The
Ancestors
Of
John Addison Biles
Ancient
Biles Coat of Arms:
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WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 1 May 2022
Prior generations in America
are speculative.
John Biles - Gen 5
Henry
Biles - Gen 6
Eleanor
(Patterson) Biles - Gen 6
Alexander
Patterson Biles (1783 - 1855)
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1. Alexander’s parents: Henry and Eleanor
Helen (Patterson) Biles
“Nellie”
2. Alexander’s birth: 28 October 1783 in Middle/Lower
Smithfield Township, Northhampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania (near the
Delaware River).
Alexander’s
death: 28 March 1855, age 71, on the family
farm near Homet’s Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania;
interred in the Biles Cemetery above Homets Ferry.
3. Other biographical notes on Alexander:
Was educated to be a printer, having learned the trade
from his uncle, Alexander Patterson, who was an editor in Easton, Northampton
County, Pennsylvania. He was also
employed as an educator and as a farmer.
In later life Alexander was a Justice of the Peace, referred to as
“Squire Biles.” He was an exceptionally
prominent citizen in his community.
Thought to have made his first visit to Bradford County,
Pennsylvania when he was 12 years old (1795), accompanying his older brother,
John, who was hauling a load of salt to his father’s shad fishery near the
mouth of Towanda Creek. The brothers
took a load of cured fish back to the Delaware River Valley. Later he made a similar trip with his older
brother, Robert Biles.
In 1801 and 1802, respectively, Alexander and brother, Robert married sisters, Rosannah and
Rebecca Place, respectively. Alexander
and Rosannah resided for several years on the hill opposite Martin Place’s
residence in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton, County, Pennsylvania,
where Jessie Dimick later resided (in the 1880s). In 1806 Alexander and Robert decided to go
west again, this time with their families.
They initially settled near where the Meshoppen, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania Cemetery is located now.
Each family had a daughter in February 1807 and each named her Phoebe.
Alexander and Rosanna only stayed in Bradford County about two years, returning
to Middle Smithfield Township, Pennsylvania * in 1808, where all but two of
their children were born. Until about
1823 they resided opposite John Mosiers (later owned by Hanner and Susan (?)
Coolbaugh. Then they moved to where
Elijah Courtright had lived and stayed there until 1825, when Alexander and Rosanna returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania, arriving 17/11
April. They spent three months living on
the Hill in
Wyalusing Township above Homets Ferry at the Simpson S. "S.S." Butts
farm (where George E. Butts still resided in 1925) (see Place Annex). That fall they moved across the Susquehanna
River to Asylum (“Frenchtown”), where they were tenants in one of the original
homes built for French refugees and was owned at that time by Bartholomew
LaPorte (“located a few rods south of the granary at the George LaPorte home”
[in 1925 owned by Martin Butts]. They
resided there about 4 years, with Alexander working for George LaPorte during
the summers and teaching in the winter months.
Their youngest child, Betsey, was born there on 23 May 1826.
While living on LaPorte’s property in Frenchtown,
Alexander and Rosanna purchased (at
a tax sale) 300 acres of land high on the hill above Homets Ferry
across the Susquehanna River in Wyalusing Township, and they began to clear it,
mill lumber, and construct a house – this was the original Alexander Patterson
Biles homestead in Bradford County.
During Christmas week of 1829 Alexander and his family moved back across
the Susquehanna to another interim house located on the George S. Homet farm
(later the Wigton place), behind Homet’s barn and close to the ferry station,
so Alexander could be closer to his work on their property. They moved into their new house early in 1831.
Alexander farmed and improved that property until his death in 1855.
That homestead house was torn down in May 1908 and
replaced on the same site with a new house.
Ownership of the property remained in the Biles family until the
youngest children of Lewis “Duke” Biles, Thomas “Tommy” Puller Biles and Jennie
May Biles, who both lived there, unmarried, until their deaths in 1931 and
1930, respectively. At that time the old
Biles homestead was sold to Charles Campbell.
A new house was built on the property in 1955.
4. Alexander’s marriage:
A. To whom: Rosanna/Rosannah Place (photos) (more info)
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1. Rosanna’s parents: James
and Phoebe/Phebe
(Winans) Place
2. Rosanna’s birth: 11 August 1786 in Lower/Middle Smithfield Township, Northhampton (now Monroe)
County, Pennsylvania. Baptized 23
September 1787.
Rosanna’s
death: 5 March 1868, age 81, on the family farm near Homet's Ferry, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Interred in the Biles Cemetery beside her husband. Also seen: died 26 April 1879.
3. Other biographical notes on Rosanna:
Rosanna probably did not know how to read or write. Did all the house work and rearing of her 12
children from 14 pregnancies herself, without aid of a servant. It was her hands that “hatchelled,” carded,
spun, and wove the flax and cut and sewed the cloth into the clothing and other
necessities (thread, blankets, towels, bedding, table linens, etc.) her large
family needed.
By 1847/48 Rosanna’s eyesight had deteriorated to the
point of near blindness. After son
Lewis’s marriage in 1850, Lewis built his parents a “kitchen” off the back of
the main house, where Alexander and Rosanna lived alone, like when initially
married. After Alexander died in 1855,
Rosanna continued to be self sufficient for another three years, but at that
point, in failing health, Lewis and his family increasingly cared for Rosanna’s
needs. She was an invalid for about 10
years, staying in bed most of the time.
B. Marriage date
& location: 14 September
1801 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
C.
Children:
1. John Patterson Biles:
(photos) (more info)
(also seen: John Place Biles)
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Born
2 January 1802 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania
(Wayne Co., PA per his family Bible). Died 6 February 1880 (age 78)
in Towanda Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred Riverside Cemetery,
Towanda, Bradford County. Married Sarah "Sallie/Sally" Elizabeth Bramhall (photos)
(b. 15/18 Apr 1808 at Towanda, Bradford Co., PA (also seen: b. NYS); d. 26 Apr
1879 (age 71) at Towanda, PA; interred Wysox Cemetery), daughter of William and Sarah (Shoemaker) Bramhall of Black Walnut, Chester County (below
Philadelphia), Pennsylvania, on 13 February 1825 and resided at Shores Hill,
Wysox Township, Bradford County.
John and Sarah became
acquainted on “The Neck,” near Vosburg, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, where
John was working for the Bunnells.
Shortly after marriage in 1825 they moved to the “Ed Homet place,”
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, near where John’s family lived. Daughter Elizabeth and her two older siblings
were probably born there. They moved to
“the Bird place” in Wyalusing Township sometime before 1832, where daughter
Phoebe was born. As soon as Sarah was
able to, after Phoebe’s birth, they moved to an old log house that was
eventually owned by the Chamberlains.
Their son, William was born there.
All this time John was working hard to save money to purchase a place of their own.”
While at that old log
house, about 1836, the family experienced a significant setback. As their daughter, Phoebe described it in a
1901 letter: “Mr. Vansuken bought the place and moved in the back part of the
log house. That winter, and the last
winter we lived there, an old man came there with frozen feet, and our folks
took him in. The snow was deep. They kept him six weeks I think, and poulticed
his feet and when he got so he could walk pretty good, he kept going out. Father asked what was the
matter. He said he wasn’t
well. About four o’clock in the morning
he did not come back. Our folks got up
and there was Father’s best hat with Mother’s best dress rolled up in the
hat. They began to look around. The money, two hundred and fifty dollars was
gone, and a new suit of clothes. Well,
they made the alarm and people started out in all directions. They tracked him to Rummerfield. There he went on the ice, and we lost all
track of him. That left poor father in
bad shape. It was money he worked hard
for to pay on his land.”
They had plenty to eat,
but it was a tough time, and their neighbors were not in much better
shape. About 1837 John and Sarah bought
land “up where [the] McCrossins live,” and John built a new log cabin in the
woods, the first they ever owned. Four
children were born there: Minerva, John, Ward, and Sarah. John cleared the land and got that farm in
good shape, eventually selling it to Irish Donley. Then they bought property from Sarah’s
brother, Revad Bramhall, across from “… Vaughn’s place.” The last three of twelve children (Lois,
Charles, and Frank) were born there. In
a few more years (about 1852) John got that place in good shape and sold it,
leaving Homets Ferry to move to Shores Hill.
John Patterson and
Sarah (Bramhall) Biles had the following children:
a. Alexander
"Alex" Patterson Biles: (photos)
Born 5 July 1826 at Asylum, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; owned the old
Hawkins farm. Died 28
July 1902 at Wayside/Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Went west and resided at Spokane, Washington
for a time.
1850 US Census: Alex was residing in Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1880 US Census: Alex was residing in Clark Township, Tama County,
Iowa.
Alex
Biles married (1st) Jane Morris (photos) (b. 6 Feb
1831; d. 19 Jun 1860), daughter of Alanson Morris, on 16 May 1852 at Chaska,
Carver County, Minnesota (also seen: m. in Wyalusing Twp, Bradford Co., PA,
with Reverend William Lathrop officating) and had the following children:
(1. Leroy John Biles:
Born 5 May 1853. Died
July 1853 near Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(2. Francis Biles: Born
1854.
(3. Florence “Flora”
Jane Biles: (photos) Born 10 August
1854. Died 14 January 1870 at Homets
Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania; interred in the Lime Hill Cemetery. Raised for several
years by her uncle and aunt, Charles and Minerva Jane (Biles) Keeler, paragraph
f., below.
(4. Franklin “Frank”
Leonard David Biles: (photos) Born 17/16
December 1857/56 near Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (also seen: b.
York, York Co., PA). Died 8 January 1927
at LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas; interred there. When his parents went west, Frank stayed
behind with his grandfather, John Patterson Biles. However, “he got restive and ran away from
his grandfather.” When he got to Kansas,
Frank was incarcerated for horse stealing.
1860 US Census: Not yet located.
1870 US Census: Not yet located.
1880 US Census: Not yet located.
1900 US Census: On 6 June Frank and his 3rd
wife, Eliza, were enumerated at Manson, Calhoun County, Iowa.
1910 US Census: On 3 May was enumerated at
LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas.
1920 US Census: On 14 January 1920 was
enumerated at Iola, Allen County, Kansas.
Frank
married (1st) Sarah Smith (d. 1929 at Grand Rapids, Itasca Co., MN)
in 1880 at Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin; they were divorced in
May 1885. Frank and Sarah had the
following children:
(a.
Charles Ward Biles: (more info) Born
6 May 1881 at Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin. Died 4 October 1926, age 46, at Grand Rapids,
Itasca County, Minnesota from complications of a work-related accident;
interred there in Itasca Calgary Cemetery.
Married Lorena Ferguson/Fergason (b. 6 Jan 1883 in IA, d. 12 Nov 1947 at
Brainerd, Crow Wing Co., MN; interred with Charles), daughter of George and
Lurelia (Rummel) Ferguson of Wilton, McLean County, North Dakota on 29 August
1901 at Wilton and had the following children:
(1) Leslie Charles Biles: Born 19 November
1902 at Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.
Died ; cremated 19 August 1991 at Seattle, King
County, Washington; interred Itasca Calgary Cemetery, Grand Rapids. Married Blanche Snyder on
12 February 1925 at Grand Rapids.
(2) Lertte Lavern Biles: Born 25 October
1904 at Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.
Married Carl W. Hegmen on 22 May 1924 at Grand Rapids.
(3) Leonard Biles: Born 2 May 1906 at
Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.
(4) Gladys Biles: Twin. Born 18 August 1908 at
Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.
Died 5 June 1939 at Duluth, St. Louis County,
Minnesota. Married
Jousiant Lesarge in March 1926.
(5) Hazel Della Biles: Twin. Born 26 August 1908 at
Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota.
Married Hugo M. Ruuhela on 13 May 1936 at Grand
Rapids.
(6) Rosella Marie Biles: Born 27 October
1918 at Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. Married Ferdinand J. Sirvis
(b. 1912) on 13 November 1937 at Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
(7) Robert George Biles: Born 8 December
1919 at Moorhead, Clay County, Minnesota. Died November 1997 at
Duluth, St. Louis County, Minnesota.
Married Myrtle Johnson on 8 September 1945.
(8) Lois Louise Biles: Born 29 April 1925 at Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota. Married (1st)
Earl Chidester in 1947 at Grand Rapids.
Married (2nd) Louie Thomas at Eugene, Lane County, Oregon.
(b.
Edward Frank Biles: Born 18 April 1883 at Black River Falls, Jackson County,
Wisconsin. Died March
1977 in California.
1910 US Census: On 21 April was enumerated
at Aberdeen, Brown County, South Dakota.
Note: did not include son, Delmont.
1920 US Census: On 9 January 1920 was enumerated
at Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: On 12 April was enumerated
at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California.
Edward
Frank Biles married (1st) Elta/Etta Smith (b. 1886) on 14 December
1905 at LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas and had the following son:
(1) Delmont Biles: Born March 1910.
Edward
and Elta were divorced about 1929 at Los Angeles, California. Married (2nd), as her 2nd
husband, Ruth (Eaton) Hurley (b. 1895) on 29 May 1932 at San Diego, San Diego County,
California; no children.
Frank Leonard Biles married (2nd)
Lizzie “Liza” Bremer/Bamper (d. Dec 1894 from complications of child birth) in
December 1886/85 at Excelsior Springs, Hennepin County, Minnesota. Following Liza’s death, Frank married (3rd)
Eliza
Estelle Spence (photos) (b. 21 Nov
1867 at Algona, Kossuth Co., IA, d. 31 Jul 1905 at LeRoy, Coffey Co., KS;
interred there in LeRoy Cem.), daughter of Gabriel (b. 1826, d. 1911) and
Elizabeth (Bailey) Spence (b. 1837) in 1895 at Excelsior Springs, Hennepin
County, Minnesota and had the following children:
(c. Elizabeth
"Lizzie" Estelle Biles: Born 15 February 1896 at Excelsior Springs,
Hennepin County, Minnesota. Died 19
March 1963 at Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas; interred there 23 March in
Wirtonia Cemetery.
1900 US Census: On 6 June resided with her
parents at Manson, Calhoun County, Iowa.
1910 US Census: On 3 May resided with her
parents at LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas.
1925 Kansas State Census: On 1 March was
enumerated in Shawnee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: On 16 April 1930 resided
at Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1940 US Census: On 5 April 1940 resided at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Elizabeth "Betty" Estelle Biles
married Robert Ray Bradshaw "Ray"
(SSN: 512-16-0832) (b. 4 Apr 1895 at Lowell, Cherokee Co., KS, d. 2 Jul 1977
from complications of prostate cancer at Crestline, Cherokee Co., KS; interred
there with Betty), son of Walter Lorenzo and Jenette Elizabeth (Wenzel)
Bradshaw, on 5 April 1919 at Pawhuska, Osage County, Oklahoma and subsequently
resided at Box 121 Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas. Ray was a veteran of World War I, enlisting
in the US Army on 20 September 1917 (assigned to the 1st All
American Infantry Division) and being discharged 3 December 1918 at Camp
Funston, Fort Riley, Riley, Kansas. Ray and Lizzie had the following daughter:
(1) Betty Rae Bradshaw: Born 13 February
1920 at Lawton, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Died 3 January 2007 at Boise, Ada County, Idaho. In 1945 Betty resided at 711 German Street,
Erie, Erie County, Pennsylvania.
1925 Kansas Census: Enumerated 1 March in
Shawnee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: Enumerated 16 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Betty married Harry Leonard Adamczyk (b.
1919, d. 1969) on 2 May 1942 at Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas.
(2) Eleva Mae Bradshaw: Born 26 October 1921 at Lawton, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1925 Kanas Census: Enumerated 1 March 1925
in Shawnee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: Enumerated 16 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1940 US Census: Enumerated 5 April 1940 at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Eleva married Eldon George Irwin (b. 1921,
d. 1991) on 28
February 1942 at Joplin,
Jasper County, Missouri.
(3) Robert Dale Bradshaw: Born 10 August
1924 at Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Died 13 March 1942 at Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; interred
Wirtonia Cemetery, Cherokee County. Not
married.
1925 Kansas Census: Enumerated 1 March in
Shawnee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: Enumerated 16 April at Crestline,
Cherokee County, Kansas.
1940 US Census: Enumerated 5 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
(4) John Wesley Bradshaw: Born 10 August
1924 at Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Died 25 October 1991 at Fresno, Fresno County,
California; cremated 1 November 1991 at Three Rocks, Fresno County.
1925 Kansas Census: Enumerated 1 March
1925 in Shawnee Township, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: Enumerated 16 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1940 US Census: Enumerated 5 April 1940 at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
John Married Norma Lamar Coons (b. 1926,
d. 2007) on 18 May 1944 at Cove, Union County, Oregon.
(5) Barbara Jenette Bradshaw: Born 25
February 1928 at Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: Enumerated 16 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1940 US Census: Enumerated 5 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Barbara married (1st) James
Louis Badasci (b. 1926, d. 1979) on 7 July 1959 at Coalinga, Fresno County,
California; subsequently divorced.
Barbara (Bradshaw) Badasci married (2nd) Marvin Crouch Thomas
(b. 1915, d. 1978) in 1943 at Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas, but they were
divorced in May 1958.
(6) Van Osborne Bradshaw: Born 1931 at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
1940 US Census: Enumerated 5 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Van married Mary Ernest Watkins in 1954 at
Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas.
(7) Reba Marie Bradshaw: Born 1939 at
Columbus, Cherokee County, Kansas. In
1950 resided at Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas. In 1960 resided at Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wisconsin. In 1970 resided at St.
Francis, Milwaukee County. In 1980
resided at Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas. In 1990 resided at Rheas Mill, Washington
County, Arkansas. In 2000 and 2010
resided in Missouri.
1940 US Census: Enumerated 5 April at
Crestline, Cherokee County, Kansas.
Reba married Ronald George Gretz (b. 1936
at Libertyville, Lake Co. IL; bapt. 31 Oct 1937 at
Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., WI), son of George Adam and Barbara
"Bertha" Anne (Rohar) Kretz, on 20 August 1960 at Milwaukee,
Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Ronald was
a veteran of the US Navy. In 1950 he
resided at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Reba
and Ronald had the following children:
(a) Ronald
"Ron" Ray Gretz: Born 1961 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County,
Wisconsin. Baptized there in 1961 in
Holy Redeemer Parish; confirmation in 1977 at St. Joseph's Parish, Fayetteville,
Washington County, Wisconsin. Has an interest in his family's history.
Ronald Gretz married (1st)
Deborah Lynn Johnson (b. 1956) in 1984 at Springdale, Washington County,
Arkansas; they were divorced in 1991 at Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas. Ron married (2nd) Gina Marie
Gamble (b. 1965) in 1993 at Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas; they were
divorced in 2006 at Memphis, Shelby
County, Tennessee.
(b) Jonathan Jude Gretz:
Born 1963 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. In 1970 resided at St. Francis, Milwaukee
County. In 1980 resided at Fayetteville,
Washington County, Arkansas. In 1990 resided in Tennessee. In 2010
resided in Colorado.
Jonathan married (1st)
Dawn Angela James (b. 1966) in 1984 at Fayetteville, Washington County,
Arkansas; they were divorced in 1986. Jonathan married (2nd) Loretta Kay
Brown (b. 1970) in 1995 at Lakewood, Jefferson County, Colorado; they were
divorced there in February 2002.
(c) Elizabeth Marie
Gretz: Born 1965 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. In 1970 resided at St. Francis, Milwaukee
County. In 1980 and 1990 resided at
Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas.
In 2000 and 2012 resided in Arkansas.
Graduated May 1985 from Cottey College, Nevada, Vernon
County, Missouri; AAS degree.
Graduated the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville; BSE degree majoring
in music.
Elizabeth married Richard
Thomas Davies (b. 1964) on 16 August 1986 at Fayetteville, Washington County,
Arkansas.
(d) Jana Marie Gretz:
Born 1971 at Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. In 1980 resided at Fayetteville, Washington
County, Arkansas. In 1990 resided at
Rheas Mill, Washington County. In 2000
resided at Rogers, Benton County, Arkansas.
In 2012 resided at Springdale, Washington County, Arkansas. Graduated May 1991 from
Cottey College, Nevada, Vernon County, Missouri; AAS degree.
Jana married Clinton
Keith Hanshew (b. 1968) in 1997 at Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada.
(d.
Eleva Jeanette Biles: Born 10 March 1897 at Excelsior Springs, Hennepin County,
Minnesota. Died 21 March 1988 at
Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey; interred there. Named after the Village of
Eleva, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin.
Married Howard Rusling Hill (b. 27 Sep 1896 at Sussex, Sussex Co., NJ,
d. 21 Dec 1963 at Tranquility, Warren Co., NJ), son of Horatio N. and Jennie L.
(Drake) Hill, on 21 August 1921 at Reno, Storey County, Nevada and resided in
Blairstown Township, Warren County, New Jersey.
Eleva and Howard had the following children:
(1) Luella Alice Hill: Born 14 September
1923 at Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey. Died 21 December 1944.
(2) Howard Richard Hill: Born 9 February
1926 at Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey. Died there 27 December 1994; interred
there. Married Norma
Pennell (b. 1928) on 12 February 1949 Blairstown.
(3) Thelma May Hill: Born 1928 at
Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey. Married (1st)
Robert Louis Dupuy on 4 December on 4 December 1949. Married (2nd) Charles Siple
(4) Edna Mary Hill: Born at Blairstown,
Warren County, New Jersey. Married Harry C. Phillips on 26 March 1949
(5) Dorothy Jeanette Hill: Born 23 June
1933 at Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey. Married Milton Clark Linaberry on 5 October
1956 at Blairstown and had children.
Howard and Eleva Jeanette (Biles) Hill were divorced on 15 May 1942.
(e.
Frank Leonard Biles, Jr.: Born 29 August 1898 at Excelsior Springs,
Hennepin County, Minnesota. Died there 5 September 1898.
(f. Florence Mae/May
Biles: Born 29 August 1899 in Iowa. Died
16 August 1994 at Fresno, Fresno County, California; interred there. Married (1st)
Edward Chambers Sigler (d. 1967) on 23 February 1943 at Los Angeles,
California. They subsequently
resided at 248 Coolege St., Coalingo, California 93210 and PO Box 583, Artesia,
California.
Florence
married (2nd) Clifford Basinger in 1922 at Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kansas; divorced 1926 at Los Angeles, California.
(g.
Carrie Violetta Biles “Violetta”: Born 9 April 1902 in Iowa. Died 28 December 1902 at
Excelsior Springs, Hennepin County, Minnesota.
(h.
George Alexander Biles: (SSN: 513-03-7032) Twin. Born 10 September 1904 at LeRoy, Coffey
County, Kansas.
Died 26 July 1989 at Coalinga, Fresno County,
California.
1910 US Census: On 3 May was enumerated at
LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas.
Married
Helen Erma Shelley (b. 28 Jan 1915 at Monroeville, Huron Co., OH), daughter of
Henry R. and Anna Belle (Kasner) Shelley, on 25 July 1932 and resided at Box
314, Cathedral City, California. George
and Helen had the following children:
(1) Lester Leroy Biles: Born 1932. Married Helen Lucille Wess
in 1952.
(2) Mary Ellen Biles: Born 1933. Married (1st)
Carl W. Prindle in 1949. Married (2nd) Harry Bleidistel.
(3) Norma Jean Biles: Born 1935. Married Charles E. Weswell
in 1957.
(4) Anna Mae Biles: Born 1939. Married Cecil Stedham in
1960.
(5) Georgia Lee Biles: Born 1943 at
Compton, Los Angeles County, California.
Married Howard Caudill (b. 1943) in 1961 at Caldwell,
Canyon County, Idaho.
(6) Linda Marie Biles: Born 1948 at
Coalinga, Fresno County, California. Married Robert Nissen.
(i.
Rolland Spence Biles: (SSN: 157-18-7583) Twin.
Born 10 September 1904 at LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas. Died 1 January 1980 in Sarasota County,
Florida; interred Stillwater, Warren County, New Jersey.
1910 US Census: On 3 May was enumerated at
LeRoy, Coffey County, Kansas.
1920 US Census: On 15 January was
enumerated at Elm, Allen County, Kansas.
1930 US Census: On 12 April 1930 Rolland
and his wife, Martha were enumerated at Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey.
Rolland
married Martha Jane Maring (SSN: 157-28-1716)(b. 21
Sep 1905, d. Sep 1975 in NJ; interred Stillwater with Rolland) on 24 June 1926
and resided in New Jersey. Rolland and
Martha had the following children:
(1) Mary Jane Biles: Born 1928.
1930 US Census: On 10 April was enumerated
at Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey.
Mary married Charles C. Treible in 1949 at
Blairstown, Warren County, New Jersey.
(2) Carolyn Ann Biles: Born 1931. Married Salvatore Simonetti in 1954 at Blairstown,
Warren County, New Jersey.
Frank Leonard Biles married (4th)
Maggie (?) (b. 1855) in 1910.
Alex Biles married (2nd)
Susan Cole (b. 7 May 1842, d. 31 May 1866) on 10 December 1864 at Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the following daughter:
(5. Minerva “Minnie”
Susan Biles: (photos) Born 24
October 1865 near Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 31 October 1950, age 95, at Leroy,
Kansas; interred Olathe, Kansas. In 1953
resided at St. Joseph, Missouri. Married
Edward/Edwin S. Carlisle (b. 29 Dec 1853, d. 15 May 1920; interred Olathe, KS)
(also seen: Filmore Scott Carlisle) on 18 September 1885 at Dysart/Vinton, Iowa
and had the following children:
(a. Arthur “Artie” Lewis
Carlisle: Born 17 March 1887. In 1953 had 5 children, 4 of whom were married.
(b.
Mary Susan Carlisle: Born 29 July 1891. Died 28 July 1892.
(c. LeNora “Nora” May
Carlisle: (photos) Born 22 December
1893. Married (?)
Burnam/Burman on the day before Thanksgiving, 1912 and
resided at 1503 Ferndale Avenue, St. Joseph, Missouri.
(d.
Edward Oscar Carlisle: Born 8 August 1896.
(e.
Elmer Earl Carlisle: (photos) Born 3
October 1901. Resided
at 1228 Penn St., Kansas City, Kansas 64105. In 1953 was unmarried and resided at 221 ½ W. Riverside,
Spokane, Washington.
Alexander Patterson
Biles married (3rd), as her 2nd husband, Margaret
“Maggie” R. (Steager/Steiger) Rockwell (photos)
(b. 26 Jul 1838, d. 3/13 Oct 1919), daughter of Henry and Susanna (?) Steager/Steiger (who also had a daughter, Rose Steiger (photos))
and widow of Frank Rockwell, on 21 July 1866 at Williamsport, Pennsylvania (or
in Wisconsin). Of interest,
Margaret and Frank Rockwell had had at least the following son:
(6. Edward “Ed” Rockwell. (photos)
Of further interest,
Margaret and Alexander’s 2nd wife, Susan Cole, were first
cousins. About 1868 Alexander moved from
the Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania area to Mondoni, Wisconsin. He and Margaret (Steiger) (Rockwell) Biles
had the following children:
(7. Cora
Estella/Estelle Biles: Born 14 April 1867.
Died 27 January 1895 from complications of the birth of her 2nd
daughter, Cora (note: her daughter said Cora died 29 Jan). Married Edward Allen Kinsler on 30/4/31 April
1890 at LaDora, Iowa and had the following children:
(a.
Hazel Gertrude Kinzler: Born 17 February 1891.
Died 23 April 1912.
(b.
Cora Bell Kinzler: Born 29 January 1895.
Married Jesse L. Doty on 11 March 1916 and resided at 2945 Brady Street,
Davenport, Iowa; at another time resided at 309 East 7th Street,
Davenport Iowa. Cora and Jesse had the
following children:
(1) Howard Eugene Doty:
Born 12 December 1916.
(2) Donald DeWayne Doty:
Born 17 November 1917.
(3) Daughter.
(4) Daughter.
After Cora’s death in 1895, Edward Kinzler
married (2nd) (?) and resided in Davenport, Iowa.
(8. Sarah “Sallie”
Susanna Biles “Susanna” “Anna”: (photos) Born 3
November 1871 at Mondoni, Wisconsin. Died 1967 at Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. In 1885 resided with her 1st
cousin, Ida (Wilson) Ingraham, and attended school at Mt. Auburn, Iowa. Married John Wesley Burke (d. out west),
perhaps son of Walter Burke (more info) (b. 1818, d.
18 Jan 1888, age 70) on 27 January 1896 at Spokane, Washington and resided at
960 6th Street, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. “Susannah” and John had the following
daughter:
(a. Marguerite “Marge”
“Mary” Burke: (photos) (more info)
Born 27 September 1897. Married (1st) Charles S. Willis (photos) (more info) on
Wednesday, 14 March 1917 at the home of Carrie Hays, Colville, Washington. Charles, age 23, was killed in action on 12
November 1918, as World War I was coming to a close. Marguerite (Burke) Willis married (2nd)
(?) McFee.
(9. John “Jack” Henry
Biles: (photos) Born 13 June 1874 in
Euclair County, Wisconsin. Died 29 November 1947 at Spokane, Washington. Married Ida Blanche Ballard (photos) (b. MN),
daughter of Daniel T. and Mary Josephine (Brossard) Ballard, on 12 October 1898
at Spokane, Washington; Reverend Frank B. Morse (photos)
officiated. John and Ida had the
following children:
(a. Merle Ida Biles:
(female) (photos)
Born 16 January 1901 at 328 Hagan Street, Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Died 2 March 1974/7 November 1987 at Spokane,
Spokane County, Washington; interred Greenwood Memorial Terrace, Spokane,
Spokane County, Washington.
1930 US Census: No clear record found for
Merle.
1940 US Census: Melvin A. Johnston, age 36
(b. ID) and employed as a bicycle repairman in a bicycle shop, was heading a
household at 321 E. Ermina Street in the City of Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington. He had completed 3 years of
high school. The household also included
his wife, Merle Johnston, age 38 (b. WA), who had completed 3 years of high
school; and son, Donald Johnston, age 10 (b. WA). On 1 April 1935 they resided in rural Spokane
County, Washington.
At
age 22, while a resident of Portland, Multnomah County, Washington, Merle Biles
married (1st) Ivan Howard Yaple (b. 28 Feb 1899 in Washington Twp, Daviess Co.,
MO, d. 12 Jun 1931 at Portland, OR; interred West Lawn Memorial Park, Eugene,
Lane Co., OR), age 24 and also a resident of Portand, son of William Seth and
Melissa Elizabeth (Howard) Yaple, on 9 August 1923 at Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai
County, Idaho; subsequently divorced.
Merle
(Biles) Yaple married (2nd) Melvin Albert Johnson (b. 7 Sep 1905 at Bonners
Ferry, Kootenai Co., ID, d. Nov 1953), son of Lewis
John and Ada Mary (Causton) Johnson, on 31 August 1929 at Sandpoint, Bonner
County, Idaho and had the following son:
(1) Donald L. Johnson: (more info) Born
18 February 1931. Died 24 January 2004
at Spokane, Spokane County, Washington; interred Greenwood Memorial Terrace,
Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Married Beverly Jean Hudson, daughter of Mildred (?) Hudson,
in 1951 at Central Christian Church, West 511 Third Avenue, Spokane, Washington
and subsequently resided at Spokane.
Donald and Beverly had at least the following son:
(a) David LeRoy Johnson: Born 1952.
Following
Melvin’s death, Merle (Biles)(Yaple) Johnson married (3rd) Stephen
"Steve" Henry Mitty (b. 9 Jun 1883 in St. Clair Co., MI, d. 8 Nov 1974
at Spokane, Spokan Co., WA; interred with Merle), son of Frank and Elizabeth
(Johnson) Mitty, and resided in Florida.
(b.
Bernard Laverne Biles: (photos) Born
14 September 1907 at Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. Died 13 March 1985 at
Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington.
Married (1st) Marion Irene Clark (b. 4 Jul
1905 in Holland Co., MI, d. 23 Dec 1969 at Longview, Cowlitz Co., WA) on 25
October 1930 in Latah County, Idaho.
Resided last in Washington State. Bernard and Marion had the following son:
(1) Gary Wayne Biles: Born 29 July 1937 at Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington (also seen: b. ID). Died 6 October 1982 at Longview, Cowlitz County, Washington. Married Elizabeth (?) in 1961 in Idaho and
resided there. Gary and Elizabeth had
the following daughter:
(a) Rene Lynette
Biles: Born 1961 in Idaho.
Bernard married (2nd), as her
2nd husband, Wanda A. Swindler (b. 28 Mar 1910 at Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai Co.,
ID, d. 3 Jan 2005 at Seattle, King Co., WA) on 18 September 1970 and resided at
Longview, Washington. Wanda had married
(1st) Ralph G. Jackson (b. 5 Oct 1913, d. 9 Mar 1960) on 16 June 1940 at
Spokane, Washington.
Of interest, Reverend Frank B. Morse (see
Para (9. above) and his wife, Millicent “Millie” (?), had the following daughters:
·
Millicent
Morse: (more info) Married Richard Earl Dodd on Tuesday, 15 August 1905 at 1820
W. Sixth Avenue, Spokane, Washington.
·
Merle
Marguerite Morse: Married Robert Nelson on Wednesday, 1 July 1908 at 1820 Sixth
Avenue, Spokane, Washington.
·
Geraldine
Evelyn Morse: (more info)
Married Clayton B. Finnegan at Spokane, Washington.
(10. Charles Keeler Biles: (photos) Born 21 August 1882
at LaDora, Iowa. Died 7 May 1938;
interred Riverside Cemetery, Colbert, Washington. Married, as her 2nd
husband, Gertrude “Gertie” Staley on 30 June 1919 at Spokane, Washington; no
children. Gertrude had two
children from her 1st marriage.
(11.
Susan B. Biles.
Margaret (Steiger) (Rockwell) Biles married (3rd)
Peter Bonner/Boner.
b. Mary Ellen Biles: Born 29 March 1828 at
Asylum, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 2 October 1900 at Ladora, Iowa; interred Summer Cemetery,
Ladora. Married John Wilson (b. 15 Jul
1825) on 31 December 1848 and initially resided at Peru. Resided in Illinois for a
while before moving to Iowa. Mary
and John had the following children:
(1. Sarah Emmeline
Wilson “Emma” “Em”: Born 26 February 1850 at Belfast, Allegeny, New York. Died 17 January 1899. Married Relzman Horton in November 1869 and
had the following children:
(a.
John Willie Horton: Born 12 March 1871.
(b.
Cora M. Horton: Born 7 September 1872.
(c.
Minnie B. Horton: Born 17 January 1877.
(2. Charles Henry
Wilson “Henry”: Born 31 October 1851/2.
Not married. Was
living with his parents in 1890. Per
Eva (Thorp) Rogers: “Henry was in the room when the gun killed Lois.”
(3. Lucius
Curtis/Courtes/Courtis Wilson: Born 25 October 1853. Died 10 November 1859.
(4. John Quincy Wilson
“Quincy” or “Quince”: Born 7 January 1856.
Married Cora Ingraham (Frank’s sister), a school
teacher, on 3 July 1879. Moved from Ladora, Iowa to LeRoy, Kansas. Both were interred at LeRoy, Kansas. Quince and Cora had the following children:
(a.
Fred Wilson: Apparently died young.
(b.
Emily Wilson: Apparently died young.
(c.
Mary E. Wilson: Married (?) Covert and resided at Yeates
Center.
(d.
Hattie B. Wilson: Married (?) Moore and resided at LeRoy, Kansas.
(e. Francis “Frank” A.
Wilson: Married Letha (?) and resided at Outlook, Washington.
(f.
John M. Wilson: Married Sadie (?) and resided at 501 College, Winfield,
Kansas. John and Sadie had 5 children,
including:
(1) Mauda.
(g.
Maud O. Wilson: Married (?) Hertweek and resided at Dearing, Kansas.
(5. Franklin “Frank”
Wilson: Born 23 March 1858. Married (?)
on 27 December 1881 and had the following children:
(a.
Mary A. Wilson.
(b.
Stella M. Wilson.
(c.
Myrtle B. Wilson.
(d.
Oscar Wilson.
(6.
Isabel “Ida” B. Wilson: Born 28 December 1860/1 in Pennsylvania.
Married Frank A. Ingraham (Cora’s brother) on 16 May 1880 and resided at
Mt. Auburn, Iowa. Ida and Frank had the
following children in 1885:
(a.
Rosella Mae Ingraham “Mae”: Old enough to attend school in 1885.
(b.
Ira M. Ingraham.
(c.
Essie B. Ingraham.
(d.
Ruby P. Ingraham.
(7. Samuel S. Wilson:
Born 5 June 1863/2 in Illinois. Married
(?) on 16 February 1890; no children.
(8. Frederick “Fred” L.
