I was wondering if anyone on the this list might be able to give me any help or advice on finding further information on my ancestor James Armstrong. My James joined the 2d Pennsylvania Battalion as Regt. Quartermaster, 20 Feb. 1776. He rose rapidly through the ranks; 2d Lt.. 21 May 1776, 1st Lt.. 2d Cav. in Lt. Col. Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee's Legion 1 Apr. 1777, Capt.. 1 Jan 1779. Taken prisoner at Dorchester, SC 13 Dec. 1781 and was prisoner at the end of the war. After the war he settled in Georgia and died there about 1800. There is evidence from Georgia, which I am not sure is reliable, that he was born about 1728. I suspect that there may have been a connection to the Lee family which preceded the Revolutionary War, as he named my 3ggf Ludwell Armstrong; "Ludwell" being a frequently used given name in the Lee family, and Ludwell Armstrong was born prior to the Revolutionary War. It was tracing potential links to the Lee family that led me to the Armstrongs of Greene County, PA. Henry Lee's grandfather (also named Henry) was first president of the Ohio Company, which sent the first settlers into the Greene County, Pa. area. I found a book the "Horne Papers" that stated that John and Robert Armstrong were among the first 63 of Christopher Gist's original settlers into the Greene County area: The book "The Horn Papers" by W.F. Horn, a historical book about early settlers of Western Pennsylvania, describes the following Armstrong family: "John and Robert Armstrong, sons of James and Sarah Armstrong, of Scotch-Irish descent, were born in New Jersey. In 1744, they settled in Frederick County, Maryland. After the close of hostilities, in the French and Indian War, these brothers joined Christopher Gist's Company, and settled on the east side of the Monongehela River in 1763. In April 1766, they removed to the west side of the river. John Armstrong, John Swan, his brother-in-law, and Henry Van Meter erected Fort Swan and Van Meter on the site of the Delaware Indian Village.... (The areas mentioned on the east and west sides of the Monongehela are in present day Fayette and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, respectively.) ...Near the home of Andrew Jackson Young whose wife was a great-granddaughter of John Armstrong who settled there in 1766. Robert Armstrong died at the fort in 1791 and was buried at the homestead. Joseph Armstrong, another brother, lived here at the fort after the close of the Revolutionary War in which he served for four years. He died in 1795 and was buried in the Armstrong graveyard." This seems to be the same John Armstrong described later in the book: "John Armstrong was born in Virginia in 1734. He married Sarah Kenedy, a sister of Alice Kenedy, the wife of Col. William Crawford (Monongahela Bill Crawford.) He was one of Christopher Gist's first sixty-three settlers east of the Monongahela River in 1763. In 1766, he settled near the west side of the river where he tomahawked seven hundred sixty two acres of land, only part of which was patented in 1785. With Jesse Van Meter and John Swan, he erected Fort Van Meter in May and June 1766. In May 1767, these men erected Fort Armstrong. In 1797, John Armstrong gave this land and fort to his youngest son, William, who was born in 1781. Some historians recorded that Abraham Armstrong, the eldest son of John and Sarah Armstrong, was the first white child born in the area, but this is an error....." I obviously suspect that my James is related to this family in some way, but I have not been able so far to find a record of a James that fits the bill. I would very much appreciate any help or suggestions that you might be able to offer.

Does anyone on the list know if the Belle Vernon Baptist Church has a Web Site or an Email address? I need to get some dates from the church. Thank you, Marilyn (Jenkins) Prinzing, Lake Co. IL; marjenp@mindspring.com.

Is anyone researching these families? Trying to determine if the JUSTICE family is connected to my KELLY family. Daniel Kelly lived in Cross Creek Twp., Washington Co., PA in 1790, Brooke Co., (W)VA 1800, 1820-1831 Union Twp., Harrison Co., OH. He died 1831 in Union Twp., Harrison Co., OH. His son Jonathan Kelly, b. 1791 Cross Creek Twp., Washington Co., PA named his eldest son Justice Kelly. However Jonathan Kelly's wife was Sarah KERRIGAN. I've yet to find Sarah's parents unless they were actuallly KERNAGHANs, she could possibly be the d/o Joseph Kernaghan who died 2/21/1852 Harrison Co., OH. Thanks for any clues! Cindy Cindy Torres Owens cindyo@va.prestige.net http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/o/w/e/Cindy-L-Owens/index.html

