Sharon, I do not know how many are subscribers. I am not the owner. I just stay subscribed because I am a nebsh--, and I have a friend whose ancestor is believed to have come from Mercer County. If the 'Teeny Bopper' signs on there will be one more and a lot more activity. Mac

Wait for me...................... These aren't actually mine- but for a 73 year old friend (Millie Treester) with the same name as mine, but no connection - yet! George Treester (Triester, Treaster, etc.) wife Margaret couple kids they were in Mercer County in 1840. Barbara Treaster

Looking for a Judge HOGUE and family who took into their home (during 1834), a four year old girl - Abigail NOBBS- whose mother died crossing the Atlantic from England. The Nobbs father, three boys and Abigail sailed to Canada and were on their way to Pittsburgh when they stopped at Mercer. Don't know if there was any family connection between the two families. Abigail, my g.g. grandmother, lived with the Hogues in Mercer Co. for about 12 years and then joined her brothers in Pittsburgh where she met and married John McMichael BOICE. Abigail named her first son - Theodore Hogue Boice. Carol

I've recently joined this list and yes, it does seem a bit slow. I'm researching all of the McDonald, McDaniel and McDonnell families of Mercer, including my own line of Robert McDonald (moved to Mercer in 1798). I have a fair amount of information, mostly concerning the McDonald families but also other surnames. Besides the McDonalds, I'm most interested in: KLINGENSMITH, THOMPSON, MERCHANT (MARCHAND), ECKLES, FENSTERMAKER, SCOTT, PEARSON, SWAGGER and others. I'm interested in the early history of Cool Spring and Jefferson Townships. I've transcribed the entire 1800 census and have some townships for 1810 and 1820 and would be happy to send those files as an attached TEXT file to an e-mail message. They are not large files. I also have the 2 volume 1888 History of Mercer County and am willing to do specific look-ups. Does anyone have any information on the Cool Spring Seceder church, mentioned on page 354 of the 1888 History? Besides the McDonalds, the founding families were the McClintocks, Garvins, Bradens, and Bradleys. Their first pastor was Rev. Thomas McClintock, who served from 1803 - 1805. John MacDonald

At 09:57 AM 2/23/99 -0500, Fred C McCutcheon wrote: >Hello Mercer County Listers, > I noticed a message stating the list has been slow. Could someone tell us how many subscribers there are on the list?? I sent my names out a while back and had no response at all. Are there any local people who subscribe, or is it possible to determine that??

My Mercer County interests are BLAIR, FURY and THOMAS. I am searching for descendants of Charles BLAIR who served in the Revolutionary War and lived in this area. His son, James BLAIR married Mary FURY, and I would love to find her parents. Any help is appreciated, and I have much information to share. Dorothy Jones

Hello Mercer County Listers, I noticed a message stating the list has been slow. I know a 'Teeny Bopper' in Stoneboro that, if I can get her to subscribe, will liven this list. She has been a resident of Mercer County for a 'few' years and should know something about "the brown cow down the road on the bend by the oak tree". Mac ps:BTW her quiet moments are few and far between.<G> pps: TB you subscribe to all rootsweb lists the same way.

Since so many are looking at the list right now, I'm researching the surname MCCONNELL. My ggg-grandfather James came with his wife Rhoda Ann GOUCHER MCCONNELL to Mercer county from Ohio sometime between 1842 and 1850. They had these children: James, John, Cornelia, Calvin Margaret, and William. My ggg- Grandfather fought in the 57th Regiment, Co. B of the Penn. Volunteers in the Civil War, and died in 1862 of Typhoid Fever. Hello to all Mercer Co. researchers. STeve McConnell

Nice to see things moving! James Collins Jewell b 10 Oct 1891 in Hadley, d 24 May 1938 Cochranton m 30 Nov 1911 Bernice B. McCracken b 27 Jul 1893 d 4 Oct 1918 3 Children I'd like to find out more about 1. James C. Jewell Jr. b 22 Oct 1912 Crawford Co 2. Evenlyn May Jewell b abt 1914 m ?Tucker 3. Valeria Jewell b 2 Apr 1917 m ? Maxwell Jewell Sr.'s obit said the two married daughters were living in New Castle 1938. Anyone? Thanks Nancy Ogren Anderson WILLIAMS - NEWBOLD - BORTNER - SMITH - THURSTON - HALL -

John, Thanks so much for the offer to do look-ups. And how fat back do your books go? Grandmother was born in 1893 to Walter CRAWFORD and Ida WILSON, Coolspring Twp. Walter CRAWFORD was born about 1866, the son of possibly Stephen CRAWFORD and Mary ?. Would also like any information on Ida WILSON's family. Her parents were Henry WILSON b.1841 and Margaret RYHAL b.1845. Thanks again for the offer. Connie Locke clocke@alltel.net ALLEN. BARBER. CHASE, CRAWFORD, GIBSON, GILLBERT, HULL, LOCKE/LOCK, MICHAELS, OBER/OVER, RYHAL/RICHEL. SATTERFIELD, SLAUGHENHAUPT, STAMM, STRICKLER, WILLIAMS