Wilson: Born 4 February 1866 in Tama County, Iowa. Lived with his parents
until he married Hattie Whitlock on 15 May 1892. They resided in LaDora, Iowa (near Davenport)
and had the following children:
(a.
Daisy Wilson.
(b.
Park Keeler Wilson.
(c.
Ella Wilson.
c. Elizabeth
"Libbie" “Lib” Ann Biles: Born 25 June 1830 at Asylum, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 30/31 May 1904;
interred with her 1st husband on her Reinbeck, IA, property. Suffered from asthma. Married (1st) Charles E. Morris
(b. 6 Feb 1823/28; d. Dec 1881; interred 7 Dec 1881 on his Reinbeck, IA
property) on 23 February 1853 and resided at Reinbeck, Iowa. Charles was probably the brother of Jane Morris, who married Elizabeth’s older brother, Alexander. Elizabeth and Charles had the following
children:
(1. Rosella “Zella” A./V. Morris: Born 22 December 1853. Married Dr. A. Branaman on 2 June 1872 and
resided at 705 Penn Street, Kansas City, Missouri. Rosella and her husband had the following
children:
(a.
Minnie Branaman.
(b.
Charles Branaman.
(2. Murray Ward Morris:
Born 24 March 1857 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1904 resided at Argonia, Kansas. Married Emmalissa C. Gemmell (sp) of Fair,
Iowa on 22 February 1882 and had the following children:
(a.
Ella Pearl Morris “Pearl”: Born 16 March 1883 at Grundy Center, Iowa. Married James Chism on 20
November 1900.
(b. Rosy W. Morris:
Born 20 May 1884 at Grundy Center, Iowa.
(c. Rena V. Morris:
Born 16 March 1898 at Argonia, Kansas.
(d.
Elsie Morris: Born 7 October 1902 at Argonia, Kansas.
(3. Minnie Pearl Morris
“Pearl”: Born 18 June 1868. Died 1869,
age 9 months.
Elizabeth A. (Biles)
Morris traveled 13 June 1888 to St. Joseph, Missouri, “where she was met by and
married (2nd) George Lambeson/Lamberson/Lambusin (b. abt 1820) of
Whiting Kansas” (d. 1905)(this from her son, Murray). They resided at St. Joseph 2 years, then moved to Wellington, Kansas, where she lived until
1899, when they moved to Argonia, Kansas, where she died.
d. Phoebe/Phebe Ann/Anne Biles: (photos)
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Born
28 October 1832 “on the Bird place” in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 28 October 1905
(exactly age 73) after eight years of declining health from bronchial problems;
interred Union Cemetery. Married Lucius Smith
Thorp (photos) (also seen: Lucens
Thorp/Thorpe) (b. 15/13 Nov 1825; d. 24 Apr 1905; interred Union Cem.), son of John and Polly (Skidmore) Thorp, on 18 June 1854 at Hitt, Elkhorn Grove
Township, Carroll County, Illinois and resided there the rest of their lives on
the old Thorpe homestead. Lucius was the
County Surveyor, with office in the village of Hitt. Both are interred in Union Cemetery in the
northwest corner of Elkhorn Township, Carroll County, Illinois. Phoebe and Lucius had the following children:
(1. Eva Ann Thorp: (photos) Born 26 March
1855 in Illinois. Died 19 June 1949 at
Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona; interred in crypt in Phoenix, Arizona. Married D. “Doc” F. Rogers (d. 2 Oct 1880;
gassed while repairing a well (also seen: “Lou was a year old the day her
father died”) on 23 August 1876 and resided at Mount Carroll, Illinois. Doc was interred in Iowa. In 1934/39 Eva (Thorp) Rogers resided at 538
W. Lynwood, Phoeniz, Arizona. Eva and
Doc had at least the following daughter:
(a. Luella “Lou”
Ellen/Thorp Rogers: (photos) Born 28
March 1880. Graduated from Mount Carroll
Academy and entered the University of Chicago on 1 October 1901. Married Charles Robert Shackleton (photos) (b. 29 Aug 1878) on 12 February
1908 at Glen Ellyn, Illinois. Charles
was employed on the Chicago Board of Trade specializing in grain. No children.
In 1949 Lou, a widow, resided in Arizona.
(2. Charles
Spurgeon/Spurgen Thorp “Spurgeon”: (photos) (also seen: Thomas
Spurgeon Thorpe) Born 16/26 December 1857/59 at Elkhorn Grove Township, Carroll
County, Illinois. Operated a farm at
Hitt, Illinois, where he raised Chester White swine. Died 1 November 1941 and was interred in
Union Cemetery, Elkhorn Township, Illinois.
Married Emily F. Buswell (photos)
on 26 November 1890 at Polo, Illinois.
Emily was born 14 January 1867 at Eagle Point, Ogle County,
Illinois. She raised rose-comb leghorn
chickens on the farm. Apparently also
owned and operated a water-powered mill.
Emily died 13 November 1946 and was interred beside Spurgeon in Union
Cemetery. Charles and Emily had the
following children:
(a.
Mildred Thorp: (photos) Married (?) Cottingham (radar technician) in Illinois.
(b.
Charles Lucius Thorp: (photos) Born 25 February
1909 at Elkhorn Township, Carroll County, Illinois. Married Velda I. McCauley
(b. 5 Dec 1908 at Dakota, IL) on 24 August 1932 at Dakota, Illinois. Moved to Baytown, Harris
County, Texas, where Charles worked as an oil inspector. In 1976 they resided at 940 Meadowlark,
Stephenville, Texas 76401. Charles and
Velda had the following children:
(1) Charles Richard
Thorp: Born 1936 and resided at Baytown, Harris County, Texas.
(2) Jane Carol Thorp:
Born 1940. Married (?)
Kelly and resided at Baytown, Harris County, Texas.
(3.
Carrie Elizabeth Thorp: (photos) Born
23/22 December 1866. Died 12 April 1918. Married Daniel Edgar Hall “Edgar” “Ed” (b. 8
Apr 1861) on 8 October 1891 at Benton, Kentucky. In 1901 they still resided at Benton,
Marshall County, Kentucky, later moving to Rupert, Idaho. In November 1905 Carrie resided at Hitt,
Elkhorn Township, Carroll County, Illinois. Carrie and Daniel had the following
children:
(a.
Ruth Grace Hall: (more info) Born 23
November 1892. Graduated
from Coeur d’Alene High School, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho on Thursday, 18 May 1911. Married Delbert Lindley Nelson of Cherokee, Iowa
on 1 December 1913 and had 5 children, including the following: (order
uncertain)
(1) Esther Louise Nelson:
Twin. Born 10 April
1915.
(2) Lewis Delbert Nelson:
Twin. Born 10 April
1915.
(3) Eva Nelson: Died 14
February 1981 in Chicago, Illinois from complications of cancer. Married (1st) (?) Witherspoon and
had at least the following daughter:
(a) Roberta Witherspoon: Born 1944. Married Guy Gagnon in 1974 at Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Resided in Texas. Roberta and Guy had at least one son:
[1. Christopher Martin Gagnon: Born 1977.
Eva
(Nelson) Weatherspoon married (2nd) a Chicago man surnamed Lavender
in 1980. She died shortly after.
(4) Carol Nelson: Married
a man named Kawtks and had at least one daughter:
(a) Carol Kawtks: Married (?) and had the following twin sons:
[1. John (?).
[2. James (?).
(b.
Phebe Elizabeth Hall: (photos) Born
5 April 1896. Grew up
in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Married
William J. Barnum and resided at 1611 Coeur d’Alene Avenue, Route 3 Box 323
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, but they were later separated; William lived in Spokane
and Phebe lived with her son, Walter, at 400 E. Arbor, Space 112, Park Trailer
Homes, Long Beach, California 90805.
Phebe and William had the following son:
(1) Walter Barnum: Apparently
unmarried. In 1980 retired as an
accountant for a Navy shipyard in Washington.
(c. Bell/Belle Eva
Hall: Born 6/15 April 1897. Lived last Pilchuck Apartments, Marysville, Washington (across from
Everett). Married (1st)
an older man and had 1 son, LeRoy, who died about age 18 (grad HS 1940, age
17). Married (2nd) Edgar O.
Greene/Green and resided at PO Box 372, Monroe, Washington. In 1984 Belle resided at Clark Fork, Idaho.
(d.
Minerva “Minnie” Keeler Hall: Born 31/30 August 1901. Resided near Coeur d’Alene,
Idaho. Had a
debilitating stroke in April 1969.
By August 1977 had moved into the Burley Care Center (nursing home),
Burley, southern Idaho 83318. Then to a nursing facility
associated with a hospital at 806 East Street, Rupert, Idaho. Married Walter Attlesee/Attlesey on 27 May
1971 and had the following children (order uncertain):
(1) Flora Attlesey: (photos) Born 1921. Graduated from high school in 1940, age
18. Married (1st) (?) Fenton. Married (2nd)
Dale Trantham of Idaho in 1955 and resided in Washington.
(2) Elmer Attlesey: (photos) Veteran of World War II. Married Bonnie (?) and resided in
Washington. Elmer and Bonnie had the
following daughter:
(a) Margaret Kay Attlesey: Born 1955.
(3) Virginia Attlesey:
Lived in Twin Falls, Idaho, then in 1974 in Washington.
(4) Betty “Bettes” Lou
Attlesey: (photos) Married (?)
Larsen and had the following several daughters, the youngest of whom was:
(a) Karla Larsen: Born 1962.
(e. Brother: Married
Alice Carnie and resided in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
e. William “Bill” Smith
Biles: (photos) (more info)
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Born 25 September 1835 at Asylum Township/Towanda, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 17 April 1916 (age 81) in Towanda
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred Riverside Cemetery in Towanda
beside his parents, his brother, and his sister, who predeceased him. At age 17 moved with his parents to Shores
Hill, Wysox Township, Bradford County.
1850 US Census: William Biles resided in Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1860 US Census: William Biles resided at Wysox, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania
1870 US Census: Wm Biles, age 37 (b. PA) and employed as a farm
laborer (appears to work for farmer Samuel M. LaPorte), was heading a household
in Asylum Township (French Town Post Office), Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife, Clarinda Biles, age 41 (b. PA); son, George Biles, age 9 (b.
PA); son, John Biles, age 7 (b. PA); daughter, Sarah Biles, age 5 (b. PA); and
daughter, Maggie Biles, age 1 (b. PA).
1880 US Census: William S. Biles, age 44 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in North Towanda Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included is wife, Clarinda Biles, age 50 (b. PA; parents b. NJ);
son, George Biles, age 19 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer; son, John Biles,
age 16 (b. PA) and employed as a farmer; daughter, Sarah Biles, age 15 (b. PA);
daughter, Margaret Biles, age 11 (b. PA); and daughter, Hattie Biles, age 8 (b.
PA).
1900 US Census: William S. Biles, age 64 (b. Sep 1835 in PA; parents
b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in North Towanda
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife of 40 years, Clarinda Biles, age 63
(b. Jun 1836 in PA; parents b. NJ), who had had 5 children, all still alive;
son, John Biles, age 37 (b. Nov 1862 in PA), single, and employed as a farmer;
and daughter, Harriet Biles, age 27 (b. Nov 1872 in PA) and single, with no
record of employment.
1910 US Census: William S. Biles, age 74 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Burlington Road in North
Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 50
years, Clarinda Biles, age 82 (b. PA; parents b. NJ), who had been married once
and had had 5 children, all still alive; son, John Biles, age 46 (b. PA),
single, and employed as a farm laborer; and daughter, Hariet Biles, age 27 (b.
PA), single, and not employed.
1920 US Census: Clarinda Biles, age 92 (b. PA; parents b. NJ) and
widowed, resided in the household headed by her son, John Biles, age 57, on
Burlington Road in North Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included her single
daughter, Harriet Biles, age 48.
At
age 24 William married Clarinda Shores (photos) (b. 13
Jun 1826/7 at Sheshequin Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 15 Sep 1921), daughter of
Joshua and Margaret (Post) Shores of New Jersey, on 18 November 1859 in
Bradford County and “embarked on life’s journey with merely nothing except
their good health and willing hands to help them carve a living and obtain a
home for the future.” In 1873 purchased
the Nathaniel Bennett farm in North Towanda Township, where they remained the
rest of their lives. Bill and Clarinda
had the following children:
(1. George Biles: (photos)
(more info)
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Born 22 October 1860 at Sheshequin,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 March 1939 at home in
Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Ulster
Cemetery.
1900 US Census: George Biles, age 39 (b. Oct 1860 in PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Ulster
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife of 9 years, Fannie Biles, age 30
(b. Sep 1869 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 2 children, both still alive;
son, Howard Biles, age 8 (b. Mar 1892 in PA); and daughter, Carrey Biles, age 5
(b. Apr 1895 in PA).
1910 US Census: George Biles. age 49 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was
heading a household on Burlington Road in Ulster Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. The household also
included his wife of 19 years, Jannie D. Biles, age 40 (b. PA; parents b. PA);
son, John H. Biles, age 18 (b. PA) and not employed; daughter, Carrie E. Biles,
age 15 (b. PA); son, David W. Biles, age 9 (b. PA).
1920 US Census: George Biles, age 59 (b. PA; parents b.
PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Ulster Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The
household also included his wife, Fannie R. Biles, age 50 (b. PA; parents b.
PA); daughter, Carrie B. Reinhart, age 24 (b. PA); son-in-law, Harry J.
Reinhart, age 24 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a farm laborer; and
son, David W. Biles, age 19 (b. PA), single, and employed as a machinist for an
engine plant.
1930 US Census: George Biles, age 69 (b.
PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a house carpenter, was heading a household
in Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He married 1st at age 30, and his residence
was valued at $3,500. The household also
included his wife, Fannie D. Biles, age 60 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who married
1st at age 21.
At
age 30, while a resident of North Towanda Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania, George Biles married Fanny D. Rutty (photos) (b.
25 Sep 1869 at Towanda, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 15 Sep 1947; interred with
George), age 21 and also a resident of North Towanda, daughter of David (who
was a farmer) and Emeline “Emily” (Granger) Rutty (and granddaughter of Ezra
Rutty of Sugarcreek, Venango Co., PA), on 4 February 1891 (license issued 2 Feb
1891) and resided at Ulster/North Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and,
later, Kentucky. Of interest, Fannie had
a nephew, Joseph Rutty, who was an engineer on the Rock Island Railroad at
Sayre, Oklahoma. George and Fannie
(Rutty) Biles had the following children:
(a.
John Howard Biles “Howard” “Pete” “Doc” (over time): (photos)(more info) (SSN:
402-36-9493)
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Born 10 March 1892 at Saco, Ulster Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 27 July 1977, age 85, at Robert Packer
Hospital, Sayre, Bradford County from complications of a heart attack; funeral
and interment in Bellevue Cemetery, Danville, Kentucky. Attended Ulster schools and graduated from
Mansfield State Normal School, Mansfield, Pennsylvania, in 1910, overlapping
there for the period 1907 to 1909 with Christine Irvine, who he knew
well. Taught school 1st
at Milan in a one-room school.
Moved to Luther Mills for 2 years, where he was Principal, followed by
Principal at Grove City, Pennsylvania. Taught 24 years at Centre College, Danville, Kentucky, retiring in
1946. Then
accepted the position of Superintendent of Schools for Danville, Kentucky. In semi-retirement, Howard continued to
substitute teach for several years. He
disliked his first name, John; he was known as “Pete” while in school in
Pennsylvania, but lost that appellation while in Kentucky, where he came to be
known as “Doc” Biles.
John
H. Biles married (1st) Estelle "Stelle"/"Stell"
Oleta Ross (photos) (b. 27 Sep
1888 in Jefferson Co., PA, d. 25 Dec 1972 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY), daughter
of Joseph Ross (parents emigrated from Ireland; cleared a farm near St. Marys,
PA) and Mary Florence Webster (photos) (dau of
Aaron and Caroline (Pearsall) Webster, a relative of Noah Webster of dictionary
fame; of Elk Co., PA) of St. Marys, Pennsylvania, on 4/5/18 June 1917 at St
Marys. Of interest, Joseph and Mary
(Webster) Ross also had (among others) a daughter, Nellie B. Ross (photos), who married
Lewis Hassel and had the following son: Harold Ross Hassel (photos),
and a daughter, Grace M. Ross (photos).
In
1952 Howard and Estelle (Ross) Biles resided at 627 E. Main Street, Danville,
Kentucky. They had the following
children:
(1) Betty Jean Biles: (photos) Born 8
May 1918 at Ford City, Pennsylvania. Died 24 December 2004 at Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. In 1947 was a US Navy nurse residing in
Virginia. Married (1st) James Tilmon
Francis (b. 6 Nov 1917 in GA, d. 12 Jan 1993 at Atlanta, DeKalb Co., GA) on 24
April 1951 in Los Angeles County, California; no children. Resided in Kentucky when she married (2nd)
William "Bill" J./S. Dunn of Fort Madison, Iowa on 1 August 1953 at
Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky; no children.
In 1982 resided
at 10415 Condon/Cordon Avenue, Inglewood, California (near Los Angeles).
(2) Mary Ann Biles: (photos) (more info)
Named after her Grandmother, Mary Florence (Webster) Ross, and her aunt, Anne
Ross, who never married. Born 1924 at Danville, Boyle County, Kentucky. Married Samuel “Sam” Woodson Burke, III (photos) (more info)
(b. 14 Nov 1925 at Junction City, Boyle Co., KY, d. 15 Nov 2014 at Danville,
Boyle Co., KY), son of M. Glynn and Nancy (Fox) Burke of Danville, Kentucky, in
1945 at Wibaux, Montana. In 1966
purchased "Burke's Bakery" in Danville, Kentucky from his father;
subsequently sold the baker to his son, Joseph Scott Burke. In 1976 Sam and Mary Ann resided in Kentucky
and had the following children:
(a) Samuel “Sam” Woodson Burke, IV: (photos) (more info) Born 1945 at/near Danville, Kentucky. Married (1st) Linda Marie Montgomery (photos), daughter of DDS Edward "Ed" M. (photos) and Edith Marie (Mann) Montgomery (photos), in 1966 in Kentucky (subsequently divorced) and had the following daughter:
[1. Ann Marie Burke: (photos) (more info) Married Scott Thomas Dorey (photos) in 1993 and had the following children:
[a. Collin Dorey: (photos).
[b. Meghan Dorey: (photos) Married (?) and resided in Ohio.
Linda (Montgomery) Burke later married Ron Estes. Samuel W. Burke, IV married (2nd) Lisa (?) (more info).
(b) Joseph “Joe” Scott Burke: (photos) (more info) Born 1948. Named after his maternal grandfather, Joseph Ross. Purchased "Burke's Baker" of Danville, Kentucky from his father. Married Patricia “Patty” Lynn (Cash) Freeman (photos), daughter of Lawrence "Larry" Milton (photos) and Nancy (Eberts) Cash (photos), granddaughter of Richard Peter (photos) and Mary Belle (Dye) Eberts (photos), as well as Henry Clarke and Freda M. (Seltsam) Cash (photos), and resided in Kentucky. Patty had married (1st) (?) Freeman and had the following son:
[1. Michael Lance Freeman: (photos) (more info)
Joe and Patricia (Cash)(Freeman) Burke had the following children:
[2. Joseph "Joedy" Scott Burke, Jr.: (photos) Born 1975. Married Shawnda/Seph (?) (photos) and had the following son:
[a. Joseph Scott Burke, III: (photos)
[3. Carrie Lynn Burke: (photos) Born 1977. Named after her great-great aunt, Carrie Evelyn (Biles) Reinhart. Married Christopher "Chris" Denenny (photos) and had twins in January, 2022.
(c) Lewis Howard Burke: (photos) Born 1949. Married (1st),
as her (2nd) husband, Betty (Barkley) Daugherty (more info)
(d. 19 Jul 1989, age 39 in an auto accident in KY), daughter of William N., III
and Dorothy (Watkins) Barkley, on 19 December 1980 and resided in Kentucky. Betty had
married (1st) William E. Daugherty, II and had the following son:
[1. William E. Daugherty, III.
Lewis and Betty (Barkley)(Daugherty) Burke and had the following son:
[2. John Hughson Burke: (photos) Born 1977. Married Catrina (?) (photos).
Widower Lewis H. Burke married (2nd) Dorene (?).
(3) George Ross Biles: (photos)
(more info) Born 18 March 1927 at Danville, Boyle County,
Kentucky. Died there
28 January 2008. Attended college at Danville. Married (1st) Doris Ann Fleming (photos) (b. 4 Jun 1930 at Stanford, Lincoln Co., KY, d. 8
Jun 2008 at Danville, Boyle Co., KY), who had known George since she was 9
years old, in 1947 at Jeffersonville, Indiana.
It appears they may have resided in Kentucky in 1949 (perhaps at 608 N.
3rd St., Danville, KY 40422).
Subsequently moved to 310
L. Parker Avenue, Lakeland, Florida. George and Doris had the following son:
(a) William “Bill” Shores Biles: (photos) Born 1949 in Kentucky. Graduated from the University of Arizona at Tucson in June 1972 and worked in Tucson for a period thereafter. In 1976 resided in Colorado. Was not married in 1982.
George and Doris Ann (Fleming) Biles were subsequently divorced. George Biles married (2nd) Gretchen Bush (d. Jul 1989 in KY from complications of cancer) and had the following children:
(b) Steven Biles: Born 1969.
(c) Maripat Biles: Born 1972.
George and Gretchen (Bush) Biles were divorced in late 1982 or early 1983. George married (3rd) Virginia (Ragland) Graham in 1984.
Following Estelle’s death (1972), John Howard Biles of Kentucky married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Helen (Mingos) Minard (b. 25 Apr 1899) of Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania on 17 November 1976 at Athens and resided there on Maple Street (also seen: Towanda). Helen was 12 years old when Howard came to Luther Mills and lived there until 1920, when she was age 21 years old. Helen taught grammar school for many years at the McDuffee Street School in Athens. In 1976 she resided on Maple Street in Athens. Of interest, Helen had a brother, James “Jim” George Mingos, and a sister, Clara Ellen Mingos, who was a hair dresser. Clara had a home on Bridge Street in Athens, Bradford County, and in November 1976 she resided there in the Finch Trailer Court at Green’s Landing.
For many years Howard was deeply interested and involved in his family’s history, and to that end he frequently corresponded with Marian Elizabeth Biles in Greene, Chenango County, New York, and he collaborated extensively with Bryan Wilson Biles (b. 27 Jan 1916, d. 16 Jun 1983 from complications of cancer) of Altus, Jackson County, Oklahoma during creation of Bryan’s book: “The Biles-Byles Family – How Green Was Our Valley,” published in 1969.
(b.
Carrie Evelyn/Emeline Biles: (photos) Born 15
April 1895 in Pennsylvania; named for Carrie Elizabeth Thorpe. Died 17 March 1926, just before her 31st
birthday from complications of pneumonia acquired following surgery; interred
Ulster Cemetery, Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Carrie
Biles married, as his 1st wife, Harry Jackson Reinhart (b. Jan 1896 in Sullivan
Co., PA, d. 1957; interred with Carrie), son of Howard
S. and Harriet M. (Jackson) Reinhart, in July 1917 and had the following
children:
(1) Robert Ivan Reinhart:
(more info) Born 1 October
1920/21 at Endicott, Broome County, New York (also seen: b. PA). Resided at 9 Ivy Place, Oakdale, Johnson City, New York.
Also resided on Fenton Lane, Pasadena, Maryland.
Married Elizabeth Mae Mathias of Johnson City/Endicott, Broome County,
New York, daughter of William H. Mathias of Vestal, Broome County, on 22
October 1942 at Endicott and subsequently resided at Newport, Rhode
Island. Robert and Elizabeth had the following
daughter:
(a) Karen Elizabeth Reinhart: Born
1947. In 1980 was employed as a
librarian at Windsor, New York.
(2) Ralph Carlton
Reinhart: Born 2
September 1923/24/22 at
Endicott, Broome County, New York. Died
27 September 1999 at Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama. In 1955 resided at 28 Kimble Road, Vestal, Broome County. Later resided at 904 Mountain Gap
Road S.E., Huntsville, Alabama 35803, where he worked for IBM (at least 14
yrs). Married (1st)
Beverly Swan of Vestal, New York, in 1946 and had the following children:
(a) Craig Lee Reinhart: Born 1948 at Huntsville, Alabama. Married Pamela Ann Fleming in 1972 and had the following children:
[1. Erin Amanda Reinhart: Born 1975.
[2. Noah Willis Reinhart: Born 1980.
(b) Curt Neil Reinhart: Born 1951. Resided at Huntsville, Alabama. Not married in 1980.
Ralph Reinhard married (2nd) Lois Cook and had at least one daughter.
(c.
David William Biles: (more info)
(SSN: 095-01-9338) Born 2 October 1900 at Ulster, Pennsylvania. Died 17 February 1983 in Pennsylvania;
memorial service Sunday, 20 February at the Frank L. DeMunn Funeral Home;
interred Ulster Cemetery, Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Resided at RD #1, Tunnel (Port Crane), New
York; subsequently at RD #2 (Hance Road), Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
David
Biles married Mary Beatrice Comfort “Bee” (more info)
(b. 13 May 1910 at Elmira (also seen: b. 16 Mar 1901 in PA), d. 24 Apr 1988
(age 77) at Binghamton General Hospital, Binghamton, NY (also seen: d. 11 Dec
1990); interred with David), daughter of Robert Beecher and Elizabeth May
(Rice) Comfort of Lakeland, and later, Elmira, New York, on 1 October 1928 at
Elmira, New York and subsequently resided at Binghamton, New York. David and Mary had the following children:
(1) Virginia Mae/May
Biles: (photos) Born 24 September 1929 at Owego, Tioga County, New
York. Died 25 December
1987. Married Ralph P. Morley,
Jr. "Harry" (also seen: William) (b. 1923?), the son of Ralph, P.,
Sr. (employed as a farmer) and Lulu May (Puleth) Morley of Harpuisville, on 1 March 1946 (also seen: 1944 & 1948) and
resided at Port Crane, New York. William
and Virginia had the following daughter:
(a) Patricia “Pattie” Ann Morley: Born 1951, while her parents resided at Port Crane, New York. In 1988 resided in California and was unmarried in 1982.
(2) Kay Dawn Biles: Born
1940 at Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
Married (?) Casterlin and resided in New York.
(d. Son: Still born 1 April 1909 in Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
George Biles married (2nd)
Gretchen Bush. George Biles of Danville,
Kentucky married (3rd) Virginia Ragland Graham on 6 June 1984.
(2. John Smith Biles: (photos)
(more info)
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Born
3 November 1862 at Shores Hill (RD #1 North Towanda), Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died at
home, Saturday, 27 December 1958, age 96; interred Riverside Cemetery. Resided with his parents at
Towanda his entire life. Employed as a dairy farmer.
Never married.
1920 US Census: John Biles, age 57 (b. PA; parents b. PA), married,
and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Burlington Road in North
Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his mother,
Clarinda Biles, age 92 (b. PA; parents b. NJ) and widowed; and sister, Harriet
Biles, age 48 (b. PA; parents b. PA), single, and employed keeping house.
1930 US Census: John Biles, age 67 (b.
PA), single [lined out and changed to M] and employed as a general laborer on
the state highway, was heading a household in North Towanda Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. His residence was
valued at $4,000. The household also
included his wife [should be sister], Harriet Biles, age 58 (b. PA; parents b.
PA), single [lined out and changed to M] and not employed. Age of 1st marriage not recorded for either.
1940 US Census: John Biles, age 77 (b. PA)
and single, with no record of employment, was heading a household on US Highway
6 in North Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He had completed 7th grade, and his residence
was valued at $3,000. The household also included his sister, Hattie
Biles, age 68 (b. PA) and single, with no record of employment, who had
completed 4 years of high school. On 1
April 1935 they resided in the same house.
(3. Sarah Biles: (photos) (more info)
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Born 27 November 1864/65 in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died 7 August 1946 at Luther’s Mills
Hospital, Luther’s Mills, New York (also seen: b.
Towanda, Bradford Co., PA).
1900 US Census: William N. Bailey, age 31
(b. Apr 1869 in PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in North Towanda Township, Bradford County, New York. The household also included his wife of 8
years, Sarah Bailey, age 34 (b. Oct 1865 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had 3
children, all still alive; son, Stanley C. Bailey, age 7 (b. Apr 1893 in PA);
daughter, Delphine Bailey, age 4 (b. Nov 1895 in PA); son, Judson Bailey, age 2
(b. Dec 1897 in PA); and servant, Charles A. Fenner, age 17 (b. Jun 1882 in PA;
parents b. PA) and employed as a farm laborer.
1910 US Census: William N. Bailey, age 41
(b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on
Burlington Road in North Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 18
years, Sarah Bailey, age 45 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had been married once
and had had 6 children, all still alvie; son, Charles T. Bailey, age 17 (b.
PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer; daughter, Della M. Bailey, age 14
(b. PA); son, Thomas J. Bailey, age 12 (b. PA); daughter, Vesta C. Bailey, age 8
(b. PA); daughter, Susan M. Bailey, age 5 (b. PA); and son, Newton W. Bailey,
age 4 (b. PA).
1920 US Census: William N. Bailey, age 51
(b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household on
Burlington Road in North Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Sarah
Biles, age 54 (b. PA; parents b. PA); daughter, Vesta C. Bailey, age 18 (b.
PA), single, and not employed; daughter, Susan M. Bailey, age 15 (b. PA); and
son, Newton W. Bailey, age 13 (b. PA).
1930 US Census: William N. Bailey (looks a
lot like Dailey), age 60 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and employed as a farm laborer,
was heading a household in North Towanda Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. He married 1st at age
23. The household also included his
wife, Sarah Bailey, age 63 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who married 1st at age 26;
son, Newton W. Bailey, age 23 (b. PA), who married 1st at age 21;
daughter-in-law, Pearl Bailey, age 19 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who married 1st
at age 16; and granddaughter, Luella Bailey, age 3 years and 1 month (b. PA).
1940 US Census: William N. Bailey, age 72
(b. PA) and not employed, was heading a household in North Towanda Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He had
completed 7th grade. The household also
included his wife, Sarah Bailey, age 76 (b. PA), who had completed 7th
grade. On 1 April 1935 they resided in
the same house. Of interest, the
household headed by their son, Newton Bailey, age 33, was enumerated directly
before him on the same census page, and several other Baileys were enumerated
close by.
Sarah
Biles married William “Will” Newton Bailey (photos) (more info)
(b. 26/28 Apr 1869 in North Towanda Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 8 Sep 1961 in
West Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA), son of Newton Joshua and Susan M.
(Slater) Bailey of Burlington Township, Pennsylvania, on 20 July 1892 and
resided in the Luther’s Mills area of Bradford County. William and Sarah (Biles) Bailey had the
following children:
(a. Charles Stanley Bailey “Stanley”/“Stan”: Born 7
April 1893 at 38 Union Street, Johnson City, New York (also seen: b. Towanda,
Bradford Co., PA). Died
21 November 1968 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York.
At
age 24 Charles S. Bailey married (1st) Alliene E. Thompson (b. Oct 1890 in
Bradford Co., PA, d. 5 Jul 1962 in NYS), age 26, daughter of F. A. and Ellen
(Murphy) Thompson, on 5 October 1917 in New York (divorced 4 Jun 1923) and had
the following son:
(1) William Ernest Bailey: Born 23
November 1917 (9 pounds) at the home of Dr. F. A. Thompson, Durrell, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
At
age 34 Charles S. Bailey married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, widow Mina L.
(Sheare) Barkman (b. Aug 1885/84 at Port Jarvis, Orange Co., NY, d. 19 Jan 1955
near Johnson City, Broome Co., NY; interred Vestal Hills Cemetery, Vestal,
N.Y.), age 38, daughter of Peter J. and Rebecca (Van Tuyl) Sheare, on 24
December 1927 in Broome County, New York and resided there in Johnson City.
(b.
Delphine “Della” Margaret Bailey: Born 18 October/September 1895 at Addison,
Steuben County New York (also seen: b. North Towanda, Bradford Co., PA). Died February 1977 at
Painted Post, Steuben County, New York.
Delphine
Bailey married, as his 2nd wife, Wallace Burton Strope (b. 10 Dec 1894 in
Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 31 Jan 1937 at Troy, Bradford Co., PA),
son of Clarence and Sarah (Campbell) Strope, on 21 January 1917 at Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennslvania and resided at Troy, Pennsylvania, then Addison,
Steuben County, New York. Della and
Wallace had the following children: (order uncertain)
(1) Hazel Eleanor Strope:
Born 12 May 1918 in Pennsylvania. May have married Eldon Estep of Addison, New York.
(2) Lillian Mae Strope:
Born 22 June 1920 in Pennslyvania.
(3) Rena D. Strope: Born
1922. Died 2005. Married John H. Bonzo (b.
1917 in PA, d. 13 Feb 1987) on 7 August 1941.
(4) Wallace Strope: Born
about 1924 in Pennsylvania. Served in World War II.
(5) Harriet Strope: Died
young.
Wallace Burton Strope had married (1st)
Maude Susan Dibble (b. 29 Dec 1896 in PA, d. 30 Apr 1916 in PA).
(c. Judson “Jud/Judd”
Emmett/Emmit Bailey (also seen: Thomas Judson Bailey): Born 14 December 1897 at
North Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 6 August 1961 at Troy, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Was
employed as an automotive mechanic.
Judson
Bailey married, as her 2nd husband, Laura Ann (Pruyne) Slater (b. abt 1885 at
Mountain Lake, Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 2 Jan 1963 at Troy,
Bradford Co., PA) and resided at North Towanda, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. In 1958 Jud and his wife
resided “Sugar Creek way” and were in bad health. Laura had married (1st) Wallace W. Slater (b.
9 Dec 1867 at Luthers Mills, Bradford Co., PA, d. 21
Jul 1928).
(d.
Vesta Clarinda Bailey: (more info)
Born 9 December 1901/02 at Corning, Steuben County New York (also seen: b.
North Towanda, Bradford Co., PA). Died
20 March 1957 at Corning, Steuben County, New York; interred Bradford County
Memorial Park (west of Towanda on Rt 6).
Vesta
Bailey married Harold Herbert Hall (b. 5 Jul 1898 in Burlington Twp, Bradford
Co., PA, d. there 18 Sep 1961) of Corning, in 1922 in PA, and resided at 220
Baker Street in Corning, New York. Vesta
and Harold had the following children:
(1) Mildred E. Hall:
Married Thomas Doody, Jr. during World War II and resided at Corning, New
York. Thomas and Mildred had the
following son:
(a) Michael Ernest Doody: Born 1953.
(2) William “Buddy”
Ernest Hall: Killed in action in World War II.
(3) Donna Gail Hall.
(e. Susan “Sue” Lucinda/Ledora/Madora
Bailey: Born 12 June 1904 at Burlington/Towanda, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died there 16/23 January
1966. Named for her
grandmother, Susan Slater, daughter of Asa Slater.
Susan
Bailey married, as his 1st wife, Martin Sloan Ross (more info)
(b. 29 Mar 1900 in PA, d. Jul 1970 in Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA) in 1922
and resided at Burlington, Pennsylvania.
Martin was employed in trucking.
Susan and Martin had the following children:
(1) David Martin Ross “Martin”: (photos)
Born 3 July 1922 at Troy, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 20 March 2016 in
Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Veteran of World War II.
(2) Russell Henry Ross: (photos)
Born about 1924 in Pennsylvania. Served in World War II.
Married (?) and resided at Burlington, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Russell and his wife had
the following children:
(a) Sharon Sue Ross: Married Marvin Lynn
Spencer on 31 December 1966 at the Methodist Church at Burlington, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
(b) Harry Ross.
(3) Marion/Marian Lucile Ross: Born 14
August 1926 in Burlington Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 4 January 1991 at
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married George Slater, brother of Ellen (Slater) Sandore (of interest,
the Sandores, Michael & Ellen, resided on Vesta Strunk’s place, and Ellen
(Slater) Sandore moved from Pittston/Wilkes-Barre area and settled at the Bump
place on Lime Hill), and, in 1966 resided at Ulster, Pennsylvania. Marion and George had the following daughter:
(a) Karen Slater.
Martin S. Ross married (2nd) Alice Roena
Dibble (b. 9 Nov 1905 in Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 15 May
2001).
(f. Newton “Newty” William
Bailey: Born 2 September 1905 in Towanda Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died
(drowned) 13 October 1948.
At
age 21, while a resident of Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania,
Newton Bailey married, as her 1st husband, Pearl B. Gustin (more
info) (b. 25 Oct 1909 in Ulster/Burlington Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 19
May 2009 at Towanda, Bradford Co., PA; interred Bradford Co. Memorial Park,
Luthers Mills, PA), age 19, daughter of Lloyd Eliphalet/W. and Ettie Lena
(Lane) Gustin, on 17 August 1926 (license issued same day) in the Village of
Owego, Tioga County, New York. Newton
and Pearl had the following children: (order uncertain)
(1) Margaret Louella Bailey "Louella": Born
7 March 1927 in Pennsylvania. Perhaps
married (1st) (?) Allen.
