My Grandfather Mentle, Mantle or Mintle, Whitney Born 1863-? Cannot find out anything re this fellow. 1900 census in Wellsville, Allegany Co.NYshowed he was born in NY but have no idea where. Do not have parents names or siblings. My father was born in Potter Co. Pa. 10-17-1875 was the eldest. I have one living sister who is 90 and is the only one that we have that can give us any info that she remembers. She recalls that my father stated their was a connection between The Whitney-Paine and our father but she does not know how. Also states that was told there was an adoption somewhere in the background. This could have been with my great grandmother as she is shown as a Cotton when she was 6. living with Family names Kibbe. She is shown as a Kibbe in the death record of my Grandmother. However since we can find notheing on M Whitney we do not know. Also he left area where my parents lived which was Fremont Ohio sometime around 1913 or therafter and went to a western state. My fathers younger bros Norman and Robert were with him and a lady named Bertha Or Myra. We have been told that he had children out there but do not have any more info than that. My dad was Berniece James B. 1885, His bros. were Irving Dewitt b.1888, Louis Ebenezer b.1892, Norman Fuller b. 1896 Robert Archabald b. 1901. Some were born in NY and some in Potter county Pa. Their mothers name was Mary Fuller b. 1868 in Bingham, Potter pa. Died Weelsvill, Allegany Co Ny. 1903. This is all the info we have. My cousin Mary Heinlien and myself are trying to get the grandfathers genology together but have definitly hit a brick wall. Any help out there would be appreciated. Thank you. Lois Whitney Bauman-Wood.

Dear Lois, Unfortunately, I have no info to give you, but can relate with the difficulties of finding information for the early 1860's - my ggrandmother was also born in that time frame and I've been searching for more than 10 years for her. The time frame is just a little before most towns/states required records and a bit after the majority of early vitals that seem to all end around 1850. So, I empathize with you and wish you luck. Lyn Legere LoisBauman@cs.com wrote: > My Grandfather Mentle, Mantle or Mintle, Whitney Born 1863-? Cannot find > out anything re this fellow. 1900 census in Wellsville, Allegany Co.NYshowed > he was born in NY but have no idea where. Do not have parents names or > siblings. My father was born in Potter Co. Pa. 10-17-1875 was the eldest. I > have one living sister who is 90 and is the only one that we have that can > give us any info that she remembers. She recalls that my father stated their > was a connection between The Whitney-Paine and our father but she does not > know how. Also states that was told there was an adoption somewhere in the > background. This could have been with my great grandmother as she is shown > as a Cotton when she was 6. living with Family names Kibbe. She is shown as > a Kibbe in the death record of my Grandmother. However since we can find > notheing on M Whitney we do not know. Also he left area where my parents > lived which was Fremont Ohio sometime around 1913 or therafter and went to a > western state. My fathers younger bros Norman and Robert were with him and a > lady named Bertha Or Myra. We have been told that he had children out there > but do not have any more info than that. My dad was Berniece James B. 1885, > His bros. were Irving Dewitt b.1888, Louis Ebenezer b.1892, Norman Fuller b. > 1896 Robert Archabald b. 1901. Some were born in NY and some in Potter > county Pa. Their mothers name was Mary Fuller b. 1868 in Bingham, Potter pa. > Died Weelsvill, Allegany Co Ny. 1903. This is all the info we have. My > cousin Mary Heinlien and myself are trying to get the grandfathers genology > together but have definitly hit a brick wall. Any help out there would be > appreciated. > Thank you. Lois Whitney Bauman-Wood.