I.m Connecticut. Not a very active list. What are your surnames? Bob McKeon

John that is a very generous offer for the lookups. Having relatives that came to Mercer County in about 1885 and locating in the Wolfcreek and Worth Township area that is inviting. Perhaps the worst part of being an old dummy is that I am not smart enough to know what specific questions to ask. I have been digging in the garden of Mercer County for the past several years and it is a fascinating quest. I have met some truly nice people there via the Internet. I find that some have spilled over into Venango County as well. The digging there is just as great. I still haven't rounded up all the grand aunts and uncles yet, but I know they are there. Actually there seems to have been a fairly large social area of frequent contact back than that in included a pretty large area. This included eastern Ohio and all the surrounding counties of Mercer. For one, my Mother-in-law who was born in Millbrook met my father in-law at a Sunday Social and he was from Pitcairn. Boy what a neat way to learn history. Walt Jankowski

Brief recap of my family tree; George Ramsey and Elizabeth Charcote .....Daniel George Ramsey and Susannah Wise ..........Isaac Ramsey and Barbra Keener ...............James Alexander Ramsey and Edith Mabel McAlpine I left off in 1901 when James Ramsey married Edith McAlpine. By 1903 they had their first child, born in KY, but by 1904 things began changing. Their second child, was born, but died within a week, and Edith's parents sold their farm and moved back to Ohio. By 1905, James and Edith were in Missouri where their 3rd child was born. In 1907, when Edith was pregnant with their 4th child, later to become known to me as Grandpa, there was a tragedy in the family. Edith's father, Oscar McAlpine was an alcoholic and most likely an abusive man. He and his wife, Mary Gamon McAlpine, had decided to go their separate ways and had evidently reached a financial agreement regarding their property. Mary settled in Penfield, Lorain, Ohio and Oscar had gone to Wisconsin where he had purchased a farm. I'll never know the full story, as the court records were all destroyed as were most of the prison records, so perhaps it would be best to just include a portion of the newspaper article. Printed in the "Elyria Chronicle" on Saturday, January 5, 1907. "SENDS BULLET THROUGH HIS WIFE'S BRAIN, THEN AIMS AT OWN HEART Oscar McAlpine, Crazed by Drink, Commits Murder in a Spirit of Revenge, But Fails at Suicide ------------------- Trouble Started Over Division of Estate After Separation of Family --- Had Returned from Wisconsin to Secure Money with Which to Equip Farm ------------------- "Whiskey did it". This was what Oscar Mcalpine said last night between groans in the county jail. He was arrested Friday afternoon and brought to the county jail after he had shot his wife fatally and then turned the revolver on himself. The bullet which went into him passed under his heart and lodged quite close to his lung. McAlpine is 68 years of age, and is a farmer. His wife and family lived in Pennfield township, where he lived up to a short time ago when he went to Wisconsin. He had trouble with his wife for some years, and the time came when they must part. They could not live together. The division of their estate caused trouble. Mrs. McAlpine, it is said, agreed to separate and give Oscar $1,800. She gave him $1,200. He went away to Wisconsin, expecting that she would send him the balance. He took his daughter with him. His wife did not forward the money to him and this made him angry. He bought a farm in Wisconsin, and when he was arrested he had the deed of the property in his pocket. He wanted more money with which to stock the farm and buy farm implements. He depeneded upon the balance he was to received from his wife to do this and when she did not send it he was nettled and started for home. His visit was to have a settlement with his wife one way or the other. On the way he had a number of drinks and when he reached his home he was well under the influence of liquor. When he arrived at the jail his breath was strong with the odor of whiskey. He carried in his hip pocket a loaded 32 caliber revolver and whether he bought the revolver with the intention of killing his wife if she would not settle up, cannot be told now. When he and his daughter reache their home he took off his coat and hat and was only an hour in the house when he entered into an argument with his wife. She was at the time washing and never expected that her husband was going to take her life. They had only been talking a short time when McAlpine pulled his gun and without any provocation let it go at his wife. The bullet in its flight went into the woman's head, and possing out lodged in the pail in the pantry. McAlpine was deliberate in his actions. Seeing that his wife was dead he turned the muzzle of the revolver to his side and discharged it under his heart....." Now we all know why Great-Grandma never talked about her family. My Grandfather, Raymond Earl Ramsey, was born in 1907 in Missouri. In 1927 he was working in the oil fields around Wewoka, Oklahoma during the Oil Boom Days. It was in the Wayfarer's Cafe that he met Mabel BRUCE. She was his waitress and asked his what his name was when she was filling out his lunch ticket. His reply was, "The same as yours' is gonna be." He was a man of his word and within six months they were married. Their marriage lasted for over 63 years until Grandma's death. I'm not done with the Family Tree though. There are still plenty of gaps to fill in and then there's always the future!!! You see, my son is getting is getting married in six months, so now I have a whole new branch to start on. Rebecca Ramsey - an America Mutt, and proud of it!

