WILL:James Henderson, Mifflin Co.,PA Vol 1. page 3, Derry Twp, 1795, wife Sarah, sons Rickey, Samuel, David, daughters Margaret, Martha, Jane (eldest), Elizabeth and Sarah. In the name of God Amen. I James Henderson of Derry Township, Mifflin County, being weak in body but of sound and perfect mind and memory - Blised be the Almighty God for the same do make and publish this my last will and Testament in mainer and form following (that is to say) First I bequeath unto my beloved wife Sarah Henderson her choice of the best cow and calf also a eue and lambs of the best of the Flock I do alow my stock to be put to vendee Next June as follows-- Cows Calfs Sheep and a Horse Likewise I do further allow my land laying and being Situated on the South Side of Jacks Creek Containing one hundred and ninety acres be the same more or less to be put to sale also and the highest bider shall be the Purchaser and after all my stock and the aforesaid land is desposed of by public or private sale which be to the best advantage and the several sums ________out of that principle sum I alow a house to be raised on the land I now live on being the property of Rob Chambers of Cumberland County which I am ablidged _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ a _____ log house 28 ft by 22 feet and two stories high 1st 8 feet high, 2nd seven and half with two floors and shingled roof with two 12 light windows & a common door & after the house is compleated according to the above dimensions of which expence is to be taken out of the Vendue Money, first the remainder part follows to be put to Interest. The In's of which I allow to be taken for the support of my wife & four youngest children (viz) Saml, Margaret, Martha & David untill each of them reaches the age of twelve years the sum afs mentioned put to In's to be equally devided amongest my wife Sarah and my eight children (viz) My oldest daughter Jane, Elizabeth, Sarah, Richey, Saml, Margaret, Martha, & David each one to have an equal proporhonable part with my Wife Sarah also no one shall draw any of the principal untill each of them reaches to the age of twenty years and further each one of the 8 children shall draw their equal Quotas of the In's after the youngest reaches the age of ten years. If further insert on my will that admitting my wife should choose to change her life and mary another husband and not do a parents duty by them they are to be taken from her and put in a place where they may be treated with Humanity & Christenty and further I allow all of the full grain now in the ground to be put to vendee with the rest of my small Effects all my household furniture I have and bequeath to the use of my wife and children my best suit of clothes I bequeath to my oldest son Richey.I do here by appoint & claim my wife Sarah Executrise & Robert Hunter Execuitor of this last will and testament hereby revoaking all former wills by me made. In witness where of I have here unto let my _____ _____ Seal this 30 Day of November in the year of our Lord Seventeen Hundred & Ninety five. James Henderson seal Signed,Sealed, published & delivered by the above named Jas Henderson - his last will & Testament in the presence of us who have here unto subscribed, our names as Witnesses this In the presence of the Testator James Chriswell, Robart Hunter, Mifflin County, Before me Edward W Carty, Dep Register for the probate of wills and granting Letters of Administration in and for the County of Mifflin. in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Appeared James Chriswell and Robert Hunter, the subscribing witnesses to the written Testrument of writing and being duly sworn according to Law, do say that they have seen James Henderson, the Testator within named sign his name and affisc his seal hereto publish pronownce and declars the same, as and for his last wiled