Married (perhaps 2nd) Louis Joseph Pronti (b. 25 Dec 1908, d.
12 Jun 1994 at Elmira, Chemung Co., NY; interred Bradford County Memorial Park,
Towanda, Bradford Co., PA), son of Antonio and Adelia (Salvatore) Pronti, and
resided at Elmira, Chemung County, New York.
(2) David N. Bailey: Born
about 1930 in Pennsylvania. Married (1st)
Nora
June Brannaka (more info)
(b. 24 Jun 1931, d. 25 Feb 2004; interred Bradford Co. Memorial Park, Luthers
Mills, PA), daughter of John and Nora June (Campbell) Brannaka of the
Williamsport, Pennsylvania area, on 3 June 1949 and had the following children:
(a) David N.
Bailey, Jr.: Resided in Pennsylvania.
(b) Janet Marie Bailey: Married Edwin Lent
and resided in Pennsylvania.
(c) Kathy Diane Bailey: Married (?) Davis
and resided in Pennsylvania.
(d) Thomas Bailey: Married Mary (?) and
resided in Pennsylvania.
David
N. Bailey married (2nd) (2nd) Marlene (?) and resided in
Pennsylvania.
(3) Lloyd William Bailey "Bill": Born 22 November 1932 at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died there 10 February 2019, age 86, at Robert Packer Hospital; interred Bradford County, Memorial Park, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Lloyd Bailey married (1st) Carrie Belle Roof (b. 7 Jul 1928 in Herrick Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 16 Nov 1982 at Sayre, Bradford Co., PA; interred with Lloyd), daughter of Roy Emery and Nina Mabel (?) Roof and resided at Rural Route 2, Ulster, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Lloyd and Carrie had the following children:
(a) Susan Bailey: Married John Raver (d. 31 Mar 2014).
(b) Lloyd J. Bailey: Married Kelly Robinson.
(c) Brian Bailey: Married Helen (?).
(d) Patricia Bailey: Married Jack Carr.
It appears Lloyd Bailey married (2nd) Betty J. (?).
(4) Russell B. Bailey: Born
1943. Married Barbara Isdell, daughter
of Alton H. and Lucille (Atwood) Isdell (b. 4 Oct 1923 at Herrick, PA, d. 11
May 2011 at West Burlington, PA), and resided in Pennsylvania.
Following Newton’s death, Pearl
(Gustin) Bailey married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Guy Harvey Kaylor (b. 9 May
1901 at Jonesboro, Grant Co., IN, d. 22 Feb 1996 at Towanda, Bradford Co., PA;
interred with Pearl), son of Earnest D. and Cora M. (Harvey) Kaylor, and
resided on Packer Avenue in Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Pearl was
employed by Sylvania.
Guy Kaylor had married (1st), as her 2nd husband, Ann Lee (Long) Hecox (b. 23 Dec 1911 at Swayzee, Grant Co., IN, d. there 12 Jun 1948; interred there in Thrailkill Cem.), daughter of of Wade Hampton and Tressa Fay (Pennington) Long, in 1941 in Indiana. Ann (Long) Hecox had married (1st) Glenn Van Alstyne Hecox (b. 6 Jan 1897 at Chicago, Cook Co., IL, d. May 1968 in Ionia Co., MI; interred there in Oak Hill Cem.), son of Guy and Florence (Briggs) Hecox, in 1931 (subsequently divorced) and had at least the following son:
(5) Hugh Van Alstyne Hecox: Born 20 May 1932 at Swayzee, Grant County, Indiana. Died there 3 March 1996; interred there in Thrailkill Cemetery. Married Madonna "Donna" Losure on 17 August 1950.
(4. Margaret “Maggie”
Biles: (photos) (more info)
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Born
11 April 1869 in Asylum Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (also seen: b.
Wysox Twp, Bradford Co., PA). Died
Thursday, 17 September 1964 (also seen: 1965) at Memorial Hospital, Towanda,
Bradford County; interred Ulster Cemetery, Ulster Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. At age 5 moved with her
parents to North Towanda.
1900 US Census: Allen Pollock, age 32 (b. May 1868 in
PA; parents b. Scotland) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife of 3
years, Margaret Pollock, age 31 (b. Apr 1869 in PA; parents b. PA); and daughter,
Mildred Pollock, age 6 months (b. Nov 1899 in PA).
1910 US Census: Allen T. Pollock, age 41 (b. PA; parents
b. PA and spoke Galic) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 13
years, Margaret Pollock, age 41 (b. PA; parents b. PA), who had been married
once and had had 2 children, both still alive; daughter, Mildred Pollock, age 10
(b. PA); and son, Thomas Pollock, age 7 (b. PA).
1920 US Census: Allen T. Pollock, age 51 (b. PA; parents
b. Scotland) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Smithfield
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Biles Pollock, age 50 (b. PA; parents
b. PA); daughter, Mildred Pollock, age 20 (b. PA), single, and not employed;
and son, Thomas Pollock, age 17 (b. PA), single, and not employed.
1930 US Census: Maggie
Pollock, age 60 (b. PA; parents b. PA) resided in the household headed by her
son, Thomas W. Pollock, age 27 (b. PA) in Smithfield Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Maggie married 1st at age
20. Of interest, Maggie's husband, Al
Pollock, age 61 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and not employed, who married 1st at age
21, was enumerated with them, though he did not reside there.
1930 US Census: Allen T. Pollock, age 62 (b. PA; parents
b. Scotland), married, and employed as a farm laborer, was a patient in
Selinsgrove State Colony for Epileptics, 522 Middleburg Road, Penn Township,
Snyder County, Pennsylvania.
At
age 27, Maggie Biles, while a resident of North Towanda Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania, married Allen "Al" Thomas Pollock (photos) (more info)
(b. 12 May 1868 at Saco, Ulster Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. 8 Sep 1933 at
Smithfield, Bradford Co., PA; interred Ulster Cemetery), age 28 and a resident
of Saco, Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, son of Thomas and Ann
(Howie) Pollock of Saco, on 24 February 1897 (license issued 19 Feb 1897) at
the Presbyterian parsonage in Ulster Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
and resided at Ulster. Margaret and Thomas
resided on a farm at Saco, but after Allen’s death, Maggie moved to 14 N. Main
Street, Towanda for 10 years. Maggie and
Allen had the following children:
(a. Mildred
"Mil" Margaret Pollock: (photos) Born
23 November 1899 in Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 March 1984 at Towanda, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania; interred Ulster Cemetery, Ulster, Pennsylvania. Married Francis "Frank" Harold
Kaupp (photos) on 28 March 1950 by
Reverend Fox and resided at Towanda. Also resided at Waverly, New York and in 1940 at 405 S. Lake
Street, Orlando, Florida.
(b. Thomas
"Tom" William Pollock: (photos) (more info)
Born 22 July 1902 in Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 25 August 1958 at Waverly, Tioga County,
New York. Employed as
a farmer.
1930 US Census: Thomas W. Pollock, age 27
(b. PA; parents b. PA), single, and employed as a dairy farmer, was heading a
household in Smithfield Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his mother,
Maggie Pollock, age 60 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and married, who had married 1st
at age 20; and his father, Al Pollock, age 61 (b. PA; parents b. PA) and not
employed, who married 1st at age 21, was enumerated in their household, though
he did not reside there.
Thomas
Pollock married, as her 1st husband, Clara Ellen Huff “Ellen” (photos) (b.
10 Jan 1919 in Bradford Co., PA, d. 3 Jun 1999 at Stoneville, Rockingham Co.,
NC), daughter of Reymon/Raymond Frank and Margaret Lydia (Harris) Huff, on 16
August 1941 at Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, with Reverend Victor E.
Detty officiating, and resided in Ulster Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Thomas and Clara had the
following children:
(1) Joyce Ann Pollock: (photos)
Born 1942.
1940 US Census: Johe Strope, age 49 (b.
PA) and employed as a laborer doing road construction, was heading a household
in Owego Township, Tioga County, New York.
He had completed 8th grade and his residence was valued at $1,800. The household also included his wife,
Gertrude Strope, age 44 (b. NYS), who had completed 3 years of high school;
daughter, Marion Strope, age 18 (b. MO), single, and employed as a stretcher in
a shoe factory; daughter, Agnes Strope, age 16 (b. NYS); son, Richard Strope,
age 13 (b. NYS); son, Robert Strope, age 12 (b. NYS); daughter, Betty J.
Strope, age 11 (b. NYS); daughter, Louise Strope, age 8 (b. NYS); son, Douglas
Strope, age 6 (b. NYS); son, Jack Strope,
age 1 (b. NYS); and daughter, Joyce Strope, age 2 months (b. NYS). On 1 April 1935 they resided in the same
house.
Joyce Pollock married (1st) Jack Duane
Strope (b. 1939 in NYS), son of Jobe "Joe" Ezra and Gertrude V. (Stephens)
Strope, in 1961; subsequently divorced.
Jack and Joyce had the following children:
(a) Deanna Strope: Born 1962 in
Germany. Moved to the
United States with her parents at age 8 months.
(b) Jack Duane Strope, Jr.: Born 1963.
Joyce (Pollock) Strope married (2nd), as
his 2nd wife, Carlton Jack (Wimbish) Burgart "Jack" (b. 1939 at
Graham, Alamance Co., NC), son of George Edmond and Mary Kathleen (Kapp/Cappel)
Wimbish (but raised by foster parents, Schley Saunders Burgart and Rena Ford
(Puttnam) Burgart) on 1 May 1995 at Eden, Rockingham County, North
Carolina. Out of respect for his foster
parents, Jack Wimbish formally changed his surname to Burgart. Jack had married (1st) Sandra Lynne Spencer
(d. 1 May 1995) on 2 July 1960 at Leaksville (now Eden), Rockingham County, North Carolina.
(2) Joan Margaret
Pollock: (photos) Born
1944. Married John Watkins in 1961 and
resided in Pennsylvania. John and Joan
had the following children:
(a) Barry Watkins: Born 1962.
(b) Amy Watkins: Born 1965.
Widow
Clara Ellen (Huff) Pollock married (2nd) Willard L. Keeler (photos)
(b. 12 Apr 1920 at East Smithfield, Bradford Co., PA, d. there 15 Sep 1988),
son of Lee Frank and Linnie Irene (Cleveland) Keeler, in 1960.
(5. Harriet “Hattie”
Biles: (photos)
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info)
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Born 23 November 1871 in Asylum Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died at home on Tuesday, 17 December 1957,
age 86; interred Riverside Cemetery.
Lived with her parents at RD #1, North Towanda, and with other
relatives, though she reportedly “did not see eye to eye” with either her father, William Smith Biles, or her grandfather,
John Patterson Biles. Harriet belonged
to the Presbyterian Church at Saco, Ulster Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and apparently never married, though by one account Harriet
married (?) Kunzman.
f. Minerva “Minnie” Jane
Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 6 August 1837 in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 25 November 1907 at the Cleveland Hotel,
Daytona, Florida from complications of bronchitis; interred there temporarily;
moved in the spring to Riverside Cemetery, Towanda.
Minnie
Biles married Charles "Charlie" Harrison Keeler (b. 20 Mar 1841 at
Towanda, Bradford Co., PA, d. 1910; interred Towanda, Bradford Co., PA) of
Towanda, son of Nehemiah Jackson and Helen Almina (Taylor) Keeler, on 26/20
March 1861 at Owego, Tioga County, New York by Reverend (Presbyterian) S. H.
Hall. Settled 1st
in LaPorte, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania where Charles published the “Sullivan
County Democrat.” After 6 months
“in the Sullivan County wilderness,” returned to Towanda penniless. Moved to Owego, Tioga County, New York in
late December 1861, where Charles worked for the “Owego Gazette.” Two or three years later sold out before the
house they were constructing was half completed and shifted from the printing
to the grocery business. Charles wasn’t
suited for that line of work and sold out at a loss. He then went to work as a printer for the
Democratic County Committee of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, publishing the
“Herald of the Union” at Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. About 2 years later they moved back to Owego,
which Charles considered “the dearest place on earth.” Charles opened his own job printing business
there and was very successful. Eventually resided at 240 Main Street, Owego, New York. Unfortunately, his print shop was destroyed
by fire on 12 December 1968, and he had to start again, from scratch, which he
did and was again very successful. In
March 1871 Charles started publishing the “Tioga County Record,” a weekly
newspaper that was also very successful.
Later Minnie and Charles resided at Dixon, Illinois, where Charles was
in the newspaper business.
Minnie
and Charles had no children of their own, but they did help raise the following
children:
(1. Edward "Eddie" Payson Biles: (photos) Adopted from the Howard Mission
and Home for Little Wanderers, located in New York State. After a few years living with the Keelers,
returned to his biological mother.
(2. Florence “Flora” Jane Biles: (photos) Daughter of Minnie’s brother,
Alexander “Alex” Patterson Biles. Died at age 16.
(3. Maud Biles: Born about 1871 in
Pennsylvania. Daughter
of C. L. Ward Biles. After a few years returned to her biological mother.
g. John “Place” Lewis
Biles: (photos) Born 11 July
1840/41/46. Died at Franklin, Ohio;
apparently had a stroke in 1894, but was still alive on 16 May 1901. Resided at Towanda,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Later resided at Franklin, Ohio, returning to Bradford County,
Pennsylvania about 1900. John had
six sons and one daughter.
1850 US Census: John Biles was residing in Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1860 US Census: John Biles was residing in Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania.
1870 US Census: John Biles was residing in Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married
(1st) Hannah M. Gard/Gaurd (b. 18 Aug
1846 at Orange Co., N.Y.; interred Wysox Cemetery, Wysox, Bradford Co., PA),
daughter of George and Anna (?) Gard (who also had daughter, Fannie (photos)), on 12 March 1862 and had the
following children in the Pine Grove area around Towanda, Bradford County:
(1. Alice “Allie”
Hannah Biles: Born 21 May 1862/3. Died 19 January 1873.
(2. Dorcey/Dorcy W.
Biles: Born 13 January 1867. Died 16 May
1936, age 69; interred lot 310, Overfield Cemetery (which was owned by Arabella
Jacoby). Resided at
Scrantion. Married C. Louise
Crain (b. about 1882), daughter of William and Elizabeth (?) Crain of Powell,
Pennsylvania (also seen: m. “a shores girl”), on 24 December 1902 (application
same day) at Powell with Benjamin Haythorn, Justice of the Peace,
officiating. Resided
near Shores Hills, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(3. Henry Biles: Born
26 May/Apr 1870. Died
1 March 1874.
John Lewis Biles left
Hannah and married (2nd) Emma "Ida" (White) Post, daughter
of Charles E. White, after 1863. Hannah
M. (Gard) Biles married (2nd) George P. Brown. John and Emma (White)(Post)
Biles had the following children:
(4. Minnie Place? Biles.
(5. Charles Place? Biles.
(6. Dorance Place? Biles.
John Lewis Biles
married (3rd) widow (?) Pool and had the following children: (which
mother is uncertain)
(7. Albert
Biles.
(8.
(?) Biles.
(9.
John Biles.
(10. Vandugen “Van”
Biles.
h. Sarah Rosanna Biles: Born 22/29 December
1842. Died 15 July 1843 at Lime Hill,
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania from
complications of scarlet fever. Interred there in the Lime Hill Cemetery.
i. Christopher/Cornelius L. Ward Biles “Ward”: (photos) Born 27 May
1844. Died 8 June 1875 from
complications of cancer; interred Riverside Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Resided for a time in
Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.
Note:
Bible says: “Christopher W. Biles” Another source says: Cornelius L. Ward
Biles.
1850 US Census: C.L. Biles was residing at Wysox, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married
Anna
“Ann”
E. Gard/Gaurd (photos)(b.
6 Apr 1849, d. 1909; interred Riverside Cem., Towanda, Bradford Co., PA),
daughter of George and Anna (?) Gard, on 27/28 November 1867 and had the
following children: (order uncertain)
(1.
Edward “Ed” G. Biles: (photos) Born
11 June/July 1869/68. Died 13 April 1949. Married (1st)
Dorotha (?) (d. 8 Jun 1874) on 10 July 1893 and
resided at 29 North Davidson Street, Auburn, New York. Edward and Dorotha had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(a. Dorothy Biles: Born
25 December 1896. Married
(?) Hall and resided at Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan.
(b.
Thomas Edison Biles.
(c. Arlene Biles:
(perhaps) Married (?) Meredith and resided at Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
(2. Walter Biles: Born
25 March 1870. Died 1 January/June 1874
when hit on top of the head by a potato hook wielded or thrown by his father.
(3. Maud G. Biles: Born
17 October 1871. Raised
for several years by her aunt and uncle, Minerva “Minn” Jane (Biles) and
Charles Keeler, paragraph f., above. Married Eugene Tanner; no children. By one account always resided with Ann
Keeler, who had no children.
(4. Ward Biles: (more info) Born 8 June
1874 at East Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 October 1961, age 87; interred
Fleming, New York. Initially
resided at Shores Hill. After marriage resided at 18 Gaylord Street, Auburn, Cayuga County,
New York for 69 years. Employed
initially at Auburn in the city quarry, then by the Firth Company, and finally
at Emerson Park. Married
Celia (?) (more info) (b. England,
d. 24 Dec 1957 at Auburn, N.Y., following a long illness; interred Fleming,
N.Y.), who immigrated to the United States from England.
j. Lois Emma Biles: (photos) Born 27 March
1847/46. Died 23/22 January 1859 (age 11
yrs, 10 mo., 23 days) at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania from complications of throat cancer. Interred there in the Lime
Hill Cemetery.
k. Charles “Charlie”
Edgar “Ed” Biles: (photos) (more info)
(also seen: Edward/Edgar Charles)
Born
15 September 1848 at Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and
resided at nearby Towanda. Died at home
in North Towanda on 14 May 1920 (age 71) at North Towanda, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania; interred Lot # 69, Riverside Cemetery, Towanda. Had bright red whiskers,
and his five daughters had bright red hair.
1850 US Census: Charles was heading a household in Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
1860 US Census: Charles was heading a household in Wysox Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Charles
Biles married Mary
Josaphine Mills (photos) (b. 2 Oct
1852/51 in PA, d. 14 Dec 1913 in PA; interred Riverside Cemetery, Towanda), a
renowned midwife and daughter of Silas Avery and Mary Ellen (Allis) Mills of
Ulster, on 24/31 October 1872/71 (also seen: 31 Oct 1871) and had the following
children:
(1. Ella May Biles: (photos) (more info) Born 1 November 1872. Died 19 January 1960. Had very curly red hair.
1880 US Census: Ella Biles, age 7 (b. PA), resided in the
household headed by her grandfather, Silas Mills, age 71 (b. PA; father b. CT;
mother b. OH) and employed as a farmer, in North Towanda Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. The household also
included Silas' wife, Ellen Mills, age 68 (b. PA); daughter, Philetta Mills,
age 36 (b. PA); son, Vespacian Mills, age 29 (b. PA); and son, William Mills,
age 17 (b. PA).
Ella
ran away with her younger sister Phoebe’s husband, Myron Matthew “Matt” Madison
Bostwick and resided in Alexandria County (suburb of Washington, D.C.),
Virginia, where Ella worked at the US Bureau of Engraving. They were subsequently married; no children.
(2.
Minnie I. Biles: (photos) (more info)
Twin. Born 11 July 1874 at North
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 10 July 1959 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York; interred
Riverside Cemetery, Towanda. Had red hair. Married
John Harlen “Harley”
McKee (photos) (more info)
(b. 1874 in PA, d. 20 Sep 1920 (age 45) at Union/Johnson City, N.Y.) on 21
March 1900 at North Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1926 they resided at North Towanda, and
later at Johnson City, Broome County, New York.
Minnie and Harley had the following children:
(a. Nellie Mae McKee: (photos) (more info)
Born 25 May 1903 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 20 April 1995, age 91, at Cortland Memorial Hospital, McGraw, Cortland County, New York.
Was a laundry worker before marriage. After marriage moved to
Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
Married
Claude
Arnout Smith (photos) (more info)
(b. 11 Aug 1901 at South Waverly, Tioga Co., PA, d. 8 Feb 1952 at Binghamton,
Broome Co., NY; interred there in Spring Forest Cemetery) on 2/1 October 1926
by Reverend Wesley Andrews at Endicott, Union Township, Broome County, New
York. Claude was a 5’ 11”, 165-pound,
brown-haired, brown-eyed farmer with two dependents residing at RD #1, Pine
City, New York before joining the US Army on 27 August 1917 to participate in
World War I (29th Regiment, 116th Infantry
Division). He was honorably discharged
on 8 September 1925 at Tilton General Hospital, Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was employed as a machinist when
married. Nellie and Claude had the
following children:
(1) Jeanne “Jeannie”
Marie Smith: (photos) Born 1929
at Johnson City, Broome County, New York.
Married John
Herbert Degnan (photos) (b. 1929 in N.Y.),
son of Thomas William and Ella Mae (Seeley) Degnan, in 1947 and in 1979
resided at RD #3, Windsor, New York. In 1995 resided in New York.
Jeanne and John had the following children:
(a) Sandra “Sandi” Alice Degnan: (photos) (more info) Born 1948 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Married (1st) Cecil Theodore Candfield in 1965 in Pennsylvania and had the following son:
[1. Derak Michael Candfield: Born 1966 at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Served in the US Army. Had the following son with Tammy Price:
[a. Joshua Michael Candfield.
Derak Candfield had the following daughter with Michelle McLean:
[b. Alexis Raen Candfield.
Sandra (Degnan) and Cecil Candfield were divorced. Sandra married (2nd) Keith Eugene West, Jr. (photos) (b. Mar (?)) and had the following daughter:
[2. Melissa Lynne West: (photos) (more info) Born 1967 at Binghamton General Hospital, Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Graduated from Susquehanna Valley High School. Had the following daughter with Ernesto Marini:
[a. Amanda Nicole (West) Trotter: Born 1987.
Melissa married Gary C. Trotter (photos) (more info), son of Clifford Trotter of Conklin, New York, on 7 January (?) at the Volunteers of America Hall, Binghamton, New York. Gary adopted Melissa’s daughter, Amanda. He was a graduate of Susquehanna High School and served in the US Army before marriage. At the time of their marriage Gary was a school bus operator and Melissa was a school bus monitor for the Laidlow Corporation, Binghamton, New York. Melissa and Gary were subsequently divorced. Melissa married (2nd) Ricky Lee Hoag (more info) on Saturday 2007 at Union Center United Methodist Church, Endicott, New York.
Sandra (Degnan)(Candfield) and Keith West were divorced. Sandra married (3rd) Robert Arthur Weidman and had the following children:
[3. Timothy Scott Weidman: Born 1970 at Binghamton General Hospital, Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Married Michelle Fuller.
[4. Todd Allen Weidman: (more info) Born 1972 at Binghamton General Hospital, Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Married (1st) Laura L. Newhart and had the following children:
[a. Katlyn Elizabeth Weidman: Twin. Born 1994 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York.
[b. Ashley Renee Weidman: Twin. Born 1994 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York.
[c. Tyler Alan Weidman: Born 2000 at Greenville, South Carolina.
Todd and Laura Weidman were divorced. Todd married (2nd) Holly Eherts in 2007.
Sandra (Degnan)(Candfield)(West) and Robert Weidman were divorced. Sandra married (4th) Brian Douglas Seaman (photos) (d. from complications of lung cancer) in 1970 at Crawfordsville, Indiana.
(b) Donna Marie Degnan: Born 1953 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Married Gary Vanderburg. They were subsequently divorced.
(c) John David Degnan: Born 1955 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Married Linda Deyo.
(d) Steven Richard Degnan: (more info) Born 1958 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Graduated from Wilson High School on 27 June 1976. Married (1st) Laverna Mullin. Steven and Laverna were subsequently divorced. He married (2nd) Jody Jones.
(e) Ella Mae Degnan: Born 1960 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Married Ronald Williams, son of Myron “Mickey” A. and (?) Williams.
(2) Harley Mason Smith: (photos)
Born 1931 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Married Joan F. Bovee and had the following
children:
(a) Suzanne Marie Smith.
(b) Mary Lou Smith.
(3) Richard Arnout Smith:
(photos) (more info)
Born 23 August 1932 at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Died 24 June 2001, age 68, at Cortland, New
York; interment Freetown Cemetery. Served in the US Air Force.
Married Ruby (?) about 1965 (married 36 yrs) and resided in New
York. Richard and Ruby had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(a) Jeanne Seager Smith: In 2001 resided
at Willet, New York.
(b) David Smith: In 2001 resided at
Marathon, New York.
(c) Jerry Smith: In 2001 resided at
Cortland, New York.
(4) Donald “Don” Robert
Smith: (photos) Born 1934. Married Patricia “Pat” Morariety and resided at
Afton, New York. Donald and Pat had the
following daughter:
(a) Kathryn Louise Smith.
(5) Leon “Lee” Sterne
Smith: (photos) Married Opal G.
Gillette and resided in Florida.
(b.
Leon “Lew” Sterne/Stern McKee: (photos) (more info)
SSN: 128-01-6603. Born
10 October 1907 at Johnson City, Broome County, New York. Died May 1970. Resided at Binghamton,
Broome County, New York. Operated an automobile service station. Married Myrtle I. Whitesell (photos) (more info)
(b. 5 Sep 1917 at Binghamton, Broome, Co., N.Y., d. Sun, 15 Feb 1998, age 80,
at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, N.Y.; SSN: 128-01-6589) and
resided there. Leon and Myrtle had the
following son:
(1) Emery Paul McKee: (photos)
(more info) SSN:
114-32-6581.
Born 28 September 1942 at Windsor, Broome County, New York. Died
Tuesday, 25 March 1997, age 54, at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania; interred Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, New
York. Married (1st) Patricia
Coleman, but they were subsequently divorced; no children. Married (2nd) Justine (?) and
resided in New York. Toward the end of
his life he resided at the Heritage Nursing Home, Athens, Bradford
County, New York.
Emery
and Justine had the following children: (order uncertain)
(a) Emery Paul McKee, Jr.: Died in
infancy.
(b) Laurie McKee: Married (?) O’Daniels
and had the following daughter:
[1. Nicole O’Daniels.
(c) Jo Ann McKee: Married Sergio De la
Vega and resided at Apalachin, Pennsylvania.
Jo Ann and Sergio had the following children:
[1. Emily De la
Vega.
[2. Olivia De la
Vega.
(d) Thomas McKee: Resided at Endicott, New
York.
(3. Marie
“Mertie/Myrtie/Mirtie” Biles: (photos)
Twin. Born 11 July
1874. Died about 1 October 1955;
interred Riverside Cemetery, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Had red hair and wore glasses when
young. Married Raymond Vanness (more info) (b. 25
Feb 1876, d. 9 Mar 1931; interred Riverside Cemetery), son of farmer Frank and
Rolna (?) Vanness, on 24 February 1909 (at his home: 208 Main St, N. Towanda)
with Reverend W. S. Heerman officiating.
They subsequently resided at North Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1920 they resided at Ulster in Bradford
County. Mertie and Raymond had the
following son before they were married:
(a.
Edgar N./H. Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 1900. Died 30 April
1975, age 75. Resided
in Johnson City, Broome County, New York; then on Hazel Avenue in Endicott,
Broome County. Married Cornelia
A. Sutton (photos) (more info)
(d. Tues, 6 May 1980, age 79, at River Mede Manor Nursing Home, Binghamton,
N.Y., age 79; interment Vestal Hills Memorial Park, Vestal, N.Y.) (sister of Ralph Sutton of Springville, PA) of Johnson City,
Broome County, New York on 21 July (?) at the Methodist-Episcopal Church in
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Edgar and Cornelia had the following son:
(1) Robert “Bob” E.
Biles: Married Betty Lou (?) in 1951 and had the following children:
(a) Kevin R. Biles: In 1980 resided in North Carolina.
(b) Heather Anne Biles: (more info) Graduated from Vestal Central High School and Carthage College. In 1980 resided at Kenosha, Wisconsin. Married Larry P. Miglets, son of Frank S. Miglets of Youngstown, Ohio, in 1985. Larry graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, Youngstown, Ohio and attended Youngstown State University before entering the US Air Force.
(4. Phebe/Phoebe Pearl Biles: (photos)
Born 21 April 1879. Died
1 February 1939. Had ash blonde hair. Was extremely pious.
Married (1st) Myron Matthew “Matt” Madison Bostwick on 18
March 1896 and had the following son:
(a.
Manville Charles (or Charles Manville) Bostwick: (photos) Born 21
November 1897. Died 30/29 December
1952. Resided at North
Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Nina “Ina” Tuttle (more info)
(b. 11 Dec 1897 at Wysox, d. 15 Apr 1968, age 70 at Memorial Hospital, Towanda;
interred Wysox Cemetery), daughter of Bryon and Edith (Hildebrand) Tuttle (who
also had son, Harold M. Tuttle; daughter, Mrs. Floyd Doodstal; and daughter,
Mrs. Jane Madigan), and had the following daughter:
(1) Eva Tuttle Bostwick:
Died (drowned) 7 August 1940 (age 17) during a swimming party in Towanda Creek
near Monroeton, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Of interest, Ina (Tuttle) Bostwick had a
brother, Harold M. Tuttle of RD 2, Towanda and two sisters: Mrs. Floyd Goodstal
and Mrs. Jane Madigan, both of Wolcott, New York.
Matt Bostwick left Phoebe to run away to
the Washington, D.C. area with her older sister, Ella May (Para (1., above), who he eventually married (2nd). Phoebe married (2nd) Clarence
Hendershot (b. 9 Sep 1886 at Myersburg, PA); no children, though
Clarence had children from a previous marriage, which Phoebe helped raise. Clarence was employed
as a postman/mail carrier. Phoebe and
Clarence were subsequently divorced. In
1920 Phoebe was residing with her father in North Towanda. After his marriage to Phebe, Clarence
remarried.
(5. Elizabeth “Lizzie”
M. Biles
Born 21 February 1882 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died Thursday, 27 December 1951 (also seen: 12/13 Dec) at Luthers Mills;
interred there. Went
to Pine Grove School. Married
George H. Bostwick (b. 1882 in Bradford Co., PA, d. 5 Jan 1962 at Memorial
Hospital, Towanda (or: d. 20 Dec 1951 at Luther Mills, PA; interred there);
interment Bradford County Memorial Park), son of Philo N. and Dorinda/Derinda
A. (Luther) Bostwick (a farmer and son of Abigail "Abbie" J.
(Bennett) Bostwick (b. 29 Mar 1820, d. 29 Nov 1900, age 80 yrs and 8 mos.), who
also had at least 5 other children, including James B. Bostwick (photos) (b. 1873, d. 1943, m. Adelia E.
(?)(b. 1870, d. 1949)) of Philadelphia, PA), on 30 October
1901 (application same day) with Reverend E. J. Rosengrant officiating. Lizzie and George resided at Luthers Mills,
Burlington Township, Bradford County (also seen:
Towanda).
George
was a 50-year member of the West Burlington Grange and also was a member of the
Burlington Methodist Church. Lizzie and
George had the following children:
(a.
Mary Dorinda Bostwick (also seen: Dorinda Mary): (photos)
Born 25 May 1903. Died 19/17 March 1980
at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred Towanda Cemetery. Named for her grandmother
Bostwick. Graduated from to
Mansfield Normal School, Mansfield, Pennsylvania and was employed as a school
teacher. Married Judson “Jud” “Judd” C.
Schanbacher (b. of Dutch ancestry, d. Mar 1975 at Towanda, PA; interred with
Mary) of Towanda and resided at North Towanda, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. No children.
(b.
Edith Pearl Bostwick: Born 13 March 1909.
Died by August 1991; interred Luther Mills. Was employed for a year as
a nurse in a Veterans Hospital in the Poughkeepsie, New York area. Married (1st)
Carl Sage; no children. Married
(2nd) Walter J. Mack (d. 21 Aug 1975/74 at Albany VA Hospital;
interred Bradford Co. Memorial Park) on 20 October 1951 at
Poughkeepsie/Wappensinger Falls, New York and resided there. Later resided at Luther
Mills, selling out there in June 1988.
In September 1988 Edith resided in Apartment 62, Riverview Manor, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837.
(c.
May D. Bostwick.
l. Franklin “Frank”
Orrin Biles: Born 24 September 1851 at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (or in Illinois?). Died there 24 October 1851; interred Lime
Hill Cemetery (back side, north from Strunks).
2. Eleanor “Nellie”
Biles: (photos)
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Born 28 April 1805/04
in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County,
Pennsylvania. Died 22 May 1878 (age 74
yrs, 24 days) at Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania; interred there in the Lime Hill Cemetery). Could not read or write. Married Jacob Cooper Strunk (photos) (more info) (also seen: Jacob Osenbagh
Strunk) (b. 5/15 Jan 1802 at Northampton Co., PA (also seen: b. abt 1814 in
Clearfield Co., PA), d. 29 Mar 1881, age 79 yrs, 2 mo., 24 days (also seen: d.
27 Mar 1880), son of Peter and Betsey (Cooper) Strunk of Northampton County,
Pennsylvania (who moved to Middle Smithfield Township, Monroe Co., PA when
Jacob was a young boy), on 17 January 1823 by Peter Landers, Esquire in Middle
Smithfield Township, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. Of interest, Jacob was referred to as “Uncle
Strunk” by his Biles relatives. A year
later, 1824, Eleanor moved with her parents from Northampton County to Bradford
County, Pennsylvania, locating at Homet’s Ferry, across from Frenchtown, in a
hewed log cabin on the Miller place. Jacob moved west to join her a little later.
Anecdotally: On hearing
that his mother (d. 1832) was sick back in Monroe County, Jacob walked there
from Bradford County in 3 days to see her.
Anecdotally: Jacob
routinely constructed rafts of logs to transport grain, shingles, etc. down the
Susquehanna River to Maryland markets, then walked home. In 1842, on his way home from a rafting trip,
Jacob stopped at the Frenchtown (Asylum) spring and stuck his willow cane in
the mud. It grew into a tree, and in 1915
that tree’s trunk was 4 ½ feet in diameter.
When it was cut down it produced 5 cords of fire wood.
Eleanor and Jacob
eventually lived at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and had the following children: (most interred Lime Hill Cemetery,
Bradford Co. PA; all males had surnames for middle names)
a. Mary Ann C. Strunk: (photos) Born 5/25 February 1826
(gravestone says 5 Feb). Died 18/12
January 1854 (gravestone says 18 Jan).
b. Rosannah/Rosanna Strunk: (photos) Born 2 August 1827. Died 16 June 1851 at Lime Hill, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred there in the Lime Hill
Cemetery.
c. Samuel Strunk: Born 2
May 1829. Died 22 November 1830; interred
in an old (since-plowed-over) cemetery at Homets Ferry (same for Susie Irvine
(b. 1862, d. Apr 1863), dau of John & Emma (Stevens) Irvine).
d. Solomon Strunk, MD: (photos)
Born 28 February 1831. Died 28 February
1892 at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and
interred there in the Lime Hill Cemetery.
Appears to have been in medical practice with his younger brother, Dr.
Benjamin Thetga Strunk. Appears to have
married and had at least 2 daughters.
e. Rebecca Strunk: Born
8 January 1834. Died 22 September 1868
at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred there
in Lime Hill Cemetery.
f. Ziba Smith Strunk: (photos) Born 19/9
April 1836 (gravestone says 19 Apr).
Died 29 October 1891 at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and interred there in the Lime Hill Cemetery. Was Post Master at Lime Hill, Pennsylvania as
well as a farmer and resided there most of his life. Married Louisa/Louise Augusta Stiles
“Augusta” (photos) (more info)
(b. 24 Nov 1842, d. 3 Jan 1930, age 86; interred Lime Hill Cem.), daughter of
Moses Stiles (who also had dau. Mrs. Elizabeth Reed, who in 1930 resided at
Richland Park, NJ), on 12 August 1865 and had the following children:
(1. Grenville Channing
Strunk: (photos) Born 9 May 1866
near Stroudsburg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania.
Died 23/25 August 1891 at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania; interred there in Lime Hill Cemetery.
(2. Vesta Leona Strunk:
(photos) (more info)
Born 29 January 1879 on Lime Hill. Died
about Saturday, 24 March 1973, age 93, at the Dar-Way Nursing Home, Lime Hill,
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and interred there in Lime
Hill Cemetery. In December 1954 Vesta
was residing in Camptown, Bradord County, Pennsylvania with Mrs. Gardner, who
was recovering from breast removal surgery in November. Vesta
was in possession of the Strunk Bibles.