I'll do like Ed and list my family names and give a little bit of an update. My Mercer County Surname is RAMSEY and so far, my family tree is looking like this. My earliest ancestor appears to be a George Ramsey b. in 1744 in Scotland. I don't know when he migrated to the Colonies, but he was here and fought in the Revolutionary War. He was killed during the Battle of Brandywine. Prior to his death though, George married Elizabeth CHARCOTE, dtr of Ned Charcote (also a Rev. War Soldier) and they had a son named Daniel George Ramsey (b. 1776 in Philadelphia, PA). I do not yet know of other children that they may have had. Daniel married Susannah WISE, dtr of Jacob Wise, who is rumored to have been a Quaker. Daniel followed in his father's footsteps though and fought during the War of 1812. Daniel and Susannah had five surviving children that I know of: Jacob G., Samuel, Susannah, Sarah and Isaac. Isaac was born in Lycoming County, PA in 1817 and I suspect that it was shortly after that that Daniel and Susannah moved into Mercer County, PA. If I understand things correctly, Mercer County was initially opened up, from Seneca Indian lands, and grants of land were provided as compensation to those who had fought in the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. (I'm not a historian so don't get angry if I'm wrong, just teach me, if you feel the need to provide correction). Isaac married Barbra KEENER, (dtr of George & Elizabeth Keener) in 1838 in Mercer County and they can be found in the 1840 census records for Springfield Township. By 1850, they had moved north to Mill Creek Township where they resided through the 1870 census. Here is where I lose them, but I know where they went to. They went South to Kentucky. Isaac and Barbra's 10th child was James Alexander RAMSEY (b. 1858) {AKA Great-Grandpa} and he married Sarah Alice SANDERS in 1878 in Campbellsville, Taylor, KY. James and Sarah evidently like Kentucky for they stayed there until 1900 when Sarah died, leaving James with six children (ages 4-18). This is where my Great-Grandmother comes in. She was a neighbor's daughter and was sent to help with the children after Sarah's death. James' wasted no time. Edith MCALPINE may have been considered an old maid, but she evidently filled so bill, so he married her in 1901. She was 23 and he was 42. I've been told that if you look long enough you'll find a prostitue and a horse thief in the family tree. If you have one or both of those, then I'll trade with you. To keep this from being so long.......... I'll continue in the next post.

My MAHAN family came from Mercer Co. PA as best we can tell the first one was William MAHAN his son James was in Mercer Co 1810 and 1811. As James and wife Jane's first two sons were born there in those years. They were in Ohio in 1816 & 1817 and Ind by 1822,23, 26 and MO by 1830. If anyone could find marriages of William also James and Jane would love to know who wives maiden names were. I joined Mercer Co Genalogy society at one time and was sent some early history of mercer Co. and William Mahan was mentioned. They may have been in surrounding counties prior to 1810. But have one sons obit and it states he was born in Mercer Co. Pa Aug 10, 1811. any help appreciated.

I thought I was on this list for a long time, but I have not had messages, so a few days ago I did the "subscribe" thing and did received my own subscribe message on my e-mail, but I have had nothing else. I just wondered if I was doing something wrong, or is the list just quiet for now? I have no new questions, but I always like to get information on my 3 main Mercer County families: CRAIG, HASTINGS, and SCRIVEN. Thanks, Ed Scriven

Hello list, I have hit the wall on D.J. MacDonald, his wife was Rosanna Barker b1848;d1888. His wife is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer County. They had one son John Wesley and three daughters, Anna, Bertha, and Florence. I have been told that D.J. came into PA. from Nova Scotia from Scotland, but the wall is in PA. at this time. I do have Rosanna in 1870, listed as MacDonald, living with her parents, J.W. Barker and Mary Barker. In 1870 I find a D.J. MacDonald in Elk County, PA. Has any one run across any information that may help me. John Wesley MacDonald moved to Ellwood City, Lawrence County, PA. around 1895-1900 and died in Oct 1930. TIA, Donald G. McDonald

A few days ago someone was looking for Covodes. Here is what I have: John Stewart (11/6/1801-bf. 1834), son of Jacob Stewart and Edith Dunn, m. Mary Covode (1803-?) daughter of Jacob Covode and Anna Updegraff. Had one child, Jacob (2/28/1824-?) m. Mary E. Herr on 5/16/ 1850 at Sharpsburg.

Hi: I am a newbi to this county list but am a long-time searcher of the German immigrant KREBS families in the 1700's. Some, from a Michael Krebs in Lebanon County, migrated to to Mercer County. The surname spelling changed to KREPS and perhaps CREPS. I am searching for someone who might be interested in checking cemetery and other records in the Greenville Area or who are interested in family connections to these surnames. Please reply direct to: dick744@aol.com TIA Dick Creps

i am seeking info on the surname CRACRAFT (CRAYCRAFT,CRACROFT,CRAYCROFT,CREACRAFT) christian names include, but are not limited to, Joseph, Charles, William, Samuel, David. any years 1750-1850. i believe David was born to Joseph Cracraft and Catherine Rose about 1805. David married Rebecca Shingledecker, also from that area i believe. any help greatly appreciated! thanks holly