Hello everyone, I have some additional information to add to the obituary of my grandmother, above, for those of you who may be interested. Eva CONAWAY HAMILTON, born 21 Jan. 1880, Elco, Pa. to Cynthia CONAWAY and Elijah GEHO (born out of wedlock). Married Joseph Carl HAMILTON 28 Aug 1901, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pa. Children: (In order of birth) 1. Fred Amos--married Stella WILSON 2. Lenora Gale--married James Lee McCORMICK 3. Ina Louise--married Frank Arthur CROW, Jr. 4. Anna Lucille--married Elmon Roscoe SHEPHERD 5. Jimmy Ross--married Evelyn YOUNG WALLACE 6. Carl Meade--married Ruth Elizabeth HALL 7. Lawrence Dale--married LaVerne Amelie LESPILLETTE 8. Warren Robert--married Mary Jane DYE 9. Clyde Verne--married Maxine PALMER 10. Evaline Hope--married Bernard George KOBALLA 11. Shirley Lorraine--married Robert James SENNETT To date there are over 130 descendants of this couple. The siblings of Eva CONAWAY HAMILTON were: Dora FOSTER ENDEMAN Mae FOSTER McCRADY Clarence FOSTER Alice FURLONG (died at age 19) John FURLONG Lilly FURLONG DOYLE Her father, Eli, also had another daughter, Ida GEHO. The cause of death was stroke. The names and spellings contained in this message are correct as written. Eva Dayle Zippay Tallahassee, Florida [email protected] ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

Anyone searching the name Clutters...........Laura Nelle

Also from Belle Vernon Area's 150th anniversary book. The first grocery store was established on "Speers Run" called "The Barter Mills" also included a distillery, and a flouring Mill. Proprietor - David FURNIER (born in France, first settled in hagerstown , Md. Then moved to are (between Belle Vernon, and Gibsonton) about 1771-1772. He died 1807 Neighbor, who owned a log mill - Samuel McKEAN Clerk and bookkeeper ... Jacob BOWMAN River boat for shipping to other stores in Monongahela, Devore's Ferry,and Pittsburgh: "Enterprise" - operated by John BARTLETT Customers listed as doing business (abt 1790) (no first names given!) REASONER, REEVES, McLAUGHLIN, SHEPLER, McCOY, CUMMINGS, CISSLEY, SPEERS, CORWIN, KERR, ELLIS, STEWART, HALL, PATTERSON, COOK, HILLERYHAND, LEARD, SPHAR, BONCHOM, HILL, ALBIN, BARKHAMMER, LIPPINCOT, FULTON, SPRINGER, FELL, HOUSEMAN, FRYE, ROBINSON, BURGAN, BIGHAM, WEST, CUNNINGHAM, RUTAN, CRAWFORD, QUIMBY, COOPER, BEAZELL. Thanks, Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) Allenport, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: [email protected]

>From map of propert owners of Webster, Rostraver Twp, in 1876) Business Directory: George H. CROUCH...Proprietor of Sherman House *James SADLER...Proprietor of Grant House John AMON...Proprietor of Webster House D. RICHARD...Dealer in General Merchandise. J. G. BROWN... Dealer in Drugs and Groceries. J. C. ANDERSON...Manufacturer and Dealer in Lumber ad Barge Builder. W. T. MARSHALL... Cabinet maker and Painter. Jno. POLLOCK... Lumberman and Millwright. J. J. A. HENDERSON... Ship Carpenter and Joiner. BLACKMORE & NELSON... Coal Merchants. *On the map, showing the location of his hotel, name is spelled SADDLER. Other residents, (ther are others, but some are not legible) J. M. CARDY (?) A. MALTZBURG Mrs. HEALY C. HALEY J. PARKER Mrs. J. SILL B. WHITE J. WARD A. SIMERAL W. CARROLTON N. EVANS A. WEDDLE J. ROTHERICK Wm BEALER A.A> PERKINS H. R. BEAZELL J. SANSOM Mrs. LINDEN W. MARSHALL J. CARSON M. SANSOM S. JOHNSON J. BLACKMORE Mrs. BINNINGHAM J. ZIMMERMAN L. BEAZELL T. BROWN F. A. FELL L. McDONAL J. BLACKINER NELSON D. BLACKMOR