(3. Mabel Clare Strunk:
(photos) Born 9
September 1880. Died 8 April 1922 from
complications of pneumonia at Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania; interred there in the Lime Hill Cemetery. Married, as his 2nd wife, widower Daniel “Dan”
J. Campbell (b. 27 Sep 1875, d. 26 Aug 1920 (hit by a car); interred
Lime Hill Cem), who married (1st) Maybelle E. Vaughan (b. 25 Sep 1875, d. 6 Sep 1902), and had the
following children:
(a. Julia E. Campbell:
Born about 1907 in Pennsylvania. Married
Clayton Welles (d. 19/21 Sep 1959 at Robert Packer Hospital, Waverly, N.Y.,
perhaps, liver problems, since he was reportedly in poor health for some time
and turned noticeably yellow at times.
Julia and Clayton resided at Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
and had the following children (including a set of twins b. 1945/46):
(1) Ann Wells: Married
(?), an educator, and had the following daughter:
(a) Wendy (?).
(2) Clayton Welles, Jr.:
Twin. Married (?) Harrison of Laceyville
and resided in Pennsylvania. Had 4
children.
(3) Lincoln Wells: Twin.
Married (?) Bennett of Pennsylvania and resided there. Had 2 children.
(4) Patricia Wells:
Married Donald Hoffman and resided in Pennsylvania.
(b. John D. Campbell:
Born about 1909 in Pennsylvania. Married
Elizabeth Polac; no children.
(c. Vesta L. Campbell:
Born about 1912 in Pennsylvania. Married
(1st) Edward Tuttle (d. 19 Sep 1942) of Towanda, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and resided
at Seattle, Washington. Vesta and Edward (perhaps) had the following
children:
(1)
Jack Tuttle: Married (?) and had the following son:
(a) John E. Tuttle: Born 1958.
Married Jeannine “Jan” Metcalfe, daughter of James and Cecelia (?)
Metcalfe of Seattle, Washington, in Seattle and in 1962 resided at 4517 49th
Street N.E., Seattle, Washington. John and
Jan had the following children:
[1. Edward Tuttle.
[2. Jacqualine Tuttle.
(2)
Joyce Tuttle: Born 1939. Graduated from
high school in 1957.
Vesta
married (2nd) (?) and went west.
(d. Florence Clara
Campbell: Born about 1914 in Pennsylvania. Married Charles King in or before 1941 and
resided at Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Charles and Florence had the following
children:
(1)
Daniel “Danny” James King: Born 1945.
Was in college in January 1965.
(2) Suzanne/Suzanna? King: Born 1949.
(e. Howard G. Campbell:
Born about 1917 in Pennsylvania. In 1973
resided at Corinth, Saratoga County, New York.
Never married.
g. George Noach/Noack Strunk: (photos)
Born 12 August 1838. Died 11/8 April
1933. Was employed as a farmer.
1850 US Census: Sophia Strunk, age 29 (b. PA) and employed as a
domestic servant, was a resident in the household headed by her father, Silas
Mills, age 61, in North Towanda Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included Sophia's son,
Charles E. Strunk, age 5 months (enumerated 6 Aug 1870), as well as her mother
and several siblings.
George
Strunk married Sophia
E. Mills (photos) (b. 30 Aug
1840, d. 25 Sep 1931), daughter of Silas and Mary Ellen (Allis) Mills of
Towanda, on 17/16 December 1868 and had the following children:
(1. Charles Edward
Strunk “Edward”: Born 8 February 1870.
Died 28 April 1872.
(2. Mary Ann Strunk: (photos) Born 3
November 1871. Died 29 May 1967;
interred New Era Cemetery. Married John
Vargason (d. early Oct 1936) on 6 February 1891 and resided at RD #3,
Wyalusing, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Mary and John had the following children:
(a.
Maud/Maude Irene Vargason: (photos) Born 3 July
1892/91 in Terry Township, Pennsylvania.
Died 8 February 1977; interment Wysox Cemetery, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married (1st)
Albert "Bert/Burt" Middaugh Biles (photos) (d. 28
Mar 1917) (Para 13.c.(4., below) on 25 October 1913
and had the following daughter:
(1) Sophia Albina Biles:
(photos) (more
info) (Also see Para. 4.C.13.b.(4.(a., below.) Born 9/19 March 1914. Died 19 January 1994; interred Wysox
Cemetery, Wysox, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married (1st) Ralph William Hobbie (b. 23 Sep 1911, d. 21 Feb
1975, age 63), son of Frank and Bertha (Shaver) Hobbie, on 8 May 1936 and
resided at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Ralph and Sophia had the following children:
(a) Arlene B. Hobbie: Born 1937. Graduated from Chenango Forks Central School, Chenango Forks, New York in 1956. Married James Statts of RD #1 Chenago Forks in 1956 and resided in. James and Arlene had the following daughter:
[1. Cynthia Statts: Born 1956-57.
[2. Kevin James Statts: Born 1959.
[3. Jeffry Scott Statts: Born 1961.
(b) Judith Irene Hobbie: Born 1939. Married Richard Arthur Catlin/Catline of Barton, New York in 1960. Richard and Judith had the following children:
[1. Richard Arthur Catlin, Jr.: Born 1961.
[2. Duane Mitchell Catlin: Born 1962.
(c) Ralph “Jerry” William Hobbie, Jr.: Born 1940. Married his 2nd cousin, Linda (“Lina?”) Gay Clark (b. 1943 at Sayre, PA) (Para (b.(3)(a), directly below and Para. 4.C.13.c.(4.(a.(3), way below) in 1961 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and subsequently resided in Pennsylvania. Ralph, Jr. and Linda had the following children:
[1. Ralph “Jerry” William Hobbie, III: Born about 1965. Married Jami/Jamie Gethins/Gathins of Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1992 at Athens and had the following children:
[a. Christopher James Hobbie: Born 1993.
[b. Born (perhaps) October 1997.
[2. John “Jack” H./Anthony Hobbie: Born 1973. Resided in Philadelphia, then in August 1997 moved to Pennsylvania. Married Sharon Jordan in 1994 and had the following children?:
[a. Casey Jordan Hobbie: Born 1997.
[b. Sophia Arlene Hobbie: Born 1999.
[3. Stephanie Rose Hobbie: Born 1974.
(d) Frank Leonard Hobbie “Leonard” “Lennie”: (photos) (more info) Born 1946. Married (1st) Susan Marie Jenney (photos) (more info), daughter of Leland Jenney of Pennsylvania, in 1971 and resided in Pennsylvania. In 1971 Frank was employed by Waverly Central School, Waverly, New York. Susan graduated from Sheshequin-Ridgebury-Ulster High School in Bradford County. Leonard and Susan had the following son:
[1. Frank Leonard Hobbie, Jr.: Born 1974.
Ralph William and Sophia Albina (Biles)
Hobbie were divorced in the fall of 1970.
Sophia married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Arvin
“Andy” Woodrow Dodge, Sr. (d. 10 May 1976, age 62), son of Edith (Hoover)
(Vanderpool) (Neiley) Dodge in 1971 and resided in New York. (also see Para. 4.C.2.a.(5. of the
descendants of Jacob Place Biles)
Maud
(Vargason) Biles married (2nd) Harry Fox on 18 November 1922. She married (3rd) Leon Van Natta
of Box 96, Sayre, Pennsylvania in 1950 and resided at Monroeton. Maud resided at Monroeton, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania when she died on 8 February 1977.
(b. Grace Pauline
Vargason “Elizabeth”: Born 27 July 1894/3 in Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died Monday, 4
September 1972 (age 78) at Tioga General Hospital, Waverly, New York; interred
Wysox Cemetery. Married (1st)
Claud L. Clark (more info) (b. 13
Nov 1891 in Albany Twp, Bradford Co., PA, d. Wed, 3 Jul 1968, age 76 at the
home of Mervil Smith in Towanda, PA; interred Rome, Bradford Co., PA cemetery)
on 25 July 1914 and resided at Towanda.
Claud was employed as a plumber.
Grace and Claud had the following children:
(1) Mary Katherine
(Kathranne) Clark: Born 12 June 1916.
Died 21 July 1982 at the Bradford County (PA) Manor; interred Rome
Cemetery. Was blind in her last
years. Married Charles Heskell in April
1936 and resided at RR #4 South Towanda.
Mary and Charles had the following children:
(a) Howard Eugene Heskell: Born 4 October 1936. Died 20 February 1974, age 38.
(b) Clyde Laurne Heskell: Born 1938. Was an Evangelistic Minister. Married Carola Rood in 1957/8 and resided in Pennsylvania when son, Charles, was born. Clyde and Carola had the following children:
[1. Sandra Jean Heskell: Born 1958. Married Donald Stuud (sp) at North Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and resided at Laddsburg, RD #2, New Albany Township, Pennsylvania. Sandra and Donald had the following children:
[a. Bryan Stuud.
[b. Thomas “Tom” Stuud: Twin.
[c. Timothy “Tim” Stuud: Twin.
[d. Clifford Duane Stuud: Born 1979.
[2. Brenda Heskell: Born 1960.
[3. Sheryl “Sherrie” Heskel: Born about January 1961.
[4. Clyde Laurne Heskell, Jr.: Born 1962.
[5. Charles Michael Heskell “Michael”: Born 1964. Resided in Pennsylvania.
[6. Bobby Joe Heskell: Born 1973. Had name changed?
(c) Joyce Lorraine Heskell: Born 1940/39. Married Allen Thomas Esmus, son of John Esmus of Florida, on 31 August 1957 and resided in Pennsylvania. Allen and Joyce had the following son:
[1. Allen Thomas Esmus, Jr.: Born 1961 (Easter Sunday). In 1980 was a student at Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania.
[2. Christopher “Chris” Esmus: Born about 1963.
(d) Harold William Heskell: Born 1942. Married Betty McNeil of Franklindale/Powell, Franklin Township, Pennsylvania in 1962 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and resided there. Harold and Betty had the following children:
[1. Denna Heskell: Born 1962.
[2. Angela Heskell.
[3. Harold William Heskell, Jr.: Born about Thanksgiving, 1973
(e) Barbara Ellen Heskell: Born 1944. Married (1st) Terry (?) and had the following son:
[1. Terry (?).
Barbara Ellen (Heskell) (?) married (2nd) Mark Kinsley and had the following son:
[2. Mark Kinsley, Jr.: Born 1966.
(f) George Lewis Heskell: Born 1946. Married (?) about 1972 and had the following son:
[1.George Lewis Heskell, Jr.: Born 1972.
(g) Arlene Vera Heskell: Born 1949. Married William Charles Parsons and resided in Pennsylvania. William and Arlene had the following son:
[1. William Charles Parsons, Jr.: Born 1971.
(2) George Edward Clark:
Born 10 March 1919. Died 18 September 1936.
(3) John Frederick/Fred
Clark: (photos) Born 21/23 September
1921 in Terry Township (Wyalusing RD), Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 10 May 1985; interred Rome Cemetery,
Rome, Pennsylvania. In 1943 & 1968
resided at Towanda. In 1972 was residing
at Wysox. Married C. Elizabeth
Gowen/Gowin (b. 13 Apr 1920 in Terry Twp (RD #3, Wyalusing), d. Nov 5 Nov 1994)
on 9 February 1942/41 and resided at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. John and Elizabeth had the following
children:
(a) Linda Gay Clark: (more info) Born 1943 at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, while her father was a Private in the Army. Married her second cousin, Ralph William Hobbie, Jr. (b. 3 Oct 1940) (Para (a.(1)(c), directly above and Para. 4.C.13.c.(4.(a.(3), way below), in 1961 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and subsequently resided in Pennsylvania. Linda and Ralph had the following children:
[1. Ralph “Jerry” William Hobbie, III: Born 1966 at Waverly, New York.
[2. John “Johnny” H. Hobbie.
(b) Patricia “Pat” Joan Clark: Born 1946 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Keith LaVern Haight (b. 15 Sep/Oct 1946) of Towanda, son of Wayne Haight, in 1967 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Moved to Texas in 2004. Patricia and Keith had the following daughter:
[1. Joann Lynn Haight: Born 1981. Adopted by Keith and Pat in 1982 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Todd Edwin Taylor in 2002 and resided in Texas. Joann and Todd had the following son:
[a. John Keith Taylor: Born 2003.
(c) John Howard Clark: (photos) Born 1954 at Memorial Hospital, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Resided in Pennsylvania. Married Linda Kay Holly (b. 1958 at Troy Hospital, Troy, Bradford Co., PA) in 1977 and had the following children:
[1. Megan Mae Clark: Born 1978 at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
[2. Bryon John Clark: Born 1980.
[3. Kyle Alexander Clark: Born 1981.
Grace
Pauline (Vargason) Clark married (2nd) Paul “Jim” Travis (d. late
Apr/early May 1967) on 18 August 1945 and resided at Towanda until Jim died.
(3. Clarence Jacop
Strunk: Born 21 June 1873. Died 2
February 1881.
(4. Francis Leighton
Strunk: Born 28 May 1875. Died 4
September 1875.
h. Chandler “Chan”
Baldwin Strunk: (photos) (more info)
Born
20 July 1840 in Bradford/Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Died at home in Utahville, Clearfield County,
Pennsylvania on 2 August 1898 (age 58) after several months of illness. Employed as a musician. Resided on Lime Hill in Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County until about 1886 (age 42), when he moved to Utahville,
Clearfield County, where, with the exception of 1 year at State College, he lived
until he died. His brother, Ben, wrote
about him as follows in a July 1899 letter to his cousin, Emma Van Noy Biles:
“Since Chan’s death I am in the shadow of despondency all the
time. He was always more hopeful than I,
and until the last year of his life buoyed me up when I would become disheartened. Even but a few weeks before his death, when
we marched to his home with our little drum corps, of which I was leader, he
tottered to the door and, swinging his arm, cheered us lustily, tho his voice
was hoarse and breath short, and he could only stand for a few minutes. I wish you could have been present at his
last birthday … and also heard his funeral sermon. Many said it was the greatest sermon they
ever listened to.”
As
a young boy Chandler was well known for his ability to mimic others, which made
him “the life of every company and a great favorite with the young
people.” He was also an excellent
musician and a charter member of the Mutual Musical Alliance, which brought
talented and illustrious musicians to his community.
Married
Sarah Jane "Jennie" "Jenny" Rickets/Ricketts (b. 26 Jan
1851; d. 2 Aug 1918 (also seen: d. 1919) in Clearfield Co., PA), daughter of
Isaac and Philenia (Litz) Ricketts, on 1 March 1870 and had the following
children:
(1. Nellie Charity
Strunk: Born 29 September 1870. Died 10
April 1880; interred Lime Hill Cemetery, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(2. Augusta “Gusta”
Louise Strunk: Born 7 December 1872.
Married John Clair Haggarty “Clair” on 7 December 1897 (had two
brothers, Allie & Wade) and resided near Clearfield, where he had “coal
mining interests.” Augusta and John had
the following children:
(a. Allison Grier
Haggarty “Grier”: Born 5 April 1899.
Married (?); no children.
(b. Samuel Haggarty:
Born 8 July 1900. Died young.
(c. Louisa Haggarty:
Married (?) Rutherford. Perhaps resided
near Altoona, Pennaylvania.
(3. Philena “Lena”
“Chick” Eleanor Strunk: Born 4 July 1876.
Died 2 March 1947, age 70.
Married Jay C. Williams (b. 25 Aug 1876), a school teacher, on 11 October
1899 and had the following children:
(a. Eleanor Jane
Williams: Born about 1903. Married Lweyn
Spicher and resided at 566 Park Avenue, Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Eleanor and Lweyn had the following daughter:
(1) Eleanor Jane Spicher
“Jane”: Born about 1926. Graduated 7
June 1948 from Penn State University.
Only child.
(b. Leonard J.
Williams: Born about 1906. Married a
physician’s daughter and moved to Washington State. In 1947 resided at 27 Urbana Drive, San
Francisco, California. Leonard and his
wife had the following children:
(1) Gretchin Louise
Williams: Born about 1927. Married (?)
about February 1948.
(2) Chandler Strunk
Williams: Born about 1934.
(c. Towanda “Wanda”
Elizabeth Williams: Born 1914. Married
(1st) Charles Schwab Ward (a nephew of Charles M. Schwab, of steel
fame, and in 1947 resided at Ebensburg, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Wanda and Charles had the following children:
(1) Charles Marshall
Ward: Twin. Born about 1936.
(2) William Dinkey Ward:
Twin. Born about 1936.
Towanda (Williams) Schwab married (2nd)
Ellis W. Roberts, a Presbyterian Minister, and in (1948?) resided at Ebensburg,
Pennsylvania. Towanda and Ellis had the
following son:
(3) Ellis David Roberts:
Born about 1945.
(d. Harriet Augusta
Williams: Married Harry Hileman Hauth and in 1947 resided at 232 Castle Shannon
Road, Pittsburg 16, Pennsylvania.
Harriet and Harry had the following son:
(1) Harry Hileman Hauth, Jr.: Born
December 1946/January 1947.
Sara Jane (Rickets)
Stunk married (2nd) (?) Neff.
She married (3rd), as his 2nd wife, Jared Allen
Hover, widower of Helen Mar Biles, who was a daughter of Jacob Place Biles, generation 8 of
the Ancestors of John Addison Biles.
i. Oscar Fitzalan Strunk: (photos) (more info)
Born 9 January 1843. Died Monday, 15
July 1923, age 80, at home in Evergreen, Albany Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania (also seen: d. Meshoppen, Bradford Co., PA); interred New
Albany. Was employed as a farmer in
Meshoppen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. In his old age Oscar was blind and resided
with his daughters. He needed help
getting around, but was able to tune pianos.
His granddaughter, Fern Emma Webster, remembered him as exceptionally
kind, routinely providing wintergreen mints to the children he met.
Oscar
Strunk married Emma I. Newton (b. 26 Feb 1859 in PA, d.
1918), daughter of Andrew and Lucinda (Keeney) Newton, on 13 May 1882 and had
the following children:
(1. Nellie Biles
Strunk: (photos) (more info)
Born 9 June 1884. Died 9 March 1959 at
Westfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; interred Holliday (a.k.a. Fairview) Cemetery,
Middlebury Township, Pennsylvania.
Married Harry Jerome Webster (photos) (more info) (b.
12 Jun 1885, d. 27 May 1954 at Westfield, PA; interred Holliday Cem.) of
Evergreen, Albany Township on 17 March 1903 and resided for many years at
Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Harry worked as a glass cutter at Hawkes Glass Company in Corning,
Steuben County, New York. About 1951,
following Harry's retirement, Harry and Nellie moved to Westfield, Tioga
County, Pennsylvania to be closer to their daughter, Fern.
Harry Jerome and Nellie Biles (Strunk)
Webster had the following children:
(a. Merle Benjamin
Webster: (photos) (more info)
Born 30 May 1905 at Evergreen, Albany Township, Pennsylvania. Died 26 November 1974 at Soldiers &
Sailors Memorial Hospital; interred Fairview Cemetery. Married Neva Mae Pope (photos) (more info)
(b. 13 Apr 1905, d. Thurs, 2 Mar, 2002 at the Carleton Senior Care Home),
daughter of Francis Pope (a farmer who resided near Wellsboro, Pennsylvania,
who, with his wife (d. 1917) also had 2 younger daughters who died as infants),
on 19 September 1923 and resided at Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Neva had brown eyes and dark brown hair.
After
quitting school Merle went to work for a milk processing plant (condensary) at
Middlebury, Pennsylvania. Later he was
employed by the New York Central Railroad.
In 1923 Merle was working in the Wellsboro milk processing plant, where
Neva also worked. Merle quit his job at
Wellsboro to accept a higher paying position at Williamsport.
After
her mother died in 1917, Neva resided with her grandparents. She completed the 8th grade at the
Braster School, and at age 14 went to work for the Harrison Company in
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. At age 15 she
went to work in a silk mill in the home of H. J. Webster (no known relative of
Merle), and subsequently worked in the Wellsboro milk processing plant until
she was 18 years old.
After
marrying Neva Pope, the couple initially resided with Neva's aunt. Then they resided in a house on West Avenue,
later moving to a residence on Cherry Street.
They subsequently moved to Elkland, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, then to
Holliday for 2 years, and about 1929 they moved back to Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
for 11 years, with Merle working for Corning Glass in Corning, New York. When Merle retired from Corning Glass after
46 years, Merle and Neva resided at Middlebury, Pennsylvania.
Merle
and Neva (Pope) Webster had the following children:
(1) Helen Ruth Webster: (photos) (more
info) Born 31 July 1924 on Cherry Street in Wellsboro,
Pennsylvania. Died 12 September 2009 at
Charles Cole Memorial Hospital, Coudersport, Pennsylvania; interred Wellsboro
Cemetery. Graduated 1942 as Valedictorian
of Wellsboro High School. Married (1st)
L. Dale Brooks "Dale" (d. 1976), the brother of her high school
friend, Rena Brooks of Painted Post, New York, and resided at Wellsboro. Helen and Dale had the following daughter:
(a) Karen Lee Brooks: Married (1st)
Paul Gross and had the following daughter:
[1. Renee Gross: Blonde and
blue-eyed. Married Scott Berry and
resided in Georgia.
Paul and Karen Lee (Brooks) Gross were
subsequently divorced. Karen married (2nd),
as his 2nd wife, Robert "Bob" Mosteller of Elmira, Broome
County, New York, who had the following children from his 1st
marriage:
[2. Gary Mosteller: Married Paula Cottrell
and resided in Virginia.
[3. Charlan Mosteller: Blonde and
blue-eyed.
Helen
Ruth (Webster) Brooks married (2nd), as his 2nd wife,
Elwood "Al" H. Robinson, in 1977.
Elwood and his 1st wife had the following children:
(b) Judy Robinson: Married James
"Jim" West and resided at Whitneyville, Pennsylvania. Judy and Jim had the following children:
[1. Gregory "Greg" West.
[2. Charlan West.
(c) Dona Robinson: Married (?) King and
resided at Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
(2) Vida Mae Webster: (photos) Born 14 January 1929.
Died 29 May 2012. Married
Theodore "Ted" R. Compton (b. 1929) on 24 June 1947 and resided at
Middleburg Center, Pennsylvania. Vida
and Ted had the following children:
(a) Deborah "Debbie" Lyn
Compton: Born 1948. Married Ralph C.
Youmans (b. 1946) and had the following children:
[1. Jacquelin Youmans: Born 1965. Married Douglas Powell (b. 1965) and had the
following children:
[a. Juliana Powell: Born 1985.
[b. Jamie Powell: Born 1986.
[c. Cori Powell: Born 1989.
[d. Jesse Mae Powell: Born 1990.
[2. Jennifer Youmans: Born 1970. Married Richard Messmer (b. 1959) and had the
following children:
[a. Dalton Messmer: Born 1997.
[b. Joseph Messmer: Born 1998.
[c. Alepsa Messmer: Born 2003.
(b) Denise Linette Compton: Born
1950. Married Jerry L. Gee (b. 1949) and
had the following children:
[1. Brett M. Gee: Born 1967. Had the following children with Annette
Brace:
[a. Savanna Gee: Born 1993.
[b. Sierra Gee: Born 1991.
Brett M. Gee subsequently married Staci
(?) (b. 1971).
[2. Bethanie Gee: Born 1969. Married Todd Henry and had the following
children:
[a. McKenna Henry: Born 1993.
[b. Maitlan Henry: Born 1996.
[3. Christopher "Chris" Gee:
Born 1971. Married Michelle Moffett (b.
1972) and had the following children:
[a. Cassie Gee: Born 1988.
[b. Erica Gee: Born 1997.
[c. Mason Gee: Born 1998.
[d. Grant Gee: Born 2001.
[e. Sophia Gee: Born 2004.
[f. Gunner Gee: Born 2006.
[4. Jeremiah Gee: Born 1977.
(c) Dianna/Deanna Lee Compton: Born
1952. Married Joseph Powell (b. 1950)
and had the following children:
[1. Heather Powell: Born 1972. Married Gerald Doty (b. 1972) and had the
following children:
[a. Theodora Doty: Born 1993.
[b. Ashlynne Doty: Born 2000.
[c. Justus Lee Doty: Born 2003.
[d. Raegan Michael Doty: Born 2008.
[2. Cary Powell: Born 1975. Married Mary (?) (b. 1979) and had the
following children:
[a. Zacy Powell: Born 1996.
[b. Austyn Powell: Born 1999.
[3. Maegan Powell: Born 1982. Married Shawn McConnell (b. 1983) and had the
following children:
[a. Abagail McConnell: Born 2000.
[b. Emma McConnell: Born 2003.
[c. Isabelle McConnell: Born 2007.
[d. Onalee McConnell: Born 2008.
(d) Theodore "Tedd" B. Compton:
Born 1957. Died 1 September 2013. Married Natalie Smith (b. 1957) and had the
following children:
[1. Theodore Nathan Compton: Born 1985 in
Alaska.
[2. Charles Compton: Born 1986 in Alaska.
[3. Spencer Compton: Born 1990 in Alaska.
[4. Elizabeth Compton: Born 1992 in
Alaska.
(e) Danielle Lana Compton: Born 1962. Married Reginald "Rex" Fuller (b.
1956) and had the following children:
[1. Tyrel Fuller: Born 1989.
[2. Shane Fuller: Born 1991.
(f) Thad Benjamin Compton: Born 1967. Married, as her 2nd husband, Cyndi
(?) Bedford, who had married (1st) (?) Bedford and had the following
children:
[1. Jeremy Bedford: Born 1981.
[2. Justin Bedford: Born 1985.
Thad Benjamin and Cyndi (?) (Bedford)
Compton resided at Mansfield, Pennsylvania and had the following children:
[3. Isaaih Compton: Born 1996.
[4. Elijah Compton: Born 1998.
[5. Olivia (?) Compton: Adopted. Born 2004.
[6. Julia (?) Compton: Adopted. Born 2007.
(3) Paul William Webster:
(photos) Born 1939 at Wellsboro,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Married
Darlene Covert of Wellsboro in 1962 and resided there. Paul and Darlene had the following children:
(a) Kevin D. Webster: Born 1965. Married Angie Richter in 1993 and had the
following children:
[1. Zachary Webster: Born 1996.
[2. Riley Webster: Born 2003.
(b) Craig A. Webster: Born 1969. Married Erin Osgood in 1998 and had the
following children:
[1. Nichols Webster: Born 1998.
[2. Devin Webster: Born 2000.
(c) Melissa L. Webster: Born 1970. Married Jon Merlin Benner in 1991 and had the
following children:
[1. Benjamin Paul Benner: Born 1992.
[2. Angelica Benner: Born 1995.
[3. Jonas Benner: Born 1997.
[4. Melody Benner: Born 1999.
[5. Harmony Benner: Born 2001.
Paul William and Darlene (Covert) Webster
were divorced 1990.
(b. Clyde Harry
Webster: Born 7 September 1907. Died
young/after 1911 (school age) in a sledding accident; interred Evergreen Cemetery,
Albany Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Was snow sledding on Second Street in Towanda when his sled hit a curb,
which resulted in a 3-cornered hole being torn in his diaphragm. He was taken to Sayre Hospital, where he
caught pneumonia and died a few days later.
(c. Kathleen E.
Webster: Born 14 September 1910. Died
very young, about 1913; interred Evergreen Cemetery, Albany Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Named after her
mother's sister, Kathleen (Strunk) Vasseline.
(d. Kenneth
"Ken" Harry Webster: (photos) Born 19 January
1914. Died March 1970. Married (1st) Geraldine Clark and
resided at Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Kenneth and Geraldine had the following
children:
(1) LeRoy “Mike”
"Roy" H. Webster: Born 1936.
(2) Joanne Webster: Born
1937. Married (?) Giles and had the
following children:
(a) Teltha Giles.
(b) Harry Giles.
(c) Annie Giles.
(d) Theresa Giles.
(3) Richard
"Dick" Webster: Born 1938.
Married Mary (?) and had the following children:
(a) Hope Webster.
(b) Kim Webster.
(c) Richard Webster: Married (?) and had 2
children.
While Kenneth was in the US Navy, his
family resided with his parents-in-law.
Kenneth Harry and Geraldine (Clark) Webster were subsequently
divorced. Kenneth married (2nd)
Esther E. (Sly) (Hackett) Baker (photos)
(b. 24 Nov 1918, d. 4 May 2008), who married (1st) (?) Hackett and
had the following daughter:
(4) Mae Hackett: Born 1934. Married Truman Stephens and had the following
children (plus 5 grandchildren and at least 4 great grandchildren):
(a) David Stephens: Died from
complications of cancer.
(b) Charlene Stephens.
Esther E. (Sly) Hackett married (2nd)
(?) Baker and had the following children:
(5) George Landon Baker: Born 2 November 1936. Died 19 October 2000. Married Cecil (?) (d. 3 Jun 2003) and had the
following children:
(a) Jeannie Baker.
(b) David Baker.
(c) Alan Baker.
(d) Danny Baker.
(e) Stephanie Baker.
(f) Jeremy Baker.
(6) David Baker: Born 13
December 1937. Died 18 May 1954.
(7) Edward Baker: Born 16 October 1939. Died 16 December 1995. Married Sharon (?) (d. (?)) and had 5
children.
(8) Betty Baker: (photos) Born 1941. Married Gary Ammons and had the following
children (plus at least 3 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild):
(a) Rhonda Ammons.
(b) Gary Ammons, Jr.: Died in a car
accident.
(c) James Ammons.
(d) Lorrie Ammons.
(e) Marchia Ammons.
(9) Gordon Baker: (photos)
Born 17 August 1942. Died 24 February
2011. Married Patsy (?) and had the
following children:
(a) Arvie Baker.
(b) Wayne Baker.
(c) Tira Baker.
Kenneth Harry and Esther E. (Sly)
(Hackett) (Baker) Webster had the following children:
(10) Marion Lee Webster: Born 1946. Died 13 April 1999 from complications of a
heart attack. Married (?) and had the
following children (and had at least 5 grandchildren):
(a) Roy (?).
(b) Jodi (?).
(11) Kenneth Harry Webster, Jr.: Born
1950. Married Marlene Ida (?) and had
the following children (and at least 3 grandchildren):
(a) Mark Webster: Died from complications
of a heart attack.
(b) Malayna Webster.
(12) Tammy (?) Webster: (photos) Adopted. Born 1967.
Married Michael Weiss in October (?) and resided in Florida. Tammy and Michael had the following son:
(a) Cody Lane Weiss.
(e. Fern Emma Webster:
(photos) (more info)
Born 25 November 1916 at Lawrenceville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Died 13 November 1996/15 November 2000;
interred Fairview Cemetery. Married Lewis
Calvin Andrews (photos) (b. 4 Jan 1913, d.
13 Mar 1949 at Cowanesque, Tioga Co., PA from complications of colon cancer),
son of Glenn E. (photos) and Inza (Persing) Andrews, and
resided at Cowanesque, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Fern and Lewis had the following children:
(1) Bonnie Lucille
Andrews: (photos) Born 1941 at the
residence of her Aunt Mae in Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
(2) Billie
"Bill" Lee Andrews: (photos)
Born 1945 at home in Cowanesque, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Married (2nd) Karen (Isaman)
Paugh, who married (1st) (?) Paugh and had the following children:
(a) Jeffrey Paugh: Born 1961.
(b) Robert Paugh: Born 1964.
(c) Lisa Paugh: Born 1966.
(d) Lance Paugh: Born 1968.
(e) Tammy Paugh: Born 1972.
(f) Rodney Paugh: Born 1974.
(g) Jennifer Paugh: Born 1976.
(3) Linda Jean Andrews: (photos) Born 1947 at home in
Cowanesque, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
(f.
Erwin Robert Webster “Bob”: (photos) (more info)
Born 23/13 March 1921. Died 12 November
1984; interred Fairview Cemetery, Holiday, Pennsylvania. Married Mary Anna Stephens (photos) (b. 7 Aug
1925, d. 18 Jan 2014) and initially resided at Lawrenceville, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania. Later moved to 183 Catalpa
Drive, Horseheads, New York. Erwin
worked for the Hawkes Glass Company until it went out of business, and then he
went in an Ann Page Company (A&P) food processing plant until it, too,
closed. Mary worked most of her life for
the Corning Glass Company, Corning, New York.
In her later years Mary had Alzheimers disease and resided in a nursing
home at Horseheads, New York.
Erwin
and Mary (Stevens) Webster had the following children:
(1) Beverly Mary Webster:
(photos) Born 1942. Married Thomas Kelly and resided in
Pennsylvania.
(2) Erwin Robert Webster,
Jr.: (photos) Born 1943. Married Ruby (?) and resided in Pennsylvania.
(3) Thomas
"Tom" Harry Webster: (photos)
Born 1945. Married Diana (?) and resided
in New York.
(4) Andrew Clyde Webster
"Clyde": (photos) Born
1947. Married Gloria (?) and resided in
Pennsylvania.
(5) Ronald
"Ronnie" Lee Webster: Born 1960.
Married Penny (?) and resided at Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
(2. Kathleen “Kate”
Strunk: (photos) Born 7 May
1888. Died 9 August 1951, age 63;
interred Arbon Cemetery, Blossburg, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Graduated from Mansfield College, majoring in
music. Married, as his
2nd wife, Edward "Winfield" Vassilin (photos) (b. 1883, d. 1950), son of John E. (photos)
(b. 1854, d. 1930) and Georgiane (?) (photos)
(b. 1863, d. 1931),
of Blossburg (formerly of
Evergreen, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania) and together they operated a store
at Blossburg. Winfield married (1st)
Lillian (?) (b. 1886, d. 1923). No
children.
j. Benjamin “Ben” Thetga
Strunk, MD: (photos) (more info)
Born 24 January 1846 (also seen: b. 28 Feb 1831). Died 24 February 1919/20 (also seen: d. 28
Feb 1892); interred Utahville Cemetery.
k. Infant #1: Died
young.
l. Infant #2: Died
young.
3. Phoebe/Phebe Biles: (more info)
Born 27 February 1807
in Meshoppen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Resided at Asylum for a period of time. Died of consumption and, probably,
complications of child birth, on 10 July 1831 (age 24) “where F. Strong lives”
in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Initially interred in the Gorden Cemetery at
Asylum, but was moved to the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry on
28 June 1882. Married Chandler “Chan”
Taylor Baldwin (b. 27 Jun 1810 at Londonderry, VT, d. 28/15 Aug 1891 at
Springville, Susquehanna Co., PA), son of Reverend Levi and Rebecca (Taylor)
Baldwin of Bradford county, on 12 September 1830 in the old log house on the G.
S. Homet farm, with Elder Levi Baldwin officiating. Resided in an old house just up toward the
Lime Hill Cemetery above the Jacob Place Biles residence. Phoebe and Chandler had the following child:
a. Infant: Gender unknown: Born 10 July
1831. Died the same day (along with its
mother, Phoebe (Biles) Baldwin); presumed to have been interred with its
mother.
A little more than 2
years after Phoebe’s death Chandler married (2nd) Phoebe's sister,
Mary “Polly” Biles, paragraph 7, below.
4. Samuel Winans “S.W.”
“Sam” Biles:
Born 19 January 1809 in
Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died 6/1 May 1859 at Homets Ferry, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred Biles Cemetery on the hill
above Homets Ferry (also seen: Coles Cemetery).
Resided at Homets Ferry,
where he initially built a house about where John Addison Biles’ corn house
eventually stood. He lived there 5
years, and two of his children, Edwin and Emeline, were born there. In 1839 he purchased from the Shoemakers what
later became known as the Mary Hoover house, which was located above what much
later became Raymond Irvine’s field.
During the Civil War was a Private in Company I, 35th
Regiment of Pennsylvania Militia.
Married Matilda Jane
Ennis “Jane” (b. 3 Jan 1812 in Sussex Co., N.J., d. 1871/25 May 1873 in
Wyalusing Township, PA), daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Wood) Ennis of Standing
Stone Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, on 13 February 1834 with Justice
Harry Morgan officiating. Samuel and
Matilda resided at Homets Ferry (near the River) and had the following children
(a number died from complications of consumption):
a. Edwin Biles: (photos) Born 9 January 1835. Died 21 June 1858/53.
b. George R. Biles: (per
one source) Born 12 November 1836.
