Hi Listers: Here's a few transcriptions of Cumberland Co. Home death records for some of the names I have been researching, found at the Cumberland Co. Historical Society. I have transcribed them just as they are found in the book - spelling included. I have added information that was not listed in the original within []. Also the initials S.A.B. stands for Sent as an Anatomical Body. Hope they may help someone else! Have a marvelous New Year! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. ************************************************************************* Lee WILKINSON colored Hospital case aged 70 yrs. d.22-Aug-1890 Taken away! Annie SNYDER 78 yrs. Hospital Case d.19-Oct-1891 Taken away by J. HARTMAN, Shermansdale [Perry Co.] Jacob GARNER d.19-Jan-1902 of Consumption occ: Laborer widower in 6 months sent to S.A.B. Philadelphia Theodore BROWNAWELL single German d.25-Jan-1904 with Heart Disease laborer sent to Philadelphia S.A.B. John LAY single d.28-Apr-1906 of Apoplexy Buried by relatives at Mt. Hope [Upper Mifflin Twp., Cumb.Co.] Albert BROWNAWELL d.23-Dec-1909 of Tuberculososus Buried by relatives in Carlisle [Cumb.Co., PA.] Adam H. ZINN Hospital patient d.5-Apr-1913 Buried by Slate Hill Cemetery Oliver IMES d.26-Nov-1914 Buried by Relatives in Spruce Hill [Cemetery], Juniata [Co.] Adolphius WILLINKINSON colored County Home d.12-jul-1915 Buried by relatives at Carlisle, PA. Bengiman F. LONG Hospital Patient d.2-Oct-1917 Buried by relatives in Marysville, [Perry Co.] PA. Maggie BROWNAWELL County Home d.16-Jul-1918 Buried by relatives Carlisle Anna SAMPSON County Home d.5-Sep-1919 Buried by relatives Jacob WINDOWMAKER d.8-Nov-1919 Buried at Mt. Holly [Springs Cemetery, Cumb.Co.] Sarah Jane SHULTZ d.30-Sep-1931 Buried at Springville by friends John SAMPSON d.2-May-1933 Buried at Carlisle by County

Hi Listers: Just got back from a visit at the Cumberland County Historical Society. I was searching through some turn of the century records of deaths at the Cumberland County Home [aka Poor House, Asylum, Hospital, etc.] and found the answer to my "own" question that I posted several months ago concerning: What is an S.A.B. when it pertains to a burial or was in the area on a death register for the place of burial? Well, while looking through the original death records, I found that many of the persons were simply listed as "S.A.B." or "S.A.B., Philadelphia" - this area was normally marked as who took the body and where it was buried. Later on, around 1913 it was written out as "Shipped as Anatomical Body to Philadelphia". I even found a Dr. A. LAWSON, Secretary of S.A.B., Philadelphia who examined one of the bodies before it was buried by the family. Now, another question: Was there a medical research laboratory or medical school in Philadelphia that would have need for so many bodies??? Hope this will help other researchers out there! Happy New Year to you and yours! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA.

If you want to contact Noah Zimmerman he is a wealth of information. And he is a great man to talk to. We visited his musuem last summer. Learned alot about my Benners from him. He is right in Richfield at the Historical Center, His Mailing address is Historical Center PO Box 81 Richfield PA 17086-0081 Good luck with your search. Mary (Buffalo, NY)

Diane, I believe you'll find the surrounding area being Monroe Township. If you find a link to a Samuel Kauffman, who in 1890 married Mary Lauver (1866-1894), I can tell you more about the Lauver side of the family. Fred Merry Christmas to all. ----- Original Message ----- From: Diane Thomas <dianet@iline.com> To: <PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 5:07 PM Subject: Richfield > Thank you one and all for directing me to Richfield. You are all truely > great. Merry Christmas to all. > > Diane >

Thank you one and all for directing me to Richfield. You are all truely great. Merry Christmas to all. Diane

