Hi list, A very kind soul (Beverly) sent me the following info from the marriage application of Joseph FOUSE's second marriage to an Alty SPROULL. Marriage License No. 1737 1. Full name of the man.....................Joseph FOUSE 2. Full name of the woman.................Alty M. SPROULL 3. Relationship of the parties, either by blood or marriage....Not related 4. Age of man...........Thirty years May 9, 1888 (b. 1858) 5. Age of woman.......Nineteen years June 14, 1888 (b. 1869) 6. Residence of man........North Washington Westmd Co Pa 7. Residence of woman...North Washington Westmd Co PA 8. Parents' names--man...........Joseph and Mary Ann FOUSE 9. Parents' names-woman........M.V.B. and Mary SPROULL 10. Guardian's name--man........none listed 11. Guardian's name-woman.... none listed 12. Consent of parents or guardians........Consent of M V B and Mary SPROULL filed June 1, 1888 13. Date of death of man's former wife, if any........August 21, 1886 14. Date of death of woman's former husband, if any...no former marriage 15. Date of divorce of amn at any time.........No divorce 16. Date of divorce of woman at any time (left blank) 17. Color of parties...................White 18. Occupation of man................Farmer 19. Occupation of woman.........Housekeeper 20. Place of birth--man...............Leechburg Westmd side of River 21. Place of birth--woman...........Latrobe Since, I now know the date of death of our Mary Elizabeth (Muffley) FOUSE was 21 Aug 1886. I would like to get a copy of her obit. What newspaper(s) might have her obit? How could I get a copy of it? Where is she buried? Did she leave a will? Does anyone do lookups? Thank you very much for any help you give me! :) Helen M. (Webber) Imburgia 396 Derry Drive Aston, PA 19014 (610) 358-1102 HMWEBBER@aol.com Professional Genealogist Local Historian Founder of the     Delaware County Genealogical Society (on-line) Index for Wills in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1900 Index for Administrations in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1900 Index for Naturalization Records in Delaware Co., PA 1795 - 1926

All descendants of the Tarr family who founded Tarrs, PA, are invited to a family reunion. Tarrs was founded by John Baltzer Tarr and his wife Maria Catherina in the 1700's. They were from Germany and changed their name from Dürr for an unknown reason. John Baltzer Tarr was formerly known as Johannes Balthaser Dürr. The reunion is on Sunday June 25th at the Volunteer Fire Department in Hunker, PA, in Westmoreland County. There will be a potluck lunch at noon and the reunion starts at 1PM. Hope to see you there. John Tarr

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Janet, Thanks for the names of the books on land purchases. They sound good. Are warrants for bounty land included in these books? The warrant would allow a person to be awarded free land for military service. Lee Anne

Trying to approach my family research from a different perspective. Does anyone have these female ancestors in their family trees: Sarah - born May 25, 1787 Agnes - born February 15, 1790 Rebecca - born September 17, 1796 Sharlotte - born July 24, 1799 All of these ladies grew up in Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Mickey 74bug@nauticom.net

Clara, He died on the 28 April 2006 Dee in Fl Search Results: Valley Independent of Monessen Samuel Ashbaugh Derry Samuel "Sam" Ashbaugh, 93, of Derry, died Friday, April 28, 2006, at his home. He was born Dec. 4, 1912, in Latrobe, the son of the late Emmett Joseph and Malinda Murphy Ashbaugh. Sam was self-employed and was a U.S. Army veteran, having served from 1932-1936. He loved the Steelers and the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is survived by four daughters: Sandy Himler, Latrobe; Patricia Newhouse, New Stanton; Mary Sue Garris, Greensburg; and Shirley Emehizer, Derry; four sons: John C. and wife Michelle, Robinson; Charles E., South Carolina; Samuel, Norvelt, and William H., Latrobe; several grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, and "Kitty." Besides his parents and grandmother, Mary Brant, who raised him, Sam was preceded in death by his wife, Kathryn (McAfee), and two sons, James and Terry. Services and interment were private.