Have been searching for a long time for my grandpa's two children by his second wife. Grandpa, Raymond Newton Taylor, left grandma about 1937/37 and married a Dorothy Hawkins. They had two children. Raymond Newton Jr. and Donna Jean. Now both of these children were in the obituary of my grandfather that I just found. My mother never saw her Dad after the split. I never got to meet grandpa. He died in McKees Rock, Penn on Oct. 8, 1976 and is buried in Coropolis Cemetery. I'd love to meet his children to find out things about Grandpa. He was born in Harrison Co., WV Aug. 24, 1900. Has anyone heard of this family. They can reach me at 1-304-776-1413 if they are found. I've bought telephone book CD's trying to find them but no luck...Thank you...Laura Nelle

I got some info about the history of the Belle Vernon Area from the 150th anniverary book. I'll include some short gleanings about some of the communities, that appear in the book. These will include many surnames and other info. Fayette City (former names: "Whiskey Point", Freeport (til 1840), Cookstown (until 1854) Land grant given to Col. Edward COOK (died 1808) who laid out the town. Town surveyed by Joseph DOWNER First building on the "public square" built 1818. Building was converted to a church in 1842). Trustees of the church, elected in 1842: Thomas BAIRD, Joseph KREPPS, James McCRORY, Harvey BARKER, Aaron BUGHER, W. E. FRAZER, Nicholas HAUGHT, Samuel LARIMER, Fredrick Browneller, M. H. ECKGLEY, Abraham BANKS, Job KITTS. Building Commitee (1842): Thomas BAIRD, Issac BANKS, Aaron BUGHER, James HAMER, and W. E. FRAZER. Glass plants: Germany Glass Works, built by John GUE, John MARTIN (1831) The Point Glass Works, blt. by George WHITING (1833) The Nauvee Glass Works (later Iron City Glass) built by Samuel Kyle and J. F. BEAZEL (1840) Thanks, Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) Allenport, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: [email protected]

In a message dated 11/10/1999 8:06:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: << Isaac had a son named Jacob. Not sure if this could have been the Jacob. In his will, he leaves property to son Jacob and daughter ? , Elizabeth, Susan, Peter, Lady, Abraham, Mary, Catherine, Margaret, Emma, and ?.Will witnessed by John Graham and George Burger, before Wm Miller, Register. Dated June 29, 1857.) >> In The Tenmile Book there is an Emma Frantz married to Timothy Ross Rogers on page 484. This section is on the Rogers family....Laura Nelle

Hello list members... Not long after starting this list, I posted a message requesting that all researchers briefly post their family info and Surnames they are researching in the Mon Valley. Not knowing how many subscribers would join the list, this request maybe came a bit early... there are now more than double the number of listmembers, so for those of you that have not done so, now would be a good time to post your introductions. now that the number of new subscribers joining have slowed a bit. If you missed the first wave of introductions you can search our archives at this URL: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Thanks, Mike Donaldson ([email protected]) Allenport, PA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: [email protected]

In a message dated 11/10/1999 8:03:20 PM Pacific Standard Time, StahlLinda writes: << Dear Laura Nelle, Would you have a Dora Camp Scott Fetherlin in your Scott names. My ancestor Owen and Mary (Carlisle) Camp had daughter Eldora who must have married a Scott and then George Fetherlin. She is buried at Lone Pine Cemetery, Amwell Twp. Washington County, PA If you don't have any information about her, please don't worry about answering. Linda Stahl, Harrisburg, PA >> Looking thru Vol. Three of the 4 Vol.'s of Rural Reflections of Amwell Twp, Washington Co., Pa. on pafe 52 is May Eldora (Dora) Scott Fetherlin wife of William Addison Fetherlin, d/o Owen and Mary A. Carlisle Camp, b. May 5, 1865, died Nov. 4, 1933. All I can find...Laura Nelle

I have searched The two Horn Books, Washington Co., Pa Vol.1 & Vol.2, The Monongalia Story books 1 & 2, Greene Co. Cemeteries which include Perry Twp., Perry Twn. census, and my fathers research papers on my Scott line and still have not come across an Ira Scott. I have up to 1099 names in my fathers Scott (3 ring notebooks) that I inherited at his death. Now this does not mean that he isn't kin to my line. We just haven't touched base with him yet...LOL...Laura Nelle

