On 12/3/08, the Lewistown Sentinel published this in their "Twice Told Tales" dating from 100 years ago: "1908 - Forty residents of McVeytown and vicinity walked from their homes to Black Log Valley where they joined in a Love Feast at the Brethren Church." I remember hearing that my relative, Molly Cummer, walked from Bratton Township (near Ryde, Mifflin County) to Black Log to attend the Love Feast. This would be quite a hike, crossing three mountains. I'd love to hear from anyone who has information on the Love Feast tradition in the Brethren Church, the dates it would have been celebrated, and anyone with knowledge of this particular church in Black Log. Thanks! Angela

Anna Mary NAILOR b. 1793 PA d. 16 Jul 1860 Mifflin Co. PA m. Jacob WEIGEL. married second John Henry BARRICK. 1.Esther WEIGEL b. abt 1806 m. John MORRISON and had Susan, R. Arabella, Margaret, and Martha Ellen. 2.David BARRICK b. 1809 m. Mary KYLE died. m. Eliza J. MYTON 1841 and had Jane A. BARRICK, David H. BARRICK, Wilbur, William and Elsie O. 3.William BARRICK 4.Mary A. BARRICK b. abt 1814 PA m. John KYLE and had Margaret B., Jane A, Susan M., Agnes and John B. KYLE in Armagh, Mifflin, PA. 5. John BARRICK m. Nancy HAYES moved to Licking County, OH 6.Elizabeth BARRICK m. John RUSLER moved to Licking County, OH Any help with this family or information leading to some help would be warmly accepted. Thank you..CAT

Neither one of the libraries I have has access to Heritage Quest but Penn State on-line has been a great resource. Plus I have lots of CD's of old books where I find a lot of McNauls. David's first wife was Jane (Jennie) Way McNaul who seems to have died about 1880. That explains why one of the two children born to his second wife was named Jennie. David had a son named Paul Darling Fleming and I have found him in census and WWI & WWII records where he says he was born in Curwensville. The 1930 census for Paul says he is proprietor of grocery store and wife is a clerk at grocery store. It does not list any children so the line may have died there unless the daughter Jennie Fleming (school teacher) from Lewistown married and had children. His mother lives with them and they live at 707 South Wayne Street in Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA. Hazel G., his wife came from Canada in 1924. I will see if there are some records from Canada on her. I am going to send for the death record of the wife Annie E. Fleming who is on their tombstone at Oak Hill. I found a SSDI record for Paul Fleming, on LDS last night, with correct birth date of 25 Jan 1887 and death date of March 1971 and I will send for that record also. Between the two, I am hoping to gleam some more info. Claire > from Claire > > In the 1900 census my gr-grandfathers brother, David S. Fleming, born > > 1825, was living in Derry, Mifflin County, PA. His wife was Anna E, > > children Jennie age 15, Paul D age 13. We think David was married to Jane > > (Jennie) Way McNaul and both were from Curwensville, Clearfield County, > > PA. David's father was Samuel W. and his brother (my gr-grandfather) was > > Thomas W. Thomas stayed in Curwensville and was postmaster when he died > > suddenly in 1875. Samuel, David & Thomas are all buried in Oak Hill > > Cemetery at Curwensville. > > > > By 1910 Anna was a widow and daughter Jennie was a public school teacher. > > Paul was working at a steel mill. In the WW I draft in 1917, Paul with a > > birthdate of 25 Jan 1887. He also registered for the WW II draft of 1942 > > for older men. He was born in Curwensville, Clearfield County, PA but > > here the birth date is slightly different which they say draft cards have > > this problem. > > > > The 1920 census has Anna, Jenny/Jane, and Paul living in Lewistown on > > Chestnut street. > > > > The 1930 census has Paul married to Hazel G from Canada. > > > > David and a wife ? are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville but > > what happened to their decendents? Where there any? Could Jane McNauls > > name be Anna Jane or Jane Anna but Annie E is on her tombstone? Sometimes > > the initial of the maiden surname is used as a middle initial, could this > > be true with Annie E? Help! Can anyone give me some hints on this family? > > > > Claire > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >

