoffices and post roads in the territory; he also aided in securing the passage of a bill for the relief of settlers in the territory; during the same time he was largely engaged in mercantile business. In 1857 he was elected delegate to the Constitutional convention, which met to prepare for the admission of the territory into the Union. At the first Republican State convention, receiving the unanimous nomination for State Treasurer, he jumped the State, but, with the entire ticket, was defeated. Returning to Conneautville in 1860, he has made that his permanent residence. Then he became salesman for a large grocery house in New York, and remained with them for four years. In 1860 he received the appointment to the Neshon Agency of the Apache Indians in Arizona Territory, but owing to the breaking out of the war, the agency was not filled. In 1873 Mr. Mantor was elected one of the delegates to the Constitutional convention, and was chosen one of the committee of that body to present the result to the people which he did at his own expense. In 1876 he was nominated as a candidate for State Senator, and was defeated by only forty-five votes in an unusually hotly fought campaign. In March 1879, he was appointed to a position in the State Department at Harrisburg and filled a place in that department a number of years. In 1891 he returned to Conneautville. He has been superintendent of the Conneaut Lake Exposition grounds for the past two years. He was very popular with all visitors to the Park, and faithfully discharged all his duties. He was a highly respected citizen and his death will be greatly mourned. His wife, who survives him, was Sarah M. Foster, daughter of George and Margaret Foster, of Conneautville, and grand-daughter of Alexander Power, the first settler in Conneautville. The funeral services were held at the late home of the deceased Monday afternoon, at 2 o’clock and were very largely attended. Hope you are enjoying the posts, and making connections! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net

Below are clippings from several scrapbooks we have at the Linesville Historical Society. Please enjoy them, and I hope you are able to make a connection! “Sudden Death 1894” - Mrs. W.F. Hill, of South Shenango, died at her home, Wednesday at 11 am. Although she had been ailing for a week the idea of death coming never entered the home. The cause of her death was jaundice and congestion of the upper spine. Mrs. Hill was in her usual health up to 10 days of her death, when she complained of her old troubles. She procured medicine, and was feeling unusually well until Tuesday afternoon when she was taken with a headache, and at midnight had several chills. Medical aid was soon at hand but it was of no avail. The deceased was well known to be one of those grand Christian women who are far too scarce, and her untimely removal from a fond husband who idolized her, and a most lovely little daughter, to say nothing of the army of friends, is sad indeed. She was a prominent member of the North Shenango U.P. church, and of that popular church choir, which has attracted so much attention in musical circles. She was also an active member of the North Shenango Central Grange. Her death had cast a gloom over the entire community in which she lived. The funeral was held at North Shenango U.P. church Friday. Rev. Swearingen officiating. Mildred Collins Hill was the only daughter of Josiah Collins and was 23 years of age. “Sudden Summons of Jas. Rankin” - The people of Linesville were never more startled by any event than in the announcement last Friday evening that James Rankin had died at his father’s residence at 7:10 o’clock. He was around town most of the day greeting friends and in apparently good health. He had been employed as traveling salesman for Riddle, Graff & Co., Delaware, Ohio, tobaccoists, and arrived home a day or two before Christmas to spend the holidays at home. An ulcerated tooth so pained him that loss of sleep for two days induced him to use cocaine and in the hope of getting rest he took several does of chloral during the day. At supper time he ate oyster soup as his throat had become irritated by medicine used on the tooth and the taking of solid food caused pain. He remarked that he would take his chloral medicine and try to get some sleep which he did and lay down upon the lounge. His mother was soon attracted by his hard breathing and at once went to him. He managed to inform her that he wanted the doctor but his heart failed him fast and he was past medical aid. James was a thorough druggist before he left his father’s drug store to strike out for himself in different lines and as he had reached only the age of 27 years last month, his death casts a gloom over the community and the loss to the family seems harder than they can bear. James P. R. Rankin was the second son of Dr. G.T. Rankin, graduated in Linesville schools at the time his mother was a teacher. His pharmacist education was acquired under his father’s tutorship. A few years ago he took charge of a drug business at Mer Rouge, Louisiana, and from there traveled to Peru, South America, coming home via San Francisco. The funeral was held at the home Sunday at 2pm. Burial in Linesville cemetery. FREY - In Conneaut township, Dec. 30, 1894, Simeon Frey, aged 81 years. CODNEY - In Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 8, 1895, of cancer, Marthia, wife of John Codney, and a daughter of Mrs. Susan McKinney, of this place, aged 49 years. GEHR - In Linesville, Jan. 11, 1895, Solomon S. Gehr, of paralysis, aged 56 years. HEWETT - In Linesville, Jan. 12, 1895, of consumption, Rev. M.L. Hewett, aged 46 years. Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net

