The Mercer County Genealogy Society now has for sale on CD-ROM an every name index of the 16 volumnes of the Mercer County, PA Cemetery Inscription Books that were copied and sold several years ago. The cost for the disk is $10.00 if picked up at the Genealogy Society on Tuesday's between 10 and 3. If you wish it mailed to you - $10.00 plus $3.00 for s/h. Copies of the books are still available for purchase. The books list a little additional information such as - complete directions to the cemetery and information known about the cemetery. Also, the books do contain some complete dates. A copy of the obituary (if it can be found in our local newspapers) can be requested by writing to the Mercer County Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 812, Sharon, PA. Rates vary according to research time needed to find the obituary. Orders should be mailed to: Myrna Davis 89 Kerrwood Drive Hermitage, PA. 16148 If you need additional information please contact by e-mail: lorgen@infonline.net or bliston@infonline.net

Thanks for the info Norma. I DID find Margaret Clark's grave. It is next to her husband's mother and father in another cemetary. My Dad's Cousin, Mary Lois Grantham, had the info. Also used familysearch.org to get the Clarks back another generation! The red brick house is not the original homestead. That was a log home structure on the Sharon/Mercer Road, of which little remains back in the woods. I WOULD love to have a photo of the red brick house though! Tried to find it once, but it was too cold.I have some outside family photos from Mercer I'd like to identify with the house. Robert Clark McWhirter, son of John and Margaret (Clark) McW, was my great grandfather...I never got to meet him. What was he like?? I have photos of the family I could show you if you'd like to see them. My Grandfather was Robert and Mary Jane's son Edward, the baby. Edward and his wife had one son, John. I am the eldest daughter, Amy McWhirter Hutton, b. 1947. As for Wm S McW---I think Carol Ann Senior is their descendent. Her mother still lives in Mercer. She can be reached at caroljake@aol.com DON"T YOU ALL LOVE FINDING LINKS LIKE THIS???? Love, Amy

Hello Amy McWhirter Hutton, I have not found the burial site of Margaret Clark, b. 1823, d. 1849-50 but I have a few facts which link her to living McWhirters originally from East Lackawanock Twp. There are a couple of differences which may have thrown you off--or else I'm off. The old McWhirter homestead I'm referring to is in East Lackawannock Twp., MERCER County. The home is still there--red brick across from Sharon Auto Wrecking. I was in the home about twenty years ago when one of the sons was renovating the home. I don't know the parents names of this generation but their youngest son of twelve or thirteen children, was Robert Clark McWhirter. He and his wife were dear friends of my husbands and mine. They have both passed on and are buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Coolspring Twp, Mercer Co., Pa. He died at age 57 and would be 87 now. There was no obiturary. The Coleman Funeral Home handled the burial. It has moved from Stoneboro but I can give you the address of Harold Coleman who now has two other funeral homes--in Crawford County. If you wish, I'll make note of the dates of birth and deaths of Bob and wife. I stop by that cemetery frequently as it is a few country miles from my home. The following obituary is of Ralph E. McWhirter. As you can see he was buried a week ago. He and wife Helen and family were also good friends. He was a brother of Robert Clark McWhirter. RALPH E. McWHIRTER, Hempfield Twp., formerly of 495 Coolspring Twp. died a 9:04 a.m. in White -Cliff Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. He was 91. Mr. McWhirter was born March 15, 1908, in Lawanock Twp. to William S. and Margaret Hassel McWhirter. Surviving are his wife, the former Helen Campbell, whom he married May 24, 1929; two daughters, Helen Ruth Black, Greenville; Mrs. William (Joanne) Swartz, Coolspring Twp.; a son, Richard, Las Vegas; a sister Mildred Nottingham, Grove City; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a great-great grandchild. He was preceded in death by six sisters and five brothers. Burial in Millbank Cemetery, Fairview Twp., Mercer County. Arrangements by Cunningham Funeral Home, Mercer, Pa. I skipped the lengthy parts about work and church affilations but if interested, I'll mail the clipping to you. I expect to visit Ralph's widow within the week so if this is your family, e-mail me and I'll put you in touch with the remaining family. I know Rlaph's widow, Helen, would be able to give you the facts as she is a bit of a family historian. Norma Fischer Box 404 40 Poplar Lane, Stoneboro, Pa. 16153 724-376-3922 E-mail: njf@toolcity.net