Resided at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
c. Emeline Biles: Born
13 January 1837. Died 16 September 1855;
interred Biles Cemetery, Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
d. Arminta/Araminta
Biles: Born 21 September 1838. Died 11
October 1857.
e. Myron Biles: Born 6
September 1840. Died 28 June 1841.
f. Milton N. Biles: Born
4 August 1842. Died 18 February 1862/60;
interred Biles Cemetery, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
g. Lorenzo Biles: Born
about 1844. Died 13 September 1867.
h. Hiram E. Biles: Born
17 August 1846. Died 12 October 1856.
i. Norman T. Biles: Born
17 August 1848 (also seen: b. 1 Nov per Bible record sent by Mrs. Claire
(Biles) Cox in May 1956) at Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 14 March 1888 at
Castleton, Stark County, Illinois; interred there. Resided with Mary Hover/Hoover at the time
the "quick consumption" caused the death of several of his siblings;
Mary Hover had, previously, resided in the Samuel W. Biles household. Married Ellen "Ella" Charlotte Jackson
(b. 14 Aug 1850 (also seen: 9 Nov per same Bible record), d. Mar 1886 at
Castleton; interred there), daughter of Captain/Reverend George W. Jackson (who
also had daughter Emeline, who married Jasper N. Billings, and daughter, Sara
Jackson) of Wyalusing, on 4 December 1867 at the Jackson residence in Wyalusing
with Reverend A. J. Arnold officiating.
Norman and Ella moved to Illinois and had the following children:
(1. Richard Clarence
Biles “Clarence”: Born 27 August 1868, perhaps at Orwell, Pennsylvania. Died 5 August 1910. Married (1st) Mary “Mammie”
Flenner Patty on 31 March 1892 at Camden, Ohio and had the following children:
(a. Claire Evelyn
Biles: Born 1 May 1894 (also seen: b. 27 Aug 1896). Died 1968 at Dayton, Ohio. Married Harry Yost and had the following son:
(1) Harvey James? Yost:
Born 1922 at Erie, Pennsylvania. Married
(?) and had the following children:
(a) Sherry Yost: Married Forrest B. Johnson and resided in Ohio.
(b) Daughter.
(c) Daughter.
(b. Helen Patty Biles:
Born 27 August 1896. Died about
1930. Had a daughter who married.
Richard Biles married (2nd)
Clella/Della Z./C. Barrett, daughter of W. H. Barrett of 137 W. Chambers
Street, Jacksonville, Illinois, on 9 June 1900 and had the following son:
(c. Richard Biles: Born
26 January 1903. Died 26 July 1903.
(2. Georgianna Biles:
Born 19 May 1870. Died 1889.
(3. Bernice Matilda
Biles: Born 28 November 1872. Died 1
February 1964 in California; interred Pomona Cemetery, Pomona, California. Married Robert A. Peffly on 15 November 1896
and resided at Pomona, California. No
children in 1904.
(4. Ethel Linnie Biles
“Linnie”: Born 3 May 1875 at LeRaysville, Pennsylvania. Died December 1969 in California. Married David James on 4 March 1903 and
resided at Pomona, California. No
children in 1904.
(5. Ellen Carol Biles:
Born 24 May 1877 at Hawkeye, Fayette County, Illinois. Died December 1969 in California. Married William David James on 4 March 1903
and resided at Pomona, California.
(6. Roy W. Biles: Born
17 August 1880. Died 1885.
(7. Floyd
Jackson/McArthur Biles: Born 23 June 1883.
Died 1884.
(8. Robert Biles: Born
16 March 1886. Died 1886.
j. Infant daughter: Born
about 1850. Died 31/30 June 1851. (Biles
Cemetery record says infant son.)
k. Matilda “Tillie” Jane
Biles: Born 30 April 1852. Died 30
December 1872, age 20 years, 8 months. (Note: John Robert Biles noted Matilda’s
will (#2666) was dated 1 Apr 1873 and proved 9 Feb 1874, which appears to be a
conflict with death date) Married Albert
E. Locey/Lacey/Looey of Galesburg, Illinois on 1 November/October 1871 at her
parents’ residence and had the following son:
(1. Earnest Losey: Born
1872. Died 1872.
l. Samuel Biles, Jr.:
Born 9 January 1855. Died 23 March
1856/5.
5. James “Jim” Alexander
Biles: (photos)
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Born 22 November 1810
in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County,
Pennsylvania. Resided at Homets Ferry,
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and died at home 6 November
1877 on his Lime Hill farm (near Camptown); interred the Biles Cemetery on the
hill above Homets Ferry.
1870 US Census: James Biles, age 52 (b.
PA) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. His real
estate was valued at $5,000 and his personal property was valued at
$1,500. The household also included his
wife, Anna Biles, age 44 (b. PA); son, John V. N. Biles, age 33 (b. PA);
daughter-in-law, Teressa Biles, age 30 (b. PA); grandson, Willie Biles, age 7
(b. PA); grandson, Freddie Biles, age 6 (b. PA); son, Lewis Biles, age 25 (b.
PA); daughter-in-law, Clarissa Biles, age 20 (b. PA); and grandson, James
Biles, age 6 months (b. PA). Of
interest, the household headed by his brother, Jacob Biles, age 54, was next
door.
James A. Biles married
(1st) Elizabeth "Lizzie" Van Noy (photos)
(b. 8/18 Oct 1807 in N.J., d. 20 Apr 1866 (also seen: d. 1850) at home on Lime
Hill, PA), daughter of Joseph and Mary (Conklin) Van Noy of Port Jervis,
Orange County, New York, on 8/2 March 1836 at Brownstown, Pennsylvania (also
seen: probably near Port Jervis, NY) with Justice Ephriam Beeman
officiating. Two years later they may
have resided at Braund Hill in Asylum Township, Bradford County. Elizabeth was the aunt of Jane and Catherine
Van Noy, paragraphs 6 and 13, respectively, below. James and Elizabeth lived on a farm just
outside the village of Homets Ferry and had the following children:
a.
John Van Noy Biles
“J.V.N.”: (photos) Born 5 February 1837 at
Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 16 November 1897 at Fremont,
Nebraska. Resided at Lime Hill, Bradford
County. Kept a store at nearby Homet’s
Ferry. Apparently suffered rather severe
financial losses in early 1893, or before.
Married, as her 1st husband, Theresa/Teresa Chamberlain
(b. 6 Apr 1840) (see 1901 Biles Reunion photo, 3rd row, 6 from left), daughter of William M. and Susan
(Merritt) Chamberlain of Canon City, Colorado, on 16 October 1861 and
had the following children:
(1. William “Will”
James Biles: Born 17 December 1862. Died
2 July 1934. Resided at Hastings,
Nebraska; perhaps moved to California.
Married (1st) Georgie D. Osborn/Caborn on 4 January 1883
(also seen: July 1884) and had the following daughter:
(a. Nellie D. Biles:
Born 23 September 1887. Married (?)
Price and resided near San Diego, California.
William James Biles married (2nd)
Anna McKinney/McKenney on 4 July 1893.
(2. Frederick “Fred”
Eugene Biles: Born 12 May 1864. Died 24
June 1939. Resided in Nebraska; perhaps
also in Arizona. Married (1st)
Tacie Thompson (d. 3 Jan 1894) in June 1886 (also seen: on 22 July 1865) and
had the following son:
(a. Glen E. Biles: Born
4 March 1889.
Frederick Eugene Biles married (2nd)
Nettie Sanders Bryson on 13 August 1913.
He married (3rd) Elizabeth M. S. Lane on 17 June 1925.
(3. Edwin/Edward Lewis
Biles “Lewis”: Born 10 February 1874.
Resided at Fremont, Nebraska.
Theresa (Chamberlain)
Biles married (2nd) T. H. Prescott.
b. Mary Conklin Biles: (photos) Born 24/27 February 1838 at
Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 14 March 1915 in Nebraska. Married William “Commish” E. Lee (b. 27 Aug
1833, d. 25 Dec 191_)(immigrated from Ireland in 1828) of Wyoming Territory,
son of James and Jane (Daughterty) Lee, on 16 March 1869 and had the following
children:
(1. Rata “Ratie” Lee:
Born 4 January 1870. Died 26 October
1930. Married Warren Vance on 11
September 1895 and had the following children:
(a. Rata Lee Vance.
(b. Clarence Warren
Vance “Warren”: Married (?) and resided at Elgin, Illinois. Had a daughter.
(2. Frederick “Fred”
Eugene Lee: Born 1 July 1871. Died
1941/42. Married Maria “Maude” Danielson
(also seen: Tacia Thompson Glen) on 18 June 1901 and resided in Nebraska. Fred and Maude had the following daughter:
(a. Virginia Lee: Married (1st) (?) Miller and
resided at 3136 South 3rd Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Virginia and her 1st husband had
the following daughter:
(1) Martha Lee Miller:
Born about 1932. Married Robert Allen
Sherwood on 18
August 1954 and resided in
Nebraska. Robert and Martha had the
following daughter:
(a) Rebecca Lee Sherwood: Born 1957.
(b) Robert Allen Sherwood, Jr.: Born 1959.
Virginia (Lee) Miller married (2nd)
(?) Muty.
Frederick Eugene Lee married (2nd)
(?) Muty.
(3. Elizabeth J. Lee:
Born 23 February 1876. Died 4 September
1876.
(4. Max Lee: Died as an
infant.
c. Charles Biles: Born
30 September 1840. Died 17 January 1841.
d. Lewis “Perduka”
“L.D.” Dallas Biles: Born 24 March 1845.
Died 20 February 1916. Married Clarissa “Clara”
E. Fuller (b. 30 Oct 1850, d. Mar 1869), daughter of James and Clarissa
(Maine) Fuller, on 24 March 1869 and had the following son:
(1.
James “Jim” Lewis/Luther Biles: (more info) Born
16 December 1869. Died Wednesday, 5
December 1951, almost 82 years old; interred Camptown Cemetery. Employed as a painter and paperhanger. Was also an alcoholic and frequently
incapacitated by that disease, though he did live to relatively old age. Married (as her 1st husband)
Margaret "Maggie" Warner/Bennett (d. at Athens, PA; interred
Meshoppen/Tioga Point) and resided at Camptown, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Jim and Maggie had the
following daughter:
(a. Mary Clara Biles:
Born 22 July 1905. Was “of Camptown”
when she married Lee DeLos Blackwell (d. 3 Feb 1970) on 10 September 1941 and
resided at 902 West 2nd Street, Elmira, New York 14905. Mary and Lee had the following children:
(1) Clara “Claire” Fuller
Blackwell: Born 1947. Move to the
Boston, Massachusetts area in 1970 to accept a position with the Museum of Fine
Arts.
(2) DeLos Carlyle
Blackwell: Born 1953.
Maggie (Bennett/Warner) Biles married (2nd)
(?) Wilcox.
James
Alexander Biles of Wyalusing married (2nd) Amy B. Jenkins (b. 10 Jan
1825) of Tunkhannock on 4 November 1867 (described as a “marriage of
convenience” by his daughter, Mary (Biles) Lee). Amy (Jenkins) Biles subsequently married
Ransom “Rant” Fuller on 12 October 1878.
Note: another account had James marrying Anna (?).
6. Charles N. Biles: (photos)
(more
info)
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Born 11 October 1812 in
Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Resided near Homets
Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and died there on 2 October 1894; interred in the Biles Cemetery
above Homets Ferry. Poorly educated,
Charles was employed as a farmer his entire life.
At the age of 12 he
moved to Bradford County, Pennsylvania with his parents and siblings. For a short period they resided at Vaughn
Hill on the farm owned by S. S. Butts.
Next they moved to Frenchtown for about 4 years, and then they resided 3
to 4 years on the premises owned by George Homet at Homet’s Ferry. Charles and his parents and siblings
eventually moved to a farm his father carved from the wilderness on the hill
above Homet’s Ferry. At age 21 Charles
started creating a farm of his own near Homets Ferry and spent the next 10
years clearing land. Early on for about
one year he also leased a saw mill and was employed creating and rafting lumber
down the Susquehanna River.
Married Jane W. Van Noy (photos) (also seen:
Jane Delphine "Dell" Van Noy) (b. 9 Jul 1816 (also seen: b. 8 Aug
1817) in Machackneck, N.J., bapt. 13 Oct 1816, d. 8 Oct 1877 (age 60 yrs, 2
mo.(note, Biles Cem Book has d. 11 Oct 1877)) in Wyalusing Twp, PA), daughter
of Peter (b. 21 Aug 1788) and Maria/Mary E. (Westbrook) Van Noy “Mary” (b. 23 Feb 1780, m. 23 Dec/Jul
1810, daughter of Abraham and Janneke (Van Aken) Westbrook) Van Noy of
Sussex County, New Jersey, on 24/4 April 1838 (see Para 5, above) at the
residence of his brother, James Alexander Biles of Braund Hill, Pennsylvania
(the old log house on what later became the Franklin Strong farm), by Justice
Francis X. Homet, Esq. Before marriage
Jane belonged to the Reformed Dutch Church (RDC) of Minising; on 29 April 1841
was released from the RDC to join the Church of Wyalusing. Charles and Jane lived near Homets Ferry and
had the following children:
a. Adelia “Deal” “Delia” M. Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born
12 May 1842 near Homets Ferry. Died 22
February 1921, age 78, at the home of her sister, Emma, with whom she had
resided for several years; funeral officiated by Reverend Milton Lewis Cook;
interred Merryall Cemetery, beside her husband.
Following her husband’s death at a relatively early age, Deal was
employed caring for several elderly people.
She belonged to the Presbyterian Church.
In
1899 Deal resided at Athens, then Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In February 1906 she wrote family from
Lestershire, Pennsylvania, and in September 1908 she resided at #46 Court
Street, Binghamton, New York.
Deal
married Lieutenant Nirum/Niram "Ni" Ackley Fuller (more info) (b.
18 Jun 1840 at Camptown, d. 22 Jun 1891, age 51 yrs, 4 days) (one account has
his middle name Almon, matching his father’s 1st name), son of
Almon/Almond and Adelia
(Camp) Fuller, on 19 October 1865 at Merryall, Pennsylvania with
Reverend Darwin Cook officiating.
Prior
to marriage Nirum served for 5 years as a commissioned officer during the Civil
War period. Niram was employed as a
carpenter. Following marriage they
resided for several years at Camptown, Bradford County. Later they moved to Wyalusing. Niram was somehow indebted to his brother,
Israel Camp Fuller, so when Niram died, Israel got Niram’s residence, although
there were no papers to support the indebtedness. Adelia and Nirum had the following children:
(1. Jennie Adelia
Fuller: Born 29 August 1866. Died 4
April 1880, age 13 years, 8 months; interred Merryall Cemetery.
(2. Son: Born and died
4 August 1868.
(3. Roy Van Noy Fuller:
(more info)
Born 3 March 1872 at Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 7 March 1889, age 17 years, 4 days at
Wyalusing, Bradford County; interred Merryall Cemetery beside his sister,
Jennie. At age 5 developed a medical
problem that eventually affected his spine, causing debilitating pain and
rendering him an invalid.
(4. Charles “Charlie”
Hartley Fuller: (photos) (more info) Born 4
October 1874. Died 28 October 1907, age
28 – hit by a train in the Benning railroad freight yard, Washington D. C.,
where he worked; initially interred Camptown Cemetery; when Fanna died was
moved to cemetery at Wyalusing. Married Fanny “Fanna”
C. Kintner (more info)
(b. 11 Sep 1872, d. ; interred Wyalusing), daughter of W. Henry and Olive
Gertrude (Ross) Kintner, on 24 February 1898 at the Kintner residence,
Wyalusing with Reverend A. J. Cook of the Methodist-Episcopal Church
officiating. Charles was employed by the
L. V. Railroad and resided at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He and Fanna had the following children:
(a. Gertrude Adelia
Fuller: (photos)
Born
25 November 1906 at Washington, D.C.
Died 31 July 1979 at Trenton, Michigan; funeral 3 Aug at St. Paul’s
Lutheran Church, New Boston, Michigan; interred Glen Eden Lutheran Memorial
Park, Livonia, Michigan. Severely
injured in an automobile accident on 8 June 1969 while residing in Michigan
(especially significant and long lasting: dented skull and broken right knee),
which resulted in very painful and persistent headaches and disabled walking.
Married
(1st) Theodore J. Shumway (Para 3.g.(3.(f.(1)(a) of gen 4 of the Shumway Annex),
son of Leon Henry (b. Laceyville, PA, d. 28 Nov 1955; interred Tioga Point
Cemetery, Athens) and Leonelle (Jennings) Shumway of Athens, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania, on 18 April 1927. Also see
Paragraph 7.c.(1.(a.(1), below. Of interest,
Leonelle Jennings was the daughter of Harry Sterling and Bessie (Bunnell)
Jennings. Also of interest, Bessie
Bunnell was the daughter of Aaron and Clemintine (Lane) Bunnell of Russell
Hill. Gertrude and Theodore had the
following children:
(1) Joanne/Joan Shumway:
Born 1928. Married Albert “Al” George/J.
Sviatek and resided in Michigan. Was in
Tahiti when her mother died. Subsequently
resided in California. They had the
following children:
(a) Karl/Carl Joseph Sviatek: Born 1951 at Long Beach, California. Perhaps married Pearl (?).
(b) George Sviatek: Born 1953.
(c) Claudia Ann Sviatek: Born 1955. Married (?) in 1976.
(d) Stephanie Jo Sviatek: Born 1956.
(e) Stanley Sviatek.
(2) Charles (Shumway)
Emery: Born 1929. Adopted by his Aunt
Charline (Fuller) Emery, paragraph (b., below.
Married (1st) Alice (?) (of Japanese ancestry) and had the
following daughter:
(a) Cynthia “Cindy” Emery: Resided in California.
Charles (Shumway) Emery married (2nd) Marcelene Vincent and had the following children:
(b) Charles Emery, Jr.
(c) Karlene Emery: Died 1972.
(d) Craig Emery: Married (?) and had the following children:
[1. Katherine “Kathy” Emery.
[2. Keith Emery.
Charles (Shumway) Emery married (3rd) (?) and in 1979 resided Virginia.
(3) Marylyn “Marilyn”
Shumway: Born 1930. Married (1st)
Wilfred ”Willie” Glen Druin/Drouin/Drowin/Dronin (d. 1972, killed in an
accident) of Michigan (whose parents were close friends of Marilyn’s parents,
so they grew up as close friends) in 1951 at Detroit, Michigan. Resided in Pennsylvania when her children
were born. Unfortunately, Willie’s
mother, aunt and 2 cousins (Florence & Helen) were killed in an auto
accident in November 1969, just a few months after the accident that disabled
Marilyn’s mother. Marilyn and Willie had
the following children:
(a) Dawn Marie Druin: Born 1955. Played the organ very well; taught by Karl Emery. Married Brian Thiel and had the following son:
[1. Stephen Thiel.
[2. Christopher Brian Thiel: Born 1981.
(b) Glen Martin Druin: Unlike his sister, was not musically inclined. Had the following son:
[1. Jason Druin.
Glen Martin Druin married Swan Martin, who had the following daughter before her marriage to Glen:
[2. Lisa Martin.
Marylyn
(Shumway) Druwin married (2nd) Kenneth Martin in 1974.
In March 1937 Gertrude and Theodore separated and were subsequently
divorced. For at least three years prior
to that Theodore had, reportedly, been severely addicted to alcoholic beverages
and, in that altered mental state, tried twice to kill Gertrude. After leaving Theodore, Gertrude and her
three children moved in with her sister, Charline and continued her employment
in an auto accessory factory, where she earned relatively good pay ($5/day –
more with overtime).
Gertrude (Fuller) Shumway married (2nd) Anthony Rocco. She married (3rd) Gerhard “Gerry”
Martin Linke and resided at 22275 Dickson, New Boston, Michigan 46164. Of interest, Gerry was with Gertrude at the
time of her auto accident, but he was not seriously injured.
(b. Charline Fuller: (photos)
Born
17 April 1908; named after her father, who died in an accident 5 weeks after
her birth (Her parents wanted a boy, and because her mother was sick, her Aunt
Lottie filled in the birth certificate “little Charley.” She was subsequently baptized
“Charline.”) Died 14 January 1987. Married Karl F. Emery (b. Nov 1906), son of
Harry and Maggie (Connor) Emery (see Para. 3.e.(1.(a.
of gen. 7 of the Emery Annex), on 25 April 1927 and resided in
Michigan.
In
1957 resided at 315 E. Robinson Street, Jackson, Michigan. In 1981 resided at 1200 Ellery Street,
Apartment #205, Jackson, Michigan 49202.
Karl sold insurance. He became
mentally disabled to some degree by an inoperable brain tumor. As a result, Charline passed the licensing
test to sell insurance herself so she could help keep Karl’s business afloat
during periods when he could not work.
Charline and Karl adopted Charline’s nephew, Charles Shumway, paragraph
(3), above.
(5. Mary Louise Fuller:
(photos)
(more
info)
Born
7 June 1882. Died at home (3009 Hall
St., Endwell, N.Y.) Wednesday, 3 November 1954, age 72; interred Merryall
Cemetery. She suffered from the painful
disease, neuritis, for many years. Married (1st) Emmet L. Lyon (more info)
of Lestershire, Pennsylvania on 30 March 1902 with Reverend J. M. Crandall
officiating. Married (2nd)
(?) Stilwell. Married (3rd)
George Pearl Allen (photos) (more info)
(b. 1874, d. 23 Feb 1955 at Endwell, Broome Co., N.Y.; interred Oxford, N.Y.
Cemetery), son of Melissa (?) (Allen) Brent, after February 1922. George had a sister, Melissa Allen. George and Mary (Fuller) Allen had no
children.
George
Allen, a US Army officer, was a veteran of the Spanish – American War of
1898. In 1937 George was employed as a
carpenter. In 1923 George resided at
3007 Hall Street, Endwell, New York (also seen: Box 62).
Adelia also raised Clara Delphine Irvine,
third child of her youngest sister, Jane Delphine “Dell” Biles, when Dell died
shortly after Clara was born. Adelia was
the only mother Clara ever knew, and Clara referred to her as “Momma.” At some later point Adelia’s unmarried
sister, Emma Biles, was also a significant contributor to Clara’s rearing.
b.
Nirum/Nyrum/Nyram
Lindley Biles “Lindley”: (photos) Born 1
January 1848. Died 10 November 1865, age
17 yrs, 10 mos; interred in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry,
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Note: his gravestone says: N. Lindley Biles.
c. Elizabeth "Libby"
Biles: Born 3 May 1845. Died 1 May 1846.
d. Peter
"Pete" Alexander Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born
12 June 1850. Died at home in Homets
Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania on Monday, 25 February
1924/3, age 73; interred initially with his wife in the Biles Cemetery on the
hill above Homets Ferry, but his daughter, Lizzie, later moved both parents to
the Camptown Cemetery. Inherited his
father’s farm near Homets Ferry
and was employed there growing crops and raising live stock for sale. Attended the common neighborhood schools.
1910 US Census: Peter A. Biles, age 58 (b. PA; father b. PA; mother b.
NJ), widowed, and employed as a a farmer, was heading a household in Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his daughter, Elizabeth Biles, age 37 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and single; and son, Charles N. Biles, age 30 (b. PA; parents b.
PA), single, and employed as a farm laborer on the home farm.
Peter
married Margaret “Mag” "Maggie" Ann Wilson (photos) (b. 30 Jan 1849 in Wyoming Co.,
PA, d. 22 Aug 1906), daughter of Andrew and Margaret (Bush) Wilson of Wyalusing
Township, on 27/26 March 1871 and had the following children:
(1. Elizabeth “Lizzie”
McMoran Biles: (photos) (more
info)
Born
18/19 October 1872. Died Sunday, 9
December 1951 at home in Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred
Camptown Cemetery. Middle name came from
a friend of her mother. Died 9 December
1951; memorial service Camptown Community Church, interred Camptown Cemetery. In September 1908 resided at Rummerfield,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Later,
probably about 1921 or later, when her Aunt Adelia (Biles) Fuller died, Lizzie
moved in with her Aunt “Em” near Homets Ferry.
Before that time Adelia and Emma
had lived together in their parents house. Adelia moved in with Emma when her husband
died in 1891. At the same time, their
sister, Jane Delphine died, leaving a baby, Clara, who Adelia (primarily) and
Emma raised from the earliest age. Emma
was weak and sickly her entire life, and, though she had been a school teacher
for many years, when her sister, Adelia, died (1921), she needed help to
survive. Lizzie, who was not married and
lived near by, stepped in to support her.
Lizzie
married relatively late in life (age 54), as his 3rd wife, John A. Arnold
(b. 2/4 Jun (?), d. 26 May 1942 from complications of a heart attack; interred
Camptown Cemetery), son of Charles and Mary (?) Arnold, on 19 October 1926 at
Camptown with Reverend E. Burroughs officiating. John Arnold married (1st) Cora Depue,
daughter of Aaron and Anna Elizabeth (Creasy) Depue (b. 23 Mar 1841, d. 12 Feb
1899) on 28 February 1891. He married (2nd)
Jean Kennedy.
After
marriage John and Lizzie sold their place at Homets Ferry and moved to Camptown,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, where John was employed digging graves and doing
other cemetery maintenance. They invited
Lizzie’s never-married Aunt “Em” (Emma Van Noy Biles, Para. e, below) to move
with them. “Em” reluctantly accepted
their offer, and Lizzie cared for her until her death in October 1932.
Of interest: John A. Arnold was afflicted with the hiccups for an
extended period of time before he died. This
condition produced a lot of stress and fatigue, which was thought to have
materially contributed to the heart attack that caused his death.
Of further interest: A Mrs. Mary (Titus) Arnold resided in Binghamton,
New York in 1990 who had a sister, Lena B. (Titus) Thorne (more
info) (d. 9 Jun 1990, age 101; interred Vestal, N.Y.) and brothers,
Gerald Titus of Shelton, WA and Carl Titus of Jacksonville, Florida.
(2. Charles “Charlie”
Nyram Biles: (photos) Born 11 October
1878. Died 16 March 1918.
(3. Winfield Scott
Biles “Scott”: (photos) Born 17
March 1880. Died 10 January 1916 at
Homets Ferry; interred Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry. Employed as a Watchman for the railroad at
Rummerfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (just north of Lime Hill). Note: Biles Cemetery book says Scott died 20
January. However, the 13 January 1916
Bradford Star newspaper says Scott, son of P.A. Biles died 10 January.
e. Emma “Em” Van Noy
Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 26/25 April 1853. Died Friday, 7
October 1932 (also seen: Sat, 8 Oct) at the residence of her niece, Lizzie
(Biles) Arnold in Camptown, Pennsylvania; interred Biles Cemetery on the hill
above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Emma
was never married. In 1870 she taught school
at Merryall, and later taught at Homet’s Ferry.
She also did dress making for her neighbors. Emma was weak and quite thin, weighing less
than 100 pounds, suffering most of her life from debilitating lung problems
(like COPD). She cared for her father in
his old age, and following his death, continued to reside in his house, which
was located outside Homets Ferry
in Wyalusing Township. When her older
sister, Adelia, lost her husband (Jun, 1891), Adelia joined Emma in that
residence. Very shortly thereafter (Feb,
1892) Emma’s younger sister, Delphine, died, leaving an infant, Clara Delphine (Irvine) Coles,
who her father, John Milton Irvine, was ill equipped to care for. Emma and Adelia took the baby and raised her
to adulthood. Emma and Clara were very
frequent correspondents in later life, though it appears Emma’s older sister,
Adelia, had the lead in raising Clara.
Adelia died in 1921, and by that time, Clara was grown and on her
own. Emma, who needed help to survive,
was living in that house with her niece, Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ McMoran Biles, when
Lizzie married John A. Arnold on 19 October 1926. Before their marriage, but in anticipation of
it, Lizzie and John asked Emma to come reside with them in Camptown, where they
planned to settle. Emma hated to leave
her lifelong home, but in failing health and now alone, she accepted their
offer.
f. Jane Delphine "Dell" Biles:
(photos) Nicknamed
“Jennie” when young. Born 21 February
1856 at home in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died there 19 February 1892, age 35; interred
in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry. Married John
Milton Irvine (b. 20 Feb 1858,
d. 13 Apr 1939), son of John and Emma
(Stevens) Irvine, on 11 December 1883 at her parents’ residence
with Reverend David Craft officiating.
Jane and John resided at Homets Ferry. John and “Dell” had the following children:
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(1.
Raymond “Ray” Irvine: (photos) (more info)
Born 23 January 1885 at Homet’s Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 August 1984, age 99; interred Camptown
Cemetery, Camptown, Bradford County.
Married Clara Meister (d. 1976; interred Camptown) on 26 June 1912 and
initially resided near his father on a dairy farm at Homets
Ferry. In 1957 moved to RD #1,
Lindley, Steuben County, New York. Ray
and Clara had the following children:
(a. Frances I. Irvine:
Married Kermit James Brennan, son of James and Mary Birdie (Dunning) Brennan,
and resided at Lindley, Steuben County, New York. Frances and Kermit had the following
children:
(1) Sharon Ida Brennan:
Married Brian F. Cuffe and had the following children:
(a) Michael Scott Cuffe.
(b) Daniel Brennan Cuffe.
(2) Patricia Claire
Brennan: Married Craig Van Horn.
(b. Emma Freida Irvine.
(2. Christine
Irvine: (photos) (more info)
Born
15 August 1889 at Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 19 August 1967 at
Greene, Chenango County, New York.
Married Clarence Emery
Biles on 27 August 1914 and had the following children:
(d.
Joseph LaRue Biles.
(3. Clara Delphine Irvine:
(SSN: 107-09-4717) (photos) (more info)
Born
9 November 1891 at Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 7 February 1988 at
Binghamton General Hospital, Binghamton, Broome County, New York; interred
Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry, Pennsylvania.
As
mentioned above, Clara was raised by her Aunts Adelia M. (Biles) Fuller (who
apparently had the lead in this regard) and Emma Van Noy Biles at Homet’s
Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania when her mother died shortly after her
birth. Consequently, throughout Clara’s
life she referred to her Aunt Adelia as: “Momma” and, when she died, had a
portrait of Adelia hanging in her bedroom.
Clara married relatively late in life to Fred John Coles (b. 14 Jun 1890
at Delavan, WI, d. 4 Feb 1981 at Binghamton, NY, SSN: 105-14-9255)(photos) of Endwell, New York, son
of Paul and Minnie (Washall) Coles, on 14 February 1956. It was Fred’s 2nd marriage. No children.
Of interest: Homer G. Biles
and his sister, Bessie R. Biles, who resided together at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York corresponded with Clara Delphine Irvine and
Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Biles) Arnold (at least) between 1923 and 1953. Their address in 1923 was 279 Bryant Street,
Buffalo, New York. Before retirement
Homer was a clerk in the Harvey-Carey Drug Store. Also mentioned in Bessie’s correspondence:
Edward “Ed” Biles (b. 28 Jan 1879, d. 1958), whose wife (presumably) was named
Florence. Ed was employed at the
Harvey-Carey Drugstore, and Florence was an invalid, suffering from diabetes
and “neuritis of the joints.” In 1953 it
was 169 Herkimer Street, Buffalo 13, New York.
Homer referred to Lizzie’s father as “Uncle Pete” and reflected on the
good times he had visiting Peter Bile’s family in earlier years. Relationship unknown.
7. Mary “Polly” Biles:
Born 27 April 1814/13
(also seen: 21 April 1816) in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now
Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died from complications
of consumption on 19/18 February 1856 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married, as his (2nd) wife, Chandler “Chan”
Taylor Baldwin (more info)
(b. 27/22 Jun 1810 in VT, d. 28/22 Aug 1891) of Bradford County, son of
Reverend Levi and Rebecca (Taylor) Baldwin of Bradford County and husband of
Polly’s deceased sister, Phoebe (see Para 3., above), on 11/12 September 1833
(of interest, the Biles Cemetery log and Bible records marriage date as 12 Sep
1833), about 2 years after he was widowed.
Mary and Chandler resided at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
and had the following children:
a. Benjamin “Ben” Lewis
Baldwin: (photos) Born 1 December
1833/34 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died about 1907. Operated a canal boat; never had a permanent
home. Married (1st), as her 1st
husband, Rachel White (b. 1836, d. 1910 at Lime Hill on 3 July 1856 and had the
following children: (one died from complications of pneumonia)
(1. Mary Eliza Baldwin:
Born 31 August 1858. Died 8 September
1858 at Lime Hill.
(2. Chandler William
Baldwin: Born 11 February 1860 (or 1857).
Died 15 August 1866 (or 1863); drowned at Pittston, Pennsylvania when he
fell off his father’s canal boat, into the canal.
(3. Edwin B. Baldwin:
Born 1 February 1861. Died 3/8 April
1863 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania from complications of measles.
(4. John White Baldwin:
Born
23/29 August 1865 near Homets Ferry/Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Died Tuesday, 9
August 1932 from complications of a “septic sore throat;” interred East Herrick
Cemetery. John reportedly did not
consult a physician regarding his illness, but “kept working as long as he
could crawl to the barn, and it went all through him, and his heart was bad.”
John
married Harriet/Harriett “Hattie” Lee Baldwin (b. 25 Dec 1871, d. 10 Jul 1954
at Herrickville, interred at E. Herrick Cem.) of Herrickville, daughter of
Lyman and Sarah Caroline (Hewitt) Baldwin of LeRaysville (Prattville),
Pennsylvania, in 1891 and resided at Herrickville, Pennsylvania. Hattie’s mother died when she was 3 years
old, so she was sent (“bound out”) to live with her mother’s brother, Charles
Baldwin. John and Hattie had the
following children:
(a. Carlton “Carl”
Leland Baldwin: Born 10 August 1892.
Died (21 August?) 1955. Married
Grace L. Ames/Aimes of Herrick and resided on RD #1, Endicott, New York. Carl worked for the International Business
Machine (IBM) Corporation for 33 years.
Grace was a school teacher. He
and Grace had the following children:
(1) Irene Baldwin: Born 6
March 1915. Married Glen/Glenn Custer (resided
at Owego, N.Y. when he d. 18 Jan 1976) and resided on RD #1, Endicott, New
York, where Glen worked for IBM. Irene
and Glenn had the following children:
(a) Barbara Custer: Born 1934. Married James Harrington and resided in New
York.
(b) Joan Custer: Born 1937. Married Steve Praznovsky and resided in New York.
(c) William Custer: Born 1945.
(2) Dorothy Baldwin: Born
7 June 1916. Married Robert “Bob” Winner
and resided at 730 Robin Drive, Santa Clara, California. Dorothy and Robert had the following
children.
(a) Robert Winner, Jr.: Born 1937.
(b) Patricia Winner: Born 1939.
(c) Diane Winner: Born 1943.
(d) Margaret “Peggy” Winner: Born 1945.
(3) Hilda Baldwin: Born
31 October 1917. Died 2 November 1917.
(b.
Leona Pearl Baldwin: (more info)
Born Oct (?) at Herrickville, Pennsylvania.
Died May? 1968 at the home of her daughter, Beatrice, in Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred Tioga Point Cemetery. Resided at 117 S. Main Street, Athens,
Pennsylvania (across from Methodist Church.
Married Floyd R. Allen (d. Aug 1974; also seen 1954) and had at least
the following daughter:
(1) Beatrice “Bea” Opal
Allen: Born 2 December 1913 at Herrickville, Pennsylvania. Married Charles Elmer/Elmeer Knickerbacker of
Binghamton, Broome County, New York in 1939 at Athens, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and resided at 117 S. Main Street, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Charles and Beatrice had the following
children:
(a) Charles “Butch” Romeyn Knickerebacker: Born 1942 at Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1957.
(b) Ronald “Ronnie” Roy Knickerbacker: Born 1949.
(c. Guy Hill/Hewitt
Baldwin: Born 3 Oct (?). Resided at 107 E.
Franklin Street, Endicott, New York, where Guy worked for IBM. Married Ruth Streppler of Herrick,
Pennsylvania and had at least the following children:
(1) Madlyn “Lynn”
Baldwin: Married Bethul “Bethie” Grunhalgh and had at least the following
children:
(a) Bethul “Sonny” Grunhalgh, Jr.
(b) Wayne Grunhalgh.
(c) Jinn Grunhalgh.
(2) Alger Baldwin: Was in
the military and resided (at one point) in Washington, D.C. Married Wanda Thompson had the following
children:
(a) David Baldwin.
(b) Vickie Baldwin.
(3) Norma Baldwin:
Married Jack Cunningham.
(4) John William
“Johnnie” Baldwin: In 1952 was unmarried and “called up” for service in the US
Army.
(5) Jill Baldwin: Born
1942.
Benjamin left Rachel and moved to Nebraska, and they were subsequently
divorced. Benjamin married (2nd)
Jennie Crull; apparently no children. He
married two additional times and resided in Sanders County, Nebraska;
apparently no children. Following
Benjamin’s departure, Rachel White held several jobs, one at the Chamberlains,
which was near the Bump residence. She
married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Cornelius Bump, who had “several daughters” from his 1st
marriage. Rachel and Cornelius had the
following children together:
(5. Jessie Bump.