Testament, that the said Testator was sound and disposing Mind and Memory (as they believed) and that they wrote their names as Witness as thereto, respectively, in the presence of the Testator, at his request, and in the presence of each other Sworn, Subscribed James Chriswell, Decemb 16th 1795 Robart Hunter Before Me, Edwd W Carty Dep Reg You Sarah Henderson and Robart Hunter Exrrs of the last Will of Testament of James Henderson Decesd. Do swear that wile will and truly administer the Goods of Chattels, Rights of Credits, which were of the said James Henderson Decd that you wile make a true and perfect Inventory thereof & exchibit the sames unto Regeaters office in Lewistown, in three months from this time, and that you will render a just and true account calculation in One year from this time, or when there unto lawfully required. Sarah ____ Henderson Robert Hunter Sworn and Subscribed March 26th 1796, Before me Edw,d W Carty, Depy Reg,d Inventory and Vendue Bill on the Estate of James Henderson Deced filed May 24, 1796 Monday of 29 Nov 1806, Citation To Sarah Henderson, Robert Hunter Exrs of James Henderson desd N.E.J. 25 Cts Wm Leo Hshoff (Note: L=pounds, S=shilling, P=pence; 16 2/3 cents to shilling, 25 cents was 18 pence 50 cents was 3 shillings 75 cents was 4 shillings 6 pence 1.50 cents was 9 shillings 2.50 cents was 15 shillings 6 1/4 is called is fourpence-ha'penny) L S P Casper Shimp to one shovel 0 2 - James Wethro to one Matik 0 8 - Casper Shimp to one hilling ho 0 2 - Alexander McMullin to one troul 0 1 - Wm Carson to one broad ax 0 6 James Wethro to one hand saw 0 7 2 Andrew Duff to one log chain 0 16 6 Wm McFadin to two Augurs 0 - 0 Stephen Reed to two Augurs 0 3 10 Patrik Connely to one kag of vinegar 0 2 - Dito to one barrel 0 0 6 Isaiak Willis to one drawing nif 0 2 0 Dito to one kag 0 3 9 Dito to one turkin 0 2 - Stephen Reed to one churn 0 5 0 Robert Alton Jwn to one Pot 0 8 - Jon Oliver to one flour Cask 0 0 10 Martin Gardner to one flour Cask 0 1 6 Robert Hunter to one stock Lock 0 2 0 Dito to one stock Lock 0 0 2 Edward Williams to one Cutting Box 0 - 6 Jon Oliver Son to one Saddle 0 12 0 Casper Shimp to one grind ston 0 12 8 Barney McGoldrick to one pair of boots 0 12 - Frances Ellis to one yok of oxen 19 12 0 James Wethro to one yok of oxen 20 2 0 Michial Baum to one yok of oxen 12 1 0 Wm Carson to one cow 5 6 6 Malcom Andrew to one heifer 2 15 1 Dito to one heifer 2 10 1 Casper Shimp to one blak Calf 1 1 6 Wm Dunsmor to one horse 30 2 6 Robert Hunter to one trach of land - 0 0 Barney Mc Goldrick to Two sheep 2 2 0 Robert Eltin Jarner? to Two sheep 1 18 6 Robert Mitchel to two sheep 1 18 6 James Wethro to one sheep 0 13 - John Hood to one Plough 2 3 2 Jacob Ernest to _____undress 0 6 0 Wm Robison to _____undress 0 10 2 Dito 0 - 7 Wm Pieking to two brushes 0 3 2 Jacob Ernest to one pound ten shillens pr acier for wheat Wm Robison to one loom 1 10 6 to one cow to 1 Clf to 2 sheep to 2 pots to 1 gun to 2 ton of _____ to 1 churn to Spinning whel and Chakrel to 1 Chist to the beding of cloaths This is a true ventorie of the property of James Hendersons of Derry Tship now decest as far as I no. Robert Hunter Vendue Bill on the Estate of Jas Henderson Diced filed May 24th 1796 Mifflin County The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the Sheriff of Mifflin County Greeting We Command you that you Summon Sarah Hendreson & Robert Hunter Exrs of the Estate of James Henderson dicd late of Derry Township. So that they be and appear before our Judges at Lewistown at an Orphans Court there to be held for the said County on the third Monday of a November next to _____ _____ if any they have why their ______ account of the Estate of the Said deceased should not be settled according to Law. Witness Jonathan Walker Esquire at Lewistown the 21st day of August in the year of our Lord 1806.