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During World War II people who had someone in the service put banners in the windows of their homes. They had a star on them for the number of those serving. What was the difference between the banners of those alive and those who died? Dee

OOOps... Before I get flooded with emails, I noticed a "stack" of obits that were submitted and that I somehow left out of the latest Vol (#5) of Online Obits. I am working on adding them to the site. I did a little math. Since there are about 240 folks on this mailing list. If they would each submit ONE obit per month, We would have 2,880 obits in a years time. If ONE obit per week were submitted by each, there would be 12,480 obits by this time next year! ...just a thought! -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

Hello all. Finally, I have finished assembling your submissions, and have posted Volume #5 of Mon Valley Obituaries. If you have sent any to be added, but they are not included in VOL 5, resend them and I can add them. Also new is a page about the Farquhar School near bentleyville. (See the Bentleyville Page.) If anyone has anything that they want included in the Mon Valley pages, I am ready to be swampped with your "stuff". Any new list members (We now number over 240) who want to submit thier materials, let me know and I can instruct you on how to do so. -- Thanks Mike Donaldson, Bentleyville, PA (mdonald4@bentcom.net) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mon Valley History and Genealogy Website: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval/ Mon Valley: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow: http://www.geocities.com/mdonald318/ My family gedcom: http://www.my-ged.com/donldson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Listowner of: Monongahela River Valley of Penna Rootsweb mailing list: PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com - Mail mode PAMONVAL-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode Bieneman / Bienemann Rootsweb Mailing list Bienemann-L@rootsweb.com - Mail Mode Bienemann-D@rootsweb.com - Digest mode

Hello Rosalie, Mike has asked me to send him the obits for his Web Site; however, since you asked about Ralph Nuzzaci, I will post this to the Mon Valley list at the same time. >From the Monessen Valley Independent 1962 NUZZACI-Raffaele(Ralph) 79 of 483 Knox Avenue, Monessen, died January 5, 1962, at 12:51 PM at the Charleroi-Monessen Hospital. Surviving are his widow, Cosimina Leucci Nuzzaci: five sons, Philip and Sam of Monessen: Tony, Monongahela, Louis of Los Angeles, Calf., Thomas, Pittsburgh; a daughter, Mrs. John (Mary) Sassak of Monessen, 11 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren and a sister in Italy. Friends are being received at the Raymond D. Dalfonso Funeral Home, 441 Reed Ave., Monessen from 1 to 5 and 7 to 10 PM. Blessing service will be held Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 9:30 AM from the funeral home, with the services of solemn requiem high mass to follow at 10 AM from St. Cajetan R.C. Church, Monessen. The Rev. Nunzio Pirulli will officiate. Interment will be in Grandview Cemetery. Raymond D. Dalfonso, funeral director. ******************************************************************* Hope the above was helpful. There might be another version of the obit available at the Monessen Public Library, Rosalie, if you contact them. Marilyn; Lake Co., IL; marjenp@mindspring.com. ******************************************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rosalie Carroll" <jrc@bentcom.net> : Hi Marylin, : Would you look briefly into Ralph Nuzzai's obit and let me know where he was : from and who were his survivors? : Thank you, : Rosalie

Obituary: "Mrs. Margaret Copeland died this morning at 3 o'clock am [on 24 Apr 1897] at her home in Versailles Township, near the pike. She had been in poor health for some time, suffering from a complication of ailments. She formerly resided at Boston, PA. and was well-known in this city. Mrs. Copeland was 63 years old and leaves a family of ten children, namely, Mrs. William Fleming, Mrs. Adam Sterner, Joseph and Abner Copeland, Mrs. Amanda Young, Mrs. Patrick Lamb, Mrs. David Serena, Mrs. Walter Jury, Frances and Thomas Copeland. The funeral will take place Monday afternoon; interment at Mt. Vernon Church Cemetery." From: McKeesport Daily News: April 24, 1897. Buried at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Boston, Allegheny Co., PA. There is no mention of any surviving brothers or sisters. But it is very likely that there were some. Margaret's maiden name is unknown [possibly Nichol or Nickle] >From Cora Ott, a descendant.

