The following excerpts from the Friday, November 3, 1899 edition of The Sharon Herald (Vol. 36, No. 33), were reprinted in The Herald, Sharon, PA, www.sharon-herald.com in the Sunday, November 3, 1999 edition. Thanks to The Herald for allowing us to use this material and to Beverly Liston. Any notes in [ ] are my own remarks and were not in the reprint of the paper. >From page 4 of the newpaper: ______________________________ Workmen have begun the erection of the splendid mausoleum and chapel which Mr. F. H. Buhl will erect at the entrance to Oakwood Cemetery, the details of which were give some months ago. It will be of granite and cost upwards of $50,000. The Erie railroad handled more freight in Sharon during October than for many years past and from present indications the rush will continue indefinitely. Freight Agent. G. C. Leighton has increased his force of clerks to five in order to transact business with dispatch. The Monthly Tea of the Ladies' Missionary Society of the Presbyterian church was held at the residence of Mrs. Alex Mc Dowell, East Hill, yesterday afternoon, and was addressed by Mrs. Greer, formerly Miss Donaldson, of Greenville, a retired missionary from China. Landlord McFarland, of the Commercial Hotel, Greenville, will erect a handsome three story brick hotel at the corner of Main street and the E. & P.R.R. in that town. It will be of colonial style and built of buff brick. It will have 34 bed rooms, with five baths, etc., and will front 67 feet on Main street and run back along the E. & P. 81 feet and occupy all the ground between the latter and the Shenango River. Married in 1867, separated in 1890 and application for divorce in 1899 is a chapter in the life of Erwin Fell and Lizzie Fell, of Orangeville. On Thursday the former filed his petition for divorce, claiming willful absence, cruelty and gross neglect on the part of his wife. The petitioner claims that the wife drove him from home nine years ago and although he has a life interest in a farm of 106 acres in Pennsylvania defendant refuses to let him share in it. He now wants a divorce. - Warren Democrat. PERSONAL AND SOCIAL Miss Grace Perkins, West Hill, is visiting friends in Meadville. Hons. Jos. W. Russell, of Warren, was a Sharon visitor on Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bell will arrive in Sharon today from Denver. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Henri Hoelzle last Thursday morning. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles C. Irvine on Sunday night. The Acorn Club will give its annual Thanksgiving ball at Ashton hall on Thursday evening. Rev. S. M. Holden, rector of St. John's, is expected home today from a vacation of a couple of weeks spent with friends in the east. Mrs. C. N. McClure has returned from a visit with her mother, Mrs. Dr. Savage, at Weston, Ontario, Canada, and with friends in Mercer. Dr. and Mrs. T. W. Morgan have returned from their wedding tour and are now at home to friends at their residence on Logan avenue. Mr. Alfred Williams, South Penn street, who had been confined to his home by a slight attack of paralysis, is able to be around again. Captain G. F. Fischer returned home on Saturday from a trip to Europe, on which he was absent from about four months, visiting many places of interest in the country. A. W. Johnson, the well known Hubbard horseman, has filed a petition in bankruptcy in the United States court at Cleveland. His liabilities are stated at $3,530 and his assets $110.90. Mr. G. C. Mathers, for some years manager of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'s office in Sharon, resigned on Saturday. He will engage in the real estate business with Attorney J. H. Elliott. Miss Tilda Frampton Duncan formerly of Sharpsville, was married at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Duncan, in Cincinnati, on Wednesday of last week to James Buchanan Lantz of Cincinnati. A pretty little poem by Mr. Chas. W. Townsend, formerly principal of Sharon schools, was published in the Pittsburgh Dispatch a few days ago, from which we take it. It will be found at the head of these columns. Miss Celia Thaxter and Mr. James Edwards, both of this place were married at Jamestown, N.Y., the forepart of July and succeeded in keeping their marriage a secret until this week. Mrs. Edwards has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Haun, Prospect Heights. Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, who had been visiting in Louisville, Kentucky, and other cities in the south for the past three weeks, arrived in Sharon on Tuesday and will visit the latter's parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Ashton, Penn avenue, for a few days. They expect to leave for Pittsburgh through the forepart of next week. The coming-of-age anniversary of the Solid Comfort Fishing Club will be celebrated with a banquet at Mercer on Thursday evening, Dec. 7th. The Club held its first encampment at Sugar Lake, near Cochranton, in 1878. Besides the members of the club and their families all the guests of the Club at their several encampments, as far as possible, will be invited to the reunion. Hon. Joseph Robison, who visited his brother, Hon. David Robison, Hickory township, for several weeks, returned to his home in Blair County on Tuesday. The former is 84 years old and the latter 82, together with Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Love, aged 84 and 82, respectively, took dinner the beginning of the week with Mr. and Mrs. Jos. C. Givson [Gibson?], near Hermitage, the combined age of the guests being 382 years. The Cleveland papers announce that Mrs. Albert Rumsey, formerly well known in Sharon as Miss Mollie Mesdersmith, has applied for a divorce from her husband on the ground of neglect of duty. Rumsey took a reporter along to see them "break away." And that he might see that "because we're sawin' off we're not sore on each other," and that "there wasn't no hard feelin's; just a plain business transaction of dissolving partnerships, see?" James Robinson, near Edenburg, and Miss Jessie McCreary, daughter of Robert McCreary, of near Sharon, were married on Wednesday, November 1. Mr. Robinson was formerly a resident of Shenango Township, and for several years was engaged in the dairy business, which made him well acquainted in this city. About a year ago he purchased a fine farm near Edenburg, to which he will take his bride. Mr. Robinson is an excellent young man and his wife a popular young lady. Each have hosts of friends who will wish them success and happiness. - New Castle News Mr. W. M. Bucholz of Leechburg, a former resident of Sharon, and Miss Anna B. Lang, of Pittsburgh, were married on Wednesday evening, October 25th at the home of the bride's mother, Mrs. C. C. Lang, in the latter city. Rev. Dr. Geissinger, of the First English Evangelical Lutheran Church, officiated. They came to Sharon yesterday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Louis Bucholz, South Main street. They will make their home in Leechburg, where Mr. Bucholz is manager of a large drug store. Mr. William E. Dickson, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Dickson, Shenango street was married at Bellevue, near Pittsburgh, on Tuesday evening. The Pittsburgh Times of Wednesday morning says of it: A pretty, but quiet wedding of last evening was that of Blanche Olive, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Young, of Bellevue, and William Elbert Dickson, of Sharon. The ceremony was performed at 7:30 o'clock at the home of the bride's parents, Sheridan avenue, Bellevue, by Rev. George C. Shaffer, pastor of the Bellevue Methodist Protestant Church, in the presence of about seventy-five guests. An informal reception and wedding supper followed the ceremony, and last evening Mr. and Mrs. Dickson left for Sharon, were the groom is chief chemist at the plant of the Spearman Iron Company. They will be "at home" at 17 South Water street, Sharon, after November 16th. The bride wore pink organdy over white silk, with a white sigret and black velvet bands in her hair. She carried pink roses. There were no attendants. The house decorations were of pink and white. At a pretty luncheon given Monday afternoon for the bride by Mrs. Albert Travis, of Bellevue, the guests were the twelve members of the Young Woman's Club of the Bellevue Methodist Protestant church, with which Miss Young was connected and received, a dainty wedding token in the form of a set of berry spoons, which being engraved with the name of one of the members of the club. <more>

