o o ! ! O Mrs. Robert Totino, Sr. 900 McGarigle Road Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (360) 856-2667 [email protected] Subject: NEW EMAIL ADDRESS Date: Tuesday, July 14, 1998 2:42 PM My new email address is [email protected] I will send this same message out at least three times over a period of time to make sure everyone gets it. A lot of my messages were not being delivered to others or to myself before and that is why I changed. I do hope this works better this time. Have a happy summer. Bob o o ! ! O Mrs. Robert Totino, Sr. 900 McGarigle Road Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (360) 856-2667 [email protected]

Looking for help in searching Wyoming Co. vital stats. Trying to find a possible marriage between a John Henry ELTZ and Agnes BUSH (BUSCH). Marriage should have taken place circa 1912-14. May have been a second marriage for John Henry ELTZ. Also seeking death of each. Both died during the Great Flu outbreak in 1918. Please contact me via e-mail at [email protected] or phone (410) 760-7996 should you be able to assist in this effort. Family believed to live around Tunkhannok. Thanks. Dennis Sutton

Is anyone interested in the Lake Winola area of Wyoming Co, PA? My ancestors, the MAHONs lived there for about 50 years and are buried in a cemetery close by. Bob o o ! ! O Mrs. Robert Totino, Sr. 900 McGarigle Road Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (360) 856-2667 [email protected]

In a message dated 7/13/98 1:42:56 PM, [email protected] wrote: <<I'm trying to find any and all information I can about the myth of Campbell's Ledge. can anyone help? Sincerely, LMR >> What town is it in? Lisa

I'm trying to find any and all information I can about the myth of Campbell's Ledge. can anyone help? Sincerely, LMR

Thanks to all who responded for the address where to send to get records. I guess the address is good for GAR - Grand Army of the Republic - Volunteers who served 6 mos. Hope everyone saw my correction from 180 (mistake) to the 187 Inf., correct regiment is Co. A, 187 PA Inf., PA Volunteer Soldier in the GAR. I thought maybe that those records were kept in state. The one I found is Samuel Tobias Wheeler. Thanks to all. Pauline Hallett

Pauline Hallett wrote: > > Where would civil war records be for a soldier in GAR, Co. A, 187 Inf. > PA Volunteers. He was living in Nicholson, Wyoming Co. PA at the time > of service. I have read somewhere that the GAR PA Volunteers records > were held at state level, can anyone tell me if I would write the state > or the federal and where. Thanks. > Pauline Hallett Here is something I copied a long time ago. It may help you. CIVIL WAR WEB SITES How To Order Military & Pension Records for Union Civil War Veterans from the National Archives http://www.oz.net/~cyndihow/pensions.htm On the WWW, the file is available on the American Civil War Homepage (URL: http://funnelweb.utcc.utk.edu/~hoemann/cwarhp.html) under the heading Rosters of Combatants. To get the current version of the file by email at any time: Send email to [email protected] (Upper and lower case count in the email address and everywhere else. ) Subject: archive Text is: get genealog.cwunits The period (.) has to be after genealog and before the file name. To get a listing of all of the ROOTS-L files, send the command get roots-l.catalog Carol Botteron (ancestors on both sides) [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------- From: [email protected] (bullwinkle) To: <[email protected]> > The U.S. Civil War Center - Louisiana State University is a great > starting point. They have tons of info, databases, and links. > http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/ > > General Civil War Sites: > > American Civil War 1861-1865 WWW Information Archive > http://www.access.digex.net/~bdboyle/cw.html > American Civil War by Kent A. 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Whitehead Roster - Union Naval Forces > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/Whitehead.html > Union Army Regimental History Indes > http://www.tarleton.edu/activities/pages/facultypages/jones/unions. html > Veteran and Military Civil War Websites > http://members.aol.com/veterans/warlib6l.htm > William Martin Genealogy & American Civil War Roster Library > http://www.cbplanet.com/bill/INDEX.HTM > 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry-Recruits > http://members.aol.com/CWPPDS/2uscc.html > > Cemeteries: > > Arlington National Cemetery > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/michael_Patterson_4/ > Camp More Confederate Cemetery > http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/forrest64/cemetery.htm > Cave Hill Confederate Cemetery-Louisville, Jefferson Co., Kentucky > ftp://ftp.rootsweb. com/pub/usgenweb/ky/jefferson/cemeteries/cavehill.txt > Cemetery Search from U.S. Civil War Center > http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cgi-bin/cemetery.search > Civil War Burials and Queries related to Burials > http://www.centuryinter.net/nacent/bs/search.htm > Civil War Graves in Western and Middle Tennessee > http://www.centuryinter.net/nacent/bs/cwgraves.htm > Civil War Veterans Buried in Osceola County Florida > http://members.tripod.com/~rjsnyder/oscvet.html > Confederate Dead at Rock Island, Illinois Prison Camp > http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/4662/ > Electric Cemetery > http://www.ionet.net/~cousin/ > Grave Sites of Selected "Orphan Brigade Soldiers", CSA 1861-1865 > ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ky/civilwar/rosters/or-brigade. txt > Graves at Brices Crossroads National Battlefield Site > http://www.olemiss.edu/~cmprice/cavalry/brice_cem.html > National Cemetery System, Dept. of Veterans Affairs > http://www.va.gov/cemetery/index.htm > Natl. 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Pauline Hallett wrote: > > Where would civil war records be for a soldier in GAR, Co. A, 187 Inf. > PA Volunteers. He was living in Nicholson, Wyoming Co. PA at the time > of service. I have read somewhere that the GAR PA Volunteers records > were held at state level, can anyone tell me if I would write the state > or the federal and where. Thanks. > Pauline Hallett