Hello, When I obtained the obits for John Jenkins and Edith (West) Jenkins, there were other obits on the pages I received. Below is a list of the people whose full obits came with the ones I ordered: Should any of these people belong to someone on the list, please Email me privately. I don't wish to clog up the list by posting endless individual obits. >From August 1966: Mrs. Adelaide (Vivian) Benamati Michael L. Dulac, Sr. Albert Ray Wood Michael Prokop George Tkach >From January 1962 Mrs. Mary Assad Stephen Dursh Albert J. Gnip, Sr. John Harvey Kinder (small amount at end of page) Vincent Salotti Ralph Nuzzaci Prokop Panko If any of the above names are yours, I am very happy to share these obits with you either by Emailing the information or scanning and Emailing the exact article from the newspaper. Marilyn, Lake Co., IL; Please send your request to: marjenp@mindspring.com.

HELP!!! On the marriage license the name is Lisey, on her tombstone, it's spelt Lisyj, on his tombstone it's spelt Lisi. The Americanized version that we go by is Lacey. Joseph Lisey married Kati Michoylo June 10, 1913 in Brownsville, Fayette Co., PA. His wife died May 6, 1913 and her husband died Dec. 26, 1912, I believe in the same town. They each had children and together they had Mike Lacey, born June 7, 1916. His older brother that remained in the area was Peter Lacey. I have not been able to find them in the census. Can anyone help me find more info on this family? Thank you, Jennifer Lacey

Yes, Eva. The name was spelled Garlick on two separate obits for John. In fact, when I checked my grandfather, Robert L. Jenkins' Death Certificate, I found that Ida Garlick had given the information on him. I thought Ida Garlick was some woman that my errant grandfather had taken up with. Now, I know that was his sister. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eva Dayle Zippay" <evadayle@yahoo.com> To: <PAMONVAL-L@rootsweb.com> : Marilyn, : : Are you sure the name was GARLICK? My jr. high : principal was Pete GARNIC. The names are so similar, : I wonder if it could have been a typo. : Eva :

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Marilyn and list, You asked a while back if anyone knew about a class reunion. If you go to this site you can find most schools in the US. http://www.classmates.com Dee

A little while ago I posted re my dad's Uncle John Jenkins and Aunt Edith (West) Jenkins of Charleroi. I had their Death Certificates and was looking for obit information. Thanks to the very kind and swift service of the Monessen Public Library, I have received several obits for John and Edith and what a find!!. I will not bore everyone with the complete obits; but, I have found the following so I hope that someone recognizes the names of these people since they are relatives that I did not know existed except for my dad' Aunt Ida who I thought had never married: I finally learned that my dad's Aunt Ida Jenkins did marry after all and her husband's surname was GARLICK so if there are any Garlick descendants on the list, please contact me. I also learned at last that Great-uncle John and Edith had children. According to both obits they were:J. William Jenkins of Charleroi, R.D. 2; and two daughters; Mrs. John F. (Edith) TAYLOR of Rockfall & Meriden, Conn. and Mrs.Ruth LAUDERBAUGH/LAUDERBACK of Charleroi. At the time of Edith's death in 1966, there were 4 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. John Jenkins who died in 1962 belonged to the following organizations: Charleroi Presbyterian Church F. and A.M. Lodge 615, Charleroi The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of New Castle, Syria Temple, Pittsburgh Knights Templar, 80 Also belonged to Charleroi Lodge, 494, B.P.O.E. and the F.O.E.Lodge 390, Charleroi. **************************************************************************** Edith (West) Jenkins who died in 1966, and was known as the "Area's Girl Scout Mother,"belonged to: Charleroi Presbyterian Church and President of the Quilter's group. Was a member of the troop committee when the first Girl Scout Troop was organized in Charleroi in 1926. Served as Charleroi Girl Scout Commissioner, secretary to the Charleroi Girl Scout Council as well as in other capacities. Charleroi Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star Charleroi Garden Club Charleroi Golden Age Club, (Charter member). I apologize for this lengthy post; but, I wanted to get all of the information posted so that maybe someone will know my cousins or belong to one of the above groups who can tell me more about my dad's uncle and aunt.. Thank you for any help you can give me and a big thank you to Daniel Zyglowicz of the Monessen Public Library who gathered the above info for me. Marilyn (Jenkins) Prinzing, Lake Co., IL; marjenp@mindspring.com.

