Hi all.....The other day we had a power surge and since then I haven't had a single mailing from the Allegheny, Washington, Beaver, Mercer or Butler lists. Does anyone know what happened? Do I have to re-subscribe to these lists, or hasn't there been any mailings the last couple of days? If it happened to you, also, please let me know, OK? Marcia Duggins

Is anyone researching Snyder families in Mercer County? I'm searching for information about my ggrandmother, Nancy (Ann?) Snyder who married Patrick Fitzgerald. Nancy may be the 4 year old child listed in 1860 census with father/grandfather Christopher Snyder, mother Mary, and sister Susan in Springfield Twp. I can't trace the family through the census, but I think she married Patrick Fitzgerald of Findley Twp, who is listed in 1860 as living with the James McGonnell family. One of her sons was named Otto, which must have come from her side of the family. Other children's names were James Henry, Frank, Mary Theresa and Alice. Anyone working on Snyders? Thanks, Caroline

There are at least two Montgomery families in the 1840 census for Wolf Creek. One is the family of William Montgomery and immediately next door is the family of Thomas Montgomery. Does anyone know anything about these families? I am attempting to identify a Thomas Montgomery who married Mary (___) and had Henrietta Graham Montgomery. Mary was born ca 1815 according to the 1860 census. Henrietta was born in 1833. I have no dates for Thomas. I would guess between 1800 and 1815. Mary was 18 when she gave birth to Henrietta. It is likely that Henrietta was her first born child. Of course... these are just guesses... and as usual, I could be completely wrong. Can anyone help me? Thanks, Georgia

----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Genik" <geniklau@msu.edu> To: <PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 2:25 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [PAMERCER] Humphrey/Long > Patrick, > > I know nothing of your family. I was struck by the movement of John to > Monmouth, Warren Co., IL. My Wagstaff family line started in Mercer and > all > but one settled in Monmouth at about the same time. Warren Co. has a Web > site and an active rootweb. You might try checking that. I was able to > make contact with cousins of the Wagstaff family through this site. > > Happy Hunting, > Linda Doyle Genik > Livonia, MI > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Johnston" <patjohnston@earthlink.net> > To: <PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:45 PM > Subject: [PAMERCER] Humphrey/Long > > >> >> Hello - >> I'm looking for information on the families of Edward Humphrey and Sarah >> Long. Edward and Sarah lived in Mercer County, Pa. when their son John >> A. Humphrey was born, ca. 1861-62. >> >> John is my gr. grandfather and on his marriage license to Ellen Boozan, >> married March 16, 1885 at Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, he states >> his age at his next birthday at 23 and the names of his parents as >> Edward Humphrey and Sarah Long and his birthplace as Mercer County, PA. >> Family history says that Edward was killed by runaway horses (location >> unknown) and his wife Sarah then married a man named Hutton. >> >> Any assistance/leads would be most appreciated. >> >> Sincerely - >> Patrick Johnston >> Seattle, WA. >> >> patjohnston@earthlink.net >> >> >> >> ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== >> Find your relatives in Mercer County..... visit our website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer. >> >> >