I tried going on today and was unable to use the name index for the 1870 census?? The site is wonderful!! You're doing a great job!! Thanks to all those who have been contributing--your work is an inspiration to the rest of us. At 12:27 PM 14/11/99 EST, Sanchoinc@aol.com wrote: >So, what's going on at the Mercer County site? > >www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer > >We've experienced a few system problems and server problems in the past week >or so. If you've tried us and were unable to get into the site, try us >again. Everything should work now. (should - being the big word here). > Sharon M. Haggerty London, Ontario Canada E-mail: haggerty@julian.uwo.ca Haggerty Family Web-Site: <http://www.execulink.com/~haggerty/Family>

VATH GREGGS PERRINE - have quite a bit on them, also have the book, Daniel Perrin "The Huguenot" and his descendants in America, Of the surnames Perrine, Perine, and Prine SMITH SLATER SWEAT PARKER EGBERT My husband family HUGHES BLACKSTONE GORDON PORTER Maxine Hughes max@infonline

I tried to get on the new home page and as you can see I clicked where it said click here and.... Nuttin-Honey... Someone must have turned off the power to the click button...Just thought I'd pass it on..Thanks for all the effort you are putting into the web site... Your Friend Benny Rhoads

Jacque, I have an Ursula Elzora Vaughan who married Abner Dean Corbin just after the civil war. They moved to Ohio. Any connections? Lucy

In a message dated 99-11-14 16:06:48 EST, Sanchoinc@aol.com writes: << And I thought our mystery web problems were over! I've had several reports of folks clicking on the "click here" spot on the cover page for the Mercer County web site..... and not having anything happen. When I click, it works fine. Please let me know if you're having problems - -or if you're not.... so we can narrow down the problem. Also, what browser are you using. >> I have not been able to get to the Mercer site for several months!! I have spent many hours on the telephone with aol tech's with no luch in solving the problem. They have told me it is a "site" problem. Everytime I tried, I got a message telling me that "You have performed an illegal operation and will be shut down." I gave up until today when your message saying that everything has been corrected. I tried it!!! 1st, I used my bookmark. When I reached the Mercer County site on the 1st try, I was delighted until I clicked on the "Click here" spot. From there I got that same, "You have performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. I was!! I then went to the PA GEN WEB site and clicked on Mercer and it opened up and was fine until I clicked on the spot again where is says "Click here.' And again I received the illegal message and was shut down. In the past, I have been to this site many times. I wish you good luck. Bob McKeon

And I thought our mystery web problems were over! I've had several reports of folks clicking on the "click here" spot on the cover page for the Mercer County web site..... and not having anything happen. When I click, it works fine. Please let me know if you're having problems - -or if you're not.... so we can narrow down the problem. Also, what browser are you using. Thanks. Teri Mercer County Coordinator www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer sanchoinc@aol.com

How difficult is it to obtain birth/death certificates (pre-1900) in Pennsylvania? Joani

So, what's going on at the Mercer County site? www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer We've experienced a few system problems and server problems in the past week or so. If you've tried us and were unable to get into the site, try us again. Everything should work now. (should - being the big word here). Some of you were wondering (OK, about 30 of you were wondering) - what's up with the military section. The page says it's open... but then it says "page not found". Well, that's fixed, too. Please check out the military section and tell me what you think. You may have some ideas or suggestions of Military Web Pages we need to add! Also, look at the rosters of Mercer County soldiers for the various wars. There's even a place for you to add your own Mercer County "Ancestral Heroes". So go through the scrapbooks and the family files and send the on in! We'd love to catalogue every soldier from Mercer County. (A note here, please protect the privacy of living individuals.) Bye the way, we're a little light on the World War I and the Spanish American War, we REALLY need your ancestors from those wars. We keep growing and growing. At last count, the Mercer County site consisted of 854 pages! In the past two months since the new pages have been up, the Mercer County home page has been opened 9200 times! Along with growth, comes change.... I added a cover page to the site. You'll see it. It's the first page when you go to www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer. Just click...and you'll be at the Mercer County home page. If you'd like to bypass the cover page - - - and you have us "bookmarked" (added to favorites in AOL and Internet explorer), click on you old bookmark (favorite, etc.), and the click. Now re-bookmark (or click on the heart in AOL) to add us to favorites again. For the technical folks on the list, the URL for the index page is www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/PA/index.htm A note of thanks to all of you who have been a tremendous help in the last couple of months putting together this site! Teri Brown Mercer County Coordinator