Diane Thomas wrote: > > Does anyone on the list know where Richfield in Juniata County is. That was > the last known residence for Ruth Kauffman according to the social security > death index. ////////////////////////////////////////// Richfield lies on Route 35 in Juniata Co. just south of the Snyder Co. line. If it doesn't show on your map, it lies about midway between Mt. Pleasant Mills and McAlisterville. If they don't show on your map, look for Beaver Springs on Route 622, and Richfield lies about ten miles south-southeast of there. The Kauffman surname is rather prominent in that area, and I believe many of them were Mennonites or married Mennonites. There is a good genealogical library maintained in Richfield by the Mennonites. Regret I do not have the mailing address for you. Perhaps someone else on this ListServ can supply the postal address for this library in Richfield. Nelson R. Sulouff

Richfield is in the very northern part of the county, right on the Snyder county border. It's in the area where Noah Zimmerman lives. My John S. Gingerich lived there awhile and his son, M.E.Gingerich, was born there. There's a map ( not the best) that shows the Richfield Mennonite Church at: http://www.mrn.org/maps/richfield.html There's another map at http://maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?Pyt=Tmap&addr=&csz=Richfield%2C+PA&Get%A0Map=Get+Map Barbara Diane Thomas wrote: > Does anyone on the list know where Richfield in Juniata County is. That was > the last known residence for Ruth Kauffman according to the social security > death index. > > Thanks for your help > Diane

Does anyone on the list know where Richfield in Juniata County is. That was the last known residence for Ruth Kauffman according to the social security death index. Thanks for your help Diane

Is anyone else researching the GRIERs and McCLELLANDs in Mifflin Co. and Juniata Co.? I am looking for: John McClelland GRIER b. 1814 in Mifflin Co. (now Juniata). He moved to eastern Pennsylvania, settling near Scranton. He married Catherine JONES of Reading, Pa. They raised five children (with married names as known): Susan Jane BEST, Kate Priscilla HILL, Annie JOHNSON, Mary LUCANS, and Samuel GRIER. John GRIER died in 1899, predeceased by his wife Catherine. John GRIER was the son of David GRIER (prob. born in Mifflin Co. c.1770-1775) and his wife Priscilla McCLELLAND (also from Mifflin, c.1773). Priscilla McCLELLAND was the daughter of John McCLELLAND Junior (Franklin or Mifflin Co., c. 1751). According to FamilySearch her mother was Elizabeth MARTIN of Mifflin County. Priscilla was the only child, John McCLELLAND Jr. having died during service in the Revolution in 1775. Priscilla was awarded a pension. John McCLELLAND Jr. was the son of John McCLELLAND Sr. (poss. born in Franklin in abt. 1725). According to FamilySearch, his mother was Catherine Buchanan HUSTON of Franklin County.

Hi Fellow Listers: Below is what a fellow lister, Mike sent to me concerning my earlier post on W.C. Fields. Hope you all have a wonderfully joyous Holiday Season! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. **************************** FYI: the alleged quotation is not there, but his resting place is certainly known and marked. I would be dubious about the information you're getting from your mailbits.com. Again, they have altered facts to suit their interpretation. Remember the message you forwarded with the bogus info about the 12th president? Merry Christmas. Mike. 12/22/99. http://www.findagrave.com/pictures/1148.html

Hi Listers: This was just forwarded to me through MailBits.com: Trivia Subscription. This info will be helpful to anyone out there who may be researching, the actor, W.C. Fields or his family. Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a joyous New Year! Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. ****************************** W.C. Fields, the great 1930s movie comedian and famous misanthrope, died on Christmas, the holiday he despised. Of all the notable quotes that issued from this notorious curmudgeon, the most often quoted, said to be from his California tombstone, is "All things considered, I'd rather be in Philadelphia." But you would have an easier time locating his ghost than the words on that famous marker. Fields was cremated and has no tombstone. He made the remark to a magazine that had asked what he would want on his stone. (Source: MYTH-INFORMED) (C) Copyright MailBits.com 1998-1999. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without the written permission of the copyright owner is prohibited. (Yea, but feel free to forward it to your friends.)