Linda, Thanks for the prompt and courteous reply. It looks like I may have an uphill battle ahead of me. It seems a lot of Irish migrated to the Warren/Mercer County areas of Illinois. It was a migration stop off point to Iowa and points west and an escape from St. Louis and was easily accessible by boat from St. Louis and points eastward in the early U.S. It also was a growing Irish settlement area that provided two chief occupations amongst Irish workers: farming and mining; at times both being contained on the same farm land and the uniqueness of being able to farm and mine at the same time. Also, the Irish wanted to escape the racial bigotries they encountered in the eastern cities. This is the dilemma I've got. My grandmother Annie was born Anna Hutton, Monmouth, Ill. 1898. Her father was John Humphrey. There is much confusion in regards to John Hutton - Humphrey. Even the press and community back then expressed confusion over who was who and where they fit exactly. It was even expressed in an obituary. My great grandfather was born as John Humphrey to Edward Humphrey and Sarah Long and was born in Mercer County, PA., ca. 1861/62 according to his marriage license. Some time after birth, but no doubt while young, his father Edward was killed by runaway horses and his mother remarried a man named John Hutton. At times John would use his birth surname and at others would assume the surname of his step-father, John Hutton. To complicate matters, he had a son whom he named John. I have to assume that the information he provided on his marriage application/license is accurate and correct. Hopefully this will get posted to the PAMercer group and others may connect the names and provide clues. Nevertheless I will join the group and see if someone can offer clues. Thanks again ... Pat Johnston -----Original Message----- From: teri [mailto:sanchoinc@houston.rr.com] Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 8:13 AM To: PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: forward::: Re: [PAMERCER] Humphrey/Long ----- Original Message ----- From: "Linda Genik" <geniklau@msu.edu> To: <PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 2:25 AM Subject: {not a subscriber} Re: [PAMERCER] Humphrey/Long > Patrick, > > I know nothing of your family. I was struck by the movement of John > to Monmouth, Warren Co., IL. My Wagstaff family line started in > Mercer and all but one settled in Monmouth at about the same time. > Warren Co. has a Web site and an active rootweb. You might try > checking that. I was able to make contact with cousins of the > Wagstaff family through this site. > > Happy Hunting, > Linda Doyle Genik > Livonia, MI > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patrick Johnston" <patjohnston@earthlink.net> > To: <PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, October 22, 2004 9:45 PM > Subject: [PAMERCER] Humphrey/Long > > >> >> Hello - >> I'm looking for information on the families of Edward Humphrey and >> Sarah Long. Edward and Sarah lived in Mercer County, Pa. when their >> son John A. Humphrey was born, ca. 1861-62. >> >> John is my gr. grandfather and on his marriage license to Ellen >> Boozan, married March 16, 1885 at Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, >> he states his age at his next birthday at 23 and the names of his >> parents as Edward Humphrey and Sarah Long and his birthplace as >> Mercer County, PA. Family history says that Edward was killed by >> runaway horses (location >> unknown) and his wife Sarah then married a man named Hutton. >> >> Any assistance/leads would be most appreciated. >> >> Sincerely - >> Patrick Johnston >> Seattle, WA. >> >> patjohnston@earthlink.net >> >> >> >> ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== >> Find your relatives in Mercer County..... visit our website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer. >> >> > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== See your ancestors on line.... check out our collection of Mercer County Old Photos.... over 1400 old photos on line! http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/mercer

Hello - I'm looking for information on the families of Edward Humphrey and Sarah Long. Edward and Sarah lived in Mercer County, Pa. when their son John A. Humphrey was born, ca. 1861-62. John is my gr. grandfather and on his marriage license to Ellen Boozan, married March 16, 1885 at Monmouth, Warren County, Illinois, he states his age at his next birthday at 23 and the names of his parents as Edward Humphrey and Sarah Long and his birthplace as Mercer County, PA. Family history says that Edward was killed by runaway horses (location unknown) and his wife Sarah then married a man named Hutton. Any assistance/leads would be most appreciated. Sincerely - Patrick Johnston Seattle, WA. patjohnston@earthlink.net

Greetings. I recently recieved a post that I deleted in error. Would the person or persons that emailed me about the old postcards I have of Sharon and Farrell please email me again? Thank you in advance Bernie P.S. The one about submitting my old postcards for post to your site.

this is where I saw Over TheRainbow couldn't afford the Columbia Theater. The Theater was down by the River That is why they got the Rats another place during the 40's was Jack's Bar a hang out for young workers.It was down near the river and I saw a big rat run across the floor one night while eating my dinner. ----- Original Message ----- From: <HullPK@aol.com> To: <PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2004 7:38 AM Subject: Re: [PAMERCER] Question on old locations in Sharon, PA > "The Rat House" in reference to the theatre rang a bell in my mind. I was > born in Sharon although we lived out of the town at Lamont's Corners. I > was > only 7 when my family left the Sharon area. Nevertheless, I recall going > to the > movies with my parents, and their refering to the theatre as "The Rat > House". > I once asked my dad why they called it that. He said people accidently > dropped popcorn on the floor because they couldn't see what they were > doing in the > dark. Rats came to eat the corn and someone had been bitten once. We saw > Snow White, and Bambi at that theatre when those movies first came out. > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > Find your relatives in Mercer County..... visit our website: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer. > >