Where would civil war records be for a soldier in GAR, Co. A, 180 Inf. PA Volunteers. He was living in Nicholson, Wyoming Co. PA at the time of service. I have read somewhere that the GAR PA Volunteers records were held at state level, can anyone tell me if I would write the state or the federal and where. Thanks. Pauline Hallett

Dear Seneca: Please remove me from your list. I don't know any of these people. The only family I am interested in lived in Lake Winola - the MAHONs and the SHIPPEYs. I don't know how I got put on your list. I did sign up for Wyoming Co-D but you are the only one that I've gotten. Thanx, Bob Mr. & Mrs. Robert Totino, Sr 900 McGarigle Road Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (360) 856-2667 [email protected] ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PAWYOMIN-L] Windham Wyoming Co Pa > Date: Sunday, June 28, 1998 8:50 AM > > Later residents were George H Brown son of William and Hannah Janette > Trowbridge Brown who was born in Windham Township where he lived all his live. > He married Augusta Shaw. They lived on a farm in Scottsville and reared a > family of 6 children William, Claude, John, Ethel, Margaret, and Marion. > George was a lumberman as well as a farmer and did custom threshing in the > township for many years. Many neighbors received help from all memebers of > the Brown family when they needed it. Augusta died April 13, 1936, and George > died July 11, 1937. At the present time 1977 three of the children have > passed away. All are buried on North Flatt. > Korah Sands and wife Jennie daughter of Minor and Ellen Walters Farr, resided > in Clarksburg West Virginiafor some time They had 3 sons Walter, Gilbert and > Charles. Walter was born in Clarksburg August 14, 1904the familyh moved to > Scottsville in the early 1900 and lived on a farm owned by Alvah Fassett of > turnkhannock, Pa. For many years both Mr and Mrs Sands were regular members > of the Mehoopany Grange. After leaving the farm at Scottsville they lived for > a time near LeRaysville, later moved back to Mehoopany where both died. > [email protected] > >

Jacob Gray a tanner by trade came here from Worcester, Mass, about 1794 and two or 3 years later married Sarah Sturdevant, daughter of Rev Samuel Sturdevant of Black Walnut. Soon after the marriage they settled on North Flat and lived there until 1815. On May 2, 1808 a son David D Gray, was born After leaving North Flat they bought a farm just north of Lacyville and built a tannery which for many years was the only tannery in the area. At the age of 26 David D. Gray became a pastor and served theBraintrim Baptist Church for 31 years with the exception of one year absence between 1849 and 1881. [email protected]

Scottsville was covered with a dense forest, chiefly of pine and hemlock, but there were also maple ash oak and other trees, including varieties of nut trees. Black Walnut were found growning along the river in addition to the food value of the nuts, the food value of the nuts the lumber was used in some of the early homes being very decorative for mantel shelves and stairways. With no sawmills at first the early settlers cut the trees, rafted them down the river to the nearest mill 60 miles away (Wilkes-Barre ) to be sawed then poled them back up the river in boats. Soon after the settlers were established, they built their own sawmills. the Fassetts had the first sawmill, in Hemlock Bottom. Lumbering was and always has been a large industry in Scottsville. The farmers sold tracts of timber to supplement income from their farms. In the 1800's and early 1900'a two Jennings brother who owned a feed mill and lumcompany at North Mehoopany brought a tract of timber in Scottsvilleand built a large sawmill. this was known as the Scottsville Lumber Co. and gave employment to many people. Many small homes were built children attended the local school, and Scottsville became quite a populous area, as long as the job lasted. Some families remained afterwards, but most moved elsewhere. Among the families who came there to work were Munson and Lydia Carrington, Edward and Fanny Thompson, the Henry Finney family, Mr and Mrs Pewterbaugh. RUSSELL AND VESTA STEVENS COMSTOCK, George and Mary Strong, Otis and Abbie Comstock The Wards, Evans, Myers, and Holdren Families. Not much lumbering was done after that time for many years. [email protected]

