An excellent resource for any information on the Mercer County School System is Mae Beringer. Information about her is at: http://www.msc.cornell.edu/~weeds/SchoolPages/welcome.html the one room school house page. She is a treasure of knowledge about schools and teachers. The Caldwell one room school house museum is well worth a visit, if just to talk to her, not to mention the files with class pictures and school souveniers with lists of the students. ---------- From: WJankow477@aol.com[SMTP:WJankow477@aol.com] Sent: Sunday, February 08, 1998 9:49 PM To: PAMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAMERCER-L] SCHOOLS If someone was born on a farm near MIllbrook, Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County, Pa. in June of 1908, where would they have gone to school? How would they have traveled to school? Would there be any information on the school or perhaps pictures of it. Walt ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== Any questions/problems regarding the Mercer County, Pennsylvania list, contact the listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert@geocities.com Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/
Walt, I don't know what school they would have attended, but I believe the Mercer Co. Historical Society has published a book dealing with schools in the county. You might want to contact the Historical Society about your inquiry. --Steve Seiple
If someone was born on a farm near MIllbrook, Wolf Creek Township, Mercer County, Pa. in June of 1908, where would they have gone to school? How would they have traveled to school? Would there be any information on the school or perhaps pictures of it. Walt
Can anyone comment on the for-fee genealogical research organization LINEAGES in Salt Lake City UT? Are they thorough in their search, given what information is available? What are their data bases? Are they accurate, or do they include data contributed by individuals which might be questionable? I assume that this would depend upon what data is requested. Please answer privately so that a large discussion group does not get started. -- Tom Lusk -- Tallahassee FL [:- ) May the Wind always be at your back! thomase@nettally.com Researching: LUSK, ELLIOTT, PALMER, PERRY, STUART, WITHERSPOON: Europe > western PA : CLELAND: Lawrence/Mercer Co. PA, BUSH ?> GA > FL, FOSTER ?> MA > CT
I'm looking for info on the following folks and wondered if anyone has access to obits for Mercer Co., PA? If so, I'd be interested in obits for the following: John T. LUCE (1831-1911), born PA; died Sharon, Mercer Co., PA, Dec. 1911; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Mercer Co., PA. married Amanda BALES (1828-1907), born PA; died Sharon, Mercer Co., PA, Mar 1907; buried Oakwood Cemetery, Sharon, Mercer Co., PA. Children: Josiah, George, 2 dau. Any information on this couple would be appreciated. Thanks, Cassie http://members.aol.com/cherub214/cascbgendex.html
Joe wanted me to pass a long a Big Thank You to all who responded to his message regarding the marriage transcriptions. He was very pleased to see the great response. He will probably assign the transcription project on a first-come first-serve basis. If anyone has any Mercer County material on hand that they would like to transcribe, please contact me and we can work on getting it online. Richard Winder is doing a great job with the 1850 census. I would like to get some of the pre-1850 censuses online. Biographies from some of the old county histories would be nice also. If there is anything you think you can contribute, don't hesitate to give me a yell. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________________ Mercer County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb county coordinator
One of our regular PAUSGW archives contributors has several pages of Pennsylvania Marriages of microfilm from the PA State Archives, Harrisburg, Pa. The years are 1 Oct 1885 - 31 Dec 1889. She is willing to smail pages to anyone who would transcribe the information for inclusion in the USGW archives. The following counties are available: Mifflin, Montour, Perry, Union, Venango, Warren, Lancaster, Juniata, Mercer, Lehigh, Potter, and Jefferson. There is no charge, no postage, etc. Just contact me (mailto:jpatter@epix.net) with your smail address and I will ask the holder of these documents to send you which county(ies) you would like. End quoted message. -- joe mailto:jpatter@epix.net http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacumber/cum_cty_index.html Cumberland County PAGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamckean/ McKean County PAGenWeb Project http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/pafiles.htm Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives Co-Manager List maintainer: mailto:PACUMBER-L@rootsweb.com
Trying to locate more information on the following children of Thomas WILSON and Janet LARLDOW. Living in Sharpsville in 1922 Mr & Mrs John ROCKWELL (do not know first name but maiden name is WILSON). Living in Hermitage in 1922 : Alfred WILSON and Fred WILSON. They had a sister Margaret (b 01 Jun 1856 in Canada and d 12 Oct 1922) she married a James TITUS, Also had two brothers living in Canada and a sister in Minnesota. Contact me at: jhart22036@aol.com or J. Hart 7319 Bertram Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314-1600 Thank you!