PLEASE, can someone send me an Obit. For Emmett Joseph (Samuel) Ashbaugh He died April 27, 2006, Derry, Westmoreland Co., Pa He is my dad. I have looked on Pitts-live at all the paper that are listed, It is in the Bulletin Paper I cant get it on the Internet. If someone would be so kind to help me out. Thank you Clara

Does any one have any information on Cora Barrett of Latrobe, PA.? This name is from a 1947 obit (My gm's Ella Pike)stating that Cora is a sister of my Grandmother, at this point she is a mystery, Cora not my gm, One of my gm daughters was named Cora and this person may be the source of the name. Any suggestions?......... Grant

Does anyone know how I could find an obituary for Archibald ROBINSON, who died March 8, 1884? He lived in North Huntingdon township and is buried in Leger Cemetery there. Marilyn Mills Hesse marilynhesse@comcast.net Windsor, CT, USA website at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mmhesse/ Researching: BROOKS - Butler Co.> Westmoreland Co.>Beaver Co. PA CRAIGHEAD- Allegheny Co.PA>Beaver Co.PA KNOWLES - Beaver Co. PA LYNCH - Co. Derry and Co.Antrim,Ireland>Beaver Falls, PA LYTLE- Allegheny Co.>Beaver Co. PA MOODY - Co.Derry and Co.Antrim,Ireland>Beaver Falls,PA PENNEY - Westmoreland Co.PA ROBINSON - Westmoreland Co.PA> Jefferson Co.OH>Beaver Co.PA

Greetings, in 1795 a Samuel Wilson took out a Patent for a parcel of land (#38) and in 1790 William Orr received Patent for a parcel of land (#36) in Rostraver Township, Westmoreland Co., PA. They were side by side or they had common borders. Raymond Popp President: Rostraver Twp Historical Society ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> To: <PAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [PAWASHIN] Pa.reasearch > Emilie, > It depends on what info you have and time frame. For example, if you are > looking for a person born in the early 1800s, there are differences in > resources than someone born in the late 1800s or 1900s. > Could you tell us where your beginning point is - what you know - and what > records you most hope to find? > > Judy > > > On 4/28/06, emilie ayers <auntiem_8@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > I am planing a trip back home to Ohio to do some reasearch on our > > families. We plan to go to Pa.to try and find our Brick walls. They are in > > Washington Co. and we only have a little info to go on. Could anyone please > > give us sugestion on were we should go to start. Some of what we have is > > what we found if Beers, other than that we have been unable to locate anyone > > with info. Our Families are Andrew WILSON, John WILSON, Mary Orr. > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated, > > > > Emilie > > > > > > > > > -- > ~~As a microcosm of society at large, if we cannot be respectful to each > other on the internet, how can we be respectful to others in person. ~~ > ~~Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. --Buddha ~~ > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~florian > http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~florian > County Coordinator for http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/ > > ______________________________

Joann How do you find this article. My grandfather Archibald Borland was born in Delmont (1847) I have found some information on his upbringing until the age of 14 (1850) census, but not a lot more. John Borland Mt Laurel NJ

Hello, This article was in the Tribune Review on Friday. It gives the history of the Delmont School (written by my brother, Bob Cupp. JoAnn Cupp

>#1 New Alexandria, PA Military Burial ["Ellen" <ellen@b-n-s.com>] >NEW ALEXANDRIA, PA MILITARY BURIALS >New Alexandria Union Cemetery >World War >Greaves, Chalfant Chalfant Greves (born 1898/1899, died August 13 1924) was a son of Rev U S (Ulysses Sherman) Greves, pastor of a Presbyterian church in New Alexandria, and Mary Chalfant. He died in Summit County, Colorado after a fall into a gas-filled mine. He was a student at Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh. His siblings were Ulysses Sherman Greves Jr, Sarah Bonner Greves, and Alice C Greves. Ulysses Sherman Greves Sr 1864-1929 was the eldest child of Leander Perry Greves and Clarissa Little Bonner, raised in Pittsburgh PA, and a pastor in New Alexandria from 1911 until his death in 1929. Various members in this line used the Greaves spelling. _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

Hi, I'm so sorry that my spacing isn't coming out the way I'm typing it. Please be sure to look on down on the listing to make sure you see all of it. Ellen (ETHS-VP) Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