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/AcB.2ACE/521.1 Message Board Post: I don't know what area of the country you are making an inquiry about; however, in Yazoo County,MS there is a Mechanicsburg, MS and located there is MT OLIVET METHODIST CHURCH. ACROSS THE ROAD IS MT OLIVET CEMETARY THERE WAS A SMALL BATTLE WHICH TOOK PLACE THERE DURING CIVIL WAR. THERE IS A SMALL CONFEDERATE VETRANS CEMETARY AROUND THE FLAGPOLE.

I am looking for someone to locate two gravesites and take pictures of the tombstones of: John Allen, Revolutionary War soldier, with the old stone, foot marker, new stone and Betsy Ross flag located in the orchard of John Allen's farm, now owned by James and Andrew Stewart of McVeytown, Pennsylvania. The old stone reads "John Allen died Sept. 1805 Aged 58 yrs. For many years a resident of this Township. The new stone inscription 1747 John Allen 1805, 5th & 8th Battalions Cumberland County 1777 Militia 1782 Revolutionary War' Margaret Ann Allen located in Presbyterian Church Cemetery, McVeytown, Pennsylvania. Stone reads 'died June 25, 1845 Aged 78 yrs. 9 mo.' This inforamtion was taken from a book titled "Hahnewald - 'cock of the woods' " by Pearl Etta Turner Hanawalt. I do not have a print date for the book so the reference to the Stewarts owning the original homestead of John Allen may not be current. There was an article in "The Sentinel, Lewsitown, Pennsylvania" newspaper dated Monday June 1, 1959 regarding the new tombstone of John. Any help would be appreciated and I am willing to pay for time and expense incurred. Thank you in advance. Larry Allen 4th great grandson of John Allen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: CONFER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AcB.2ACE/1538 Message Board Post: Does anyone have info. on a sawmill that was in the Yeagerstown area in the late 1800's & early 1900's? I have a photo of some of the workers (my G-father "John Confer" is one of them) & would like to know a little about the history/location of the sawmill. Photo shows my G-father & 6 other men, with the sawmill in the background.

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/AcB.2ACE/1282.33.1 Message Board Post: Sorry, Jackie, nothing at all about any of them.

Can anyone identify who this Samuel Longwell was and who C. Reed Alexander was? "C. Reed Alexander, of New Armagh twp on Monday of Milroy suffered a violent death the result of a petty quarrel over a few berries. He was struck by Samuel Longwell with a fence rail. His skull was crushed in producing concussion of the brain and consequent death. Samuel Longwell was arrested. "(C. Reed) Alexander was age 41 years and married, his parents aged and feeble. Longwell is age 27 years, has always been employed as a farm hand, and has a wife and child." (Lewistown Democrat & Sentinel, July 19, 1883.) This short abstraction was published in the book, " Lewistown Democrat & Sentinel, Mifflin Co., Pa, 1875 to 1884" by Gerri L. Aitkin (pub Oct 1999). Many thanks, Helen in Calif.

Is there anyone on the Mifflin Co. PA list or the Longwell list who have researched the family of Silas Alexander b. 1807 (son of Robert Alexander) who married Rachel Longwell on 16 Nov. 1842? Rachel Longwell was born 3 April 1817; she was the daughter of Thomas Longwell and Margaret McClure of Mifflin Co., PA. Rachel Alexander, relict of Silas Alexander, died 11 May 1884. She was buried at the Presbyterian Church Cem., Menno Twp., Mifflin Co., PA. (Ref: two newspaper articles. See below.) I have very little info on Silas Alexander. Here's what I have. He was born 30 Sept 1807 in Mifflin Co., PA. He was the son of Robert Alexander and Elizabeth McClure. I do not know when and where he died; he died before the 1880 census was taken as Rachel is listed as being a widow, 62 years old, on the 1880 census. As far as I know, they had 3 children: 1. Thomas who became a Presbyterian minister and moved to Washington Co., PA 2. Elizabeth F. born c. 1849 3. Ada E. born c. 1855 On the Union, Mifflin Co., PA, 1880 census both daughters will single (age 31 and age 25) and living with their widowed mother. Also living with Rachel Alexander, 62, was Nancy Longwell "sister" age 58. From this, I assume that Rachel's sister Nancy was not married as of 1880. I have no further record of Nancy after 1880. It sounds like she was a spinster (still single at age 58). According to the April 7, 1881, edition of the Lewistown Democrat: "Rachel Alexander with her daughters Elizabeth and Ada have moved to Hickory, Washington Co., Pa, at which her son Rev. Thomas R. Longwell is a minister of the Presbyterian Church." May 22, 1884 edition of newspaper: "Rachel Alexander died in Belleville on May 11. May 15, 1884 edition of newspaper" "Rachel Alexander, relict of Silas Alexander, died at her home on Sunday and was buried at the Presbyterian Cemetery, Menno twp, on Tuesday." Anyone have info on when/where Silas Alexander died? Info on their daughters? Did they marry? Helen Graves