Hope any of you from my old home county can help this transplant to North Carolina. I used to live in Hickory Twp. Now I am researching John LITTLEJOHN and his wife Isabel who came here from Sctoland. They are buried in Oakwood Cemetery. He died 20 Oct 1891. Believe he may have been married twice to to women with same first name of Isabel. Had several daug : Betty , Mary C b 08 May 1847 d 27 Aug 1882 bur in Oakwood. Elizabeth b 05 Jun 1856 in Soctland d 1917 bur in Oakwood. Margaret b 05 Aug 1848 in Scotland d 15 Oct 1936 in Sharon,Mercer Co.,PA married John BAILEY. They may have been at least 2 other daughters. As for sons William b 31Mar 1858 in Scotland. and possibly two others. One may have been killed in Colorado named Gavin Brownlee shortly be Johns death. In Oakwood there are three more stones for Margaret MEEK b 24 Feb 1820 (Scotland) d 02 Nov 1888 Isabelle M LITTLEJOHN b 16 Oct 1814 d 16 Jan 1907 and Isabelle Littlejohn b 08 Feb 1851 d 28 Apr 1871. Not sure of these relationships as to who is the wife, etc. Any help on family would be appreciated. Also John had 2 brothers and 2 sister still alive in Scotland when he died in 1891. Can contact me at J. Hart 7319 Bertram Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28314-1600 or jhart22036@aol.com or jbhart@hotmail.com THANKS!!!
Richard Winder has completed the transcription of the 1850 census for Salem Twp. and it is now online at Mercer County web site. It includes 2196 individuals. Findley Twp. is next on Richard's list. Great work Richard! Mike _______________________________________________________ Mercer County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb county coordinator
Hello all, I found a great site for submitting names you are looking for more info. on. It is : http://www.citynet.net/mostwanted/ Maureen
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note from Mercer County Coordinator - I received this message about Mercer County obits. and newspaper columns. If you have any info., contact Avis. Thanks, Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Mr. Hebert Do you know if there are Mercer Co. newspapers with obit notices for the year 1903 and also for the period 1873-1880. I am hoping to obtain a place of birth for 2 ancestors and hope a write-up of an obit would give this information. Also, are there any newspapers in Mercer Co. that publish a genealogical column? Avis Russell
Looking for current marriage info on Patricia Ann Keck. She is the daughter of Robert Lewis and Margaret Adeline Smith. I have her as Patricia Johnson, then Patricia Dupree (husband Bruce), but I have no info after that. I believe she still may be in Greenville. Any info would be helpful Roni
As listowner, I just wanted to make it clear that I had nothing to do with the posting of the "Local Authors" message, that I don't know anything about Laura Dearlove and Arcadia Publishing, and thus I cannot vouch for them. As a note, the message appears to have been sent to several lists. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________________ Mercer County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb county coordinator
Dear Historians: Arcadia is a publisher of local and regional photographic histories. To date, we have published 15 Pennsylvania titles in our Images of America series and are currently looking for local historians to author a new book. My Hope in adressing this information to you is that you or a colleague might be interested in working with us in creating a photographic history of the surrounding area. Arcadia Publishing is emphatically not a vanity press. No financing whatsoever is ever required from the author, historical society, museum, or college. High quality book production, extensive sales, and distribution are organized by Arcadia entirely at the company's own expense. Authors are paid royalties on all sales. If you would like more information, or would like to see a copy of one of our publications, please do not hesitate to contact me at 603-743-4266 or e-mail me at arcadiabooks@hotmail.com. I would be happy to discuss the series, publishing procedures, and terms at your convenience. Sincerely, Laura Dearlove Acquisitions Editor ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