This is the listing of the names on the patent map for Saltlick Twp as I have abstracted them from the index. I would be inclined to say that most of them will be for after the 1783 formation of Fayette County from Westmoreland County & most likely only ever appear in records for Fayette County. It will be necessary for you to check this out if you see any names that are of interest to you. I do hope this will be of some assistance. Ellen in PA A Portion of Donegal Twp., Westmoreland County To Saltlick Twp., Fayette County When Fayette County was formed on Sept. 26, 1783 it was about the bottom half of Donegal Twp. that was then incorporated in to the new twp. The way to look at the patents that might now appear in that county means one has to know the location of the patents for determination. The following names appear on the patent map for Saltlick Twp., Fayette County. To determine the date of settlement one must look at the patent map for that township and also check the placement of the property to determine if it ever appeared in Donegal Twp. Keep in mind that the date is very important because it is only those patents prior to the 1783 creation that apply. Adam, Adam - Adams, David B. - Adams, D. D. - Adams, Henry - Andrews, Peter - Ash, Jonathan - Ash, Robert - Bachelor, Geo. - Bawders, Frederick - Berg, Frederick - Berg, Joseph - Booher, Peter - Booker, Peter - Bool, Jacob - Brooks, John - Brooks, Joseph - Brown, Henry E. - Brown, Jacob E. - Brown, Otho - Brown, Richard, Junr. - Brown, Thomas - Bungard, Jacob - Burg, David - Burr, Robert - Cale, William - Cherry, Ann - Cherry, Rachel - Chew, Benj., Jr. - Chris, John - Cramer, David - Cross, Thomas - Davidson, James - Davis, Abraham - Dillon, John - Douglass, John - Dugan, James - Dumball, Peter - Dumbauld, David - Dumbauld, D. W. C. - Dumbauld, Frederick - Dumbauld, Peter - Dumbold, Abraham - Dumbold, Philip - Eckert, Peter - Flack, Philip - Fleming, Thomas - Folgar, Henry - Frazer, Joshua - Gallentine, Abr'm. - Gay, Peter, Adm'r. - Gering, Killian - Gill, Charles - Haggerty, Nicholas - Hansminger, Samuel - Harrison, William - Hazelton, John - Hogg, William - Horseman, Henry - Huber, George - Huffer, Jacob - Imel, Jacob - Infield, Robert - Kable, Michael - Kalb, Philip - Kalp, Henry - Kern, Isaac W. - Keslar, Peter - Kesler, Andrew - Kesler, Peter Kessler, Andrew - Kessler, George - King, Enos - Kinner, Joseph - Knob, Samson - Knopsider, Ahimaes - Knousinger, John - Lions, Jonathan - Lodge, Benj. - Lohr, Jno. R. - Lozer, Christopher - Lynch, Edward - Lynn, Jonathan - Lyons, John - Martin, John - Matthias, William - McClean, John - McConnell, Robt -. McGoldrick, Ann - McGoodrich, James - McKee, Easter - Miller, David - Miller, Geo. - Miller, Henry - Miller, Jacob - Miller, Jacob B. - Muir, James - Muir, John - Murray, William - Murry, Jacob S. - Neil, Robert - Nicholls, Oliver - Nichols, John - Nob, Goerge - Palmer, Wm. - Perkin, Eleazer - Perry, Christr. - Phillips, William - Phrasher, Abraham - Piper, Jas. - Rennow, Jacob - Rice, Jno. - Ridenour, Geo. - Rustin, Charlotte - Rustin, Mary - Ruston, Thomas - Sanner, Jacob - Sap, John - Sapp, John - Shaffer, Peter - Shaffer, Samuel - Shannon, John - Sheets, Henry - Shlater, Martin - Sinmiss, Christian - Slater, Martin - Slaughter, Henry - Smith, Jno. - Spear, John - Spear, Robert - Stag, John -Steele, David (could not read on copy. It may be Hanover in Washington Co.) - Steffer, Adam - Sterret, Moses - Stewart, H. - Stewart, William - Stouffer, Abraham D. - Stull, William - Tedrow, Peter - Tharp, Andw. - Tharp, Elihu - Tharp, Jacob - Tinkey, Jacob - Trapp, Andrew - Troop, Andrew - Ullery, Henry - Wetzler, Jno. - White, Richard B. - Wild, Andrew - Wilson, Jacob L. - Wilson, James - Wilt, Daniel - Wilt, David A. - Wilt, Jonathan - Wood, William - Zimmerman, John Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