I have a Mary Ann Botteicher that is by gggrandmother. She married James Huffman and one of their children, Nancy Jane was my great grandmother. She married David Smith. I have Mary Ann Bottiecher as the child of Jonathan Jonas Pottiker and Elizabeth Kauffman. She is buried at the Upper Black Log Cemetary. Could this be the same Mary Ann that you are related to? My information could be wrong, as I've gotten most of this off the internet. Would appreciate any information you could provide. I may be coming up to Orbisonia to go over some geneology information a cousin of mine has on the Smiths of Blacklog. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Yewcic" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 12:41 PM Subject: Re: [PAMIFFLI] Re: Hassinger, Ramsey, Gearhart > Hi - I am associated with the Ramsey family in this way: Mary ann Wallace > Botteicher was the sister of Jennie Wallace Botteicher. Mary Ann was my > great grandmother, born around 1842. Her sister Jennie first married > Hockenberry, and then a Ramsey. I am interested in that line. They were born > in Shade Gap, PA. Their father was Andrew Johnson Wallace. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 1:50 PM > Subject: [PAMIFFLI] Re: Hassinger, Ramsey, Gearhart > > > > 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/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1 > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > You state that Charles & Catherine (Crissman) Ramsey had 11 children, one > of whom was James David Ramsey married to Rachel (Reed??) Ramsey. > > Rachel's maiden name was Longwell, not Reed. She was born Sept. 15, 1820. > > > > > > ==== PAMIFFLI Mailing List ==== > > USGenWeb Mifflin County Genealogy Project > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamiffli/ > > Check out the new bibliography page. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== PAMIFFLI Mailing List ==== > Mifflin County PAGenWeb Townships > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamiffli/adopt.html > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

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/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: That was 1850 Mifflin County Armagh Twp. Then Hamilton moved to Clarion County (1860) with Margaret and Priscilla but no Mary E. Longwell there but there was a Elizabeth in Clarion living with a George and Rachel Pollock. She was aged 74. Kathy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Close, Longwell Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: In what census did you find this information? Was it Mifflin county? It sounds like that could be her!

I've been browsing the Longwell Archives on rootsweb and came across this post made on March 11, 2001, by Susan [email protected] "I have a listing of this gentleman (Walter Longwell) from Centre Co., PA. He was 71 years, 10 mo, 15 days when he passed on. His occupation is listed as a Gentleman, was born in Cecil Co., MD, died/interred at Sinking Creek Church. Certificate date 11/28/1853." *********************************************************************************** Curious about who this Longwell was, I checked my genealogy program Family TreeMaker and came up with a likely match. Here's what I have: WALTER LONGWELL, born ca 1782 in Cecil Co., MD. He was the son of Robert Longwell and Priscilla Alexander, who was the widow of Isaac Alexander who died c. 1777. Her maiden name was also Alexander. She was the daughter of Amos Alexander of Cecil Co., MD. War of 1812 Service: a Walter Longwell served in the Maryland militia according to a deposition he made in Oct 1851 at Coalsberg, Chester Co., PA. He said he enlisted in Cecil Co., MD on March 1, 1813. Maryland records show he served from April 29 - May 6, 1813, in the rifle company of William Mackay as a lst Lt. In the same company was a Pvt John LONGWILL. This could be Walter's younger brother John, who was born c. 1790. 1813 - Walter Longwell's father Robert died in Centre Co., PA. 1817 - Walter Longwell's mother Priscilla Alexander Longwell died in Centre Co., PA. 1818 - Walter Longwell resided in Centre Co., PA. Ran a tavern. 1820 census - resided in Potter township. 1830 census - resided in Potter township. **************************************************** This is as far as I have researched Walter Longwell. I do not know have marriage information for him nor do I know the names of his children. Does anyone have access to the 1850 census of Centre Co. PA who could do a look-up on Walter Longwell ? Or any other Longwells living in Centre Co., PA in 1850? This would be VERY helpful and may solve a mystery -- "Who was 'Suicide Thomas Longwell' ? Helen Graves Lake Almanor, CA

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/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I recently found a listing in the 1850 census for Hamilton Longwell and wife Margaret with daughter Priscilla. Also with them was Mary E. Longwell age in her 60's . Is this your Mary E. Close Longwell?

