RESEARCHERS, I am specifically looking for someone who is researching Joshua Brown and Charlotte Morris(on), and lives in or near Philadelphia, Penn. The reason being, I found that the Genealogical Society of Penn, 215 S. Broad St., 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5325 has what is called 'Window Taxes' for 1798. It is a U.S. Direct Tax, nicknamed the "window" or "glass" tax because the levy was based on the number of windows in a house. The window tax lists that survive for the state (which they have both Bedford and Huntingdon Counties) give specific dimensions and building materials used in the homes of the time and therefore can assist in determining whether an ancestors' home dates to this time period. The lists also show acreage, THE NAME OF AN ADJOINING PROPERTY OWNER, and other information about the real estate of the time. If one of you can xerox copy the tax information page for Joshua Brown, and his brothers Daniel & James and Possible brothe! r William Brown, it might give us some further clues. Possibly they are connecting property owners, or their neighbors might be the same person. If the Browns live that closely to each other, then surely they are from the same family??? We are all at dead ends here, and anything like this could be helpful. So.....is anyone out there close enough to go there in person? It costs $ 35.00 if you write and ask for research to be done for non-members. But, if you go in person it is only $ 5.00 or your copying costs. I will be happy to reimburse the $ 5.00 for a copy of these Browns. Any Takers???? Thanks, Kathy Wells, down here in Hurst, Texas. Kathy & David Wells 425 Evergreen Dr., Hurst, Texas 76054 rebeltrumpet@sbcglobal.net My Homepage http://www.geocities.com/kathywells2002/index.html Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Tent #1, Texas (Past President & Registrar) http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/7706/DUV.html Member of Mayflower Society http://geocities.com/texasmayflower/index.html ------------------------------------------------------------ "History is the essence of innumerable biographies" - Carlyle

This question is forwarded from Phillip Hares of Dorset, England researching his Hare/Hares family in Somerset, England. I was able to tell him that the Hare place names go back to the Tory, Jacob Hare, an early settler to the area (and an ancestor of my husband) and gave him a reference on that. Since we are not from the area, I couldn't answer his other questions, which are of interest to me also since we don't know Jacob Hare's place of birth. Lanny Sangster in Kansas Phillip Hares' e-mail: I have recently heard that, in Huntingdon, there are places called Hares Valley and Hares Valley Road and that there is also a Callowhill Street. My Hare [later Hares] family came from Shipham and Rowberrow in Somerset, two parishes in the Mendip Hills where mining has been carried out since Roman times and only ended with collapse of calamine mining in about 1860. There were many Hares families in these two parishes and others in the Mendip Hills. One of the physical features of the area is a 700 ft high area known as Callow Hill and Callow Rocks which lie on the edges of several of these parishes. Can this be simply coincidence? I know that there were Hares families in Huntingdon in the 18c if not before. Have you carried out ant research in this area and have you any ideas on a possible Shipham connection? Incidentally, the earliest Hare that I have in my line dates to 1730: by 1760 the name had become Hares.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/2936.1.1 Message Board Post: Thanks for your help! I'll investigate further. Ruth

I would say try: New Castle for the death certificates; Huntingdon Court House; Huntingdon Historical Society and Juanita College (microfilm of many newspapers.) -----Original Message----- From: L B Hansen [mailto:lbhansen8@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 11:19 AM To: PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Huntingdon Co., Obituaries -early 1900's Is it possible to find an obituary for the early 1900's in Huntingdon Co? Where would be the best place to look? Here are the three I am looking for. These three are siblings - all children of Frederick Shenefelt and his second wife Mary. I am hoping to find the maiden name of their mother: Mary Ann Rupert died 19 May 1914 - Henderson, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania Martha Jane Querry died 25 Jan 1905 Mt. Union, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania David Shenefelt died 7 Aug 1906 - Juanita, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania I would appreciate any help. Linda --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Linda, Beeghly Library at the Juniata College has the newspapers in those time frames on microfilm. If it is too far for you to travel, I should be able to go some evening this week and try to find them for you. Ron Singer, Mount Union, Pa.