I've added a photo of Fairfield Presbyterian Church taken around 1899 to the Mercer County miscellaneous page. Thank you to Gary Hale who submitted it. If anyone has any photos they would like to submit, please contact me. Thanks, Mike _______________________________________________________ Mercer County, Pennsylvania USGenWeb county coordinator
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note from Mercer County Coordinator - Below is another query recently submitted to the Mercer County query page. Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Q304) 19 Jan 1998 - Jack McCright mailto:jmccrigh@cvn.net Surnames: LEECH, REZNOR I am seeking info. on Margaret REZNOR, b. Nov 9, 1831, m. Oct 1848 to Thomas LEECH. They lived in Leech's Corners, Salem Twp., Mercer Co., PA. Margaret and Thomas were my ggg-grandparents. They had a dau., Mary Ellen LEECH, b. Mar 1, 1851. I have lots of data on the LEECH family, but I am at a dead end on the REZNOR family. I would like to know of Margaret's parents, plus any other data available. Any clues would be appreciated.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note from Mercer County Coordinator - Below is a query recently submitted to the Mercer County query page. Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Q298) 13 Jan 1998 - Ronda Vogan Riffle mailto:Riffle34@aol.com Surnames: BRUSH, HENRY, PETERSON, RANDALL, VOGAN Searching for the descendants of William Bates RANDALL, b. Mar 1859, m. Jul 30, 1896 to Sarah "Sadie" VOGAN, b. 1865. Their children: Ellen, m. Elmer PETERSON; Harriet, m. Samuel D. PETERSON; and Lester Vogan, m. Agnes HENRY. I would love to hear from anyone who is part of this family line. Also seaching for descendants of William VOGAN, b. Apr 1879, d. Oct 14, 1947, m. Nora BRUSH. Nora d. abt 1949. Please e-mail me direct if you are a special part of this family. Thank you!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note from Mercer County Coordinator - Below is another query recently submitted to the Mercer County query page. Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Q303) 18 Jan 1998 - Karen Hucko mailto:whucko@valunet.com Surnames: DAUGHERTY, McCOY, RICHMOND, SHAW I am researching the RICHMOND line from Mercer Co., PA. They lived in the Wolf Creek area. Isaac RICHMOND m. Elizabeth __?__ and had 9 children. Their daus.: Sarah, m. Hugh SHAW; Mary, m. William DAUGHERTY; Margaret, m. John McCOY. What happened to his other daus.: Agnes; Harriet; Julie; and Mary? Can anyone help me locate these daus.? Also, looking for Isaac RICHMOND's 3 sisters: Elizabeth, b. 1770; Martha, b. 1772; and Esther, b. 1774. The family lived in Washington Co., PA. I later found Isaac living in Mercer Co. He d. 1817.
BUNDY, Luther J. Seeking info on my great uncle, Luther J. Bundy, known to have resided in 1924 in town of Mercer or Mercer Co., PA. Son of Barna(?) Brown BUNDY of Rochester, NY. Had four siblings: Levi Warren, Hartwell S. Seward H. and Harriet M. (GILLIS). Levi Warren was my grandfather and left NY in 1876 for Republican Co., KS. Moved to Glenwood, IA in 1880 and then to Lincoln, Alma, Oxford and Edison, NE where he was in the hotel business. Levi Warren BUNDY was b. 2 Apr 1843 in Rochester, NY and d. 26 Jul 1924 in Edison, NE. Above info taken from obituary of Levi Warren.