"The Rat House" in reference to the theatre rang a bell in my mind. I was born in Sharon although we lived out of the town at Lamont's Corners. I was only 7 when my family left the Sharon area. Nevertheless, I recall going to the movies with my parents, and their refering to the theatre as "The Rat House". I once asked my dad why they called it that. He said people accidently dropped popcorn on the floor because they couldn't see what they were doing in the dark. Rats came to eat the corn and someone had been bitten once. We saw Snow White, and Bambi at that theatre when those movies first came out.

Gable theater was on Water Street I believe and Columbia was on State Street Gable was known as the Rat House because it was down by the river I have gone to both in my younger years Gable Theater was owned by Clark GAbles grandparents they owned the one in Sharpsville also. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim & Shirley Daugherty" <jdoc@iquest.net> To: <PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2004 1:41 PM Subject: [PAMERCER] Question on old locations in Sharon, PA > Does anyone have a picture or information about the Diamond Dance Hall ( > circa 1930's0 on Water Street in Sharon. PA and/or Dalo's Nut Shoppe that > was located near the Gable Theater (Columbia Theater) on State Street in > downtown Sharon, PA about the same time period? If so, I would like to > hear from you. Thanks Shirley Daugherty Fort Wayne, IN jdoc@iquest.net > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > See your ancestors on line.... check out our collection of Mercer County > Old Photos.... over 1400 old photos on line! > http://www.familyoldphotos.com/pa/mercer > >

Another Dumars - Gillespie Response: ************************************* 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/ldB.2ACI/99.637.1282.1285.1324.1461.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1 Message Board Post: Liz, wasn't it Jack Heck who thought my John D. Gillespie b 1804 who married Margaret who he thought was possibly a Bean, was the son of Thomas born ca 1775? We had corresponded on this back in Nov 2000. I did get part of the probate pack from the Mercer Co Courthouse for Thomas who died 1853 which did not mention any of Thomas/Hannah's children except their son Joseph who was an adult & still lived at home with Hannah. There were several items in the packet where there was a dispute over a colt & who it belonged to, either Thomas or Hannah. That was it. No mention of any of the other children. Mimi, if Jack Heck's widow has any info in his old files on my John D. Gillespie who m Margaret & proof that he was the son of Thomas/Hannah I would really appreciate it. I really have no proof that this is the case to date. Liz, I am assuming the David mentioned in Biographies of Notable Americans is the same David who married Hannah L. Dumars. He was born 17 July 1799 & possibly is the brother of my John D. Gillespie. Then from the article in "Biographies", Thomas Gillespie's b 1775 wife was not Hannah Dumars but Hannah Duncan. My b/m/d records of the children of Thomas b 1775 is very incomplete.All I have listed are David b 17 July 1799 & m Hannah L. Dumars, William who m a Catherine, John D., Joseph who died at age 36 in 1858 & never married, Rebecca, Isabel, Catherine, Eliza Marie who m Samuel D. Dray and the last child Thomas who m a Myra. As you can see my records are far from complete. If you can fill in any blanks would appreciate it. On the 1850 census my John Gillespie & wife Margaret were living in West Salem Twp with their children Margaret, Rosanna, Thomas & Margaret. Their oldest daughter Hannah was married to Peter McMahon & out of the household. John was age 46. Now there was another John Gillespie living in 1850 in Sandylake Twp also with a wife named Margaret. He was age 35 with children Adam S., Mary A.,David C.,John H. & Margaret J. Believe this John's parents are David Gillespie & Rebecca Hays. Family history said Hannah Gillespie McMahon's grandmother was a Dumars. There must be some truth to it as that is a strange name to make up. But I want to make sure I pick up John D Gillespie's right parents. Liz, do you have any new info? I have the charts you sent me back in 2000 & Jack Heck's note where he lists Thomas' children & said lets concentrate on David. These Gillespie's & Dumars are so intertwined its driving me bonkers. For some reason when I try to retrieve message board answers I can access the site but by going to ancestry.com & going thru all the Dumar/Gillespie messages to find your replies. Please e-mail me at melody401@aol.com. Mary Ellen Wright