In the 1900 census my gr-grandfathers brother, David S. Fleming, born 1825, was living in Derry, Mifflin County, PA. His wife was Anna E, children Jennie age 15, Paul D age 13. We think David was married to Jane (Jennie) Way McNaul and both were from Curwensville, Clearfield County, PA. David's father was Samuel W. and his brother (my gr-grandfather) was Thomas W. Thomas stayed in Curwensville and was postmaster when he died suddenly in 1875. Samuel, David & Thomas are all buried in Oak Hill Cemetery at Curwensville. By 1910 Anna was a widow and daughter Jennie was a public school teacher. Paul was working at a steel mill. In the WW I draft in 1917, Paul with a birthdate of 25 Jan 1887. He also registered for the WW II draft of 1942 for older men. He was born in Curwensville, Clearfield County, PA but here the birth date is slightly different which they say draft cards have this problem. The 1920 census has Anna, Jenny/Jane, and Paul living in Lewistown on Chestnut street. The 1930 census has Paul married to Hazel G from Canada. David and a wife ? are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Curwensville but what happened to their decendents? Where there any? Could Jane McNauls name be Anna Jane or Jane Anna but Annie E is on her tombstone? Sometimes the initial of the maiden surname is used as a middle initial, could this be true with Annie E? Help! Can anyone give me some hints on this family? Claire

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: horseandbuggy Surnames: Harry, Gloss connections Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/63.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Barnhardt's wife was Anna Harry and Elizabeth Eschelman. please contact me as I am researching the Harry Line and might be able to assist you. Thanks. horseandbuggy@juno.com Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

There seems to be a problem with posting replies to this list. I've been working on other rootsweb lists all morning without any problem but the following reply that I sent to this Mifflin list, never appeared in my mailbox. I can't tell if it went out to the rest of the list, but I am assuming not since all my other lists are working without any problem. So, I'm posting again to see if it comes through and again I apologize if this is a duplication. Tink Hi Mona, Thanks for this obit. I'm adding to my archive. He is descended from John and Margaret GLASSON ALEXANDER through James and Rosa REED ALEXANDER. He was the 9th child of James and Rosie. Born 27 March 1782. He moved to Clearfield because his father had warrants on 4 tracts of land there and left one tract to each of his four youngest sons. The other three brothers sold their tracts. Only William moved to Clearfield. This is the family line that had the picture of Sarah Osceola Reed, purported mother of Rosie, who is said to have been Native American. She would be William's grandmother. William was married to Nancy DAVIS, 23 April 1806. She died 1 April 1861. They had 12 children so there are many descendants of this couple. All of this detail and much more is recorded in the book "A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander of Lanarkshire, Scotland, and his wife Margaret Glasson". I would love to know how it came to be that William, 9th son, came to possess a family treasure - a portrait of his grandmother Sarah. Ordinarily something like that probably would have remained in the family homestead in Kish Valley and passed down through the eldest son of each generation. Nevertheless, what I and many others in this family line long to know is where is the portrait of Sarah now. Who has it? I wish they would have it authenticated by the Smithsonian or some other art experts with expertise in this type of portrait. They might be able to identify the artist, the age of the portrait, and perhaps identify the tribal connection by the style of dress and regalia. Otherwise there will always be significant doubt about the veracity of this picture and the story. Tink At 05:54 PM 1/16/09, you wrote: April 9, 1862 Died at his late residence in Woodward township, on Monday the 31st ult., William Alexander, sen., aged 80 years and 3 days. The deceased was born in Kishakoquillas Valley, Mifflin county, and emigrated to Clearfield creek, where he has resided ever since. He was the father of eight sons and five daughters - two of the former are deceased, and the others all now residents of the county, and all married but one. He was among our most worthy citizens - a kind and hospitable neighbor - upright in all his intercourse with all men - and to the day of his death he was an ardent and devoted advocate of these sound political principles, which, had they not been departed from, our country would now be at peace, and our people prosperous. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAMIFFLI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Mona. Where was this published? Robert On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Mona Anderson <roadqueen1340@yahoo.com> wrote: > April 9, 1862 > > Died at his late residence in Woodward township, on Monday the 31st ult., William Alexander, sen., aged 80 years and 3 days. > The deceased was born in Kishakoquillas Valley, Mifflin county, and emigrated to Clearfield creek, where he has resided ever since. He was the father of eight sons and five daughters - two of the former are deceased, and the others all now residents of the county, and all married but one. He was among our most worthy citizens - a kind and hospitable neighbor - upright in all his intercourse with all men - and to the day of his death he was an ardent and devoted advocate of these sound political principles, which, had they not been departed from, our country would now be at peace, and our people prosperous. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAMIFFLI-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