Later residents were George H Brown son of William and Hannah Janette Trowbridge Brown who was born in Windham Township where he lived all his live. He married Augusta Shaw. They lived on a farm in Scottsville and reared a family of 6 children William, Claude, John, Ethel, Margaret, and Marion. George was a lumberman as well as a farmer and did custom threshing in the township for many years. Many neighbors received help from all memebers of the Brown family when they needed it. Augusta died April 13, 1936, and George died July 11, 1937. At the present time 1977 three of the children have passed away. All are buried on North Flatt. Korah Sands and wife Jennie daughter of Minor and Ellen Walters Farr, resided in Clarksburg West Virginiafor some time They had 3 sons Walter, Gilbert and Charles. Walter was born in Clarksburg August 14, 1904the familyh moved to Scottsville in the early 1900 and lived on a farm owned by Alvah Fassett of turnkhannock, Pa. For many years both Mr and Mrs Sands were regular members of the Mehoopany Grange. After leaving the farm at Scottsville they lived for a time near LeRaysville, later moved back to Mehoopany where both died. [email protected]

Excuse me but I'm getting about 3-4 of these everyday and I thought I had signed up on Diges mode and it looks as if I am getting Mail mode. Bob Mr. & Mrs. Robert Totino, Sr 900 McGarigle Road Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 (360) 856-2667 [email protected] ---------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PAWYOMIN-L] Invrease Billings > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 1998 4:28 PM > > HI. > Thanks for info on Increase Billings in Conn. > Elaine > >

HI. Thanks for info on Increase Billings in Conn. Elaine

Phyllis HI I Notice the following signatures are on the 1801 list of Conn claiments petition to US Congress. There are over 1100 petitioners. Billings, Increase Jr Billings, Jesper Billings, Ronsley Billlings, Increase Phil Hull

Down the road from the Taylors, on the left by jennings Pond was a forty acrea farm, owned by Redmond and Jane Decker Donahue. their children were Michael, John, Allen, Sadie, and Ernest. Mrs Jane Donahue died in 1953, at the age of 93. their son Ernest lived three years .

Richard Stevens home was once owned by Roswell and Laura Ann Taylor Garey. It included one acre of ground and was taken from the farm of Lyman garey. It is said the Lyman Gareys lived here at one time. Later it was bought by Charles Inman, In 1912 he sold it to Ida and J. W. Rea. They owned it until 1921. Seneca

The adjoining farm was owned by VanNess Farr, who married Ann Inman, daughter of Eber and Samantha Garey Inman. Their children were maude and Llyod maude married James Flelming and Lloyd Lida DeWolf, Daughter of Charles and Evaline Dewolf, The VanNess Farr home burned 1891, Another house was soon built, but Mr. Farr lived only a few months after ward. Later Ann married George Hobbs, After the death of Mr Hobbs. Ann married William Inman, The little house which is still on the farm was moved there from near the pond. This house has been rented by many during the past several years. In later years, the farm was purchased by Mrs Mildred Getz, who sold it in 1936 to Luzerne Co. Sheriff Dallas C. Shobert. Mr and Mrs William DeWitt occuped the home and worked the farm as the Shoberts used it as a summer vacation home. The 1946 the Shoberts sold it to Melvin and Louise Gibbs Morrison.

The first house along the highway from the Overshot Rd to Jenningsville is owned by Mr and Mrs. Ferdinand Caravone, from Staten Idland, NY. they bought 2 acres of land from Frank Nichols in 1972 and built their new home in 1973 and are living there permanently. Next is the Frank Nichols farm, owned in the late 1800's by Benjamin and Cynthia Brown Stevens. His son Andrew and wife Polly {Redmond} Stevens, were the next owners. Their son Hiram married Bessie Myers in April 1915, and started housekeeping on his farm. Deeds show that Hiram received the place from his father in 1931. It was purchased by Frank Nichols in 1944 the present owner. Mr. Nichols sold serveral lots on which new houses have been built, or trailers placed. Two of the owner are Frank Richards and Frank Guerin. Seneca