Near Harrisburgh PA there is a Geisinger Medical Center This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/1016.2.1.1.1.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I am also a decendant of John and Hannah Geisinger... I am decended from > their daughter Hannah who married Soloman Rouch/Rough/Raugh, who was the > son of Henry... The odd thing is that the name Sellers kept being used > as a first name in the family for at least 2 or 3 generations.... Do > you have any idea if there was something particularly special about the > Sellers family to cause that? It may be nothing.... but it's sort of > always been a curiousity to me.... > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, > cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZdB.2ACI/2936.1 Message Board Post: There was a Sarah Meredith born 1859 in Brady Township,Huntingdon Co. Pa.to Jesse Meredith and Elizabeth.1 year old in 1860 census.The same Sarah 20 years old in 1880 census of Altoona,Blair Co. Pa.Maybe this is the one you are looking for.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Efaw/Efau/Eva/Efaugh/Epaw/ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/3125 Message Board Post: I understand that a Jacob Hare, Tory, from Huntingdon Valley, PA married a Christine Afaw/Efaw/Ephau. No marriage date but both supposedly born in Germany in the 1730's.Later they moved to Ross County Ohio where they died. I am tracing the Efaw line and looking for information to the old country? Our name has been spelled many different ways so not sure what it would appear as in the old country. My Ancestor David Efaw/Efaugh was in Rev. Army in 1783 at age 18 and said he was born in PA. Have not been able to trace him to PA. Any help/info very much appreciated thanks bob e

Descendants of John Glasgow SIMPSON - 26 SEP 2003 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- First Generation 1. John Glasgow SIMPSON. John Glasgow SIMPSON and Annie LOGAN were married. John Glasgow SIMPSON and Annie LOGAN had the following children: +2 i. Clara Murray SIMPSON (born on 8 MAY 1884). Second Generation 2. Clara Murray SIMPSON (John Glasgow-1) was born on 8 MAY 1884. Clara Murray SIMPSON and John Martin ROGERS were married on 3 DEC 1907. John Martin ROGERS (son of John ROGERS and Catharine BRUMBAUGH) was born on 24 JUL 1881. Clara Murray SIMPSON and John Martin ROGERS had the following children: 3 i. John Simpson ROGERS was born on 12 AUG 1909. Prepared by: Jesse Davis Lewistown, PA jespat@bowlbyfamily.org ----- Original Message ----- From: <cmartina@ix.netcom.com> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 5:18 PM Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Simpson/Glasgow/Logan/Lesher This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simpson/ Glasgow/ Logan/ Lesher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/3124 Message Board Post: Looking for infomation regarding J(OHN) MURRAY SIMPSON married to SARAH (M) GLASGOW both born abt 1830. May have livied in Oneida. Believe they had 7 children. Eldest is son JOHN GLASGOW SIMPSON b. 22 April 1856. Married ANNA LOGAN b.abt 1858. They may have had 5 children. Duaghter MAUDE LOGAN SIMPSON b. 11 March 1886. Married CHALENDER LESHER owner of Huntingdon Monitor Newspaper. Maude Lesher Hall at Juniata College named for her. Both buried in Riverview Cemetery. Need children, spouses of all and lines prior to John Murray Simpson and Sarah Glasgow. Help greatly appreciated. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.521 / Virus Database: 319 - Release Date: 9/23/2003

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Simpson/ Glasgow/ Logan/ Lesher Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ZdB.2ACI/3124 Message Board Post: Looking for infomation regarding J(OHN) MURRAY SIMPSON married to SARAH (M) GLASGOW both born abt 1830. May have livied in Oneida. Believe they had 7 children. Eldest is son JOHN GLASGOW SIMPSON b. 22 April 1856. Married ANNA LOGAN b.abt 1858. They may have had 5 children. Duaghter MAUDE LOGAN SIMPSON b. 11 March 1886. Married CHALENDER LESHER owner of Huntingdon Monitor Newspaper. Maude Lesher Hall at Juniata College named for her. Both buried in Riverview Cemetery. Need children, spouses of all and lines prior to John Murray Simpson and Sarah Glasgow. Help greatly appreciated.