Am searching for information on John Morris who lived in Venetia in the late 1890-1900s. Have no information on his wife. Children listed below: Mary Ann b: 1865 married Abraham Davis in Ohio about 1882. Emily married ? Frew. John died as a result of mining accident in Feb 1900 Thomas married ?Margaret McFarlane or McFarland - possibly some relation to David Gilley. Would appreciate any info on this family. Priscilla - [email protected]

Phil: As you may kno, most last names can be spelled in a variety of ways. For example, "Smith" can also be spelled "Smyth,", "Smithe", and "Smythe". This is one of the reasons why the Works Progress Administration created Soundex in the late 1930's. Soundex is a method of giving names sound codes. It is important ot understand because it is used by the United States government to index the sornames of some of the United States census records. By grouping together last names that sound similiar, Soundex allows people to search for ancestors, even when the surname may have been recorded in any of several different spellings. The 1880, 1890, 1910 and 1920 censuses have Soundex indexes, but there are limitations. The 1880 census is only indexed for families with children under 10 years old. In addition, the 1910 census is only indexed for the following states: Ala. Ark, Cal, Fla, Geo, Ill, Kan, Ken, La, Mich, Miss, Mo, NC, Oh, Ok, Pa, SC, Tn, Tx, VA, & WVa. To use the Soundex index, you must first create the code for your surname. Each Soundex code consists of one letter and three numbers, such as G616, no matter hol long the name is. The letter is always the first letter of the surname. For example, "S" for "Smith". However, if the surname has a prefix such as De, De la, Di, La, Le, Van, or Von, figure out the codes for the name both with and without the prefix - -it may be listed under either code. (Please note that Soundex does not consider Mc and Mac prefixes.) The numbers in the code are determined by the rest of the consonants in the name, and the vowels are always ignored. The table below show you how to substitute the numbers for the letters in you name. BE SURE TO READ THE SPECIAL RULES FOLLOWING THE TABLE. USE THIS NBR FOR THESE LETTERS 1 B F P V 2 C G J K Q S X Z 3 D T 4 L 5 M N 6 R Ignore these A E I O U Y W and H letters An example: "JOBES" Soundex index = S120 "J" for the first letter Ignore the vowel "O" "1" for the "B" Ignore the vowel "E" "2" for the "S" Add a "0" SPECIAL RULES: -Treat double letters as single letters. (i.e., "TT" = "3" not "33") - Any letters next to each other that have the same number should be treated as one. This means that you should never have two of the same numbers next to each other in a Soundex code. (i. e., "Turman" would be T650, not T655) - If ther aren't enough valid letters in the name to create 3 digits after the first letter, add zeros. (Like I did in the surnames above "JOBES" and "TURMAN" With your Soundex code in hand, you will be ready to use the microfilm indexing system. Locate the roll containing the Soundex card index for the state in which your ancestor lived at the time of the census. The rolls are arranged by the number , or sometimes the numbers are grouped and then arranged alphabetically by the first name within each group. The Soundex card index will tell you which microfilm roll contains the actual census data for your ancestor. From there, you can get the correct roll and see the actual census records. If you need assistance ask the staff personnel at the location where you are doing your census research. (From the Genealogy - "How to Guide") Regards,-John- [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: Patty & Philip Booth <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 11:55 AM Subject: [PAMONVAL] Soundex > Hi List; > > I am a novice to genealogy, can someone define the term "SOUNDEX"? > > Thanks > > Phil in Michigan > > > ==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== > Remember!! The reply to key will send only to the author of a message. > If your reply "might" be of interest to the list, be sure to enter > [email protected] in the cc box on your mail program. > >

Hi Folks: Oooops! Forget to include my e-mail address. Sooooo here it is. -John- [email protected]