Mrs. Flavia Bond - Died at her home, this place, Nov. 25, 1893, of dropsy, at the ripe age of 78 years. She seemed cognizant of the fact that her late illness was to be her last, and her former pastor, and neighbor, and friend for 50 years, Rev. C.L. Shipman, visited her while on her deathbed, and by her request preached the funeral sermon Sunday, Rev. Hewitt, of this place, read the scriptures and conducted the prayer and song service. Mrs. Bond was born at Madison, Ohio, and passed the most of her long life in this community. Her remains were taken to Conneautville and placed beside her husband, the late Ami Bond. A son and daughter survive.- Mr. Walter Bond of Seneca, Kan., and Mrs. A.V. Allen, of this place. Mrs. Electa (Tabor) Wiser, widow of N.G. Wiser, who formerly resided at this place, died at Cleveland, December 24, 1893; remains were interred in the cemetery here. She was 70 years and 11 months of age, and had resided at this place the greater part of her lifetime. BOLES - At the residence of his daughter, Mrs. W.T. Lander, Vernon tp., Jan. 26, 1894, S.H. Boles, formerly of Linesville, aged 65 years. The body was taken to Southington, Ohio, for burial. COLLINS - In Linesville, Jan. 30th, Mrs. Anna P., wife of John P. Collins, aged 66 years. JOHNSON - At Girard, Feb. 22, 1894, Mrs. L.D. Johnson, formerly of Linesville, aged 66 years. HENDRICK - In Pine township, March 10, 1894, of pneumonia, Mrs. Carlos Hendrick, nee Mary L. Humeston, aged 36 years and 1 day. Funeral took place today. McEWAN - At Linesville March 22, 1894, of dropsy, Mary, wife of Alex McEwan, aged 47 years. STEVENS - At the son’s C.P. Steven’s, Linesville, April 18, 1894, of old age, Mrs. Margaret Stevens, aged 91 years and 15 days. Interment in Linesville Cemetery. “W.D. Howells died at Jefferson, O.,” - August 28, aged 88. He was a newspaper man from 1830 to 1874, when he was appointed by President Grant United States consul to Quebec, where he served four years and five years at Toronto. He served in the Ohio State Senate in 1864-65. He leaves four sons and two daughters. HEATH - At Linesville, Sept. 10, 1894, after a lingering illness, Clarissa Ellen, wife of L.T. Heath, aged 50 years. COTTON - Linesville, Nov. 15, 1894, Marvin S. Cotton, in the 71st year of his age. Page 10 to follow tonight! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net