(female)
(6. Lou Bump. (female)
(7. Jo Bump. ((female)
b. Charles Biles
Baldwin: (photos) Born 23 December
1835/6 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1891; interred David City,
Nebraska. Married (1st)
Roxena/Roxina J. Bunnell (b. 4 Apr 1837, d. 16 May 1860), daughter of James and
Lovica/Lovisa/Louisa (Russell) Bunnell, on 4 July 1857 at Laceyville,
Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(1. Eveline “Eva”
Frances Baldwin (or Frances Eveline Baldwin): Born July 1858. Died 1882.
(2. Arthur Cameron
Baldwin: Born April 1860. Died about
1948/49. Employed in the newspaper
industry. He and his sons resided in
Austin, Texas. Married (1st)
Kate Kale and had the following children:
(a. Arthur Cameron
Baldwin, Jr.
(b. Julian Baldwin: Was
married.
(c. Whitmore/Whitimore
Baldwin.
(d. Nellie D. Baldwin.
(e. Son.
(f. Daughter.
Arthur and Kate were divorced. Arthur married (2nd) widow Eva
(?). He married (3rd) Mary
Dervas/Dewar.
Charles Baldwin married
(2nd) Sarah “Sake” Whitman/Whiteman Lyman on 2 June 1861 and had the
following children:
(3. Jeremiah “Jerry”
Clifton Baldwin: Married Harriet “Hattie” Stallcup.
(a. Sake Mae Baldwin:
Born 14 April 1885. Perhaps unmarried.
(b. Robert Earl Baldwin
“Earl”: Born 8 April 1888. Died young.
(c. Clark Eugene
Baldwin: Born 20 May 1890. Resided at
Eddyville, Iowa. Married Mary Mitze.
(d. Lloyd
Stallcup/Stalcop Baldwin: Born 1893.
Employd as an Iowa state auditor.
Married (1st) (in France) Georgette Albertine Angele Fevre in
1919 and had the following son:
(1)
Jean Jerry Alexander Baldwin: Born 1919.
Lloyd
was probably in Europe during World War I, since he was married in France. Per Mabel Frantz, his wife, Georgette, was in
poor health when she and Lloyd were estranged, not having seen each other for
more than two years. Lloyd intended to
move to France and reside there permanently.
Lloyd married (2nd) Alice (?)
(4. Anna Eliza Baldwin:
Resided unmarried at Fremont, Nebraska.
(5. Estella/Estelle
Roxina Baldwin: Married Alexander “Alex” DeLong at Fremont, Nebraska and had
the following children:
(a. Mira/Myra DeLong.
(b. Earl DeLong: Died
age 2.
(c. Inez DeLong:
Married (1st) (?). Married (2nd)
Robert “Bob” Smith (same name as Pearl Angie Baldwin’s husband, but reportedly
the brother of Pearl’s husband).
(d. Will DeLong?
(6. Mira/Myra Baldwin.
(7. Milton “Milt”
Hudson Baldwin: Was a painter and singer at Fremont, Nebraska. Married Mollie Straw/Strawn.
(8. Purcival/Percival
“Pert” Lyman Baldwin: Married Susie Mallory/Malloy and resided at 68 Orchard
Street, Lincoln, Nebraska. Pert and
Susie had the following children:
(a. Lyman Baldwin.
(b. Mark Baldwin.
(c. Thelma Baldwin.
(9. Alva/Aloa Gale Baldwin:
Married and divorced.
c. Almira/Elmira A.
Baldwin: (photos) Born 11
January 1838 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 18 November 1920. Married Henry J. Nurss (b. 4/24 Mar 1827/9 at
Coventry, Broome County, N.Y., d. 14 May 1912, age 85 at the home of his
daughter, Sarah, after 7 years of declining health) on 22 December 1858. Of interest, Henry Nurss had a brother,
Solomon, and a sister who resided at Camptown.
He farmed the Patton place near Sayre until about 1909, when he and
Almira moved in with their daughter and her family. Both are interred in the Tioga Point Cemetery
at Sayre. Almira and Henry had the
following children: (order uncertain)
(1. Lettie Jane Nurss:
Born 28 February 1861. Married, as his 1st
wife, Alfred “Al” “Allen” V. Shumway, a telegraph operator, and had the
following son:
(a. Leon Henry Shumway:
Born 10 December 1881 at Laceyville, Pennsylvania. Died 28 November 1955; interred Tioga Point
Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1951 resided at 708 North Main Street,
Athens. Married Leonelle Jennings (d.
1924), daughter of Harry Sterling and Bessie (Bunnell) Jennings of Mehoopany,
Pennsylvania and granddaughter of (1) Sterling A. and Arron (Bunnell) Jennings
and (2) Aaron and Clementine (Lane) Bunnell) on 15 March 1905 at Mehoopany and
had the following son:
(1) Theodore J. Shumway:
Born 12 February 1906. Married Gertrude
Adelia Fuller, daughter of Charles Harltey and Fanny (Kintner) Fuller on 18
April 1927. See paragraph 6.a.(4.(a.),
above, for additional details and children.
Theodore and Gertrude separated, and eventually, they divorced. Theodore moved to California. Gertrude married 2 more times and died in
Michigan.
Following Leonelle’s death, Leon Henry
Shumway married (2nd) Eleanor Jenkins in June 1922 (also seen: Apr
1926) at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania and had two more children:
(2) Leon Henry Shumway, Jr. “Jack” “Jails”: Born 1923 at Tunkhannock,
Pennsylvania. Resided in Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Married (?) and
had the following children:
(a) Dennis “Denny” Hayden? Shumway: Born
1947.
(b) Martin Shumway: Born 1948.
(3) Ruth Jane Shumway: Born 1928 at Sayre, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married Harold Allis (b.
1921), son of Francis and Agnes (Mosher) Allis of Litchfield, Pennsylvania, in
1948 at Baltimore, Maryland and had the following children:
(a) Barbara Cecile Allis: Born 1948.
(b) Carl Rodney Allis: Born 1950.
(c) Larry Clayton Allis: Born 1951.
(d) Sarah “Sally” Ann Allis: Born 1953.
(e) Linda Jane Allis: Born 1955.
Alfred V. Shumway married (2nd)
Louise (?) from Mehoopany?
(2. Sethe J. Nurss (by
one account): Born 28 September
1861. Died after 1 January 1910.
(3. Bela Alexander/Alex
Nurss: Born 18 September 1864. Initially
resided at Camptown, where the Pattons were.
Apparently resided later at Syracuse, New York. Died after 1 January 1910. Married Ella Shoemaker (b. abt 1854) and had
the following daughter:
(a. Anna
"Annie" Nurss: Married L. Moore and resided at one time at 5830 S.
Salina Street, Syracuse, New York. Had
at least 2 daughters.
(4. Sarah M. Nurss:
Born 1/18 August 1868. Died 1940.
1900 US Census: Leanord Slater, age 36,
was heading a household at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The household also included his wife, Sarah
Slater, age 31; daughter, Myra Slater, age 12; daughter, Mary Slater, age 11;
son, Harry Slater, age 10; son, Guy Slater, age 4; and son, Arthur Slater, age
2.
Married
Leonard J. Slater (b. 2 Sep 1862, d. June 1942, age 79) and had the following
children:
(a. Myra/Mira F.
Slater: Died 8 August 1966; interred Halsey Valley Cemetery. Married Elmer/Elmore Hess and resided at 442
E. Second Street, Elmira, New York. Mira
and Elmer had the following son:
(1) Donald Hess.
(b. Mary Viola Slater:
Married Alfred Kench/Kintsch and had the following children:
(1) Hazel Kench.
(2) Avis Kench.
(c. Harry Earnest
Slater: Born 15 January 1891. Married
Katherine “Kate” Bennett on 17 August 1911 and resided, for a time, at 8
Lincoln Street, Waverly, New York. Harry
and Kate had the following children: (order uncertain)
(1) Elma Slater.
(2) Harry Slater, Jr.
(3) Catherine
"Kate" Slater.
(4) Marian Slater.
(5) Margerie Slater.
(6) Helen Slater.
(7) Joseph Slater.
(8) Guy Slater.
(9) Eleanor Slater.
(d. Guy Carlton Slater:
Born 26 June 1896 at Binghamton, Broome County, New York. Died March 1977 at Quakertown, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania. Veteran of World War I;
registered 4 June 1917 at Bradford County, New York. Resided, for a time, at 2645 N. 31st
Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Perhaps married Eleanor Meranda Erle on 10 February 1916.
(e. Arthur Greene
Slater: Born about 1898. Died Good Friday,
1910, age 12.
(f. Elma Slater: Born 3
or 4 Sep (?).
(5. Anna/Ann Mary
Nurss: Born 18 May 1870. Died 28 January
1873; interred in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
d. Jane Van Noy Baldwin: (photos)
Born 19/9 February 1840 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 22/27/30 December 1859 (perhaps from
complications of childbirth; Biles Cem Book has 30 Dec); interred in the Biles
Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married, as his (1st)
wife, William M. Chamberlain, Jr., son of William M. and Susan (Merritt)
Chamberlain (gen 2 of the Chamberlain Annex), on 1/4 August
1858 and had the following son:
(1. Isadore M.
Chamberlain: Born September 1859. Died
21/25 September 1859; interred in the Biles Cemetery, Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
William Chamberlain married (2nd) Phoebe Jane Frazier and
had the following children:
(2. William
Chamberlain, III.
(3. LaRue Chamberlain.
(4. Frank Chamberlain.
(5. Carrie Chamberlain:
Married (perhaps) Charles M. Homet and had the following daughter:
(a. Elizabeth Homet:
Born 26 May 1898. In 1959 resided in
Wyalusing Township.
(b. Marietta Homet:
Born 24 March 1900. Died 12 October
1910.
(6. Abbie T.
Chamberlain: (more info)
Born
20 July 1876 at home on Lime Hill, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died there Sunday, 5
January 1959 (age 82); interred Camptown Cemetery. Never married.
Worked
in the Wyalusing Post Office for nearly 32 years, and was Post Mistress there
from 1906 to 1921. From 1921 to 1931
Abbie cared for her mother and, for six years of that period, worked at the
Wyalusing Public Library. She eventually
returned to the Post Office, retiring from there in 1946.
e. Rosannah/Rosanner “Rose” Baldwin: (photos) Born 20
February 1842 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 11 March 1914. Married Clark Ernest Hungerford (d. Dec) on
23 December 1866 at her parents residence, with Reverend D. Castleman
officiating. Rose and Clark resided in
Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where they both died and were
interred. Rosannah and Clark had the following son:
(1. Earnest Myron
Hungerford “Myron”: Married Alice/Allice Lucetta/Louella/Luella/Louetta “Lou”
Moon/Moore, on 27 September 1893 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and resided at
804 Park Avenue, Albany, New York. In
1920 resided with Alice at Chemung with their family. Earnest and Lou had the following children:
(a. Myron Moore/Moon
Hungerford: Born 28 September 1894. Died
1918.
(b. Jean Hungerford:
Born 3 January 1898/95. Married John W.
Donnan at Albany, New York and had the following daughter:
(1) Sarah/Sara Lou
Donnan: Born 1932.
(c. Alice
Lucetta/Louella/Luella Hungerford: Born 1 May 1904. Died 1919.
(d. Arthur Hungerford:
Born 1906. Died 1906.
(e. Clark Henry
Hungerford: Born 1908. Married Katherine
Lou Houck at Madison, New Jersey.
(f. Dorothy Hungerford:
Born 1909. Married Gustav A. Krueger and
resided at Garden City, Long Island.
Dorothy and Gustav had the following daughter:
(1) Susan Jean Krueger:
Born 1937.
f. Alexander
"Alex" Biles Baldwin: (photos) Born 20/22
October 1844 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 1926/7.
Had a livery and express business, and in 1914 resided at Cedar Bluffs,
then Norfolk, Nebraska. In 1921 resided on
Maple Street in Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Rachel L.
Streeter/Beebe (b. 1 Dec 1858, d. 10 Apr 1900) of Nebraska on 1 March 1877 and
had the following children:
(1. Guy Orville
Baldwin: Born 28 July 1878. Died 1880.
(2. Pearl Angie
Baldwin: (more info) Born 14 January
1881. Died February 1921 at People’s
Hospital, Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania while visiting her parents in
Athens. Married Robert B. Smith at Cedar
Bluffs, Nebraska in February 1905 and resided there. Was residing “out west.” Had diabetes.
Died rather suddenly (probably from complications of her disease) in
November 1921 while visiting her parents in Cedar Bluffs. No children.
(3. Bela Gilbert
Baldwin “Bert”: Born 12 September 1883.
Had a nice singing voice. Was
raised by his Uncle Bela, paragraph g., below.
Resided for a period of time at Lyons, Wayne County, New York. Married Pearl Houseknecht (was a niece of
Stella (Whitacre) Baldwin, Para g., below and had a sister, Amy) and had the
following children:
(a. Bela Alexander
Baldwin “Alex”: Born October 1915.
(b. Thomas Gilbert
Baldwin: Born August 1918.
(c. Daughter.
Alexander Biles Baldwin
married (2nd) Julia/Julie “Jewel” L. Monroe (b. 1849) on 21 March
1904. Julia may have had children.
g. Bela “Beal” Baldwin: (photos)
Born 27 December 1846 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died after 1 January 1920 (perhaps 1929) at
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; interred there. Married Estella/Estelle “Stella” Lucetta
Whitacre/Whittacre (d. Athens, PA; interred there) on 3 November 1867; no
children. Resided at Homet’s Ferry for a
while. Later owned and operated a hay
press at Fremont, Nebraska, then owned and operated a feed store at Morris,
Illinois. Resided last at Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Raised
his brother’s son, Bela Gilbert “Bert” Baldwin, paragraph f.(3., above.
h. Mary Eliza/Ellen
Baldwin: (photos) Born 21
August 1849 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania on what was later
the Jacob Place residence, but had previously been occupied by the
Baldwins. Died 4 September 1931. Raised (largely) by her sisters, since her
mother died when she was about 6 years old.
Married Daniel Ranslow Frantz (b. 23/25 Aug
1844. d. 9 Mar 1897/98), son of John M. and Jane (Dugan) Frantz of Huntsville,
Pennsylvania, on 18 February 1869.
Daniel was a cabinet maker and they resided initially in Nebraska. Returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania
about 1891, shortly after their daughter, Rose, died, settling eventually at
Picture Rock. Both were interred at
Hughesville, Pennsylvania. In 1928 Mary,
who could not walk or care for herself anymore, resided with her daughter,
Mabel, in Washington, D. C. Daniel and
Mary (Baldwin) Frantz had the following children:
(1. Son: Born 10
October 1870. Died 1870.
(2. Jesse Myrtle
Frantz: (more info)
Born 4 July 1872/74 at Hughesville, Pennsylvania. Died Wednesday, 25 March 1953 in Washington,
D.C.; interred Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Hughesville/Hagersville,
Pennsylvania. In 1928 was employed there
at the Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Loans & Currency. Never married.
(3. Samuel “Sam”
Baldwin Frantz: (more info)
Born 25 January 1875/74. Died Monday, 16
March 1953 at home (610 Lexington Place, NE, Washington, D.C.); interred there
in Glenwood Cemetery. In 1928 was
employed at the Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Mints in Washington, D.
C. Married Ellen “Nellie” “Nell” Dudley
(b. 24 May 1878) on 29 August 1902 and resided in an apartment in
Virginia. In 1955 Ellen resided at 4011
North 5th Street, Arlington 3, Viginia. Also seen: April 1958 resided at 610
Lexington Place, Washington 2, D.C.) In
1960, after 4 hospital visits, Ellen had moved from her apartment to reside
with her son, Bruce. Samuel and Nell had
the following children:
(a. Bella Bruce Frantz
“Bruce”: Born 1905. In 1928 was employed
in the auditing department of a bank.
Married Edna Culver Ford (b. 1905).
Employed as a banker. In 1958
resided at 118 North Park Drive, Arlington, Virginia. In November 1960 resided at 202 Creswell
Drive, Falls Church, Virginia, and his elderly and ailing mother resided with
him and his family. Bruce and Edna had
the following children:
(1) Edna Lorraine Frantz
“Lorraine”: Born November 1929. Married
Henry “Fritz” Edward Foulds/Foules, son of parents who resided near Sunbury,
Pennsylvania, in October 1955 and resided in an apartment in Virginia. Lorraine and Fritz had the following
children:
(a) Carter Bruce Foulds: Born 1956.
(b) Susan Leslie Foulds: Born 1958.
(c) Henry Elliott Foulds: Born 1960.
(2) Robert Bruce Frantz:
Born 1931 at/near Washington, D.C. In
1951 was in the US Air Force radio school at Biloxi, Mississippi. In July 1960 was employed as a banker and
resided at Ashville, North Carolina.
While residing in Washington, D.C. married Barbara Comer Mays of Garden
City, Long Island, New York in 1952 and had at least two children:
(a) Lorraine Frantz: Married (?) Foulds
and had the following son:
[1.
[2.
[3. Henry Elliott Foulds: Born 1960.
(b)
(b. Edwin Dudley
Frantz: Born 1907. In 1928 was employed
as a clerk for the Fruit Growers Express in/near Washington, D.C. In 195_ resided at 58 Wagg Avenue, Malvern
(on Long Island), New York. In 1958 was
employed as an accountant, 1st for a large dairy, then for the U.S.
Agricultural Department, and then as head accountant for Shefield of Mills
County. Married Virginia Lee Allen
and had the following children:
(1) Mary Susan Frantz:
Born 1942 at Washington, D.C.
(2) Richard Edwin Frantz:
Born 1946.
(c. Lewis Baldwin
Frantz.
(d. Carl Baldwin
Frantz.
(e. Daniel Robert
Frantz “Bob”: Born 1915. Was a Boy Scout
at age 12. Married Merry/Mary Norman and
resided at Washington, D.C. Employed
there as an engineer at the Bell Telephone Laboratory. In 1955 resided at 134 Weston Avenue,
Chatham, New Jersey. Daniel and Mary had
the following children:
(1) Robin Frantz:
(female) Born 1942 at Washington, D.C.
(2) Christopher Norman
Frantz: Born 1945 at Washington, D.C.
(3) Mark Russell Frantz:
Born 1950/51.
(4. Rose Mira/Myra
Frantz: Born 1 August 1880. Died 28
April 1891/90.
(5. Mabel Frantz: (photos)
Born
15 September 1887 in Nebraska. Died 12 May
1965 in Washington, D.C.; interred Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Hughesville,
Pennsylvania with her parents and sister, Jesse. Never married. Was about 4 years old when her parents
returned to Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Was initially employed in the optical business. By at least 1928 Mabel resided in an
apartment in Washington, D.C. with her mother, while employed in the structural
steel department of Barber & Ross, a builders supply and home furnishings company
in the Washington, D.C. area. In December
1932 she resided in an apartment with her older sister, Jesse. In December 1956 Mabel resided in a apartment
at 516 A Street, Washington, D.C., across from the Metz Church, which she was a
member of for many years. She retired
about 1953, and on 1 April 1959 moved to the Baptist Home, 3248 N Street, N.W.,
Washington 7, D.C (one block west of the intersection of Wise Avenue and N
Street, NW), where she shared a large, 2nd floor room with somewhat
senile Navy widow. By February 1965
Mabel had had “another” stroke and was a patient in Sibly Hospital, NW
Washington. She reportedly could not
speak, but, according to Edna (Ford) Frantz, her nephew Bruce’s wife, Mabel
knew what was going on around her.
i. Phoebe/Phebe Ann Baldwin: (photos) Born 6
January 1852 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 27 April 1914. Raised (largely) by her sisters, since her
mother died when she was about 4 years old.
Married Parsons Bonham (b. 26 Jan 1847, d. 7 Aug 1921) on 11 March 1874
and resided at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, where Parson was a
machinist. They were both interred at
Wilkes-Barre. Phoebe and Parsons had the
following children:
(1. Clark Hungerford
Bonham: Born 25 June 1875. 18 January
1881.
(2. Arnetta Maud
Bonham: Born 5 March 1877. Married Ralph
B. Simmons on 21 December 1898 and had the following son:
(a. Earl B. Simmons:
Born 1903. Married Mildred Payne.
(3. Charlton “Chart” H.
Bonham: Born 15 December 1880. Married
Eva Stair and at some point resided at 56 Park Place, Kingston (near
Wilkes-Barre), Pennsylvania. Charlton
and Eva had the following children:
(a. Dorothy S. Bonham:
Born 1906. Died 1912.
(b. Charlton H. Bonham,
Jr.: Born 1911. Died at Kingston,
Pennsylvania. Married Elizabeth
Griffiths.
(c. Eva May/Mae Bonham:
Born 1914. Died before March 1953. Married William T. Gavitt and had the
following son:
(1) (Male) Gavitt: Born Chapel Place,
Preakness, New Jersey.
(d. Marian L. Bonham:
Born 1919. Married Basel E. Houchins.
(e. Son.
(4. Ratie/Ratee Viola
Bonham: Born 14 May 1886. Married Arthur
Elliott Milner and resided at 209 Harper Street, Dunmore, Pennsylvania. Also seen: in 1958 resided at 9426 Word
Avenue, Seabrook, Maryland. Ratie and
Arthur had the following children:
(a. Howard E. Milner:
Born about 1911/12. Appears to have
resided at Decatur, Illinois. Married
Vivian Jay (subsequently divorced) and had the following daughter:
(1) Nancy/Mary Milner:
Born 1942/45. Married (1st)
(?). Married (2nd) Billy (?)
and had at least 2 children:
(b. Arthur J. Milner:
Born 1917. Married Edith (?), who was
employed by an electrical manufacturing company, like Westinghouse or General
Electric.
(c. Blanche L. Milner:
Married Ralph Ettinger/Ettings of Scranton, Pennsylvania and resided at
Arlington, Virginia. Ralph and Blanche
had the following children:
(1) Bonnie Ettinger: Born
1951.
(2) Daughter.
(5. Charles Bonham (perhaps,
by one source; no order intended).
(6. Katie Bonham
(perhaps, by one source; no order intended).
(7. Joseph
"Joe" Bonham (perhaps).
After Polly’s death Chandler Taylor Baldwin, paragraph 7, above,
married (3rd) (?) “Ma” Wells, who had the following children from a
previous marriage: (all born at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania)
·
Guy
Wells.
·
Minnie
Wells.
·
Carrie/Corie
Wells.
Chandler Taylor Baldwin and (?) (Wells) Baldwin had the following son
of their own:
j. Joseph “Joe” Baldwin:
Born at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
8. Jacob Place Biles: (photos)
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Born 29/28 January
1816/15 in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County,
Pennsylvania. Died 25 April 1890/1893 at
Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (by one
account, d. at “The Neck,” Wyoming Co., PA).
Married Mary M. Bunnell (b. 24/22 Feb 1822 in
Tunkhannock Borough ("The Neck"), Wyoming Co., PA, d. 22 Aug 1889 at
Homets Ferry), daughter of John and Mary (Place) Bunnell, on 15 August 1839 at
Vosburg, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania and resided at Homets Ferry, Bradford
County, Pennyslvania. Jacob is
generation 8 of the Ancestors of John Addison Biles.
9. Rebecca/Rebecka H.
Biles: (photos)
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Born 29 April 1818 (per
old DePew Bible at Athens) in Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now
Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died 25
April 1857 (per gravestone in Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., PA;
also seen: 9 May 1857) in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
from complications of “milk leg” (the old term for postpartum phlebitis, a
common complication of childbirth) after giving birth to twins (Maroa &
Marilla) on 13 April, both of whom died shortly thereafter. Rebecca’s remains and those of the twins were
moved from the Overfield Cemetery to the Bile’s Cemetery on the hill above
Homet’s Ferry later in 1857.
Note: The old Jacob Place Biles Bible had
the birth of Rebecca filled in later as 29 April 1818. Mrs. Gustafson of Ohio had the same date (found
in the papers of Christine Biles).
Married, as his 1st
wife, James
Van Campen Depew/Depue (photos) (b. 22 Dec 1817
in Walpack Twp, Sussex Co., NJ (also seen: perhaps Monroe Co., PA); d. 6 Jan
1884 in Meshoppen Borough, Wyoming Co., PA; interred Overfield Cem.) of
Northampton County (later Monroe Co.), Pennsylvania, son of Benjamin and
Elizabeth Margaret (Bosard/Bossard) DePew/DePue of Northampton (later, Monroe) County,
Pennsylvania, on 5 February 1844. Moved
to Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania in 1849. Rebecca and James had the following children:
(Note: one daughter was a musician; another resided with Aunt Betsy Camp (Para
14, below.))
a. Mifflin Dallas Depew
“Dallas”: Born 16 June 1845. Died 16
June 1930; interred Tuckhannock, Pennsylvania.
Employed as a farmer. Married Elizabeth
Lott, daughter of Charles and Caroline (Shannon) Lott of Auburn
Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (and granddaughter of John Shannon
of Warren Co., NJ), on 22 February 1865 at Tuckhannock, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania and resided there. Caroline
(Shannon) Lott was the daughter of John Shannon. Mifflin and Elizabeth had the following
children:
(1. Charles Lott Depew:
Born 23 January 1868. Died 19 March 1961
at Tunkhanock, Pennsylvania; interred Overfield Cemetery. Married Ida Baldwin (b. 6 Mar 1872/74/75, d.
30 Jul 1949; interred Overfield Cemetery), daughter of A. J. (b. 3 Apr 1840)
and Sarah E. (Depue/Depew) Baldwin (b. 2 Sep 1841, m. 2 Feb 1862 at Wyalusing,
Bradford Co., PA), on 2/4 November 1898 and had the following children:
(a.
Arrietta/Aretta/Areta Grace Depew: Born 21 December 1900 at South Auburn,
Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
Married Bruce Chester Phillips (b. 17/25 Aug (?) at Court, Sullivan,
Co.), son of Harvey and Hannah (Warburton) Phillips of Tuckhannock, Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, on 8 November 1920 at Tuckhannock. Resided at 94 West Street, Tuckhannock. Had 5 children, including the following:
(1) Gladys May Phillips:
Born 1922 at Tuckhannock, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Robert (Bud) E.
Passamore (b. 30 May (abt 1922)) at Tuckhannock, d. 1945 at Wessel, Germany during World War II), son
of Robert E. and Ruth (Lessig) Passamore of Tuckhannock (Ruth later resided
around Potterville, PA), on 6 January 1943 at Tuckhannock and had the following
son:
(a) Richard “Dick” E (no middle name) Passamore: Born 15 August 1944 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Robert E. Passamore was the 1st service member from Tuckhannock to die overseas during World War II, where he served as a paratrooper. Following his death, Gladys May (Phillips) Passamore married (2nd) Byron E. Manning (b. abt 1922 at Mehoopany, PA, d. 20 Jun 1951, age 29, from injuries sustained in a tractor accident; interred Mehoopany Cem), son of Edson and Matilda (Smith) Manning of Ransome, PA (near Pittston)(who had 7 other children), on 2 March 1947 at Mehoopany and had the following children:
(b) Stephen Trent Manning: Born 1947.
(c) Kathryn Manning: Born 1948.
(d) Marvin Manning: Born 1950.
(e) Beth Elaine Manning: Born 1951.
(2) Howard Walter
Phillips: Born 1929 at Osterhout, below Tuckhannock in Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. Married Arlene Meade/Mead,
daughter of Clarence and Arlene (Archambeault) Mead, in 1947 and resided at RR
#2, Tuckhannock, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania.
Howard and Arlene had the following daughter:
(a) Howard Bruce Phillips “Butch”: Born 1948 at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Was employed in a creamery.
(b) Eleanor Phillips?
(3) Janet Marie Phillips:
Born 1937/36 at Wilkes-Barrie, Pennsylvania.
Resided at Tuckhannock, Pennsylvania.
(b. Raymond Depew: Born
24 September 1902.
(c. Mildred Irene
Depew: Born 10 February 1909 at Russell Hill.
Married Charles Robbins (b. 12 Nov 1904 at Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., PA),
son of Arthur and Mary (Newman) Robbins, on 10 November 1929 in Chemung
Township, Chemung County, New York and subsequently resided on a hill above
Waverly, New York. Mildred and Charles
had the following children:
(1) Charles Arthur
Robbins “Arthur”: Born 1930. Married
Betty Ingersal in 1957? and resided on a farm in Chemung Township, Chemung
County, New York.
(2) Louise Marie Robbins:
Born 1931. Employed at Elmira, Broome
County, New York. Had the following son:
(a) Richard Eugene Robbins: Born 1955.
(3) Franklin Donald
Robbins: Born 1933. Resided in New York. Married Roberta Rice of Waverly and raised
the following children:
(a) Gretta Jan (?) Robbins: Adopted.
(b) Ginna Robbins: (pronounced Gee na)
Born 1955.
(4) Louis/Lewis Howard
Robbins: Born 1934. Married Mary Johnson
on 31 August 1957 in New York and resided there. Louis and Mary had the following children:
(a) Sharon Lynn Robbins: Twin. Born 1962.
(b) Sheila Lynn Robbins: Twin. Born 1962.
(5) Shirley Ideleane
Robbins: Born 1935. Married Corliss
Howard.
(6) Ida Mae Robbins: Born
1937. Married Louis Edward Sprague.
(7) William Edward
Robbins: Born 1938.
(8) Charlotte Ann
Robbins: Born 1941.
(9) Norman Sterling
Robbins: Born 1946.
(10) Patricia Elaine
Robbins: Born 1953.
(2. Caroline
Blaine/Blaire Depew: Born 23 January 1870.
Died 18 May 1875.
(3. Joseph Shannon
Depew: (more info) Born 23 December
1884/85. Died 27 May 1968. Memorial service held at the Samuel B.
Harding Funeral Home; interment in Sunnyside Cemetery. Married Lela/Leila Armstrong; no children.
b. Deborah “Debbie”
Ellen Depew: (photos) Born 14
January 1847 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Died 29 April 1934, age 86, while visiting
her daughter, Maggie, in Mystic, Connecticut; interred in Woodlawn Cemetery,
Elmira, New York. Married (1st)
Doyle Adelbert Bunnell (b. 1843/3 Jan 1841, d. 1907), son of Benjamin and
Margaret (Sterling) Bunnell, on 5 March 1863 in Pennsylvania. Doyle was employed as a hotel keeper and
horse jockey. Deborah and Doyle had the
following children:
(1. Margaret “Maggie”
B. Bunnell: (photos) Born 27
September 1864 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Died 9 February 1946 at Stonington,
Connecticut; interred in the Elmgrove Cemetery, Mystic, Connecticut. Married (1st) Edward Frank Gray
and had the following children:
(a. Frank Bunnell Gray:
Born 30 November/17 November 1881. Was a
machinist. Died 16 August 1911 at
Groton, Connecticut (apparently drowned in about 1 foot of water in the hulk of
an old, grounded, rotting boat while inebriated, following the lose of his job
at Fisher’s Island in Groton). Married
Cora Chapman about 1910.
(b. Harry Carey Gray:
Born 7 March/May 1883. Died 25 June 1901
at Elmira, New York; interred there in Woodlawn Cemetery.
(c. Depew Gray: Born
April 1888. Died 1889.
Maggie (Bunnell) Gray married (2nd)
Jeremiah “Jerry” Shaw (d. 29 Apr 1901) in November 1896. She married (3rd) Christopher
Herman/Hermon Eldridge/Eldredge (d. 1911) in November 1903 and resided in a
large house at 14 Mystic Avenue, Mystic, Connecticut, where they operated an
informal boarding house. They bought the
house in 1910 and lived there until 1944, when they moved to Stonington,
Connecticut. Herman was a traveling
salesman.
(2. Mary “May”
Lewella/Luella Bunnell: Born 28 January 1868 in Pennsylvania. Died 23 August 1886 (also seen: d. 19 Jul
1886) in Pennsylvania; interred Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania.
(3. Demmon “Dennie”
Bunnell: Born 18 May 1869 in Pennsylvania.
Died 29/27 May 1871 in Pennsylvania; interred Sterling-Overfield
Cemetery, Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
(4. Benjamin “Ben”
“Bennie” Franklin Bunnell:
By
one account Benjamin was also referred to as “Franklin.” Apparently he was not given a middle name at
birth, but when his employer, the Lehigh Railroad, asked him for his middle
name, he responded with “Franklin,” and included Franklin in his name from that
point on.
Benjamin
was born 9 July 1871 in Pennsylvania.
Died 22 September 1928 at Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York;
interred in the S.O. Cemetery, Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Married Eleanor May Wright (b. 1873),
daughter of John and Georgianna (Willets) Wright on 27 August 1892 at Port
Jervis, Orange County, New York (also seen: Niagara Falls) and had the
following children:
(a. Infant: Born
1893. Died 7 August 1893.
(b. Helen May Bunnell:
Born 24 March 1894 at Port Jervis, Orange County, New York. Died there 26 March 1894.
(c. Arthur DeWitt
Bunnell: Born 22 March 1895 at Meshoppen, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 18 August 1919 at Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, New York. Married, as her 2nd
husband, Mary (Mays) (?), daughter of William L. Mays, and had the following
children:
(1) Benjamin “Bennie” B.
Bunnell: (photos) (SSN: 226-01-1192)
Born 27 February 1915 at Wilmington, North Carolina. Died 26 November 1988 at Lynchburg, Virginia;
interred there in Fort Hill Cemetery.
Married Billie Warren and had the following children:
(a) Benjamin Warren Bunnell “Warren”: Born 1939 at Roanoke, Virginia. Married (1st) Donna Knight about 1960 and had the following children:
[1. Bryon Brice Bunnell: Born 1961. Married Christina Carroll in 1985 at the Thomas Road Baptist Church, Lynchburg, Virginia and had the following children:
[a. Taylor Brice Bunnell: Born 1986.
[b. Max Christian Bunnell: Born 1989.
[2. Bruce Bradley Bunnell: Born 29 June 1965. Married Cheryl Robey in 1992 at the Madison Heights Baptist Church, Madison Heights, Virginia.
Benjamin Bunnell married (2nd) Wanda Dodgion, daughter of George and Mabel (Stinmett) Dodgion, in 1973 in Virginia and had the following children:
[3. Benson “Brady” Bunnell: Born 1975.
[4. Desiree Bunnell: Born 1978.
(b) Arthur Charles Bunnell: Born 1946 at Wilmington, North Carolina. Married Jane Liggan in 1969 at Lynchburg, Virginia and had the following children:
[1. Benjamin Ligon (perhaps Liggan?) Bunnell: Born 1971.
[2. Elizabeth Farrar Bunnell: Born 1975.
When his sister, Eleanor ((2), below), died in 1974, Bennie and Billie (Warren) Bunnell took in Eleanor’s granddaughter (Deborah Sue Carper, age 16), who, by her choice, had been staying with her grandmother, Eleanor (Bunnell) Carper. After Bennie died in 1988, Billie lived with her oldest son, Warren Bunnell and his family in Lynchburg, Virginia.
(2) Eleanor Bunnell: (photos) Born 1917. Died December 1974. Married (1st) Buddy Carper and had
the following son:
(a) Donald “Donnie” Carper: Died about 1962. Married Marjorie “Marge” Ann Smith, daughter of Colonel Vernon M. and Mildred (?) Smith, and had the following daughter:
[1. Deborah “Cricket” Sue Carper: Born 1958. Lived with several families before a couple years in college and then to service in the US Navy starting 1981. Married (1st) Craig Thibeault in 1983, but they were divorced in 1989. Deborah and Craig were remarried in 1990. Craig made the US Navy a career.
Marjorie (Smith) Carper married (2nd) Richard (?) about 1963, lived in Washington State, and had the following children:
[2. Scott (?).
[3. Duane (?).
Marjorie and Richard moved to Appleton, Wisconsin and were divorced. Marjorie married (3rd) Art Strong; they were divorced without children. Marjorie married (4th) Michael “Mike” King about 1973. In October 1973 Marjorie’s daughter, Doborah (age 15 ½, chose to return to her grandmother, Eleanor (Bunnell) Carper.
Perhaps of related interest: there was an Andrea Lynn King born 1979 at Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, Broome County, New York to Michael and Nancy (?) King of Broome County, New York; not sure if this is the same Michael King.
Eleanor (Bunnell) Carper married (2nd) Archie Lee Knight. For several years after her son died, Eleanor had custody of her granddaughter, Doborah. However, after years of court battles Deborah’s mother eventually won custody.
(d. Margaret May
Bunnell: Born 18 September 1897 at Elmira, New York. Died 8 December 1967 at Niagara Falls,
Niagara County, New York. Married (1st)
Arthur Brett before 1930. Married (2nd)
Arthur Krueger (b. 30 Jul 1898, d. Sep 1981, SSN: 107-03-4704) on 26 April 1930
and had the following daughter:
(1) Judith “Judy” Diane
Krueger: Born 1936. Resided in
Washington, D.C.
(e. Ada/Adah Louise
Bunnell: Born 18 January 1902 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Died there 1904; interred in the Meshoppen
(Bradford County, Pennsylvania) O.S. Cemetery.