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: *************************response to a previous post ************************ 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/ldB.2ACI/99.637.1282.1285.1324.1461.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3.2 Message Board Post: Evidently, it is the Thomas Gillespie, born 1775 (or 1780!) in Tyrone, Ireland, who married Hannah Duncan (her sire was Alexander Duncan from Tyrone who had come to America in 1800). It was his son, David Gillespie (born Apr 17, 1799 in Ireland, died Dec. 1853 who married Hannah L. Dumars in Salem Twp. near Greenville, Pa. She was born June 15, 1800 and died 1850. Her parents had been Alexander Dumars (born Dec 3, 1769 in Tyrone and died May 25, 1854 in Greenville. Her mother was Jane Gilliland 1772-Mar 1811. This information was from Jack Heck, now deceased, who was pretty careful with his records, so I believe they are correct - does anyone see any incorrections there ?

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gruber Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ldB.2ACI/2536 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information these people. John was born 1811 in Lehigh Co., Leah was born ~1824 in Mercer Co. They lived in French Creek in 1850 and 1860; by 1880 may have moved to Youngstown OH area. If you have any info please email me, as I may not log on to the board very often. Thank you.

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: 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/ldB.2ACI/2537 Message Board Post: This is from Jack Heck's records: Wm. Bean - Ireland 1730 - was a veteran of the American Revolution. He is the tie if you want to join the DAR or SAR. That is all I have on him - anyone have more details? I would really like to find out more, esp. about his Rev War experiences. His daughter was Betsy Bean (1757-Aug 1, 1825) who married Robert Bole (Boles?) 1755-Jan 14, 1821. Their daughter was Margaret Bole/Boles who maried David Linn, Jr. Their daughter Nancy R. Linn, born 1823 in Salem Twp. nr. Greenville, Pa. (Mercer Cty), died June 25, 1904/5. In July 4, 1846, Nancy Linn married Alexander Dumars Gillespie, Atty. (born Oct 10, 1822 in Greenville, Pa., died Apr 17, 1902 in Greenville) I have his lifelong journal - plan to prepare it for publication, but am pretty slow moving at getting it done. When Alex was six y.o., his family moved to Big Bend nr Clark, Pa. on the Shenango River, south of Greenville. That farm is now under the water of a large dam. When he started as an atty., he had 75 cents to his name. He married Eleanor (Ella) Davidson, b. Jan 28, 1857, in Sharon, Pa. and died Jan 10, 1907 in Greenville. Theirs was a stormy marriage and she is famous for throwing all her dishes against the barn in a fit of pique. Probably coping with four rowdy boys didn't exactly soothe her. disposition. They are both buried in Greenville's Shenango Valley cemetary on top of the first hill where you enter. Other family members are buried there, but I don't recall which ones, except Stanley and Bess, my uncle and aunt. Their sons were Alfred D ( for Dumars ? ), Alexander J. (Yng. atty), Cassius R. who died age 16 at Edinboro Normal School (college), and Eugene Pierce Gillespie, my grandfather, (born Sept 24, 1853 (52?), died Dec. 17, 1899 in Greenville. He had attended Allegheny College (1868-70) and St. Michael's College in Toronto (1870-72), was a popular attorney and member of the 52nd Congress 1891-93. They lived on South Mercer St. in Greenville. He was killed by a train.