Marilyn, Are you sure the name was GARLICK? My jr. high principal was Pete GARNIC. The names are so similar, I wonder if it could have been a typo. Eva --- Marilyn Prinzing <marjenp@mindspring.com> wrote: > A little while ago I posted re my dad's Uncle John > Jenkins and Aunt Edith > (West) Jenkins of Charleroi. I had their Death > Certificates and was looking > for obit information. > > Thanks to the very kind and swift service of the > Monessen Public Library, I > have received several obits for John and Edith and > what a find!!. I will > not bore everyone with the complete obits; but, I > have found the following > so I hope that someone recognizes the names of these > people since they are > relatives that I did not know existed except for my > dad' Aunt Ida who I > thought had never married: > > I finally learned that my dad's Aunt Ida Jenkins did > marry after all and her > husband's surname was GARLICK so if there are any > Garlick descendants on the > list, please contact me. > > I also learned at last that Great-uncle John and > Edith had children. > According to both obits they were:J. William Jenkins > of Charleroi, R.D. 2; > and two daughters; Mrs. John F. (Edith) TAYLOR of > Rockfall & Meriden, Conn. > and Mrs.Ruth LAUDERBAUGH/LAUDERBACK of Charleroi. At > the time of > Edith's death in 1966, there were 4 grandchildren > and 3 great-grandchildren. > > John Jenkins who died in 1962 belonged to the > following organizations: > > Charleroi Presbyterian Church > F. and A.M. Lodge 615, Charleroi > The Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of New Castle, > Syria Temple, Pittsburgh > Knights Templar, 80 > Also belonged to Charleroi Lodge, 494, B.P.O.E. and > the F.O.E.Lodge 390, > Charleroi. > **************************************************************************** > > Edith (West) Jenkins who died in 1966, and was > known as the "Area's Girl > Scout Mother,"belonged to: > > Charleroi Presbyterian Church and President of the > Quilter's group. > > Was a member of the troop committee when the first > Girl Scout Troop was > organized in Charleroi in 1926. Served as Charleroi > Girl Scout Commissioner, > secretary to the Charleroi Girl Scout Council as > well as in other > capacities. > > Charleroi Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star > Charleroi Garden Club > Charleroi Golden Age Club, (Charter member). > > I apologize for this lengthy post; but, I wanted to > get all of the > information posted so that maybe someone will know > my cousins or belong to > one of the above groups who can tell me more about > my dad's uncle and > aunt.. > > Thank you for any help you can give me and a big > thank you to Daniel > Zyglowicz of the Monessen Public Library who > gathered the above info for me. > > Marilyn (Jenkins) Prinzing, Lake Co., IL; > marjenp@mindspring.com. > > > > ==== PAMONVAL Mailing List ==== > Come visit the NEW <a > href=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~pamonval>Mid > Mon Valley History and Genealogy Pages</a> > ===== Eva Dayle Zippay Tallahassee, Florida evadayle@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

I am so sorry if the virus that I became a victum of, due to my own stupidity, affected any of you on the Lists. It was awful to sit here and watch it attach itself to everyone sending in email and go back to them with my name on it...and being helpless to do anything. I hope no one on the Lists opened that attachment! It was a stubborn virus to get rid of. And I have Windows ME which made it worse because they use backup files....double the work. But my wonderful nephew helped me through it for two days, and supposedly I have a wonderful anti-virus program to keep this from happening again. Great to be back to normal! Again, please accept my apologies.....I am not as naive as I was three days ago! Becky Pauley Wash., Pa.

Dear Listers, I just received an e-mail from Norman with an attachment called Jerry.exe. My virus scan said it's infected so I did not open it & deleted it. Hope this helps someone who doesn't have the virus scan. Ellen (ETHS) email: ellen@b-n-s.com Visit my web site: http://www.geocities.com/ellenj3

I am looking for any information on the family of George LAPE and Annie WISSER. I have no dates for George at this time. Annie was born abt 1882-1890 in Dravosburg, Allegheny County, PA. She was the daughter of August WISSER and Elizabeth KOHL. The 1908 Polk Directory for Dravosburg lists a George C. Lape living in Dravosburg Heights near the Richland Cemetery. Their children were: Charles George William Minerva Clara Anna Eva Carrie? Thanks, Teresa --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 5/17/01

I have just found out that my great-grandmother's sister Emma WISSER was married to Harry ACHESON. Emma was born in Dravosburg, Allegheny Co., PA between 1880-1890. She was the daughter of August WISSER and Elizabeth KOHL. I have no information on Harry Acheson at this time. Harry and Emma's children were: Eugene, Martha and Margaret. The family may have lived in the McKeesport or Dravosburg area. Thanks, Teresa --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.255 / Virus Database: 128 - Release Date: 5/17/01