Maribeth, p.121 of The 1883 History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, says only: "Patrick Kelly, sergt." Bates' History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, Vol. II, p. 684 for 34th Regt., Company "G" states: "Patrick Kelly. Serg't. Enlisted June 21 1861 for 3 years. Mustered out with company, June 11, 1864." Anne

Betty, No, I don't know of any Kelleys at all. Sorry. Ken > Ken, do you happen to have anything on a Hannah Kelley from the same area > who married a Hockenberry and had a daughter Elizabeth Ann, went by Annie, > there about 1793.? This Ann Hockenberry m John Latta and moved to WV and > then on to Monroe County, Oh around 1840 where they lived the rest of their > lives and were buried.

Ken, do you happen to have anything on a Hannah Kelley from the same area who married a Hockenberry and had a daughter Elizabeth Ann, went by Annie, there about 1793.? This Ann Hockenberry m John Latta and moved to WV and then on to Monroe County, Oh around 1840 where they lived the rest of their lives and were buried. betty ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Jones" <kjones1@ix.netcom.com> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 10:06 AM Subject: Re: [PAHUNTIN] Patrick KELLY, Civil War > Hi Marybeth, > On page 121 of "History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties" by J. Simpson > Africa, Patrick Kelly is listed as a sergeant. > We have corresponded before about Patrick and I believe that this Patrick is > my gggrandfather. > The reason for this belief is because my family has copies of more than 80 > letters written by Patrick to his wife, Ann. Nightwine Kelly. These > letters, written during the civil War, follow the chronology of the 34th > Regiment exactly. > The letters refer to letters that he received from Ann in Huntingdon, in > just a few days. I think that the turnaround was faster than it is today! > > I also have Patrick's service records from the National Archives. He was > mostly in charge of "foraging", according to the documents. > > Of interest might be that Patrick shortened his name from "Kilkelly" about > this time. It is thought (somewhat jokingly, but perhaps truly) that the > prefix "Kil" was potentially a bad omen in combat! > > Chronology of the 5th Reserve (34th Pennsylvania) > Source: J. Simpson Africa: History of Huntingdon County, Volume I, Louis > H. Everts, Philadelphia, 1883. Pp.118-121 > > 1861 > > 20 June Organized at Camp Curtin > Huntingdon County's two companies: > G Company - Huntingdon's Infantry (Captain Andrew S. Harrison) > I Company - Scott's Infantry (Captain George Dare) > > Patrick Kelly was a sergeant in G Company. > > 22 June Left Camp Curtin for Cumberland, MD > Route: Harrisburg - Huntingdon - Hopewell - Arrived Hopewell Night of 22 > June > > 23 June To Bedford Springs - Camped at Camp McCall > ? - 7 July To Maryland Line - Camped at Camp Mason and Dixon > 7 July To Cumberland > 8 July To camps vacated by Col. Lew Wallace's Indiana troops > (K. J. Note: This was the same Lew Wallace, later a general, who wrote > Ben Hur.) > 13 July To camp 2 miles from New Creek, VA > 20 July To Piedmont > 27 July To Hopewell, then via RR to Huntingdon, then Harrisburg > 31 July Arrive Harrisburg > 8 August To Washington > ? August To Tenallytown MD (stayed there 2 months) > 9 October To Langley, VA > > > 1862 > > 10 March From Camp Pierpont (Langley) to Hunter's Mills, VA > 14 March To Alexandria, VA > 9 April To Manassas, to Falmouth > 26 May To Fredericksburg > 9 June Gray's Landing, then to White House (a town) > ? June Baltimore Crossroads, Gaines' Mills to Mechanicsville > 26 June (Thurs.) Battle of Mechanicsville (They slept in the field that > night.) > 27 June To Gaines' Mills - fought there, lost, retreated > 29 June Crossed White Oak Swamp to Charles City Crossroads > 30 June Fought at Charles City Crossroads > 1 July Battle of Malvern Hill > 2 July To Berkeley (Harrison's Landing) > 20 August Fought 2nd Bull Run > ? Fought South Mountain > ? Fought at Antietam > 13 December Fought at Fredericksburg > > 1863 > > ? Feb To Washington > > July Fought at Gettysburg > ? Fought at Warranton > ? Fought at Bristoe Station > ? Fought at Mine Run > > Winter 1863-64 Spent this time camped at Alexandria, as part of the Army of > the Potomac, defending Washington > > > 1864 > > ? Fought at Wilderness > ? Fought at Perkins' Store > ? Fought at Fredericksburg > ? Fought at Orange Turnpike > > 6 May Fought at Spottsylvania Courthouse > ? Fought at North Anna River > 30 May Camped, fought at Bethesda Church > > 1 June Mustered out at Holmesburg, PA > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ACMBJC@aol.com> > To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:25 PM > Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Patrick KELLY, Civil War > > > > If someone on the list has access to the following, could you please check > to > > see what is written about a Patrick KELLY, <<34th Regiment, Company G > > History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties, Penna., pg 121>> > > > > Thank you for your time. > > > > Marybeth Corrigall > > ACMBJC@aol.com > > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ZdB.2ACI/1496.1 Message Board Post: I am keen to know more of CHARLES SAYERS child of WILLIAM & ELIZABETH. Did Charles have children? Did he have many wives? Was one of his children named Evelyn in the 1800s. Many thanks