You posted: " I recently found a listing in the 1850 census for Hamilton Longwell and wife Margaret with daughter Priscilla. Also with them was Mary E. Longwell age in her 60's . Is this your Mary E. Close Longwell?" Helen says: Yes, it sounds like this is Mary E. Close Longwell living with her son A. Hamilton Longwell who married Margaret Sample June 13, 1849. Is the daughter Priscilla an infant? How old is Priscilla on the census? -- Helen Graves

Are there any Matthew Reighly researchers on the Mifflin List? If so, was his wife Susanna CLOSE or was she Susanna MIFFLIN? I have very little info on Susanna. As for her maiden name, I have this question in my Crissman records: "was it CLOSE or was it MIFFLIN?" Nancy Reighly, born 1802, was the daughter of Matthew Reighly and Susanna (Close? Mifflin?). Nancy married Adam Crissman. According to a J.Adam Crissman genealogy (he was Adam's father), Nancy's mother Susanna was listed in the Crissman genealogy as possibly being the daughter of "General Mifflin" or "possibly she was Susanna Close". Does anyone know the ancestry of the Susanna who married Matthew Reighly? Was she a CLOSE or was she a MIFFLIN? Helen Graves

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longwell, Close Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I have William Longwell Jr. marrying into my Close family. He married Mary E. Close and had 8 children none of which I show as being named Rachel. You mentioned that Hugh had a daughter named Rachel. Do you show him as being married to Elizabeth Close? Did they have other children? Please fill me in!

Hi - I am associated with the Ramsey family in this way: Mary ann Wallace Botteicher was the sister of Jennie Wallace Botteicher. Mary Ann was my great grandmother, born around 1842. Her sister Jennie first married Hockenberry, and then a Ramsey. I am interested in that line. They were born in Shade Gap, PA. Their father was Andrew Johnson Wallace. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 1:50 PM Subject: [PAMIFFLI] Re: Hassinger, Ramsey, Gearhart > 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/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > You state that Charles & Catherine (Crissman) Ramsey had 11 children, one of whom was James David Ramsey married to Rachel (Reed??) Ramsey. > Rachel's maiden name was Longwell, not Reed. She was born Sept. 15, 1820. > > > ==== PAMIFFLI Mailing List ==== > USGenWeb Mifflin County Genealogy Project > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamiffli/ > Check out the new bibliography page. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Longwell, Walker, Alexander, Pollock Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/AcB.2ACE/1365.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: I am also stumped on who the parents were of Rachel Longwell born 1820. I went the info I have on the sons of William Longwell Sr. and Rachel Walker. You can rule out two of his sons. THOMAS (1784-1868). Thomas' daughter Rachel b. 1817 married Silas Alexander. HUGH had a daughter Rachel b. 1829 who married George Pollock. The possible LONGWELL sons who could have had a daughter Rachel are: MATTHEW and WILLIAM. I have scant info on their children. But folks on the LONGWELL list should be able to help with this, I would think. My husband descends from William Longwell Sr's son Thomas Longwell. Helen