(f. Delma Adelia
Bunnell: Born 5 November 1904 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Died 3 February 1966 at Rochester, Monroe
County, New York; interred at Irondequoit, New York. Married John Cross (b. 21 Jun 1903, d. Feb
1983, SSN: 073-10-6331), son of Fred and Clara (Bronk) Cross, on 2 December 1923
and had the following daughter:
(1) Lois May Cross: Born
1924. Married Richard Hill in 1944 at
Rochester, Monroe County, New York and had the following children:
(a) Diane Lee Hill: Born 1945. Married Martin James Towsley and had the following children:
[1. Richard Roger Towsley: Born 1969.
[2. Peggy Rebecca Towsley: Born 1975.
[3. Timothy John Towsley: Born 1977.
(b) John Richard Hill: Born 1948. Married Karen Jo Rosenbauer in 1968 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York and had the following children:
[1. Cynthia Leigh Hill: Born 1971 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
[2. Kevin Richard Hill: Born 1973 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
(g. Ruth Doyle Bunnell:
(SSN: 121-18-8159) Born 26 January 1907 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New
York. Died 5 September 1980 at
Rochester, Monroe County, New York, where she was residing with her widowed
daughter (probably Lois). Married (1st)
Stuart Rowland Wadsworth in June 1925 and had the following children:
(1) Margaret Mae/May Wadsworth: Born 8 October 1926 at Clifton Springs, Ontario County, New York. Died 9 October 1999, age 73, at Niagara
Falls, New York. Married (1st)
Richard Edsel/S. Wooley in 1948 at Hamburg, Erie County, New York and had the
following children:
(a) Richard Stuart Wooley: Born 1949 at Hamburg, Erie County, New York. Married (1st) Constance Connell in 1968 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York and had the following son:
[1. Richard David Wooley: Born 1969. Married Rhoda Worthington and had the following children:
[a. Rachel Anne Wooley: Born 1989.
[b. Richard David Wooley, Jr.: Born 1991.
Richard Stuart Wooley married (2nd) Amy Ally in 1988 in Texas.
(b) Gail Ruth Wooley: Born 1952 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York. Married John Breen in 1984 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York and had the following children:
[1. Caitlin Margaret Breen: Born 1984 at Williamsville, Erie County, New York.
[2. Sean Michael Breen: Born 1986 at Williamsville, Erie County, New York.
(c) Susan Lee Wooley: Born 1954 at Lockport, Niagara County, New York. Married (1st) Emilio Salciccioli in 1975 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York and had the following children:
[1. Melissa Anne Salciccioli: Born 1978 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
[2. Jennifer Lynn Salciccioli: Born 1980 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
[3. John Vincent Salciccioli: Born 1982 at Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
Susan (Wooley) Salciccioli married (2nd) John Robert Coleman, son of Robert and Patricia (Zulke) Coleman, in 1992 in New York and resided there; no children.
Margaret (Wadsworth) Wooley married (2nd) John McMicking in 1968 at Lewiston, Niagara County, New York.
(2) Lois Anne Wadsworth:
Born 17
August 1931 at Rochester,
Monroe County, New York. Died there 14
September 1996. Married Maurice Culhane
on 26 January 1957 at Rochester and had the following son:
(a) Patrick Culhane: Born 1957 at Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married Maura O’Brien on 25 October 1981 at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and had the following children:
[1. Meighan Culhane: Born 1982.
[2. Patrick Culhane: Born 1983.
Ruth (Bunnell) Wadsworth married (2nd)
Carl Ness (b. 13 Dec 1911, d. 27 Aug 1991, SSN: 079-14-2323) about 1958.
(5. Belle Bunnell: Born
11 October 1872 in Pennsylvania. Died
3/26 August 1873 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred there in
the Overfield Cemetery.
(6. Carrie Bunnell:
Born 31 July 1873/74 in Pennsylvania.
Died 20 December 1874 (also seen: d. 22 Jan 1873/74 at Meshoppen,
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred there in the Overfield Cemetery.
(7. Arthur Bunnell:
Born 26 January 1876 in Pennsylvania.
Died 24 March 1883/13 July 1881/82; interred Overfield Cemetery,
Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
(8. Jessie Bunnell:
Born 1 April 1878 in Pennsylvania. Died
20/29 April 1879 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; interred there in
the Overfield Cemetery.
Doyle and Deborah
“Debbie” Ellen (Depew) Bunnell were divorced in January 1887. Debbie married (2nd) Joshua M.
Carey/Casey, MD (b. 31 Jan 1834 in Wyoming Co., PA, d. 20 Apr 1904) on 3 July
1887/98 in Pennsylvania. Joshua Carey
enlisted in Company A of the 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the
Civil War and rose to the rank of Captain.
Later he was elected to the Pennsylvania Legislature and served two
terms. He practiced medicine in New York
City for a period and then in Elmira, New York for 11 years, where he lived at
321 Maddison Avenue and was a leader in his community. From his first marriage to (?), Dr. Joshua
Carey had at least the following children: (order uncertain)
·
Chauncey
S. Carey, MD of Elmira, Broome County, New York.
·
C.J.
Carey of Merwinsville, Connecticut.
·
Mrs.
J.C. Smith of Mr. Vernon, New York.
·
Mrs.
A.D. Green of East Orange, New Jersey.
Doyle Bunnell married
(2nd) Emma A. (Seely) Briggs, daughter of Dan C. Seely.
c. Demon/Demmon Ackley
Depew: Born 15 February 1849. Died 13 August
1901 (also seen: 13 Jul 1898; initially interred Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen,
Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; after Emma’s death, Demon’s remains were moved to
Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania to be beside her
remains. Resided at Meshoppen, Wyoming
County, Pennsylvania. Married Emma
Sophia Bennett (b. 22 Sep 1852, d. 13 Nov 1921; interred 16 Nov 1921 in Athens,
PA cemetery) on 27 August/September 1870 at Milan (per marriage certificate),
Pennsylvania and had the following children:
(1. Anna Rebecca Depew:
(SSN: 208-40-5883)
Born
22 January 1872 at East Smithfield Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 1 June 1967, after a
long illness, at the Bradford County Infirmary, Athens, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens. Married Jeremiah Shannon (d. 1942) on 27/7
February 1895 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania and resided at 601
Church Street, Athens; no children.
(2. Georgianna/Georgia
Anna Depew: Born 18 March 1874. Died 3
November 1936. Married James Keir
(pronounced Kear) on 27 December 1899 at Milan, Pennsylvania and had the
following children:
(a. Agnes Emma Keir:
Married (?) Rafferty; no children.
Employed as a nurse in New York City.
(b. Gladys Keir:
Married (?) Swartwood and resided on 16 Oakland Road, Johnson City, Broome
County, New York. Gladys and her husband
had the following son:
(1) Marshall Swartwood:
Born about 1937.
(3. James Henry Depew:
Born 8 April 1877 at Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 17 October 1975 (also seen: Apr 1975)
(age 98) at Waverly, New York; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. Married Grace
Keeler on 24 January 1901 (also seen: Nov 1902) and resided at Waverly, New
York until late in life. James and Grace
had the following children:
(a. Dana Ackley Depew:
Born 1909 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Died 1963 at Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Amelia Gables (b. 17 Nov 1912, d. Jan
1973, SSN: 177-26-4942) and had the following children:
(1) Doris Depew.
(2) James Depew.
(3) Virginia Depew.
(4) William Depew.
(b. Ruth Frances Depew:
Born 8 February 1914 at Milan, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married George Wayne Ballentine on 28 November
1936 at Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and had
the following children:
(1) Judith Ann
Ballentine: Born 1941 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married Herbert Glenn Horton in 1961 at
Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and had the following son:
(a) Jeffrey Michael Horton: Born 1963 at Waverly, Tioga County, New York. Married (1st) Theresa Blaise and had the following daughter:
[1. Ashley Anne Horton: Born 1986.
Jeffrey Horton married (2nd) and had the following son:
[2. Jeffrey Ryan Horton: Born 1992 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(2) Carol Ellen
Ballentine: Born 1947 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married John James Kofroth in 1981.
(3) Mary Elizabeth
Ballentine: Born 1958 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Married Stephen Douglas Sangston on 19
September 1987 and had the following son:
(a) Alexander George Sangston: Born 1992 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c. Sarah Emma Depew:
Born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Never married.
(d. Anna Cornelia
Depew: Married Charles Havens and had the following children:
(1) Jean Havens.
(2) Grace Havens.
(3) Helen Havens.
(4) John Henry Havens.
(e. Helen Joyce Depew
“Joyce”: Born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Seth Tarbox and had the following children:
(1) Sandra Tarbox.
(2) Seth Eugene Tarbox.
(3) Cynthia Tarbox.
(4) Rebecca Tarbox.
(5) Rachel Lois Tarbox.
(6) Timothy Tarbox.
(7) Jonathan Tarbox.
(4. Guy Rivers/River
Depew: Born 9 November 1879. Died 30
November 1947 (per old family Bible); interred in Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married
Edna Bell Huff (b. 26 Apr 1881, d. Jun 1972, SSN: 182-38-7400) on 16 October
1913 and resided at 479 Cayuta Avenue, Athens.
No children.
(5. Floyd John (or John
Floyd) Depew: Born 16 August 1881. Died
1957; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married Mabel Coreby on 12
April 1914 and had the following children:
(a. Robert Depew: Married;
1 child.
(b. Wesley Depew:
Married; 1 child.
(c. Phyllis Depew.
d. Mary Elizabeth
"Lib" Depew: Born 2 July 1851.
Died 18 August 1883; interred Vaughn Cemetery, Mehoopany, Wayne County,
Pennsylvania. Married, as his 1st
wife, Jehiel Love (b. 11 Apr 1849), son of Nelson and Watie (Ellis) Love (who
also had daughter, Rosannah Love, who married Jacob Stevens Place), on 1 January
1869 and had the following children:
(1. John Depew Love:
Born 5 December 1869. Married (?) in New
York.
(2. Virgie
Vaughan/Vaughn Love: Born 20 September 1871.
Married Benjamin Cole at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Virgie and Benjamin had the following
children:
(a. Catherine/Katherine
“Kitty” Cole: Married Emery Lewis.
(b. Arthur Cole:
Employed as a road contractor. Resided
near Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
(3. Kate/Katie Love:
Born 29 October 1873. Died 1 February
1876.
(4. Angie Love: Born 3
July 1876.
(5. Nelson Love: Married
(?) Carry, daughter to Dr. Carry.
Jehiel Love married (2nd)
Rachel Morris; they were subsequently divorced.
e. Cinthia Melita
"Lita"/“Light”/”Delighta” Depew: Born 26 August 1854. Died 189_; interred Herrickville,
Pennsylvania. Was about 3 years old when
her mother died; raised by Mrs. Camp.
Was 5 years old when her father moved to Meshoppen, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. Married, as his 1st
wife, Asa Camp
(who had two sisters) about 1876 at Herrickville and resided in the 2nd
house above the pond (on the left) on the way to Herrickville. Cinthia and Asa had the following children:
(1. Alfred Benjamin
Camp: Born 12 April 1877. Died in
California. Worked for the Singer Sewing
Machine Company. In 1952 resided in California. Married (?) in 1898 at City Island, New York
and had the following son:
(a. Harold Camp: Born
1899.
(2. Pearl/Perley F./T.
Camp: (more info) Born 8 March 1880
in Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died, age 72, at Towanda, Bradford
County. Resided there his last 31
years. Was employed a number of years by
the Towanda Folding Box Company, then was janitor of Towanda High School. He was also a member of the First
Presbyterian Church of Towanda. Died
1952, age 72, at home (312 Poplar Street, Towanda) from a heart attack;
interred Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Ina L. Gamble? and had the following
children: (order uncertain)
(a. Eleanor Camp: In
1952 resided at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(b. (?) Camp: Married
Charles Wright. In 1952 resided at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(c. Clifford Camp: In
1952 resided at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
(3. Guy E. Camp: Born
13 August 1882. Died at Mount Vernon,
New York.
(4. Vernie May Camp:
Born 22 January 1887. Died 15 February
1887.
(5. Lelia/Lilia Pauline
Camp "Pauline": Born 18 January 1889.
Married Buckley Vaughn of Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania and in
1952 resided at Sayre.
Asa Camp married (2nd) Emma
Sutton and had the following son:
(6. Victor W. Camp.
(7. Cleo Camp: Married Ralph Taylor.
(8. Geraldine Camp: Died young.
f. Maroa/Meroa Depew:
Twin. Born 13 April 1857. Died April 1857 (no day given in Biles Cem
Book) in Meshoppen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania; initially interred
in the Overfield Cemetery at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Later in 1857 her remains were moved, along
with her twin sister and mother, from the Overfield Cemetery to the Biles
Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
g. Marilla Depew:
Twin. Born 13 April 1857. Died 24 April 1857 (per Biles Cem Book) in
Meshoppen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, near the date her mother
died. No grave marker of her own;
presumed to be interred with her mother.
Initially interred in the Overfield Cemetery near Meshoppena. Later in 1857 her remains were moved, along with
her twin sister and mother, from the Overfield Cemetery to the Biles Cemetery
on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
h. Infant: Twin Died 24
April 1857. There’s a family story that
this child was interred in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry
along with his mother, substantiating the date of death for Rebecca H. (Biles)
Depew as 25 April 1857, which was engraved on her grave marker.
i. Infant: Twin. Died shortly after birth. Interred in its own grave in the Biles
Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry.
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Following Rebecca’s death, James Van Campen Depew married (2nd),
as her 2nd husband, widow Elizabeth (Maynard) Hicks (photos) (d. 19 Feb 1902, age 76 yrs, 6
mo., 11 days) about 1859. Elizabeth
(Maynard) Hicks had the following children from her (1st) marriage
to (?) Hicks:
j.
Amanda “Manda” Truman Hicks: Married William “Billy” Place, oldest child of
Charles Place.
k.
Jerome “Jerry” Stowe Hicks.
James Van Campen and Elizabeth (Maynard) (Hicks) DePew had the following
additional children:
l. Angie L. Depew: Born
18 February 1860. Died 2 March 1871.
m. Edith “Eddie” “Eda”
J. Depew: Born 15 November 1863. Died 2
September 1956. Authored a paper on Depew family history. Married Ferris Overfield; no children.
10. Elizabeth Biles:
Twin. Born 8/9 February 1820 in Middle Smithfield
Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died there 3 August 1820.
11. Alexander Biles:
Twin. Born 8/9 February 1820 in Middle Smithfield
Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died there 11 March 1820.
12. George Washington
Biles: (photos)
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Born 20 July 1821 in
Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died 16 April 1869/63 in Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Petitioned the estate of
his father, Alexander Patterson Biles (d. 28 Mar 1855) for legal papers to the
land his father had given him earlier.
This petition was recorded in the court house in Towanda.
George married (1st)
Almeda Camp
(b. 24 Apr 1821 at Middle Smithfield, Northampton Co., PA, d. 2 Feb 1865,
interred Biles Cemetery), daughter of Elijah and Phoebe “Sallie” (Wells) Camp
of Bradford County, Pennsylvania, on 12 December 1843. George and Almeda resided in Bradford County
and had the following children:
a. Amanda
Lucetta/Lucette Biles: Born 22 August 1844.
Died 22 March 1869 at the James Beaumont residence from complications of
consumption; interred Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry.
b. Calvin Wilmot/Wilmont
Biles "Wilmot": Born 12 March
1846. Died 21 June 1871.
c. George Melvin Biles
“Melvin” “Mel”: Born 12 March 1848 at Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died in
the early 1890’s, perhaps in a nail factory explosion at South Towanda; interred
in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry. Had a relatively short physique.
1870 US Census: Melvin Biles, age 21, was heading a household that
also included his wife, Eliza D. Biles, age 18; daughter, Ida Biles, age 2; and
son, Seth Biles, age 1.
Melvin
married Eliza "Liza"
Dowd (b. 14 Jan 1851, d. 30 Mar 1929 from complications of a stroke,
which rendered her comatose), daughter of Thomas and Juliett (French) Dowd and
sister of Lucy A. Dowd (Mrs. Washington Irvine, Para. 3a.c.(2.
of the John
Irvine (3) page), on 2 June 1868 and resided just south of the
Ferry. Of interest, Frank Biles
eventually purchased this property from widow Eliza Biles. Melvin and Eliza had the following children:
(1. Ida May/H. Biles:
Born 5 March 1868. Died 22 July 1879
from complications of diptheria.
(2. Seth Homet Biles:
Born 5 April 1869. Died 3 March 1872.
(3. George Biles:
Married (?) and had the following daughter:
(a. Florence “Flossy” Georgianna Byles.
d. Elijah Camp Biles:
Born July/August 1850. Died 27 August
1868.
e. Jasper Alexander
Biles: Born December 1851. Died 1871,
age 19.
f. Alice Biles: (photos) Born 11 July 1854. Died 30 October 1862; interred Biles Cemetery
on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania.
g. Ida Hortence Biles:
Born 14 May 1857. Died 14 September
1860; interred in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
h. Lester Buttles Biles:
(1st Lester) Born 5 April 1858.
Died 5 September 1860; interred Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets
Ferry, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
i. Infant son: Born 18
September 1860. Died 24 September 1860;
interred in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
George
Washington/Patterson Biles of Elmira, Broome County, New York married (2nd)
widow Hannah (?) Northrup (b. 25 Mar 1833; d. 26 Jul 1923, age 90; interred
Overfield Cemetery, Meshoppen, Wyoming Co., PA, down 1 or 2 levels from the
front) of Elmira on 31 May 1866 and had the following children:
j. Lester A. Biles: (2nd
Lester) Born 28/8 October 1867. Died 31
January 1875; interred beside his mother in the Overfield Cemetery at
Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
k. George Washington
Biles/Byles, Jr.: Born 3 February 1869 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County,
Pennsylvania. As an adult George spelled
his surname “Byles.” Employed as a
blacksmith. Resided in Binghamton,
Broome County, New York for a while, then nearby Elmira, New York. Married Theresa Elizabeth Doolittle (b. 15
Jan 1868 at Montrose, PA) on 30 January 1888 and had the following daughter:
(1. Madeline Florence
Byles: (more
info) Born 8 July 1890 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Resided at Elmira, Broome County, New York
before marrying Chester John Jenniejohn/Jennejjohn (b. Rochester, Monroe Co.,
NY), son of Fred Frank (b. Rochester, employed as a paver) and Meldina (?)
Jenniejohn (b. Rochester) of Rochester, on 30 January 1923 at the Methodist
Episcopal parsonage, Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In the early 1930’s Chester and Madeline
resided at Rochester, where Chester was employed in the shoe manufacturing
industry.
Of
interest, a Charles W. Jennejohn, age 28, born at Walker, New York, and
employed as a machinist, married on 14 November 1922. He was the son of Joseph (employed as a
farmer) and Minnie (Merzer) Jennejohn (both b. Berlin, Germany) of Walker, New
York.
(a. Florence Georgianna
Biles: Married John Jenneijohn of Rochester, Monroe County, New York. (also
seen: 1 Jan 1920) 30 January 1923 at the Bradford County Courthouse (record #
13898, pg. 418) in Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
After George
Washington/Patterson Biles’ death in 1869, Hannah (?) (Northrup) Biles married
(3rd) Peter Cooley and moved to Meshoppen (near railroad), Wyoming
County, Pennsylvania, but she didn’t live with him long and was known shortly
after that marriage as “Hannah Biles,” and in her old age as "Aunt Hanner
Biles." She lived last on Lewis
Street in Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
13. Lewis “Duke” Biles:
(photos)
(more info)
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Born 19 June 1823 in
Middle Smithfield Township, Northampton (now Monroe) County, Pennsylvania. Died 12 June 1901 at home (the old Alexander
Patterson Biles homestead at Homets Ferry, Wyalusing Twp, Bradford Co., PA)
from complications of heart disease; interred there in the Biles Cemetery on
the hill above Homets Ferry. Was 18
months old when his parents moved to Asylum, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Resided most of his life
on the old Biles homestead near Homets Ferry.
Employed there as a farmer.
Married, as her 2nd
husband, Catherine
L. (Van Noy) Crawford “Kate” “Katie” (photos)
(more
info) (b. 10 Mar 1826 at Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey (also
seen: perhaps Matamoras, PA); d. 24 Dec 1914 at Homets Ferry (see Para 5,
above), daughter of Peter and Maria “Mary” (Westbrook) Van Noy of Sussex
County, New Jersey, on 29 January 1850 at Montague, New Jersey (the 1st
Biles
Reunion (29 Jan 1900) was a celebration of their golden
anniversary). Catherine had married (1st)
(?) Crawford and had the following son:
a. Alpheus B. Crawford:
Married Harriet
Fuller, daughter of Jonas and Mary (Wells) Fuller (also seen: dau of
Jonas' 2nd wife).
Lewis was the last of
Alexander and Rosanna (Place) Biles’ children to marry, and after marriage he
continued to reside on and work the original Alexander P. Biles homestead farm
near Homets Ferry. To accommodate the new family structure,
Lewis built an addition on the back of the house (a so-called “kitchen,” like a
small apartment) for his parents to reside in, somewhat independently, the
remainder of their lives. Lewis and Kate
occupied the main house with the following children:
b. Mary Frances "Frank" Biles: (more info)
Born 10 December 1850. Died 29 May
1935/36; interred Wyalusing Cemetery.
Married David Alexander Hillis (more info)
(b. 8 Dec 1848, d. 17 May 1927), son of Richard (b. abt 1812) and Jane (Nesbit)
Hillis (who immigrated to America from Ireland about 1833, when Richard was age
21), on 1 April 1875 in the Methodist-Episcopal Parsonage, Camptown, with Reverend
George L. Williams officiating. They
resided in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Mary and David had the following children:
(1. Grace Biles Hillis:
Born 24 June 1878 at Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died Monday, 3/2 October 1961 at Robert
Packer Hospital in Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania from complications of a
stroke; interred in the Wyalusing (Bradford Co., PA) Cemetery. She had been admitted to the hospital the previous
Wednesday, 27 September. Lived most of
her life in Wyalusing Township, where she was employed as a bookkeeper by the
Dimock Store. Never married.
(2. Jennie C./K. Hillis: (more info)
Born 19 September 1882 at Herrick, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died at home on Thursday, 21 July 1983, age
100 at 315 Hillside House, 1800 Riverside Drive, First Community Village,
Columbus, Ohio 43212; interred there in Union Cemetery. Resided at Herrick until about age 5, then
moved with her parents to 3rd Street, Wyalusing, Bradford
County. Graduated from Wyalusing High
School in 1901. Earned a teaching
certificate from Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towanda, Bradford County. Subsequently employed as a school teacher for
15 years in several locations.
Married
Charles “Charlie” F. Goodwin (d. 6 Feb 1947), son of William P. and Alzara
(French) Goodwin (b. Mehoopany, PA) of Lacyville, Pennsylvania, on 15 July 1916
at the Hillis home in Wyalusing, Bradford County and immediately moved to
Columbus, Ohio. Charles and Jennie were
friends for several years while Charles attended Valpariso University, Indiana
and worked in Calgary, Alberta. Charles
was subsequently employed by the Columbus Gas Company, followed by the Sunray
Stove Company. Addresses: 1914
Tewksberry Road, Columbus 12, Ohio; 1991 Stanford Road, Columbus, Ohio
43212. Of related interest, the death of
Charlie’s mother was reported in the Bradford County, Pennsylvania newspapers
about 20 July 1932. Jennie and Charles
had the following children:
(a. Frances “Tanny”
Hillis Goodwin: Born 23 June 1917.
Married Philip Edward Gustafson (b. 5 Jun/4 May 1916, d. 10 Aug 1992,
SSN: 291-07-9017), son of E. P. and Marian (Pink) Gustafson of Columbus, Ohio,
on 19 July 1941 and resided initially at El Paso, Texas. Subsequently resided at 1991 Stawford Road,
Columbus, Ohio 43212. Frances and Philip
had the following children:
(1) Jan Ellen Gustafson:
Born 1947 at El Paso, Texas. Was
employed as an interior designer.
Married Keith Gunn and resided in California. Both were talented tennis players.
(2) Richard Charles
Gustafson: Born 1953 at Columbus, Ohio.
Married Leslie Gardner on 2 June 1985 at Columbus, Ohio and subsequently
resided in California.
(b. Dorothy Hillis
Goodwin: Born 1920. Married Reverend
Richard Paul Freed “Paul” (b. abt 6 Apr 1915) of New York City, son of Dr. E.
E. and Beulah (Love) Freed of Decator, Illinois, on 17 April 1944: Residences
seen: Easton, Pennsylvania; Pompton Plains, New Jersey; and Southby,
Connecticut 06488. Dorothy signed her
name: “Mrs. R. Paul Freed.” Dorothy and
Paul had the following children:
(1) John Nelson Freed:
Born 1948 at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(2) Martha Freed: Born at
Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(3. David Hillis Freed:
Born 1952 at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(4. Deborah Stuart Freed:
Born 1954 at Easton, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
(c. Ruth Hillis
Goodwin: Born 1922. Married (1st)
Lieutenant Frank Richey (b. abt 6 Jun 1921) of Columbus, Ohio, son of Brough
and Sara (Winterringer) Richey of Hillards, Ohio, in 1944 and resided in Athens, Ohio. Also resided on May
Street in Athens. Frank and Ruth had the
following son:
(1) Robert Richey: Born 1953.
Ruth
Hillis (Goodwin) Richey married (2nd) Frank Hollis and resided at
Berea, Ohio.
(3. Milo Biles Hillis:
Born 31 December 1885. Died May
1967. Employed by the rail road. In 1961 resided at Hornell/Arkport, New York. Married Marian Adams of Binghamton, Broome
County, New York and had the following daughter:
(a.
Jeannette/Jeanette/Janet Hillis: Born 1922.
Married (?) Shaw, a railroad man, and resided in New York. Jeanette and her husband had at least three
sons, including:
(1) David Shaw: Born about 1948/49.
c. Milo Biles: (photos)
Born 9 February 1853 at Porterville, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 10 March 1890;
interred Ballibay, Herrick Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Was employed as a railroad engineer. Married Theresa Angle (photos) (more info)
(b. 25 Feb 1858, d. 10 Apr 1890, age 32 at her father’s residence; interred
with Milo in Ballibay Cemetery (NW of Camptown, Bradford Co., PA), daughter of
John and Albina (Squires) Angle of Herrick Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania, at the Methodist-Episcopal Parsonage in Orwell, Pennsylvania by
Reverend J. B. Davis on 25 February 1878.
Milo and Theresa died relatively young and 1 month apart, leaving the
following children orphans:
(1. Ossie A./L. Biles:
(photos)
Born
3 November 1878. Was of Herrickville,
Pennsylvania when she died 13 March 1955; interred Wysox Cemetery, Wysox,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married
Charles "Charley" H. Lloyd (b. 29 Ju?, d. 12 Mar 1924; interred Wysox
Cemetery), son of John and Elizabeth (?) Lloyd, on 8 June 1910 and resided at
Mercur. Later resided at 1 Cherry
Street, Towanda in Bradford County.
On
16 July 1939 Ossie and her sister, Thersa, were seriously injured in an auto
accident near Williamsport, Pennsylvania that local authorities credited to
Ossie’s reckless driving. Ossie
apparently left her lane and collided head on with an oncoming auto. Thersa died from her injuries two days later.
Ossie
and Charles had the following children:
(a. John Edward Lloyd:
(photos) Born 17 March 1915. Married Maud/Maude Anna Tuttle (b. 12 Apr
1917), daughter of Charles and Madge (Hoglan) Tuttle, in 1941 at Forty Fort,
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. On 5 July
2001 moved to Arizona. John and Maud had
the following daughter:
(1)
Sydney Alice Lloyd: Born 1943. Married
John Demodica and in 1985 resided in Arizona.
Sydney and John had the following children:
(a) Capri Suzanne Demodica: Born 1969.
(b) Nancy Elizabeth Demodica: Born 1974/75.
(c) John Francis Demodica: Born 1977.
(2)
Janet Lucille Lloyd: Born 1947. Married
(1st) Donald Drier and resided in New
York. Was employed at Cornell
University. Donald and Janet had the
following children:
(a) Michelle Drier: Born 1969.
(b) Erica Drier: Born 1974.
Donald and Janet Lucille (Lloyd) Drier were
subsequently divorced. Janet married (2nd)
Jim Batya on 21 April 1985 and resided in New York.
(b. Theresa Elizabeth
Lloyd “Elizabeth”: (photos) Born 9
February 1918. Died 24/25 September
1985; interred Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Gerald Summons on 20
June 1937, but they were subsequently divorced.
Elizabeth (Lloyd) Summons of Towanda married (2nd), George
Henry Pickering (b. 28 Jul 1917), son of Harry Pickering of Herrickville,
Pennsylvania on 1 May 1948 at New Albany, Pennsylvania and resided at
Herrickville.
(2. Kathryn “Kate” A.
Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 3 July 1880. Died 11 July 1932 at
Maple Shade, New Jersey; interred 12 July in Wysox Cemetery. Memorial services were held 13 July at her
home and 14 July at the Wysox Church. In
later life Kate suffered from varicose veins of the legs, probably exacerbated
by being quite heavy (over 200 lbs).
Married Harry M. Black on 31 March 1910 and resided at Maple Shade, New
Jersey.
(3.
Thersa/Thirza/Theresa “Thursey” Orpha Biles: (photos) Born 21 January 1883.
Died 18 July 1939 from injuries sustained in an auto accident with her
sister, Ossie.
1910 US Census: Theresa O. Biles, age 26
(b. PA; parents b. PA) and single, resided in the household headed by her
uncle, Thomas P. Biles, in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Theresa
Biles married Theodore L. Heinie/Henie/Heine on 25 February 1920 at Maple
Shade, New Jersey and had the following daughter:
(a. Aneta/Annetta
Margaret Heinie: (photos) Born
1921. Was in foster care; then lived
with someone who was a cook at a church camp.
(4. Albert “Bert”
Middaugh Biles: (photos) Born 26
November 1884. Died 28 March 1917;
interred Wysox Cemetery. Married
Maud/Maude Irene Vargason (b. 3 Jul 1892; was of Monroeton, PA when she d. 8
Feb 1977, age 84; interred Wysox Cem.) (Para. 2.g.(2., above) on 25 October
1913 and had the following daughter:
(a. Sophia “Sophie”
Albina Biles: (photos) (more
info) (Also see Para. 4.C.2.g.(2.(a.(1), above.) Born 9 March 1914 in Litchfield Township,
Pennsylvania. Died Wednesday, 19 January
1994, age 79, at Binghamton General Hospital; interred Wysox Cemetery, Wysox,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married
(1st) Ralph William Hobbie (b. 23 Sep 1911) and resided at Johnson
City, New York. Other residences seen:
in 1980 – 1280 SW 25th Avenue, Ft Lauderdale, Florida 33312; in 1990
– Athens, Pennsylvania. Sophia and Ralph
had the following children:
(1) Arlene Bertha Hobbie:
Born 1937. Graduated from Chenango Forks
Central School, Chenango Forks, New York in 1956. Married James “Jim” Lewis Statts (b. 1935) of
RD #1, Chenago Forks in 1956 and resided there.
Arlene and Jim had the following son:
(a) Jeffrey Scott Statts: Born 1961.
(2) Judith “Judy” Irene
Hobbie: Born 1939. Married Richard
Arthur Catlin in 1960 at Tioga Center, New York and resided at RD Barton, New
York. Judy and Richard had the following
children:
(a) Richard “Dick” Arthur Catlin, Jr.:
Born 1961?
(b) Duane Mitchell Catlin: Born 1962?
(3) Ralph “Jerry” William
Hobbie, Jr.: Born 1940. Married his 2nd
cousin, Linda “Lina?” Gay Clark (b. 1943 at Sayre, PA) (Para.
4.C.2.g.(2.(a.(3)(a), above) in 1961 at Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania
and subsequently resided in Pennsylvania.
Ralph and Linda had the following children:
(a) Ralph “Jerry” William Hobbie, III: Born 1966 at Waverly, New York. Married Jami Gethens in 1992 and resided in Pennsylvania. Ralph and Jami had the following children:
[1. Christopher James Hobbie: Born 1993.
[2. : Born October 1997.
(b) John “Johnny” H. Hobbie: In August 1997 resided in Pennsylvania.
(c) Jack Anthony Hobbie: Born 1973 at Waverly, New York. Married Sharon Jordan on 4 June 1994 and had the following son:
[1. Casey Jordan Hobbie: Born 1997.
[2. Sophia Arlene Hobbie: Born 1999. Named for her great grandmother and great aunt.
(d) Stephanie Rose Hobbie: Born 1974 at Waverly, New York.
(4) Frank Leonard Hobbie:
(more info) Born 1946 while his
parents resided in New York. Married
Susan “Sue” Jenny and resided at Milan, Pennsylvania.
Ralph William and Sophia (Biles) Hobbie
were divorced in the fall of 1970.
Sophia married (2nd), as his 2nd wife, Arvin
Woodrow Dodge, Sr. (d. 10 May 1976), Para. 4.C.2.a.(5.
of the descendants of Jacob Place Biles, on 1 May 1971.
Maud (Vargason) Biles married (2nd)
Harry Fox. She married (3rd)
Leon Van Natta of Box 96, Sayre, Pennsylvania in 1950 and resided at Monroeton.
(5. Raymond (Biles)
Ellsworth: Born 3 April 1890 in Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 8 April 1953/52. Was adopted by Will Ellsworth of Wyalusing
after his parents died. Initially
resided at Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
In 1949 resided on Rural Route 1, Conklin, New York. Married Bertha Wilkin/Wilkins (photos) and had the following children:
(a. Theresa/Thersa Emma
Ellsworth: (photos) Born 12 October
1910. Married Victor G. Cook on 24 April
1933 and (in 1949 and 1985) resided at 612 Church Street, Endicott, Broome
County, New York. Theresa and Victor had
the following children:
(1) Joyce Lucille Cook:
Born 1934.
(2) Gerald Cook: Born 20 August 1938.
Died 17 December 1940.
(3) Lois Ann Cook: Born
1941.
(4) Elaine Kay Cook: Born
1943.
(5) Lynn Arnold Cook:
Born 1946.
(b. Milo William
Ellsworth: Born 9 July 1912. Died
1944. Initially resided at Binghamton,
Broome County, New York. Killed 1944 in
action in Belgium during World War II.
Married Ethel Pond and had the following son.
(1) Raymond Russell
Ellsworth: Born 1934. Died November
1934.
(c. Jack Fay Ellsworth:
(more info) Born 10 February
1914. Died at Binghamton General
Hospital, Binghamton, New York. Was
employed by the New York State Hospital in Binghamton. Married Alice Taylor on 5 August 1934 and resided at 53 RD 6, Loughlin
Road, Binghamton, Broome County, New
York. Jack and Alice had the following
children:
(1) Patricia “Patty” Jane
Ellsworth: Born 1935. Married Philip
McMillin and resided in Montana.
Patricia and Philip had the following daughter:
(a) Cindy Lou McMillin: Born early 1954.
(2) Jack Fay Ellsworth,
Jr.: Born 1937. Resided in New York.
(3) William James
Ellsworth: Born 1939. Resided in Canada.
(4) Donald Taylor
Ellsworth: Born 1942. Resided in New
York.
(5) Alice May Ellsworth:
Born 1944. Married Robert Jones and
resided in New York.
(6) Vaughn D. Ellsworth:
Resided in New York.
Milo and Theresa (Angle) Biles died within 4 weeks of each
other, leaving their children orphans.
Raymond was adopted by Will Ellsworth of Wyalusing.
d. Sarah Ellen Biles: (photos)
Born 17 July 1855 at Porterville, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 18 May 1905 from
complications of injuries sustained in a horse and buggy accident 3 weeks
before; interred in the Biles Cemetery on the hill above Homets Ferry.
1900 US Census: Franklin M. Diament, age 47 (b. Mar 1853 in NJ;
parents b. NJ) and employed as a milk dealer, was heading a household on Floral
Avenue in Village of Lestershire, Union Township, Broome County, New York. The household also included his wife of 23
years, Sarah E. Diament, age 45 (b. Jul 1855 in PA; parents b. PA), who had had
8 children, 6 of whom were still alive; daughter, Jennie M. Diament, age 22 (b.
Apr 1878 in PA; parents b. PA), single, and employed as a telegraph operator;
daughter, Sadie C. Diament, age 19 (b. Feb 1881 in PA; father b. NJ; mothr b.
PA), single, and employed as a manufacturer; daughter, Winnie P. Diament, age
17 (b. Feb 1883 in PA; father b. NJ; mother b. PA), single, and employed as a
shoe manufacturer; daughter, Bessie B. Diament, age 15 (b. Aug 1885 in PA;
father b. NJ; mother b. PA) and single; son, Edward Diament, age 12 (b. Feb
1888 in PA; father b. NJ; mother b. PA); and daughter, Ruth Diament, age 7 (b.