Hi Folks: Glad to be one of the first 100 at this site. Been on the Fayette site for a while now - - so subscribing to MonVal is kind of expanding my horizons in search of JOBS and JOBES. GGGF SAMUEL JOBS/JOBES b: abt 1806/7/8 in PA, married MARTHA (unk) b: abt 1813, children as follows: WILLIAM b: 1831 d: 1833 REBECCA b: 1833 d: 1834 ELIZABETH b: abt: 1836 ANDREW N. b: abt 1838 JOHNNY b: abt 1841 ROBERT P. b: abt 1843, GGF, m: ELMIRA WILLIAMS SAMUEL b: abt 1847 Have yet to confirm that GGGF SAMUEL, MARTHA, WILLIAM, and REBECCA are buried in the Smock Old Baptist Cemetery in Smock, Pa. (May be called Old Redstone Cemetery). Be happy to hear from you JOBS/JOBES out there. Maybe we can fill in some of our blanks in our family pages. Best Regards to all, -John-

When the area was West Augusta District, VA, Monongalia was the name, also, of the county from Pittsburg south to about the center and southeast of Washington County. Prior to 1781. At 09:43 AM 11/10/1999 -0500, [email protected] wrote: >Monongahela and Monongalia are two different places. I get so many questions >about this. Monongalia is in W.VA. Don't get them mixed up....Laura Nelle **************************************************************** Diane Smith [email protected] http://www.halcyon.com/dianes Seattle, WA Foundation for Educational Choice - http://www.halcyon.com/maywood Kidlink KIDPROJ Assistant/Webmaster - http://www.kidlink.org/ Foster Tukwila Presbyterian Church - http://www.ftpc.org/foster ICQ UIN# 23270571 ***************************************************************** Researching Clark,Paxton,McIlvaine,Campbell,Morrow,Morrison *****************************************************************

The California Public Library had stacks of the Roscoe Ledger in a cupboard a few years ago, but were not available to the public because they were too old and brittle. It would be interesting to see if they could be microfilmed. I am seeking information in Roscoe about the Maxon family of pioneer stock (arrival in America around 1620), Walkers from Woods Run (Elco) where my grandmother was born in 1890, Cairns family who were long time residents and the Carroll's (immigration abt. 1870). Mike Carroll helped build the Catholic church in Roscoe. If you get a chance to see any of these papers, please keep my families in mind. Also, the Monessen Library has shelves of the old newspapers from Monessen which you can look through. They also have a lot of them microfilmed. The Monongahela Library has several newspapers microfilmed (including the Washington Observer), but the last time I was there the machine was in bad shape. Also, the Library has a collection of old cemetery books from the Bebout Funeral Home (several shelves). Gina Nestor had posted to the Washington list a list of newspapers that are available at California University Library. This may be on the archieves for that list. Sharing a little info. Rosalie

I agree that people should include a name and email address, but if everyone answers just to one person, then why be on a list? You may be talking about ancestors I'm looking for! That's the whole idea of a list the way I understand it. Connie Street [email protected] 325 Franklin Ave, Wapello, IA 52653-1515 >Because of the various forms through which all of us receive these >messages, please include your email address with your signature at the >end of a post. Otherwise we end up sending to the entire list what would >be more appropriate as a reply to the just the original sender. That's >what leads to the kind of confusion that muddles some discussions, as >others have already noted. >Peg in Ohio >[email protected] > > >==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== >It would behoove every subscriber to familarize themselves with the vast >amount of resources available at: http://www.rootsweb.com/ .

Because of the various forms through which all of us receive these messages, please include your email address with your signature at the end of a post. Otherwise we end up sending to the entire list what would be more appropriate as a reply to the just the original sender. That's what leads to the kind of confusion that muddles some discussions, as others have already noted. Peg in Ohio [email protected]

Hello Chuck - Many thanks for the Watson information. I have the names of Harriet Ann's siblings and no more, but I think that Margaret is her sister. The list goes: Hanna Louisa, Margaret Crawford, Sarah Katherine (3/17/1853-3/17/1930, and lived with Emma Giffen in Belle Vernon), Mary Maxwell, Edna Shepler, and James d. Watson Jr. Hanna Watson and another sister lived in West Brownsville. I would like to know their mother's name, and more about their origins. Lynne Mayer ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com

Do not forget gang that the Monongahela River runs north from Fairmont WV to Pittsburgh PA. Kenneth Hall