April 9, 1862 Died at his late residence in Woodward township, on Monday the 31st ult., William Alexander, sen., aged 80 years and 3 days. The deceased was born in Kishakoquillas Valley, Mifflin county, and emigrated to Clearfield creek, where he has resided ever since.  He was the father of eight sons and five daughters - two of the former are deceased, and the others all now residents of the county, and all married but one.  He was among our most worthy citizens - a kind and hospitable neighbor - upright in all his intercourse with all men - and to the day of his death he was an ardent and devoted advocate of these sound political principles, which, had they not been departed from, our country would now be at peace, and our people prosperous.

If you're interested in Perry County history - whether it be of the Perry County area or of it's people - you'll want to visit The Harry Lenig Library (The Perry Historians) on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. when Ms. Janet Taylor will be sharing gathered information on Perry County's own tombstone cutter, Mr. Crawford Duncan. His talent at stone carving was unmatched in quality and artistry. Light refreshments will be served. This is FREE to all who attend. The Perry Historians / Harry Lenig Library is located along Rt. 34 about 2 miles north of New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA.. For more information you can call 582-4896 or visit our website at www.ThePerryHistorians.org Donna Heller Zinn volunteer at The Perry Historians

If you're interested in Perry County history - whether it be of the Perry County area or of it's people - you'll want to visit The Harry Lenig Library (The Perry Historians) on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. when Ms. Janet Taylor will be sharing gathered information on Perry County's own tombstone cutter, Mr. Crawford Duncan. His talent at stone carving was unmatched in quality and artistry. Light refreshments will be served. This is FREE to all who attend. The Perry Historians / Harry Lenig Library is located along Rt. 34 about 2 miles north of New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA.. For more information you can call 582-4896 or visit our website at www.ThePerryHistorians.org Donna Heller Zinn volunteer at The Perry Historians

If you're interested in Perry County [Pennsylvania] history - whether it be of the Perry County area or of it's people - you'll want to visit The Harry Lenig Library (The Perry Historians) on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. when Ms. Janet Taylor will be sharing gathered information on Perry County's own tombstone cutter, Mr. Crawford Duncan. His talent at stone carving was unmatched in quality and artistry. Light refreshments will be served. This is FREE to all who attend. The Perry Historians / Harry Lenig Library is located along Rt. 34 about 2 miles north of New Bloomfield, Perry Co., PA.. For more information you can call 582-4896 or visit our website at www.ThePerryHistorians.org Donna Heller Zinn volunteer at The Perry Historians