Dear Barbara, Armstrong County was formed on March 12, 1800. A portion came from Westmoreland County and portions from other counties. Most, but not all came from Allegheny Twp., Westmoreland County, that was formed in 1795 It might be added that Allegheny Twp. is traceable to Armstrong Twp. that is one of the original of the Westmoreland Twps. This may be useful to you in your Laughlin research, depending on when they came in to the area. Ellen

I'm looking for information on the John and Hannah Laughlin family of Armstrong County, Pa area Thanks you in advance Barb Lorensen lllorensen@socket.net

Hi Ellen, Good job on the description. I think it should be noted that Saltlick Township is the adjacent township in Fayette County. Also, Somerset County sometimes plays a big part in the early families that eventually settled in this locality. Chestnut Ridge Historical Society in Stahlstown and The PA Room in Ligonier might have info. to help those with research in this area. If anyone has questions on resources at Chestnut Ridge I'd be glad to help. Dawne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen" <ellen@b-n-s.com> To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 1:10 AM Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] The Development of Donegal, Ligonier & Cook Twps. > This is my second installment of information that might help people > working > on genealogy in Westmoreland County. I do hope it is of some assistance > in > locating ancestors in Westmoreland County. Ellen in PA > > > > The Development of Donegal, Ligonier and Cook Townships & part of Donegal > becoming part of Fayette County. > > > > Donegal Twp. is one of the original townships created after the formation > of > Westmoreland County. It was created April 6, 1773 & was described as > beginning where the line of Fairfield Township intersects the county line > and to run along that line to where the Youghiogeny crosses the same > thence > down the North side of Youghiogeny to the top of the Chesnut ridge thence > along the top of the Chesnut Ridge to the line of Armstrong, thence up the > loyal Hannan to the mouth of the big roaring Run, & thence up said Run to > the beginning - > > > > This is not the appearance of it today as approximately one half of it is > now in Fayette county. This happened September 26, 1783 when the southern > half was incorporated in to that county. From what I have seen the line > was > later changed on the north east corner to add acreage to the township. > Other minor line changes appeared but in May of 1822 a new township was > formed called Ligonier township out of Donegal and Fairfield. In November > of 1852, we gained Cook township, which was divided off Donegal township. > This last date differs from the 1855 date in the History of Westmoreland > County by George Dallas Alberts but the date I state is from another > source > that I feel is accurate. > > > > The significance of these changes would be in determining the location of > the earliest settlers who received the warrants and patents & would have > had > land in Donegal township prior to each change & where the land would > appear > to be if you look at a map today. One would need to go by the dates above > to make that determination. Therefore if you are looking for someone who > appears to have land in Donegal township in 1773, you might find that the > acreage appears in a different township later & even in Fayette county. > > > > The earliest land patents in what is now Fayette county would need to be > taken up as an entirely new topic. It may be at some point we can tackle > that subject matter. It should be noted that a person wishing to examine > the land patents for what is Fayette County will find them in the Third > Volume of the Horn Papers which includes Washington & Green County. > > > > The earliest land patents in what it Ligonier township out of a total of > 281 > appear to be later than those I've seen for Hempfield township, that I > discussed earlier. I have also noticed that for Ligonier township there > are > 11 patents with no dates listed. The earliest ones I am noting would > either > come from Fairfield or Donegal township. You would need to see where they > are located on the patent map in the mapping department to see which one > it > would be. > > > > Philip Freeman in1785 > > George Eakert, William Hamilton, & William Jamison in 1786 > > John Brant, Matthew Henderson, Frederick Rohrer, & Isaac Warrell in 1787 > > Samuel Finley, Richard Freeman etal, William Hizer, & Frederick Rohrer in > 1788 > > Philip Freeman, Robert Knox, Hugh Martin, Hugh Smart, & Thomas Sutton in > 1789 > > > > If you are looking at land that appears in Cook township today means that > it > would be traceable to Donegal township prior to 1852. There are 55 > patents > that are after the formation of Cook township so that means those would > always appear in the tax records for Cook township for those settlers. > Any > earlier would appear in the tax records for Donegal township.. There are 4 > patents with no dates listed. The earliest settlers receiving patents in > Cook township that would appear in Donegal township earlier would be: > > John McGraw in 1785 > > Joseph Campbell, & William Hamilton in 1786 (2 patents) > > Joseph Murdock, William Todd, & Isaac Warrell in 1787 > > Henry Beck, John Beck, Alexander Ewing, James Guffy, & Arthur St. Clair in > 1788 (2 patents) > > Ruben Brislo, & John & Andrew Galbreath in 1789 > > > > > > > > Visit my web site at: > > > > http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/> > > > > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > > > >

This is my second installment of information that might help people working on genealogy in Westmoreland County. I do hope it is of some assistance in locating ancestors in Westmoreland County. Ellen in PA The Development of Donegal, Ligonier and Cook Townships & part of Donegal becoming part of Fayette County. Donegal Twp. is one of the original townships created after the formation of Westmoreland County. It was created April 6, 1773 & was described as beginning where the line of Fairfield Township intersects the county line and to run along that line to where the Youghiogeny crosses the same thence down the North side of Youghiogeny to the top of the Chesnut ridge thence along the top of the Chesnut Ridge to the line of Armstrong, thence up the loyal Hannan to the mouth of the big roaring Run, & thence up said Run to the beginning - This is not the appearance of it today as approximately one half of it is now in Fayette county. This happened September 26, 1783 when the southern half was incorporated in to that county. From what I have seen the line was later changed on the north east corner to add acreage to the township. Other minor line changes appeared but in May of 1822 a new township was formed called Ligonier township out of Donegal and Fairfield. In November of 1852, we gained Cook township, which was divided off Donegal township. This last date differs from the 1855 date in the History of Westmoreland County by George Dallas Alberts but the date I state is from another source that I feel is accurate. The significance of these changes would be in determining the location of the earliest settlers who received the warrants and patents & would have had land in Donegal township prior to each change & where the land would appear to be if you look at a map today. One would need to go by the dates above to make that determination. Therefore if you are looking for someone who appears to have land in Donegal township in 1773, you might find that the acreage appears in a different township later & even in Fayette county. The earliest land patents in what is now Fayette county would need to be taken up as an entirely new topic. It may be at some point we can tackle that subject matter. It should be noted that a person wishing to examine the land patents for what is Fayette County will find them in the Third Volume of the Horn Papers which includes Washington & Green County. The earliest land patents in what it Ligonier township out of a total of 281 appear to be later than those I've seen for Hempfield township, that I discussed earlier. I have also noticed that for Ligonier township there are 11 patents with no dates listed. The earliest ones I am noting would either come from Fairfield or Donegal township. You would need to see where they are located on the patent map in the mapping department to see which one it would be. Philip Freeman in1785 George Eakert, William Hamilton, & William Jamison in 1786 John Brant, Matthew Henderson, Frederick Rohrer, & Isaac Warrell in 1787 Samuel Finley, Richard Freeman etal, William Hizer, & Frederick Rohrer in 1788 Philip Freeman, Robert Knox, Hugh Martin, Hugh Smart, & Thomas Sutton in 1789 If you are looking at land that appears in Cook township today means that it would be traceable to Donegal township prior to 1852. There are 55 patents that are after the formation of Cook township so that means those would always appear in the tax records for Cook township for those settlers. Any earlier would appear in the tax records for Donegal township.. There are 4 patents with no dates listed. The earliest settlers receiving patents in Cook township that would appear in Donegal township earlier would be: John McGraw in 1785 Joseph Campbell, & William Hamilton in 1786 (2 patents) Joseph Murdock, William Todd, & Isaac Warrell in 1787 Henry Beck, John Beck, Alexander Ewing, James Guffy, & Arthur St. Clair in 1788 (2 patents) Ruben Brislo, & John & Andrew Galbreath in 1789 Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

Do you know this Civil War Veteran buried in Fenneltown Cemetery, Westmoreland Co, Pa James Silvis What were his dates of birth and death? Mary marycole@Prodigy.net