Hey I am looking for some one that is a local call to Sandy Lake, PA. Is there anyone out there? My Maskrey Family originated in Sandy Lake. A Rev. A.D. Fero married and buried some of my family members from 1900 to 1905. He was the Minister at a Wesleyan Methodist Church in Sandy Lake. Is there any one out there who would call around to find out which church this was and find out if they have archived records for this era? If some one could find out this information for me I would appreciate it and send me the address for this church. Thanks, Joy

Hi, folks. I'm the new guy on the list. I live in the Philadelphia suburbs and have just retired from 30 yrs of teaching history in a public high school. I've been doing family genealogy since 1982 and professional work since 1987 which I will pursue full time from now on. My father-in-law has extensive Mercer, Lawrence and Erie ancestry. I'm interested in exchanging with any one on these families. Some dates are approximations: 1. Robert Arlyn MERCER (Uniontown, 1920) 2. Robert Arlyn MERCER (Wilmington Twp., 1895-1935) 3. Victoria Coydon RICE (Pottsville, 1894-1978) 4. William Lyle MERCER (Wilmington Twp., 1847-1897) 5. Iris Elvira JUNKIN (Lawrence co, 1861-1914) 6. James E. RICE (Sharon, 1863-1899) 7. Margaretta Pitman BECK (Pottsville, 1864-1896) 8. William MERCER Jr. (Wilmington Twp., 1821-1871) 9. Sarah A. MOORE (PA, 1817-1888 Wilmington Twp) 10. William W. JUNKIN (Mercer co, 1841-1864 Libby Prison, VA) 11. Nancy J. ZUVER (PA, 1826-1910 Sharon) 12. Charles Billings Marion RICE (Erie Co., 1838-1898 Sharon) 13. Caroline OFFUTT (Plain Grove, Lawrence, 1842-1927 Sharon) 14. & 15. known 16. William MERCER (IRE or Lancaster?, 1777-1852) had a brother named Henry, never married, Neshannock Pres. founder 17. Jane MOORE (1789-1871) 18. William MOORE, brother of #17 (-1834) parents are James MOORE and Mary LYLE 19. Ann HERRON (1782-1841) 20. William Findley JUNKIN (1799-1868) 21. Eliza(beth?) Adams (1804-1868) 22. Andrew ZUVER (1788-1845) 23. Rebecca __________ (1786-1855) 24. Erwin RICE (VT, 1803-1860 Erie Co) 25. Diadema BISHOP 26. John OFFUTT Jr. (1801-1879) 27. Margaret Patterson (ca 1797-1878) 28.-30. known 44. George ZUVER 45. Elizabeth EMERY/EMBRY I've done a lot of research on the Mercers, Junkins, Offutts and Zuvers but there are still many loose ends. The big question is - are my wife's Mercers related to the General? We have always wondered why they went to Mercer Co in 1800. Henry did buy Donation Land tract #63 from a veteran. We have no other evidence. Looking forward to mutual assistance. Tim Coyne

I am researching for any information on William Morgan of the Sharon Farrell area. He lived at 1001 Hamiliton Ave. He was born on Mar 11,1860 in Ponty Pool, Wales, and died on Nov. 12, 1951. I have his obituary, and am tring to find out when exectly he came to america, and became a citizen. Thanks Dan Morgan malthor@surfsouth.com

Mike, I have Uber ancestors from Mercer Co., PA, and I have traced them back to the immigrant ancestor. Send me your email or snail mail address, and I will summarize the information I have. --Steve Seiple sseiple@compuserve.com

Hello listmembers, The index of the 1870 census for HEMPFIELD Township (excluding the borough of Greenville) is available. As with the other indexes, this is an alphabetical listing, by surname, of each individual found in the township . This index also includes the page number as found in the microfilmed census books, the family number, the first name, and the age of each individual. If you would like the complete census information for an individual or family, I can send the entire township census as an attached file in TEXT format. Any word processing program should be able to open the file. PLEASE NOTE: due to my time restrictions, I am unable to look up and send the information for specific individuals or families. If you request this index, I'll add you to my mailing list and you will receive future indexes automatically. If you do not want to recieve future indexes, please make a note of that in your request for this index. This census is being is transcribed as part of the GenWeb Census Project. Before being posted on their web site, a transcription must be proofread. In the interest of helping Mercer County researchers, I am making this transcription available as I finish each township. Please be advised that this has not yet been proofread! For a list of all available on-line censuses, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/help/censusinventory.html Regards, John MacDonald 1021 Hancock Road Williamstown MA 01267-3021 413-458-0056 macillus@bcn.net