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: aitk31 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/293.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi I have a Charles Miller married to Stella Spigelmyer which could be Estella. Her parents are Michael & Hettie Elizabeth Goss Spigelmyer. They have 5 children that I have. I have dates of May 13 1897 to Dec 26 1976 for Charles Miller. His obit states wife as Stella. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This new computer program for recording family health history will be a great addition to your genealogical records, as well as providing a powerful tool for tracking the health of our current family members. Tink Subject:Surgeon General's New Family Health History Tool Released Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 14:00:25 -0500 Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released an updated and improved version of the Surgeon Generals Internet-based family health history tool. It is our hope that you will find this information useful [not only for practitioners but ] for you and your family. Surgeon Generals New Family Health History Tool Is Released, Ready for 21st Century Medicine The new tool makes it easier for consumers to assemble and share family health history information. It can also help practitioners make better use of health history information so they can provide more informed and personalized care for their patients. This valuable tool can put family histories to work to improve patient well-being and the quality of care, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt said. The tool is built on health information technology standards that make it more convenient for consumers and more useful for practitioners. It is ready for use in electronic health records. And its software code will be openly available to other health organizations, so they can customize and build on its standards base. Family history has always been an important part of good health care, but it has been underused, said Acting Surgeon General Steven Galson, a rear admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service. Today, with our growing knowledge of genetics, family history is becoming even more important. The new tool will help consumers and clinicians alike. It will also serve as a platform for developing new risk assessment software that will help in screening and prevention of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and other conditions. Key features of the new version of the Surgeon Generals My Family Health Portrait include: · Convenience Consumers can access the tool easily on the Web. Completing the family health history profile typically takes 15-20 minutes. Consumers should not have to keep filling out different health history forms for different practitioners. Information is easily updated or amended. · Consumer control and privacy The family health history tool gives consumers access to software that builds a family health tree. But the personal information entered during the use of the tool is not kept by a government or other site. Consumers download their information to their own computer. From there, they have control over how the information is used. · Sharing Because the information is in electronic form, it can be easily shared with relatives or with practitioners. Relatives can add to the information, and a special re-indexing feature helps relatives easily start their own history based on data in a history they received. Practitioners can help consumers understand and use their information. · EHR-ready, Decision support-ready Because the new tool is based on commonly used standards, the information it generates is ready for use in electronic health records and personal health records. It can be used in developing clinical decision software, which helps the practitioner understand and make the most use of family health information. · Personalization of care Family history information can help alert practitioners and patients to patient-specific susceptibilities. · Downloadable, customizable The code for the new tool is openly available for others to adopt. Health organizations are invited to download and customize, using the tool under their own brand and adding features that serve their needs. Developers may also use the code to create new risk assessment software tools. The first adopter of the HHS-developed tool is the National Institute of Genomic Medicine of Mexico (INMEGEN). Dr. Gerardo Jimenez-Sanchez, director general of the institute, will release the Mexican Spanish-language version of the tool in Mexico City this month. The Mexican family health history tool will be available on the INMEGEN Web site, [1]http://www.inmegen.gob.mx. The Indian Health Service, an agency of HHS that was instrumental in developing the new Surgeon General tool, will also adopt it into the IHS care system. One organization saying it will link to the new tool is the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF), a cancer advocacy organization. A strong family health history tool can be an important element for guiding medical decision-making, especially in the area of cancer screening, prevention and early detection, said LAF founder and chairman Lance Armstrong. This tool will further the capabilities of electronic health records and takes a significant step toward improving clinical care. [...] The Surgeon Generals new My Family Health Portrait tool is located at [2]https://familyhistory.hhs.gov. References 1. http://www.inmegen.gob.mx/ 2. https://familyhistory.hhs.gov/

I posted the following reply on the message board but it never came back to me through the gateway to this list. So I want to make sure that the individual who asked the question is getting this response because I can email them an electronic copy of the picture of Sarah. My apologies if this comes up as a duplicate post. Tink Miller =============== Not that I'm aware of. If any of our great family lines have done DNA tests, I'd like to know whether there is any evidence of Native American heritage. The picture of Sarah Osceola, as I understand it, was in the possession of William Alexander in another county of PA. It depicts her as a very young girl, appearing to be about 12 years of age. The type of media used is not specified. It has been referred to as a drawing. I was told by someone that the owner refused to let anyone see it or inspect it. A reproduction was published in a pamphlet called "Alexander Fording" for some kind of anniversary event. I have been seeking a copy of this pamphlet for years without success. I can email you a digital copy of the image from that publication that was sent to me by another member of our family lines. A few years ago, I contacted the researchers at the Smithsonian facility in Maryland where they do Native American studies. I sent them the image and asked them if they recognize the style of the artist or the dress and accessories depicted on the girl, or if they could verify in any manner the possible truth of the information that accompanies this image, that sayes she was the daughter of a chief of the "Cullapooyas". They responded that they do not recognize the style of the artwork nor the dress or regalia, and that they cannot offer any historical evidence that could corroborate the Cullapooya story. There are several ways to spell that tribal name. The tribe is mentioned in the book "500 Nations" as having been located on what is now the coast of southern Oregon/northern CA. I have not found any documented evidence in CA or Oregon that would prove or even show a possibility that a child from that tribe could have met and married a man from the colonies in the east in the early mid-1700's, which is when the event would have taken place. So I no longer believe this story. It defies logic. My suspicion is that the picture was done much later, at a time when it was very popular to have your portrait made depicting yourself as Native American. People then made up fictitious stories to accompany their portrait, and it nearly always said that they were the son or daughter of a chief. It wasn't intended to be misleading or malicious. It was a fad. Before the Conestoga massacre at Carlisle, there wasn't the intense societal stigma seen later regarding marriage between Native Americans and the colonists. Such marriages were common and families had no reason to hide their tribal origins. After Carlisle, people were afraid to acknowledge their tribal heritage for fear of being killed just as the Susquehanna/Conestoga people were in that massacre. It was an event in its time, of proportions like 9/11 is in our time of history. Even Ben Franklin wrote about the shamefulness of the attack, which annihilated the remnants of the tribe. I mention this because if Sarah truly is of tribal origin, she may have been Susquehanna, Delaware, Mingo, Shawnee or other similar connections to the Iroquois Confederacy tribes. Osceola is an important tribal name with origins in the North/South Carolinas area. Some of those tribal peoples were driven to the south and north during Indian wars there in the 1500-1600's. In the south some Osceola families blended into the Seminoles, and in the north they blended into the Delaware and Susquehannas. So, Sarah Osceola more likely would have roots in those tribes than in the Cullapooyas. So, if anyone descended from James and Rosie takes a DNA or mitochondrial test and finds a tribal connection, I would love know about it. Then other family members can begin testing to see if it appears across all the lines or only in certain lines of the family. If only found in certain descendant lines, then it didn't originate with Rosie; it would have come later within a specific line of descendants. That would disprove the story about Sarah. Let me know if you want me to email the Sarah image to you. I'll send it off list. Which line are you from? I'm descended from the James & Rosie/James & Jane line. Tink Miller At 07:14 PM 1/9/2009, you wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Author: rjbaker0349 >Surnames: Reed, Alexander >Classification: queries > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3128/mb.ashx > >Message Board Post: > >Have we learned anything new about the mother of Rosey Reed >Alexander (wife of James Alexander)? The mother's name was Sarah, >wife of Robert Reed. Has anyone been able to confirm that Sarah was >the daughter of an indian? > >And, I read online that someone may have a photograph of Sarah, >possibly a copy of a portrait or painting. Does anyone know of the original?