Hi Marybeth, On page 121 of "History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties" by J. Simpson Africa, Patrick Kelly is listed as a sergeant. We have corresponded before about Patrick and I believe that this Patrick is my gggrandfather. The reason for this belief is because my family has copies of more than 80 letters written by Patrick to his wife, Ann. Nightwine Kelly. These letters, written during the civil War, follow the chronology of the 34th Regiment exactly. The letters refer to letters that he received from Ann in Huntingdon, in just a few days. I think that the turnaround was faster than it is today! I also have Patrick's service records from the National Archives. He was mostly in charge of "foraging", according to the documents. Of interest might be that Patrick shortened his name from "Kilkelly" about this time. It is thought (somewhat jokingly, but perhaps truly) that the prefix "Kil" was potentially a bad omen in combat! Chronology of the 5th Reserve (34th Pennsylvania) Source: J. Simpson Africa: History of Huntingdon County, Volume I, Louis H. Everts, Philadelphia, 1883. Pp.118-121 1861 20 June Organized at Camp Curtin Huntingdon County's two companies: G Company - Huntingdon's Infantry (Captain Andrew S. Harrison) I Company - Scott's Infantry (Captain George Dare) Patrick Kelly was a sergeant in G Company. 22 June Left Camp Curtin for Cumberland, MD Route: Harrisburg - Huntingdon - Hopewell - Arrived Hopewell Night of 22 June 23 June To Bedford Springs - Camped at Camp McCall ? - 7 July To Maryland Line - Camped at Camp Mason and Dixon 7 July To Cumberland 8 July To camps vacated by Col. Lew Wallace's Indiana troops (K. J. Note: This was the same Lew Wallace, later a general, who wrote Ben Hur.) 13 July To camp 2 miles from New Creek, VA 20 July To Piedmont 27 July To Hopewell, then via RR to Huntingdon, then Harrisburg 31 July Arrive Harrisburg 8 August To Washington ? August To Tenallytown MD (stayed there 2 months) 9 October To Langley, VA 1862 10 March From Camp Pierpont (Langley) to Hunter's Mills, VA 14 March To Alexandria, VA 9 April To Manassas, to Falmouth 26 May To Fredericksburg 9 June Gray's Landing, then to White House (a town) ? June Baltimore Crossroads, Gaines' Mills to Mechanicsville 26 June (Thurs.) Battle of Mechanicsville (They slept in the field that night.) 27 June To Gaines' Mills - fought there, lost, retreated 29 June Crossed White Oak Swamp to Charles City Crossroads 30 June Fought at Charles City Crossroads 1 July Battle of Malvern Hill 2 July To Berkeley (Harrison's Landing) 20 August Fought 2nd Bull Run ? Fought South Mountain ? Fought at Antietam 13 December Fought at Fredericksburg 1863 ? Feb To Washington July Fought at Gettysburg ? Fought at Warranton ? Fought at Bristoe Station ? Fought at Mine Run Winter 1863-64 Spent this time camped at Alexandria, as part of the Army of the Potomac, defending Washington 1864 ? Fought at Wilderness ? Fought at Perkins' Store ? Fought at Fredericksburg ? Fought at Orange Turnpike 6 May Fought at Spottsylvania Courthouse ? Fought at North Anna River 30 May Camped, fought at Bethesda Church 1 June Mustered out at Holmesburg, PA ----- Original Message ----- From: <ACMBJC@aol.com> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Patrick KELLY, Civil War > If someone on the list has access to the following, could you please check to > see what is written about a Patrick KELLY, <<34th Regiment, Company G > History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties, Penna., pg 121>> > > Thank you for your time. > > Marybeth Corrigall > ACMBJC@aol.com >