ON THE TWELFTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS: My true love gave to me, Twelve census searches, Eleven printer cartridges, Ten e-mail contacts, Nine headstone rubbings, Eight birth and death dates, Seven town clerks sighing, Six second cousins, Five coats of arms, Four GEDCOM files, Three old wills, Two CD-ROMs One Bible entry And a branch in my family tree. <<Author unknown >>

Hi all I recently joined a few PA lists so if you receive duplicates of this message, I apoligize. I'm searching for information on a John BOWEN, b. 1786, d 1845 married Rachel FEURT in 1815 and had at least the following four sons: Gabriel, Daniel, Thomas & James. I have been told that John was born PA but I have not been able to confirm that. Confirming his place of birth is my primary goal right now. Finding his parents would be a wonderful bonus! I've been searching for old John for a few years now and he appears to be my brick wall. He and Rachel were married in Scioto County, OH. John is burried in the Bowen cemetery at Vales Mill (Vinton County, OH) as are many descendents. If anyone has any information on this lost family of Bowen's, it would be greatly appreciated. We have a ton of information on John and Rachel's descendents, but nothing prior to them. Thanks for your help. Carolyn Bowen McGuire

Angela, In Pennsylvania, the warrantee was the person who received permission to buy the land. It was more specifically, an order to survey the land on which they intended to settle. It was actually the second document to be filed, the application for a warrant being the first. The third document was the survey itself, which often was accompanied by a drawing of the land, noted measurements, and, often, the adjacent property owners, if any. The "Return of Survey," the fourth document, restated the warrant and survey results in words. The patent was the final deed. This final deed did not come quickly to the buyer. It often took years, paying a small amount each year, to fulfill all obligations of the patent. Sometimes, the original warrantee was dead by the time a patent could be issued. Think of it this way. You buy a house, but unless you are among the wealthy, the mortgagor would take control of the house should you not fulfill all obligations. You truly become an owner when you pay off the mortgage. The warrantee received a patent only when all obligations were fulfilled. Also, warrantees for one reason or another may have abandoned their land, or never actually settled on the land, but frequently, the patent was issued to the heir of the original warrantee, such as a son or son-in-law (women did not have land ownership rights). Warrantees may also have decided to move somewhere else and sell their rights before being issued a patent. Also, keep in mind, the term "warrantee" usually referred to the first land purchaser. Prior to the Revolution, the original owner of all land in Pennsylvania was William Penn. Warrants and patents were issued by Penn, or, after his death, by his descendants. After the Revolution, the Commonwealth seized all land controlled by the Penn family, except the land on which the Penn family actually lived on or worked. Although the Penn family was regarded as being part of the former English establishment, William Penn, and his legacy, was so well respected that his families and their personal property were treated with fairness and kind regard. However, from then on, unsettled land was managed by Pennsylvania and the state issued warrants and patents. If land had been already patented and simply later sold to a buyer, then this would not be recorded as a warrant transaction, but recorded at the county level, generally the same as you do today when you sell your home and property to a buyer. The deed is recorded at the county level. Another factor to consider is, if you are talking about county records, you must know what county had jurisdiction at the time of the transaction. For example, between September of 1789 and March of 1831, when there was no Juniata County, transactions were recorded in Mifflin County (prior to 1789, Cumberland or Northumberland Counties, depending on the location, had control). An excellent book for understanding land records research in Pennsylvania is: Donna Bingham Munger, "Pennsylvania Land Records: A History and Guide for Research," Third Printing (Wilmington, Del.: Scholary Resources, Inc. in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1991). It is available for $29.95 paperback, or, for a hardbound cloth edition at $75.00, plus $3.50 for shipping and, if a PA resident, add 6% sales tax, from: Publications Sales Program Pennsylvania Heritage Society P.O. Box 11466 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1466 I hope this helps. Happy Holidays! Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: Angela Buchanan-Bloch <abuchana@eagle.ycp.edu> To: <PAJUNIAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 16, 1999 8:12 AM Subject: Land Records > Can anyone share their knowledge of land records? I've noticed that many > times the name of the Warrantee is different from the Patentee. Does > this mean that by the time the land was actually deeded, the original > person who had applied for it had sold it to someone else? Would this > have just been a "business deal" where someone applied for land grants > just to resell them to others? > > I'm beginning to think that in cases where I know an ancestor lived in a > certain area during this early period - I should search for his name as > a Patentee rather than a Warrantee. Any advice is welcome. > > Angie >