Michael, Have you checked the "Combination Atlas of The County of Mercer and the State of Pennsylvania" From actual surveys & Official records, compiled and published by G. M. Hopkins & Co. in 1873. It contains the following Uber's: Abner Abraham Benjamin John Michael Peter Simon Seems a lot of your ancestors were in Mercer County, Pa. A lot of mine were too, but this is not my line. If you would like copies of the following page, please let me know. Sometimes people already have this info. and it is not needed. Later Karen In Texas

I'm researching My family, andhave tracked them to Mercer Co, Pa. My name is Mike Uber, My father was Harry Bertram Uber, his father was Thomas Meredith Uber, and his father was Robert Walker Uber. I just received the last tip today so I don't know the validity of it yet. I also have a list of the Uber names in Mercer Co. I just need to sit down and fin the connection. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Michael Gene Uber

Reposting Sharps and Munnells who lived in the part of Mercer that became part of Lawrence CO. Couples lived in Mercer during the early 1800's. Will share. Harry

--part1_d1c37a65.24a38d40_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Figured I needed to post this here too... --part1_d1c37a65.24a38d40_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <RICE-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (rly-zc03.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.3]) by air-zc04.mail.aol.com (v59.51) with SMTP; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:48:42 -0400 Received: from bl-14.rootsweb.com (bl-14.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.30]) by rly-zc03.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id KAA28503; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:48:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-14.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id HAA25495; Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:46:38 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:46:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Twlwwyth@aol.com Message-ID: <1662b4d3.24a24cf3@aol.com> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:45:07 EDT Subject: Penn Rice's Old-To: RICE-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Windows 95 sub 4 Resent-Message-ID: <WrOD3B.A.NOG.NNPc3@bl-14.rootsweb.com> To: RICE-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: RICE-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <RICE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/1633 X-Loop: RICE-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: RICE-L-request@rootsweb.com Dear Group, I am looking for a James Rice who married Mary Jones (no dates) They were from Pittsburg according to old genealogical notes. Their son was Patrick Rice (1774-1830) He lived and died in Mercer County PA. His wife was Ester Bowman (1778-1834). Patrick and Esther had a son, James Rice (1802-1846) who married Sarah McDowell (1809-1883) James helped build the Center Presbyterian Church in Grove City, Mercer Co, PA. The rest of Patrick and Ester's children were:Nancy, John, James, Stewart, Margret, Robert, Anne, Rebecca, Thomas Templeton Rice, Mary, Eliza, Samuel Bowman Rice, Sarah Maria Rice, and Ester Jane Rice. James and Sarah's children were: David McDowell Rice, Robert Bowman Rice, Florella Rice,James Joseph Rice, Hanna Maria Rice, Sarah Adaline Rice, and John Milton Rice. When James died in Milledgeville, Mercer Co, PA, Sarah took the children to Iowa by covered wagon. There John Milton Rice (1844-1929) married Sarah Stanton (1842-1902) Their children were: Elbert Harlan, Robert Butler, Thaddeus David, and Mary Pearl Rice ('Mamie') They moved to Missouri for a brief time, then settled in Blaine County Oklahoma in the Land Run of 1892. Robert Butler Rice (1871-1944) married Sarah (Katie) Powers (1874-1966?) Their children were: Grace Lucile, Robert Harlan (drowned at age 5), Helen Margret, Dorothy Pearl, Florence Christine, and Paul Bradford Rice. If anyone wants information on this family (back to Patrick and Esther) please contact me. If anyone has information on James Rice and Mary Jones, Please please please contact me! Thanks a bunch! Gail Itschner twlwwyth@aol.com --part1_d1c37a65.24a38d40_boundary--

Could it be that Sharpsville was named after these Sharps? Would there have been STEELE'S and/or BRERETON'S there at that time as well. Sharpsville is where my ancestors came to when they arrived in the USA in 1868 and we are trying to make the connection. Thank you for any information. Jean RoladexMOM@aol.com