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: gailkd Surnames: Krepps, Kreps, Yeater, Yetter Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3112.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi, Bruce. We are of the same line, I believe, although it is easy to get lost in the Pennsylvania lineage. Harriet Yetter was my g-g-g-g-mother. She was the daughter of Jacob, Lewis, then Johannes. That side of my line tires me, with 10-15 children, lots of duplicate names, and they seem to marry relations. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bcarlisle25 Surnames: carlisle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1282.56.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Wow, that was a fast reply! Thank you very much. I knew he had the 50 acres but did not know about the additional 150 or who owned the land later. I believe his son Samuel was forced to sell the property to pay off debts. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: midge1249 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1282.56.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Unfortunately, nothing on his parents or siblings. Mention is made on page 615: "John Carlisle in 1783 was living on 50 acres of land, which, with 150 acres additional, he received a warrant for February 27, 1787. He had several children, who sold the farm. It was for many years in possession of David Bell, and is now (1886) owned by Lewis Hesser." On page 585, mention is made of the Sunderland family: "David Sunderland warranted 100 acres October 16, 1792 and April 13 1800 200 acres additional. He died in 1808 and left his property to his children - Mary (Carlisle), Samuel, William, Sarah (Neats), and David. To the latter, most of the real estate was left." Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bcarlisle25 Surnames: Carlisle Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/1282.56/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Our family tree starts with a John Carlisle who lived in Wayne Twp., Mifflin Co. and his ten children with wife Mary Sunderland. He lived in this area during the mid 1700s until his death. John died in 1811, possibly in Mifflin Co. Do you have any info on John or his parents, siblings? Thank you, Bill C. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Good Day, Could someone tell me rather - when a child is born - dies in before it is Baptised - rather, it is allowed to be buried in the Catholic Cemetery ? Is there a special section for the babies that were not Baptised? And if a spouse who is not Catholic is allowed to be buried with the spouse who is ? A few questions came up on another board and, I am very curious about the answers for the Sacred Heart Cemetery here in Mifflin County as well as any other Catholic Cemetery in this County ???? Kindly Bea beair@verizon.net

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: rjbaker0349 Surnames: Reed, Alexander Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.mifflin/3128/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Have we learned anything new about the mother of Rosey Reed Alexander (wife of James Alexander)? The mother's name was Sarah, wife of Robert Reed. Has anyone been able to confirm that Sarah was the daughter of an indian? And, I read online that someone may have a photograph of Sarah, possibly a copy of a portrait or painting. Does anyone know of the original? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.