Does anyone know who I can contact to get obituaries from this time period in the Henderson, and Mt. Union areas? Linda --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software

We'd be happy to send you a new electric company from Northern Ohio. LOL Karen Rupert Reed ----- Original Message ----- From: <LovnMyWifeAlways@aol.com> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Re: [PAHUNTIN] Graysville Cemetery > Hi Linda, > > Your will have to write to the Graysville cemetery association. Access to the > records are only through them, unless someone else on the list has the > information for you. > I don't know the exact contact info. since i would have to dig through my > records to get it. I will do my best to get it to you then. > Since Thursday evening we have been without power , running water and on > Sunday we got phone service. Today is the first that we have had power and running > water. > We have alot of cleaning to do and a ton of other things also. Things are a > mess and I want a new electric company!!! LOL > > Anyways I will do my best to find that ingo for you. > > > Ken Murtiff > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

try usgenweb.com I have had some success as they have some county histories on line. Janice ----- Original Message ----- From: <ACMBJC@aol.com> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:25 PM Subject: [PAHUNTIN] Patrick KELLY, Civil War > If someone on the list has access to the following, could you please check to > see what is written about a Patrick KELLY, <<34th Regiment, Company G > History of Huntingdon & Blair Counties, Penna., pg 121>> > > Thank you for your time. > > Marybeth Corrigall > ACMBJC@aol.com > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Nancy thank you I will do what you suggest pat > Pat, you might want to contact the Huntingdon Historical Society (on > line), they have many records; another source is the Huntingdon County > Courthouse. Both are staffed with very helpful people. I spent many > hours in both places a couple of years ago. Also, if you can get to the > area the Juniata College has a lot of microfilm.....and if you have a > large library near you.....try the genealogical section....there is a > lot of information on those shelves. Hope this helps you...I have been > helped by so many, I want to return the favor when I can. > > -----Original Message----- > From: sully723@covad.net [mailto:sully723@covad.net] > Sent: Saturday, September 20, 2003 4:52 PM > To: PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [PAHUNTIN] O'KANE, DOMINICK > > > Looking for Dominic(k) O'Kane of Huntingdon County he is the older > brother of Frances O'Kane circa late 1800's > thank you > Pat Sullivan > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, > cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== PAHUNTIN Mailing List ==== > Visit the Huntingdon county PaGenWeb site at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pahuntin for information on county resources, > cemeteries and other research information. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Hi Linda, Your will have to write to the Graysville cemetery association. Access to the records are only through them, unless someone else on the list has the information for you. I don't know the exact contact info. since i would have to dig through my records to get it. I will do my best to get it to you then. Since Thursday evening we have been without power , running water and on Sunday we got phone service. Today is the first that we have had power and running water. We have alot of cleaning to do and a ton of other things also. Things are a mess and I want a new electric company!!! LOL Anyways I will do my best to find that ingo for you. Ken Murtiff