Below are clippings from several scrapbooks we have at the Linesville Historical Society. Please enjoy them, and I hope you are able to make a connection! “Death of Harmon Miller, Funeral and Interment Sunday” - Last Thursday, Oct. 12, 1893, Harmon Miller died at his home, Pittsburgh, in the 46th year of his age. He was single - leaving mother, sister and two brothers - Mrs. Rhoda Miller, Arvilla, Varnum and Alonzo. His death resulted from congestion of the brain, having, however, suffered two strokes of paralysis previously. Remains were conveyed here Saturday and funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Universalist church, Rev. Hewitt officiating. Over 200 brother engineers, B.P.O. Elks, Masons and railroad men, coming on special trains from Pittsburgh and Erie, together with friends and relatives exceeded the capacity of the church. The day was disagreeable with a downpouring rain continuously on. At the grave, amid a canopy of umbrellas, the funeral service of the Masonic fraternity, by Perry lodge, Erie, was followed by Pittsburgh Elks, deceased being a member both, and also of Linesville Council, Royal Arcanum, carrying $3,000 insurance in favor of his widowed mother. The floral decorations were extremely beautiful and costly, illustrative of his vocation was a miniature locomotive of flowers. Had the day been fine the attendance would no doubt have been 1000. Harmon Miller was born in Linesville Feb. 25, 1848. When very young he commenced on Erie & Pittsburgh railroad as water boy for trackmen, shortly after being promoted to foreman over the men. From that he went onto the work train as assistant cook; from that he went to firing locomotive and in a short time got to be engineer, in which capacity he filled all branches of the business. His last promotion was that of foreman of engines on the P. Ft. W. & C. road, having charge of all the men in the motive department and road service, between Pittsburgh and Crestline, O., in which capacity he was dearly beloved by all who knew him, giving entire satisfaction to the officials above him and to the men under whom who numbered, in the neighborhood of 600. MILLER - At Erie, Oct. 14, 1893, of consumption, Mamie, daughter of W.J. Miller, in the 19th year of her age. Deceased became crippled by disease when very young and which trouble reappearing three years ago never left her, but hastened death. Funeral held at Kingsville today. “Grim Reaper Death” - Takes the Flower and Ripened Grain. The sudden death of Harry Hervey, aged 12 years, 8 months and 1 day, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Hayes, Nov. 23, 1893, was particularly said to friends and the entire community. He was (piece missing) sick Tuesday morning, with a (missing) which developed into pneumonia, and a spinal trouble entered in (missing) complication, death resulting in (missing)....of quite disposition and liked (missing) whom he came in contact. (missing) coming so suddenly and in (missing) of manhood, is a blow (missing) parents to withstand. His (missing) mate friends bestowed a (missing) were upon his bier, as a token of (missing) love of tender hearts. Rev. H.H. Hervey conducted the funeral services at the bereaved home in this place, Saturday afternoon. Interment in Linesville Cemetery. One you thought to call your own But, one day in bleak November, Angels came and took him home. Wise his ways, and Oh! so winning, And his age in years were twelve, But his smiles have gone forever, Now he sleeps in Rocky Gems. Father, mother and brothers, God hath done it; He knows best, May His name be ever blessed. Fold away his clothes forever, Put away his little bed, Nevermore on earth he’ll need them, Darling Harry now is dead. In Memory of Harry Hayes A lamb from the flock has been taken, And sorrow visits our home; The Angel of Death has been with us, The Lord has claimed one of his own. With hearts full of sorrow and grieving We left him in dust to his rest Knowing and fully believing That he now is in peace with the blest. Dear Harry how much we shall miss thee, The joy and the pride of our home; How dreary and darksome the hours How lonely we are since thou’rt gone. We miss they bright smile in the morning, We miss the at noon and at night, Our hearts to thee go out in yearning, Thy presence made home life so bright, A place in the school, too, is vacant, Thou’rt missed in the play and the work, Thy school-mates in sorrow are grieving, Since thou from them didst depart. With glad memory ’round them still clinging, They cherish thy deeds and they words; But now in deep sorry they’re grieving, For thee who art chosen the Lord’s, Thou’rt gone from us, Harry, forever, On earth we shall see thee no more, But we’ll meet thee dear son, friend and brother On that bright and beautiful shore, Where we shall in joy be united To be severed no more a son earth. Where we all shall be free from the power Of that dreaded angel - Death. More to follow! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net

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Thanks, everyone, I have the obit now. 'Preciate the help.......Patty

Help! I give up--I need someone with more expertise than I to search for my ancestors from Coatsville, Pa. My grandfather, Charles Huston Trupe, was born in Coatsville October 16, 1885, the son of John Allen and Mary Connors Trupe. John's father, I believe, was named Samuel. This--and the fact that John collected some sort of railroad pension, died in Trumbull County, Ohio sometime in the 1930's, is the sum of my knowledge. If someone is able to help me sort this out, please advise me about fees, etc. Thanks in advance, Elizabeth

Help, help....I accidently wiped out a whole day's mail and desparately need a copy of Kathy's Scrapbook Clipping post - Page 6 Part 1 - if anyone still has it in their files. I would be ever so grateful if you could forward it on to me and I promise to keep my fingers so far away from the DELETE button, I would need a telescope to see the keyboard! Thanks for any help........................Patty