To Janice A. Frank janiceaf@ix.netcom.com and others researching the LUPHER surname in Crawford County: Here are the references I found to that surname in the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885." On page 392, in the history of Meadville: "First Methodist Episcopal Church - This church was organized in 1825 in the old Presbyterian Church, by Rev. Robert C. Hatton, and then comprised but eighteen members, viz.: John LUPHER, Wesley Bowman, Griffith Bennett, Richard Hope, Robert Adrain and Jabez Goodrich with their families, and Hannah Lowry, Betty Randall (Blind Betty), Sarah Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Nancy Mattocks and Thomas Benn." On page 1125, in the Biographical Sketch section for Vernon Township: "John Brown, farmer, PO Evansburg, was born December 19, 1812, in that portion of Vernon Township which was then included in that of Sadsbury Township. His parents, Peter and Catherine (Trace) Brown, natives of Berks County, Penn., came in 1802 to what is now Vernon Township, and reared a family of eleven children, three of whom survive: Gabriel, Gideon and John. Our subject was married April 8, 1851, to Catherine, daughter of Jacob Flickinger, by whom he has four children, three surviving: Mary A. (Mrs. H. LUPHER, has three children: Alice K., George B. and Ella A.), Samantha A. (Mrs. Oliver Brayton, has two children: Jessie K. and William John), and Rebecca A. Our subject is one of the oldest settlers in the township. He is in comfortable circumstances, owning a well-improved farm of ninety-six acres. He is a member of the German Reformed Church. Those were the only two references to that surname in this source. Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net