Reference:Surnames: Campbell, Long, Williams Classification: Query I don't know if this is a hit for your Long file or not but I have a little segment: Descendants of Francis Long Generation No. 1 1. FRANCIS1 LONG He married CHRISTENA HACKENBERG, daughter of JOHANN HACHENBERG and ANNA SIPHERS. Notes for FRANCIS LONG: See Beverly D. Long's FTW file "Descendants of Johann Peter Hachenberg" for her Long family tree More About CHRISTENA HACKENBERG: Christening: 1771 Child of FRANCIS LONG and CHRISTENA HACKENBERG is: 2. i. JOHN2 LONG, b. March 11, 1795, Beaver Twp., Union Co., PA. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN2 LONG (FRANCIS1) was born March 11, 1795 in Beaver Twp., Union Co., PA. He married ELIZABETH WITTENMOYER March 16, 1819 in Beaver Twp., Union Co., PA. More About JOHN LONG: Christening: March 16, 1819, Christened a Lutheran at his wedding More About ELIZABETH WITTENMOYER: Religion: Lutheran More About JOHN LONG and ELIZABETH WITTENMOYER: Marriage: March 16, 1819, Beaver Twp., Union Co., PA Children of JOHN LONG and ELIZABETH WITTENMOYER are: i. HENRY3 LONG, b. November 25, 1825, Beaver Twp., Union Co., PA; d. February 05, 1908, Creighton, Knox Co., Nebraska; m. SARAH MOYER, September 21, 1854, Union Co., PA. Notes for HENRY LONG: "Henry and Sarah were both from Pennsylvania. After marrying in 1854 they farmed with their eleven children in central Pennsylvania.They moved several times within Centre County the first several years of their married life. " "In 1881 Henry and Sarah decided to take their children and move West. Henry was fifty-six and Sarah was forty-eight. John did not move with his family as he was already married and his wife was expecting a child and didn't want to trave. We don't know for sure where they went that first year. We think they went to Ohio, as George did not move on with the rest of the family, but stayed on in Navarre, Ohio." "They then came to Illinois in 1883 and settled south of Cortland, ust south of where the tooway is now. There were no fences when they came and the boys had to take turns staying up through the night so the animals didn't wander. Next they moved to a farm north of Maple Park on Pleasant Street Road. Henry prospered very quickly in Maple Park and was able to buy a 320 acre farm, sight unseen, in Creighton, Nebraska. Henry then sent his oldest son, James, ahead to Creighton to settle the farm. When the family arrived in Creighton they had been tricked and there was no farm. They then settled west of Creighton and homesteaded land there." "When Henry and Sarah first moved to Creighton they had trouble with the Indians. One day when Henry was not at home, Indians came to Sarah's door and forced their way in. They took her by the ear and led her to the pantry and pointed to the coffee. She gave them some and they left her unharmed. She always said she was so glad Henry wasn't at home, because he hated the Indians so and would surely have been killed. Henry's Uncle was scalped by the Indians in Pennsylvania when Henry was a small boy and he never forgot or forgave the Indians. His Uncle lived through it and was quite disfigured. He had to wear a tin helmet the rest of his life to protect his head. That helmet is still in the family today." "The family was very happy in Creighton. In 1904 Henry and Sarah celebrated their golden wedding anniversary. All of their eleven children and sixteen grandchildren were present. It was a very happy occasion for all. It lasted five days and there was much music, laughter, and good times. This was the first time in twenty-three years that the whole family was together at the same time. They were a very musical family, all played at least one instrument and most played several. A family picture was taken that day of the entire family and one grandson Boyd. Henry and Sarah raised Boyd, who was Andrew's son. On the back of the picture Sarah recorded the names, weight, height and age in month and year." "Sarah Long was an ideal wife and Mother, her soul being in the comfort and happiness of all around her. Her life was full of good words and works. Henry farmed until they couldn't any longer and then Daniel and Susan moved in and took care of the farm. George and Katie were still living there at that time too." "Both Henry and Sarah were honest, reliable and hard working people. They had little money, but were very happy. Sarah died in 1907 at the age of seventy-four. It is said that Henry was so grieved that he died a year later of a broken heart at the age of eighty-two. Both are buried in Creighton, Nebraska." More About HENRY LONG and SARAH MOYER: Marriage: September 21, 1854, Union Co., PA ii. JESSE LONG. iii. JOSEPH W. LONG, b. October 29, 1832, Centre Co., PA; d. 1924, Red Oak, Montgomery Co., Iowa; m. SARAH STOTLER, March 25, 1858, Stephenson Co., Illinois. More About JOSEPH LONG and SARAH STOTLER: Marriage: March 25, 1858, Stephenson Co., Illinois

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shoemaker, Henry Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/AcB.2ACE/1537 Message Board Post: Seeking obituaries for the following: Philip R. Shoemaker – died May 1973; Philip R. Shoemaker – died 15 April 1999. Believe that both died in or near Lewistown. Any help would be appreciated. Willing to reimburse for postage, copying, etc. Please contact me directly.

Direct descendant of Mathew Reighley and Susannah Mifflin or Susannah Close