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: 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/TdB.2ACI/1893 Message Board Post: Would like to hear from others who are researching the above surnames with origins in County Down, Ireland. Elizabeth Hawthorne married George McNaughton in Titusville on March 17, 1880. Elizabeth had one sister that I know of, Margaret Patterson who was married to James Patterson. Margaret lived in Hydetown when she died in 1930, but they are found in Stoneboro, Mercer County in the 1880 census. Their children are Fred Patterson of Titusville, Harriet Tucker of Titusville, Minnie Dunham of Pleasantville, Howard Patterson of Hydetown, and two sons, William and Thomas who died prior to Margaret's death in 1930. Thank you!

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: *****************response to a previous post**************** 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/ldB.2ACI/99.637.1282.1285.1324.1461.1.2.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.3 Message Board Post: Mary Ellen, I really haven't found anything new on the Gillespies since I last we "spoke". You were the one to point out the article from the Congressional Archive to me. I'm still wondering which article to believe. The one that reads Hannah Duncan as Thomas wife or Hannah DuMars according to : Mercer County Cemetery Inscriptions; Vol. 6; Mercer County Death Certificate Information : Thomas Gillespie; white ; male ; Age, 78y ; father,_________; mother,_______; occupation, farmer; Born,Ireland; Wife, Hannah Dumars ; Birth Date,_______; Death Date,Feb 21, 1853; Cause of Death, dropsy; Residence, Salem Twp. (Mercer Co., Pa.) ; Burial Place, Salem Cem., Salem Twp.; Informant, John K. Robert; Residence, Salem Twp. Is the information an error in Death Certificate stating wife's name ? Or is the Congressional archives in error? I do tend to be leery of Mercer County data because there are alot of errors (on our families anyway!). I still don't know if John D. Gillespie is Thomas Gillespie's son or not. The stories of being a DuMars surely must ring true. Family lore is not always acurate but not to be dismissed either! We do know Thomas had a son John. I did find out the Thomas Gillespie Married Myra is a different Gillespie family , Thomas Gillespie (son of John, grandson of Samuel ) married Almira (Myra) Clark .

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: 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/ldB.2ACI/2539 Message Board Post: Wm Davidson, b. 1775 in Center Cty., Pa. married Mary Elizabeth D_____ in Rockland Twp, Venango Cty, Pa. on Jan 12, 1802. His parents were John and Margaret Davidson. They had a son, John, born Mar 10, 1810 in Center Cty, Pa. He died April 26, 1896 in Sharon, Pa. John married Margaret Jane Sloss, b. Ireland, died Mercer, Pa. Their daughter Ella (Eleanor) Davidson, born Jan 28, 1857 in Sharon, Pa. married my grandfather,Atty Eugene Pierce Gillespie Sept 24, 1882 (died Dec. 17, 1899) who was a Congressman 1891-93. They lived on South Mercer St. in Greenville, Pa. and had four children. She died Jan 10, 1907. I'm seeking info on the Irish parents of Margaret Jane Sloss - anyone know of this line ? Am also seeking the name of Wm Davidson's wife - it starts with a D but the rest is unreadable. Any info would be appreciated, esp. family legends - they make these people really live !

Hi Jim and Shirley. I have a bunch of old postcards my son bought for me here at the King of Prussia Convention Center here outside of Valley Forge, Pa where I live. I will take a look and see. I mean old. Like one cent stamps on them. Wish I new how to get them posted and to make sure I got them back. Best regards Bernie

Does anyone have a picture or information about the Diamond Dance Hall ( circa 1930's0 on Water Street in Sharon. PA and/or Dalo's Nut Shoppe that was located near the Gable Theater (Columbia Theater) on State Street in downtown Sharon, PA about the same time period? If so, I would like to hear from you. Thanks Shirley Daugherty Fort Wayne, IN jdoc@iquest.net

Forwarded from the message boards. If you can help, please respond back to the board through the link listed below: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: DuMars, Duncan, Gillespie, Scott, Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/ldB.2ACI/99.637.1282.1285.1324.1461.1.2.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Thomas Gillespie b. c. 1775 married Hannah Duncan, daughter of Alexander Duncan of County Tyrone who immigrated ca. 1800. Both were died and burried in Mercer Co., Pa.