Can anyone share their knowledge of land records? I've noticed that many times the name of the Warrantee is different from the Patentee. Does this mean that by the time the land was actually deeded, the original person who had applied for it had sold it to someone else? Would this have just been a "business deal" where someone applied for land grants just to resell them to others? I'm beginning to think that in cases where I know an ancestor lived in a certain area during this early period - I should search for his name as a Patentee rather than a Warrantee. Any advice is welcome. Angie

Hello List and Friends: This was just sent to me through QuotesMailer.com. I thought it suited genealogy.... Donna HELLER ZINN of Cumberland Co., PA. > A man's rootage is more important than his leafage. > -- Woodrow Wilson -- Woodrow Wilson

Hi List: Just thought this was quite interesting. You know they say you should learn something new each and every day... well I just did and now I'm passing this little bit of history on to you. How many of you out there knew this??? Donna HELLER ZINN of Cumberland Co., PA. ps. This was taken off of MailBits.com: Trivia Subscription ************************************************** The 12th president of the United States was David Rice Atchinson, a Missouri senator who served for one day in 1849. The new president usually took office on March 4. But that year it fell on a Sunday, and although President James Polk left on schedule, Zachary Taylor did not take the oath until the next day. Rice was president pro tempore of the Senate, and under the provisions of the Constitution, he served until Taylor was sworn in. Atchinson neither started a war nor raised any taxes: he just left quietly after 24 hours. (Source: FACTS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTS)

Hi List: Searching for information on William SHORT (b.pre.1770 presumably buried in the Presbyterian Church Cemetery along Rt.75 in Concord, Franklin Co., PA.) who was presumably married to Elizabeth DUNBAR. NOTE: Could the above William SHORT be the same as the William SHORT from a port in Ireland and listed in 30-Dec-1772 as being an indentured servant to a Lamb Talbot and his assigns in Newtown Twp., Bucks Co., PA. for a term of 4 years for 12 pounds [money]??? The children of William Sr. and Elizabeth DUNBAR SHORT: William Jr.; Mary; John; and [daughter] (md. _____ SHOOP). William SHORT Jr. (b.30-Oct-1798 d.14-Apr-1884 in Juniata Co., PA.) md. on 10-Oct-1822 in Juniata Co. to Catherine GRAY (b.20-Mar-1801 in Juniata Co. d.29-Jul-1892 in Juniata Co. d/o James GRAY and Rebecca SHAFFER). NOTE: William SHORT Jr.'s birthplace found as Ireland but has not been proven. Family info. passed down through the years stated that William Jr. "came here" when he was 7 years of age. It also was said that the SHORT Family resided in Hummelstown, Dauphin Co., PA. before moving to Franklin Co.. Open to any hints or suggestions on where to search. Thank you in advance... Donna Heller Zinn of Cumberland Co., PA.

I am looking for anyone who ties to Jacob Bee, who shows up in the 1840 Juniata Census in Milford pg 238. I may tie to this person thru my ancestor Wm. Bea who first shows up in 1850 in Chester Co. PA. If anyone can help, please email me. Thanks Jeanne researching Bee in Chester Co. PA

<snip> family of Jacob DELANCEY? He was born 14 Apr. 1799, PA; parents Francis and Catherine (_______) DELANCEY; m. Rebecca CARL, 11 Feb. 1823, Perry Co., PA; resided Juniata Co., PA, <snip> Bob, do you know if your Rebecca CARL had a sister named Christina or Christianna who married Martin LOHR? The Lohrs named a daughter Rebecca who married Alexander KAUFFMAN. Sharon Coleman