Hello there fellow rooters! It was brought to my attention that some errors were made in my transcriptions of the above surnames - sorry about that - guess that's what happens for trying to type while "under the influence" of cold medications! Here are the CORRECT transcriptions for the parts that contained errors - hope this didn't mess anyone up! The "forgotten sections" appear in brackets [ ]. AFFANTRANGER: There is one more reference to that surname on pages 714 and 715, same section: "George Benninghoff, retired farmer and oil producer, Meadville, was born in Clearfield County, Penn., April 3, 1825, and is a son of John and Elizabeth (Heist) Benninghoff, who were of German ancestry. His father was first a hatter by trade, was in later life a farmer, and succeeded at one time in accumulating a fortune of $300,000. He was a resident of Venango County, Penn., fourteen years, and before his death lived in Greenville, Penn., where he died in 1882. He had twelve children, who were all at their father's funeral but one, who was sick at the time. The father and all his sons were Republican in politics. George Benninghoff, the eldest of the family, received a common school education in Venango County, [Penn., was reared on the farm, and for several years pursued agriculture with success, commencing on fifty acres of unimproved land in Venango County,] which he cleared up. In 1861 he purchased a farm in M[e]ad Township, and removed to Meadville in 1880. From 1860 to 1883 he was engaged as an oil producer, since when he has been retired. He was married in 1848 to Julia A., daughter of John Baney, a prominent farmer of Venango County, Penn. They have five children: Almena Helen, wife of E.L. AFFANTRANGER, farmer; Lewis Nelson, farmer in Sugar Grove, Mercer County, and who was also in the oil business for sixteen years; Livingston, a farmer; George E., a practicing physician of Bradford, Penn; Julia M., wife of C.E. Morgan, of Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs. Benninghoff is a member of the Presbyterian Church. Politically our subject is a Republican." STURTEVANT: On page 1048, in the Biographical Sketch section for Spring Township: "Ritner H. Sturtevant, farmer, PO Springboro, was born in this township September 26, 1832; son of Daniel W. and Susan Sturtevant, the former a [native of Vermont (brother of Elon Sturtevant, whose sketch appears above), the latter a] native of Norwich, Conn. They came with their family in 1818 to this county, where they bought and cleared the farm in Spring Township now owned by F.F. Dewitt. They were parents of five children, all now living. The father died August 20, 1865; his widow resides in Springboro. Our subject, the eldest in the family, received a good common school education, and taught school in his younger days for eight terms. He was twice married, on the first occasion to Adeline A. Kendall, a native of Vermont, who bore him one child - Ida E., now wife of John C. GREEN. Mrs. Sturtevant dying November 11, 1861, our subject married, October 12, 1862, [Lestine Joslin, a native of Erie County, Penn., and daughter of Levi B. and ] Margaret Joslin. Two children were born to this union: John F., on the New York & Pennsylvania Railroad, and Floy E. Mrs. Sturtevant is an adherent of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the State Legislature two terms and previously held almost every office in the township, including that of Justice of the Peace for over five years; was Assistant Assessor of Internal Revenue for the Twentieth District of Pennsylvania, during 1869 and 1870." Again, my apologies for the errors! For actual verification, I would be glad to scan the actual pages of the text for post and send them to whomever might be interested! Just let me know! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net