Though this letter is only 31 years old, it contains many names. This was sent to my grandma and grandpa Finkbeiner in Sharon PA by Dorothy PATTERSON of Englewood FL. (My grandmother died about 2 weeks before unbeknownst to the writer.) Wed., Dec 11, 1968 Dear Folk, Its that time of year again. The nicest part of our Christmas is hearing from our friends. Hope you area as well as when we saw you in W. Middlesex. Just wish we could have had a longer visit. We were in Sharon for Paul BEHARY's funeral. It was a fast trip and we didn't get around much. That was a terrible shock. We had be neighbors for thirty years. He was a good man. Pat is fine and still working. I'm living a different life for me. I'm getting lazy. Don't hear much about how the PITTS family is getting along. Florence and Al HURST are going to be here for Jan, Feb, March. They have a nice apartment. He is retired from Sharon Gas Company. We aren't having company this year for Christmas. Last year my half sister Betty and Carl were here from Chardon, O. We are going to spend the day with Dr. Harry and Ruth MILLIKIN. He hasn't been very well. They live in Sarasota, thirty miles north of here. Emmy KEENE and I are going to a style show and luncheon today so I must get ready. Will be anxious to hear how this years has been for you. Love, Dorothy

Sharon, I have a Mary Ann Reinhart who married a Moyer. Don't know what his first name is though and nothing about him. I also have a Keck, but haven't entered in data base yet. Will have to look up in my file. Probably in one of the following lines. WAGNER, MILLER, or REINHART. Later Karen

My Mercer Co. families are MELVIN VAUGHN They were carriage makers and married ELLIS and KINNEY from neighboring counties also in the same trade. Would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance. Jacque Knight JGKCJK1957@aol.com

In response to Jim Wise: Hi Jim- Do you know anything about Mary MOON (1804-1879) married to Robert MILLS (1792-1858). They emigrated from Co. Tyrone to PA around 1831 and settled in Perry Township, Mercer Co. They eventually had 15 children. I've been trying to discover where they came from in Co. Tyrone. One source says Omagh, but there is no proof of that. I'm thinking that she may have had relatives who also settled in Mercer Co.? She was a member of the Coolspring Presbyterian Church, and most of her family is buried in the Coolspring Cemetery. Does this connect with any of your Moons? -- Marilyn Mills Hesse mmhesse@snet.net Windsor, Connecticut, USA Researching: HAMILTON/McQUISTON/MILLS/MOORE/WILSON - in Pennsylvania (Crawford Co.& Mercer Co.);N.Ireland;Liverpool,UK CRAIGHEAD/LYNCH/MOODY/ROBINSON - in PA (Beaver Co) and N. Ireland DENNIS/WILLIAMS/LEWIS - in PA (Crawford Co and Bucks Co) and New Jersey BRENNER/GLASS/GUNTERMANN/HESSE/MUELLER - in Louisville, KY and Germany

Although it is of no connection to me, I have noticed as I have looked over these surnames that "Urey" has been mentioned several times. I trust you folks have seen it also and are comparing notes. That is not a common name and certainly would seem to be some sort of connection. Good luck all. Kathy Dillinger Bird - searching still for Dillinger, McGinnett, and Apps in Mercer Co.

Surnames looking for: NELSON YOUNGBLOOD TALBOT ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

Thought I better add may surnames to Mercer County MACDONALD MCDONALD Thanks Don McDonald Geneology Homepage http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/dmcdonald5 Researching MCDONALD/MACDONALD/CORNISH/COLLINS

LYNCH dunn22@earthlink.net EVANS,CARSON,DOYLE,CURTISS IN WALES TREGIDGA or any variation in CORNWALL KIRKLAND,LYNCH,McCRACKEN,THOMPSON in PA.

Wanted to share this. I ordered Grandparents ss app. The family history says my grandmother was abandoned by her mother and raised by her grandmother. Anyway low and behold, on the app. it listed both parents names. I've found marriage record and in Lds data base found her fathers family all the way back to the 1600's. Good news needs to be shared. karen

Searching in Mercer County for: DEAN JAMES McCARTY RILEY Max James

Hi. My want list includes: ANDREWS APPLEGATE FRAME GELVIN (GALVIN) GLANCY LACKEY (LECKIE) MCDOWELL RALSTON ROLL (RAOL) SNODGRASS TRACE Thank you, JoAnn