Hi, A friend needs the web site or where to find the civil war ophran records. I didn't keep it since I didn't need it. Thanks for your help. Esther

Hi Everyone! Can someone please send me the web site address for the new Mormon LDS site? I have misplaced mine somewhere and am not having any luck using a search engine. Many Thanks! -- Janet Stanko janets@infonline.net Look up person for all Mercer County, PA cemetery information. Also do obituary look up for Mercer County, PA. Please e-mail me for more information. Moderator for the Obituary Daily Times http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary The e-mail newspaper of obituaries from around the world! To subscribe: send a message to: Gen-Obit-Request@rootsweb.com with the message: subscribe

Does anyone know what funeral homes would have been in existance in 1905 in the Sharon PA area. My great great grandmother died in Sharon PA at the home of her daughter but is not listed in the Mercer County Vital Death Records nor is she listed in Trumball County Ohio (where she had lived previously). Any assistance would be appreciated. Her name is Jane NELLIS (also went by Christian Jane NELLIS. Her maiden name was WINGARD.) Beverly Paquet Tucson AZ

Pennsylvania Soldiers' Orphans Schools This site is Mercer's school http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnpaor/mercer.html This site lists all the Orphans Shcools in PA http://www.usgennet.org/~alhnpaor/schools.html This site was listed several months ago. I don't know if it is the orphanage you're referring to, but it might be a place to start. Good luck, Nancy Becker nbecker@ij.net LadyBug338@aol.com wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to locate my great grandmother's family. Her name was Ida > Caroline NELSON (May 1, 1862 - Feb. 9, 1947). I was told that her father died > in the Civil War at Andersonville Prison. When her mother remarried her > stepfather did not want the children so they were sent to an orphanage. When > she was 17 or so she was sent to work on a farm where she met her husband > Charles David MOOK. They ended up living in Crawford Co. but her obit says > she was from Mercer Co. > Would anyone have this Ida NELSON on their list? > Would anyone know of any orphanage in the area and would there be > records for the children that lived there? > > Thanks for your help, > Cindy Crytzer > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the PAMERCER-L list, contact the > listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert.usgw@worldnet.att.net > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ > This list is sponsored by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Please help support Rootsweb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html

Hi, I am trying to locate my great grandmother's family. Her name was Ida Caroline NELSON (May 1, 1862 - Feb. 9, 1947). I was told that her father died in the Civil War at Andersonville Prison. When her mother remarried her stepfather did not want the children so they were sent to an orphanage. When she was 17 or so she was sent to work on a farm where she met her husband Charles David MOOK. They ended up living in Crawford Co. but her obit says she was from Mercer Co. Would anyone have this Ida NELSON on their list? Would anyone know of any orphanage in the area and would there be records for the children that lived there? Thanks for your help, Cindy Crytzer

Hi Ya'll Just a reminder that Sandy Lake Pa is celebrating it's 150 Birthday. The Sesquicentennial celebration is set for July 1st to July 4th, with the main festivities set for the 3rd and 4th. I was there for the centennial blowout in 1949 and if the good lord is willing, I'll be there for this one. There will be a lot of historic artifacts there . Just maybe you might find a link through some of the papers or pictures. See you there......Benny Rhoads

Hello listmembers, The index of the 1870 census Jamestown Borough is available. Jamestown is located wholly within Green Township, on the Crawford County line. As with the other indexes, this is an alphabetical listing, by surname, of each individual found in the township . This index also includes the page number as found in the microfilmed census books, the family number, first name, and age of each individual. If you would like the complete census information for an individual or family, I can send the entire township census as an attached file in TEXT format. Any word processing program should be able to open the file. PLEASE NOTE: due to my time restrictions, I am unable to look up and send the information for spedific individuals or families. If you request this index, I'll add you to my mailing list and you will receive future indexes automatically. If you do not want to recieve future indexes, please make a note of that in your request for this index. This census is being is transcribed as part of the GenWeb Census Project. Before being posted on their web site, a transcription must be proofread. In the interest of helping Mercer County researchers, I am making this transcription available as I finish each township. Please be advised that this has not yet been proofread! For a list of all available on-line censuses, go to: http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgwcens/help/censusinventory.html Regards, John MacDonald 1021 Hancock Road Williamstown MA 01267-3021 413-458-0056 macillus@bcn.net