Oct 1893 in PA; father b. NJ; mother b. PA).
1905 NYS Census: Franklin Diament, age 52 (b. US) and employed as a
grocery merchant, was heading a household at 84 St. Charles Street in the
Village of Lestershire, Union Township, Broome County, New York. The household also included his daughter,
Sadie Diament, age 24 (b. US) and employed doing housework; son, Edward N.
Diament, age 17 (b. US) and employed as a grocery clerk; daughter, Ruth B.
Diament, age 11 (b. US); boarder, Milo Hillis, age 20 (b. US) and employed as a
shoemaker; and roomer, Lucie Montrose, age 49 (b. England) and employed doing
housework, who had resided in the US for 30 years.
1920 US Census: Frank N. Diament, age 67 (b. NJ; parents b. NJ) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household on Valentine Hill in Washington
Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his wife, Emma Diament, age 78 (b. IL;
father b. US; mother b. OH).
Sarah
Biles married, as his 1st wife, Franklin “Frank” Nixon Diament (photos) (more info)
(b. 27 Mar 1853 at Cedarville, Cumberland Co., NJ/Bridgeton, Cumberland Co.,
NJ, d. 7 Apr 1930; interred Biles Cem., Lime Hill, Wyalusing Twp, PA) on 25
December 1876 at the Lewis Biles residence, Homet’s Ferry with Reverend D. Cook
officiating. Frank was a expert
telegrapher. He could always get a job,
but seldom kept one long, feeling that the grass was always greener in another
town. They moved 25 times in 28
years. He and Sarah had the following
children:
(1. Jennie Mabel
Diament: (photos) (SSN:
070-03-0971) Born 4/7 April 1878 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died 3 August 1967 at the
Susquehanna, Pennsylvania Hospital; interred Biles Cemetery on the hill above
Homets Ferrybergs. In December 1928
Jennie resided at 143 Court Street, Binghamton, New York. In September 1947 she resided at 632 Court
Street, San Bernardino, California. Was
“badly hurt in an auto accident in 1956, which confined her to a wheel chair
for several months. In February 1959
resided at Box 24, Lanesboro, Pennsylvania.
Married Frederick “Fred” R. Congdon on 31 December 1901; no children;
Jennie and Fred were subsequently divorced.
(2. Sadie Clair
Diament: (photos) Born 8
February 1881 at Landsbourne, Pennsylvania.
Died 22 November 1942 while residing at Kirkwood, Broome County, New
York; interred there in the Kirkwood Cemetery.
Following her mother’s death, when she was about 14 years old, she moved
with her father to Kirkwood, two houses away from the Andrews farm. Married Samuel Leslie Andrews “Leslie” (photos) (more info)
(b. 7 Apr 1876 at Binghamton, Broome Co., NY, d. 7 Jul 1966, age 90, at
Montrose; interred at Kirkwood) on 28/29 November 1906. Leslie was employed as a truck farmer. Sadie and Leslie had the following children:
(a.
Ruth Catherine Andrews: (photos) Born 8
February 1908 on the Andrews family farm near Kirkwood, Broome County, New
York. Died 1996 at Sodus, Wayne County,
New York. Married Professor Frederick
“Fred” W. Ming on 4 July 1934 and resided at Park Lane, White Plains, New York;
taught in Brooklyn. In 1978 Ruth had
moved to Albany, New York to be closer to her children. Fred and Ruth had the following children:
(1) Audrey Ruth Ming:
Born 1945 in New York State.
(2) Ronald
“Ron”/"Ronnie" William Ming: Born 1947 at White Plains, New York.
(b.
Gertrude Estelle Andrews: (photos) (more
info) Born 8 August 1909. Died
April 1999. Graduated from Cornell
University, Ithaca, New York majoring in Home Economics. Married Cyril G. Small (more info)
(b. 1931, d. 1994), also a graduate of Cornell University, where he focused on
the breeding of oxen, on Thursday, 16 July 1931 at Kirkwood, New York with
Reverend Charles Henry Gilbert officiating.
At some point resided on RR #1, Newark Road, Sodas, New York. In 1975 resided on RR #4, Slayton Settlement
Road, Lockport, New York. Gertrude and
Cyril had the following children:
(1) Leslie Small: (male)
Married Loan Anh. Had the following children:
(a) Ivan Small.
(b) Irene Small.
(2) Duane William Small:
Born 1942. Married Joyce (?) and resided
in Virginia.
(3) Kalista Small: (photos) Married John
Lehrer resided in
New York.
(4) Kenneth “Ken” Small:
Married Adair (?) and resided in Maryland.
(c.
Curtis Goodell Andrews: (photos) (more info)
Born 27/29 January 1911 at Kirkwood, Broome County, New York. Died 3 September 1975 (age 64). Resided on the old Andrews farm on Route 11,
Kirkwood. Was also Kirkwood Postmaster
until retirement in 1972. Married
Lillian M. MacGregor (b. 16 Jan 1911, d. 1998 in CA), daughter of George and
Mabel (Thompson) MacGregor (who also had daughter Norma MacGregor and three
other daughters who died young) of Ellenberg, Franklin County, New York, on 15
May 1937 at Chateaugay, Franklin County, New York and resided at Kirkwood, New
York. Curtis and Lillian had the
following daughter:
(1) Norma Ruth Andrews:
Born 1941. In 1961 attended Redland
University. Employed as a school
teacher. Married Donald “Don” Sweet and
resided in California.
(3. Winnie Belle/Bella
Diament: (more info) Born 7 February
1883 at Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 12/13 April 1961 while residing at
Castle Creek, New York; interred Floral Park Cemetery. Married Edward “Ed” Samuel Dotter (d. 27 Aug
1953) on 11 February 1902 and had the following children:
(a. Nellie W. Dotter:
Married Edward “Ed” Francis Duffy, Jr. (b. abt 1913 in PA, d. 21 Apr 1983, age
67, at Robert Packer Hospital; interred Vestal Hills Memorial Park), son of
Edward Francis and Nellie (?) Duffy of West Norriton, Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, on 27 August 1951 and resided outside Binghamton, Broome County,
New York. In 1943 during World War II
was a Private 1st Class in the US Army stationed in Wyoming, where
he guarded imprisoned Japanese prisoners of war. Ed and Nellie had the following son:
(1)
Edward Francis Duffy, III: Born 1951.
(b. Lewis B. Dotter: (photos) Died 14 April 1992, age
89. Married, as her 2nd
husband, Laura H. Parmelee (more info)
(d. Fri, 2 Jan 1987 at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Binghamton, NY; interred
Vestal Hills Memorial Park), who had 2 sons from a previous method. Laura also had the following sisters: Mrs.
Loretta Jones of Clearwater, Florida; Mrs. Rose Poulter of Deland, Florida; and
Mrs. Viola Behr of Orlando, Florida. At
some point resided at Castle Creek, New York; then Port Crane, New York. In 1981 Lewis and Laura apparently resided in
apartment 31, 72 Chenango Street, Binghamton, Broome County, New York. In 1987 resided at 100 Chenango Place,
Binghamton.
(c. Viola Dotter: (photos) Married David Alton Kiley
“Alton” on Saturday, 30 June 1928 at Castle Creek with Reverend Charles Henry
Gilbert officiating. Viola and David resided
at 14 Liberty Street, Binghamton, Broome County, New York and had the following
children:
(1) Joan Viola Kiley: (more info)
Born 1929. Baptized 1929 at Great Bent,
Pennsylvania. Married Frank Harris in
1950 and had the following children:
(a) Kathy Ann Harris: Born 1951.
(b) Joan Harris: Born about 1952.
(c) Robert “Bobby” Alton Harris: Born 1953.
(2) Patricia “Pat” Ann
Kiley: Born 1930. Married Vlademeir
“Walter” Grayson in 1950 and had the following children:
(a) Rebecca “Becky” Grayson.
(b) David Grayson.
(d. Edward Samuel
Dotter, Jr.: Died 6 July 1974, age 62, in the Binghamton, Broome County, New
York area. Married (1st) Cora
Kiley in 1932/33 and had the following daughter:
(1) Joan Dotter: Married
Richard E. Short and resided in New York.
Joan and Richard had the following children:
(a) Diane Short: Born about 1957.
(b) William “Bill” Dotter Short: Born about 1962.
Edward Dotter married (2nd) Alexandria
“Alice” E. Banavitch and resided outside Binghamton, Broome County, New
York. They subsequently separated. Alice resided at Castle Creek when her son,
Edward was married. In 1987 resided in
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
Edward and Alice had the following children:
(2) Linda Lee Dotter:
Born 1951/52.
(3) Edward “Ed” Frank
Dotter: Born 1957. Married Melinda Jean
McDowell, daughter of William McDowell of Hudson Falls, in 1986.
(4. Franklyn “Frank”
Lewis Diament: Born April 1884. Died 12
September 1884.
(5. Bessie Biles
Diament: (photos) Born 5
August 1885 at Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Wayne A. Carpenter in January 1905
and had the following children: (order uncertain)
(a. Arlene/Arleen
Carpenter: Died 5/15 November 1947 at RD 6, Binghamton, Broome County, New York
from complications of pneumonia.
Married, as his 1st wife, Milton Crosby on 4 July 1941; no
children. Milton married (2nd)
(?).
(b. Clyde G. Carpenter:
Married Ruth Nolf and resided at 1014 Center Street, West Easton,
Pennsylvania. Clyde and Ruth had the
following children:
(1) Carol Carpenter: Born
1934.
(2) Clyde W. Carpenter:
Born 1944.
(c. Vernon Carpenter:
Married Mary Pipta and had the following children:
(1) Karen/Karren/Kaaren
Carpenter: Born 1943.
(2) Helene Carpenter:
Born 1939.
(6. Edward
“Ned”/"Ed" Nixon Diament: (photos)(more info)
Born 26 February 1888 at Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died August 1951 at
Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
Married Anna Florence Beck (b. May 1892, d. 14 Dec 1952), daughter of
William H. and Elizabeth (Murray) Beck, on 6 May 1911 in Broome County and
resided at 3 Park Terrace, Binghamton, New York. Ned and Anna had the following children:
(a. Edward Nixon
Diament, Jr.: Born 4 February 1911. Died
(drowned) 5 June 1932 at Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
(b. Marion Ruth
Diament: (photos) Born 2 May
1912. Died 26 May 1994 at Binghamton,
Broome County, New York; had stroke after stroke to the point she couldn’t take
care of herself and moved to the Ideal Sr. Living Center at Endicott, New York;
cremated, with ashes interred Chenango Valley Cemetery beside Diament
ancestors. Married Carlton Thomas
Conklin (b. 1908, d. Sep 1995 from complications of Alzheimer’s Disease;
cremated, with ashes interred beside Marion) on Saturday, 3 August 1929 at
Binghamton by Reverend Charles Henry Gilbert and had the following children:
(1) Lucille Ann/Anna
Conklin: Born 1929. Married Howard
William Luton (b. 20 Aug 1922, d. 17 May 1999 from complications of cancer),
son of Paul and Ethel (Johnson) Luton, in 1949 and in 1998 resided in
Tennessee. Lucille and Howard had the
following children:
(a) Sue Ellen Luton: Born 1952. Married Michael Eugene Vanhook and in 1998 resided in Alabama. Sue and Michael had the following children:
[1. Emily Page Vanhook.
[2. Aaron Michael Vanhook.
(b) Ann Elizabeth Luton “Betsy”: Born 1955. Employed as a school teacher. Married Warren Gene Hunter, Jr. and in 1998 resided at Huntsville, Alabama.
(c) William “Billy” Howard Luton: Married Mary Kaye Hall and in 1998 resided at Murfreesboro, Tennessee. William and Mary had the following son:
[1. Trent Edward Luton.
(2) Thomas Edward
Conklin.
(3) Janet Alyne Conklin:
Born 1932. Married William “Bill” Becker
Hawver in 1954/56 and resided in New York.
Apparently also resided in Illinois.
William and Janet had the following children:
(a) Lucinda “Cindy” Ann Hawver: Born 1955. Married Joseph “Joe” Rayome and resided in New York. Cindy and Joe were subsequently divorced. They had the following children:
[1. Joseph “Joey” Rayome, Jr.
[2. Rebecca “Becky” Rayome.
(b) Denise Hawver: Married George Moyse and had the following children:
[1. Daniel “Danny” Moyse.
[2. Kristin Moyse.
(c) David Hawver: Married Fran Zappa and in 1998 resided in South Carolina. Before marrying David, Fran had the following daughter:
[1. Elizabeth (?).
David and Fran (Zappa) Hawver had the following son:
[2. Carlton “Carl” Hawver.
(d) Kevin Hawver: Married Nancy Scherer and in 1998 resided in Illinois. Kevin and Nancy had the following children:
[1. Dona Hawver.
[2. Megan Hawver.
(e) Bruce Hawver: Married Michelle Notebar and in 1998 resided in Illinois. Bruce and Michelle had the following son:
[1. Richard William Hawver: Born 1998.
(4) Carol Lynn Conklin:
Born 1941. Married Jerry Lewis Bailey on
19 February 1966 and in 1998 resided in California. Carol and Jerry had the following children:
(order uncertain)
(a) Amy Kate Bailey: In 1998 resided in Washington and was married there in July of that year.
(b) Keri Lynn Bailey: Married Christopher (?) and in 1998 resided in California. Keri and Christopher had the following son:
[1. Christopher Michael Bailey.
(5) Alan Beck Conklin: (more info)
Retired from the Kodak Corporation, Rochester, Monroe County, New York. Married Susan “Sue” Joan
Secord (more info),
daughter of Norman I. Secord of Binghamton, New York, and resided in South
Carolina. Alan and Susan had the
following children:
(a) Mark Alan Conklin: Employed as an attorney.
(b) Mellisaa Anne Conklin: Married Mike (?). In 1998 resided in New York.
(c) Michael “Mike” Andrew Conklin: In 1998 resided in New York.
(7. Ruth Van Noy
Diament: (photos) (more info)
Born 20 October 1893 at Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Was residing at Pittston, Pennsylvania when
she died 19 December 1967 at Pittston, Pennsylvania from complications of old
age, diabetes and cardiac problems; interred Mt. Zion United Methodist Church
Cemetery, Exeter Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Married Reverend Charles “Charlie”
Henry Gilbert (photos) (more info)(b.
22 Apr 1891 at Binghamton, Broome Co., N.Y., d. Thursday, 7 May 1983; interred
same plot as Ruth), son of Samuel Eugene and Sarah C. (Stowell) Gilbert, on 14
November 1917 at Hillcrest, Binghamton, and had the following children:
(a. Dorothy
“Dottie”
Ruth Gilbert: (photos) (more info)
Born 26 July 1920 at Good Shepherd (now University)
Hospital, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York when her parents resided at
Lisle, New York. Died 2012. Was an administrator at a nursing school and
was employed as a nursing midwife. Did
missionary work in Africa for many years.
(b.
Catherine
“Cathy”
Hyla Gilbert: (photos) (more info)
Born
11 August 1924 at home in Lisle, Broome County, New York. Died Thursday, 24 November 2005, age 81, at
Wilkes-Barre General Hospital, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; interred Mt. Zion
Cemetery, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania.
In 1942 graduated from Kingston Township High School. In 1949 graduated from Drew University’s
Brother’s College, Madison, New Jersey with a BA degree majoring in
education. Later graduated from Cortland
State Teacher’s College, Cortland, New York with an MA degree majoring in early
childhood development.
Was
a kindergarten teacher in Mexico, New York and Maine, New York. Later taught hand crafts at Wilkes-Barre’s
YMCA and at the Jewish Home for the Aging in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Was also an accomplished musician. In retirement resided on Oberdorfer Road,
West Pittston, Exeter Township, Pennsylvania.
Later resided with her sister, Dorothy, in Wesley Village, a Methodist
retirement home at Pittston, Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania.
Of
interest, Charles Henry Gilbert often used Charles Henry Hitchcock
Gilbert as his name in both formal and informal settlings, because (daughter,
Dorothy) “he had great veneration for Reverend Henry Hitchcock, who was a
preacher Charles knew in his youth and was an inspiration in Charles’ decision
to be a clergyman himself.”
Charles
and Ruth had a cottage in the woods of Pennsylvania called “Fern Side.”
(8. Mary Catherine
Diament “Catherine”: Born 27 July 1896.
Died 16 June 1897.
Following the death of Sarah Ellen (Biles) Diament,
Franklin Nixon Diament married (2nd), as her 2nd husband, Emma
(Martin) Buck (more info)
(d. 24 Feb 1923 in OH, age 81 yrs, 2 mo., 22 days), daughter of Griffin and
Orinda (Little) Martin on 16 June 1908; Reverend A. J. Herries officiated at
the ceremony held at Lake Carey, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. Following their wedding Frank and Emma traveled
to New York City to attend the Diament Reunion being held at the home of Bessie
(Diament) Carpenter, and from there traveled to Bridgeton, New Jersey. Of interest, Emma's step children provided a
large blanket of carnations for her funeral.
Of further interest, on 13 January 1930, a couple of
months before his death in April 1930, Franklin Nixon Diament was a patient at the New York State Hospital at Binghamton,
popularly referred to as the State Insane Asylum. He was still there on in February.
e. Infant son: Born
February 1858. Died 26 February 1858
(Note: Biles Cem Book had 28 Feb).
f. William
"Will" “Willie” Lewis Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 20 July 1858 at Porterville (near Homets Ferry),
Wyalusing Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 22 December 1949 at Robert Packer
Hospital, Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Employed as a carpenter and mason.
Married Norah/Nora
Farr (b. 11 Sep 1857 (1956, per Mrs. Earl Biles), d. 2 May 1909),
daughter of Dewitt and Mary E. (Vaughn) Farr, on 12 January 1883 and resided at
Wilmot, Pennsylvania. William and Norah
had the following children:
(1. Dewitt Madison
Biles: (photos) (more info) Born 9 February 1884 at Wilmot, Pennsylvania (also seen: b.
Homets Ferry, PA). Died 2 October 1957
at Waverly, New York; interred Tioga Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Before marriage resided at
189 Chestnut Street, Oneonta, Otsego County, New York. Member of the Sayre Methodist Church and the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Married
his high school sweetheart, Maude Deana Transue (photos) (more info)(also
seen: middle names Dineh & Dina) (b. 11 Apr 1883, d. 26 Jul 1959 (age 76)
at Tioga General Hospital, Sayre; interred Tioga Point Cemetery), daughter of
Horace and Elizabeth (Cummins) Transue, on 18 June 1913 and resided at 609
Stevenson Street, Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Dewitt and Maude had the following children:
(a. Thelma V. Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 21 September 1914. Died 8 March
1985, age 70. Was living “at home” with
her mother at the time of her mother’s death.
Employed as a bookkeeper for "The Evening Times," Sayre,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married
(1st) Paul J. Cummings (d. 4 Jun 1978, age 72) and resided at
Sayre. Married (2nd)
Ellsworth Arthur on 1 January 1979 at Sayre.
Thelma and Ellsworth resided at 609 Stevenson Street, Sayre (her
parents' residence) during the warm months, and in the colder months they
resided at 12651 Seminole Boulevard, Largo, Florida.
(b.
Gerald Transue Biles: (photos) (more info) Born
17 June 1916 at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died Monday, 9 June 1958, age 41, at Robert
Packer Hospital, Sayre from complications of a heart attack; interred Tioga
Point Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Graduated from the Sayre Area Joint High
School. Was employed as a Department
Supervisor at Ingersoll-Rand, Athens, Pennsylvania. Married Frances “Fran” Elsbree (more info)
(b. 23 Aug 1915 at Windham, PA, d. 26 Feb 1998), daughter of James “Jim” E. and
Dora (Havens) Elsbree of Athens, on 20 April 1936. Gerald was an avid member of the Susquehanna
Valley Audubon Society since 1943, as well as the Chemung Audubon Society, and
resided at 410 1st Street, Athens, Pennsylvania. Gerald and Fran had the following children:
(1) Barbara Lynda Biles:
Born 27 February 1938 at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 June 1967; interred Tioga Point
Cemetery, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married, as his 1st wife, Paul
Underwood Shores, son of Joseph and Edith (Underwood) Shores (and grandson of
Harry and Iola (?) Shores) of East Athens, in 1957 at Athens and subsequently
resided at Athens. In 1972 resided at
Penfield, New York. Barbara and Paul had
the following children:
(a) Kathryn Lynn Shores: Born 1958 at Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
(b) Jerry Shores.
Paul
Underwood Shores married (2nd) (?).
(2) Virginia Biles: Born
1943. Married Carl Cole of Sayre, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania and had the following daughter:
(a) Jennifer Cole.
(3) Laura Gail Biles: (more info)
Born 1954. Graduated from Athens High
School, Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married (1st) David Edwin Moon of Auburn, New York, son of
Edwin Moon of New York (who also had daughter, Chris Moon, and son, Thomas
Moon), in 1972 at the Athens United Methodist Church, Athens, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. David Moon graduated from
Waverly High School, Waverly, Tioga County, New York and Auburn Community
College, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York.
Laura and David resided in New York.
Laura married (2nd) John Lucy in 1979 and resided in
Pennsylvania.
(c.
Earl Dewitt Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 1 June 1918 at Sayre, Bradford County, New York. Died at home Thursday, 8 December 1977, age
59. Resided at 107 Orchard Avenue, West
Seneca, New York. Graduated 1936 from Sayre High School. Employed by the Niagara Machine and Tool
Company, Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
Married Norma Matot, daughter of Adam and Madlyn (Luty) Matot of
Buffalo, New York, on 26 November 1942 and resided at Gardenville (suburb of
Buffalo), Erie County, New York. In 1958
resided at West Seneca, New York. Earl
and Norma had the following children:
(1) Bonnie Biles: Born
1943. Married Ralph Chaney and resided
in New York. Bonnie and Ralph had the
following children:
(a) Glenn Chaney.
(b) David Chaney.
(c) Joel Chaney.
(d) Benjamin Chaney.
(2) Gerald
"Jerry" W. Biles: Born 1947 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York. In 1977 resided in New York. Married (?) and resided in Pennsylvania. Gerald and his wife had the following
children:
(a) Michele Biles: Born 1973.
(b) Cheryl Biles: Born 1978.
(3) Kathleen
"Kathy" Pearl Biles: Born 1954.
Married Paul Adams and resided in New York.
(d.
Leonard William Biles “Bill”: (photos) Born 14 May 1920.
Died 22 September 2002 at Orlando, Florida from complications of acute
myeloid leukemia; cremated remains interred Florida National Cemetery, Sumter
County (near Bushnell), Florida. Married
Thorna
Lucy Thompson (photos) (after marriage
legally changed to Inez (Thompson) Biles) (b. 29 Jul 1926 at Duchesne, Duchesne
Co., UT; d. 7 Mar 1984 at Niagara Falls Memorial Hospital, Niagara Falls,
Niagara Co., NY from complications of cancer; cremated remains spread from a
helicopter over Round Lake, Ontario, Canada) of Duchesne County, Utah on 7 September 1945 and resided at 245 Crowly Street, Lockport (Buffalo area), Erie County, New York.
In 1977 resided at Newfane, Niagara County, New York. Leonard and Inez had
the following children:
(1) Dawn Marie Biles:
Born 1947 in a hospital at Buffalo, Erie County, New York; adopted at
birth. Married Paul Marczewski in 1971
at Buffalo, Erie County, New York and in 2011 resided in New York. Dawn and Paul had the following daughter:
(a) Daena Marie Marczewski: Born 1969 at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Married
Michael Marsh in 2003 and in 2011 resided in New York.
(2) Michael Earl Biles
(changed to Michael David Biles in the 1970s): Born 1952 in a hospital at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Enlisted
in the US Air Force in the 1970s. Married
(1st) Sheila Ann Hlavac in 1976 in Italy, where they were both
assigned in the Air Force. Michael and
Sheila had the following son:
(a) Matthew Bryan Biles: Born 1985 at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
Michael
and Sheila (Hlavac) Biles were subsequently divorced. Michael married (2nd) Corrine
Stefaniak in 1988 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York and in 2011 resided in New York. Michael and Corrine
had the following son:
(b) Alexander Christopher Biles: Born 1989
at Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
(3) Steven
"Steve" Leonard Biles: Born 18 August 1954 in a hospital at Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Died Saturday, 19 October 2013, age 59, at
Winter Springs, Florida; cremated remains interred Florida National Cemetery,
Sumter County (near Bushnell), Florida.
Served in the US Navy. Married (1st)
Denise Ann Brown (b. , d. late 1990s at Walterboro, SC from complications of
multiple sclerosis) in 1973 at Lockport, Niagara County, New York and resided
there. Subsequently resided at Altamonte
Springs, Seminole County, Florida and Winter Springs, Seminole County,
Florida. Steven and Denise had the
following children:
(a) Angela Marie Biles: Born 1974 at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Married
Michael Quirk in 1996 in Louisiana and resided there in 2011.
(b) Andrea Denise Biles: Born 1975. Married (1st) Kevin Naish in 1993
at Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina and had the following daughter:
[1. Asia Sarai Naish: Born 1993 at
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Kevin and Andrea (Biles) Naish were
subsequently divorced. Andrea married (2nd)
Sean Slusser in 1995 at Beaufort, South Carolina and had the following
daughter:
[2. Hannah Jane Slusser: Born 1995 at
Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina.
Sean and Andrea (Biles) Slusser were
subsequently divorced. Andrea married (3rd)
Robert Guchereau in 2000 at Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana and in 2011
resided there. Andrea and Robert had the
following children:
[3. Aidan Michael Guchereau: Born 2001 at
Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
[4. Ayla Rose Guchereau: Born 2010 at
Monroe, Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.
Steven and Denise (Brown) Biles were
subsequently divorced. Steven married (2nd)
Linda "Lula" Myrtle Warren in 1984 at Buffalo, Erie County, New York
and in 2011 resided in Florida. Steven
and Linda had the following children:
(c) Robert William Biles: Born 1988 at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
(d) Steven Michael Biles: Born 1990 at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
(e) Christopher John Biles: Born 1995 at
Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
(4) Gary William Biles: 10 March 1956 in a hospital at Buffalo, Erie
County, New York. Died at Buffalo on 30
October 1991 from complications of a brain hemorrhage; cremated remains spread
in Chareston, South Carolina harbor.
Never married; no children.
(5) Michelle Constance
Biles: Born 1957 in a hospital at Buffalo, Erie County, New York. Veteran of the US Air Force from 1976 to
1980. Later employed as a federal civil
servant. Married (1st) Ronald "Ron"
Gene Whited in 1983 at Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. Ron was also a veteran of the US Air
Force. Michelle and Ron had the
following son:
(a) Michael "Mike" David Biles
Whited (at birth named Michael David Biles): Born 1983. In 2011 resided in Maryland.
Ronald and Michelle (Biles) Whited were
subsequently divorced. Michelle married
(2nd) Robert Lee Cox in 1998 at Beaufort,
Beaufort County, South Carolina and in 2011 resided in Maryland; no children.
(2. Eva Biles: (perhaps
Evelyn?) (photos)
Born 25 July 1888 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Died December
1968/January 1969. Married Arthur Abrams
(b. 14 Mar 1880, d. 18 Sep 1950), son of David and Emily (Ormsby) Abrams of
Wilmot Township (who had six additional children: 3 sons and 3 daughters, the
last died young), on 21 December 1907.
Of Interest, David Abrahams emigrated from Wales to America at age 8 and
fought in the Civil War. In 1949 Arthur
and Eva resided in Wilmot Township, Pennsylvania. Later they resided at 302 Chemung Street,
Sayre, Pennsylvania. Eva and Arthur had
the following children:
(a. Naomi Abrams: Born
13 December 1908 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died ; interred Norconk Cemetery in Wilmot
Township. Married Oscar Bradley
Steele/Steel (b. 5 Apr 1905), son of Raymond and Emma (Norconk) Steele of
Wilmot, on 12 September 1927 and resided in Wilmot Township. Naomi and Oscar had the following children:
(1) Herbert Dewitt
Steele: Born 1928 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Leola Brown (b. 1929) in 1948 and
resided at Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania.
Herbert and Leola had the following children:
(a) Herbert Randy Steele “Randy”: Born
1952 at Meshoppen, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania.
(b) Sally Steele: Born 1954?
(c) Susan Steele: Born 1964?
(2) Florence Fern Steele:
Born 1930 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Married Thomas Taylor (b. 1927) in 1950 and
in 1972 resided in Pennsylvania.
Apparently later resided in the Elmira, Broome County, New York area. Thomas and Florence had the following
Children:
(a) Linda Florence Taylor: Born 1952. Married Wayne Merritt, son of Leslie Merritt of Milan, Pennsylvania, in 1971 at Milan.
(b) Jerry Thomas Taylor: Born 1954.
(c) Karen Mae Taylor: Born 1957.
(d) Sandra “Sandy” Ann Taylor: Triplet. Born 1961.
(e) Sheila Lea/Lee Taylor: Triplet. Born 1961.
(f) Sharon Marie Taylor: Triplet. Born 1961.
(3) Jennie
Charlene/Charline Steele “Charlene”: Born 25 June
1934 in Wilmot Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died just before Halloween. Married Dale E. Phillips, son of (?) and Rose
(?) Phillips and had four children. Dale
was in the US Navy and in 1960 was stationed at Charleston, South
Carolina. The entire family died in an
automobile accident on 15 April 1963; interred Colley Cemetery near Dushore on
Route 87. Jennie and Dale had the
following children:
(a) Rose Marie Phillips: Born 8 August
1956. Died 15 April 1963.
(b) Dale E. Phillips, Jr.: Born 15
September 1957. Died 15 April 1963.
(c) Allen Lee Phillips: Died 15 April
1963.
(d) Cynthia “Cindy” Ann Phillips: Born 15
November 1960. Died 15 April 1963.
(b. Dewitt Madison
Abrams: Born 19 October 1910. Died in
the mid to early 1960, shortly after his 2nd wife, Grace, died. Married (1st) Geraldine Finan (b.
1920), daughter of Patrick and Mary (?) Finan of New Albany Township, in 1939
and resided in Pennsylvania. Dewitt and
Geraldine had the following children:
(1) Dewitt “Sonny” Martin
Abrams: (by one acct: “Jr.”) Born 1940.
Married Barbara Finan, daughter of Gerald Finan of Dushore, Sullivan
County, Pennsylvania, in 1959 at Dushmore and resided in Pennsylvania. Resided at Dushore, Pennsylvania when
daughter, Ginger, was born. Dewitt and
Barbara had the following children:
(a) Tammy Abrams.
(b) Keith Arthur Abrams: Born 1961.
(c) Ginger Abrams. (female) Born 1961.
(d) Kerry Abrams. (male) Born 1966.
(2) Anita Marie Abrams:
Born 1941. Married Richard Ottovianni
and had the following children:
(a) Richard “Ricky” Ottovianni: Born 1963.
(b) Stephen David Ottovianni: Born 1965.
Dewitt
Madison and Geraldine (Finan) Abrams were subsequently divorced. Dewitt married (2nd) Gladys
Bracken on 28 May 1965 and resided at Dushore, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania. Geraldine married (2nd)
(?) Koes.
(c. Jennie Elizabeth
Abrams: Born 3 March 1916. Died 23
October 1970. Was residing at Wilmot
when at least the following children were born: Beverly, Arthur, and
Melvin. Was residing at New Albany,
Pennsylvania when she died 23 October 1970.
Married Chester W. Bennett (b. 16 May 1910, son of Darius and Elizabeth
(Shaffer) Bennett of Terry Township, on 7 June 1933 (also seen m. 1934) and had
the following children:
(1) Beverly Ann Bennett:
Born 1934 (also seen 1936). Of New
Albany, Pennsylvania. Married Floyd R.
Heim of Dallas, Pennsylvania in 1953 and resided in Pennsylvania. Floyd and Beverly had the following children:
(a) Dennis Heim: Born 1960.
(b) Barbara Ann Heim: Born 1961?
(2) Arthur Mason Bennett:
Born 1935. Married Joyce Owen in 1959
and resided in New York. Arthur and
Joyce had the following children:
(a) Allen David Bennett: Born 1959.
(b) Robert “Bob” Arthur Bennett: Born
1961.
(c) Shannon Bennett. (female)
(d) Susan Bennett: Born November 1964.
(3) Clifford Eugene
Bennett: Born 1937 (also seen b. 1936). Married
Ida Height/Hite, daughter of Robert Height/Hite of RR 2, Athens, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania, and had the following children:
(a) Bryon Bennett: Born 1963.
(b) Lauri Bennett: Born about 1967.
(4) William “Bill” Lewis
Bennett: Born 1938. Married Barbara
Carol Wilbur, daughter of Carl and Betty (Hatch) Wilbur of Endicott, Broome
County, New York, in 1959. Bill and
Barbara were employed in Owego, New York.
William and Barbara had the following children:
(a) Theresa Bennett: Born 1960.
(b) Beth Ann Bennett: Born 1965.
(5) Melvin LaVern
Bennett: Born 1940. Married Elizabeth
Kinsman in 1966.
(6) Kenneth “Kenny”
Harold Bennett: Born 1942. Married
Cynthia “Cindy” Elizabeth Miller in 1965.
Note: An Allen David Bennett (b. 1959) is
probably the son of one of the preceding children of Chester and Jennie
(Abrams) Bennett. At the time Allen’s
parents resided at Endicott, New York.
(d. Florence Abrams:
Died young.
(e.
Geraldine Ann Abrams: (photos) Born 6
March 1919. Married Harry Koes (b. 2 Feb
1917) on 7 December 1940 and resided at Mildred, Pennsylvania. Harry and Geraldine had the following
children:
(1) Eva Marie Koes: (photos) Born
1942. Married Robert George Tipping
“George” and resided in New York. George
and Eva had the following daughter:
(a) Karen Ann Tipping: Born 1963.
(b) Stephen David Tipping: Born 1965.
(2) Harry Koes, Jr.: Born
1943. Married Judy Wiesbrod in 1964 and
resided in Pennsylvania. Harry and Judy had the following son:
(a) James Michael Koes: Born 1965.
(f. Harold Biles
Abrams: Born 11 January 1921. Died 6 May
1976, age 55. Resided at Lopez,
Pennsylvania (SW of Wyalusing). Married
Dorothy Koes (b. 23 Mar 1918), daughter of Nicholas and Mary (?) Koes of
Dureya, on 17 July 1942 and resided at Lopez, Sullivan County,
Pennsylvania. In 1947 resided at
Bernice, Sullivan County. Harold and
Dorothy had the following children:
(1) Janet Ann Abrams:
Born 1943. Married Ronald Lee
Kendall/Kendal in 1963 and resided in Pennsylvania. Ronald and Janet had the following son:
(a) Timothy “Tim” Lee Kendall: Born 1965.
(2) Carol Lee Abrams:
Born 1945. Married Richard Gerald Taylor
on 3 February (?) and resided in Pennsylvania.
Richard and Carol had the following daughter:
(a) Debra Lee Taylor: Born 1963.
(b) David Richard Taylor: Born 1964.
(c) Christopher Taylor: Born 1966.
(3) Nicholas Arthur
Abrams: (more info)
Born 1948. Graduated 1967 from Sullivan
County High School. Married Elizabeth
Jean Thomas, daughter of Burton M. Thomas of New York, in October (?). Elizabeth graduated from Waverly High School
in 1968.
(4) Patricia Sue Abrams:
Born 1955.
(5) Michell/Michelle
Abrams: Born 1958.
g. Jennie May/Mae Biles: (photos)
Born 12 May 1862/63 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died 5 April 1930 at Burlington, Bradford
County (per Biles Cemetery book) from complications of endocarditis
(inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart). Was living (unmarried) with her brother,
Thomas, on the original Biles Homestead at the time of her death on 5 April
1930.
h. Thomas “Tommy” Puller
Biles: (photos) (more info)
Born 3 September 1864 at Homets Ferry, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; named
after his mother's brother-in-law, Thomas Puller (Para 3.e. of gen 2a of the Van Noy Annex). Died 3 August 1931. Never married. Resided with his parents and unmarried
sister, Jennie his entire life.
Apparently had a heart condition from birth that precluded strenuous
work. Died 3 August 1931, a little more
than one year after Jennie, at which time the original Alexander Patterson
Biles homestead near Homets Ferry was sold outside the Biles family to Charles
Campbell.
1910 US Census: Thomas P. Biles, age 42 (b. PA; father b. PA; mother
b. NJ), single, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Wylalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
The household also included his mother, Catharine L. Biles, age 83 (b.
NJ; parents b. NJ) and widowed; sister, Jennie M. Biles, age 45 (b. PA; father
b. PA; mother b. NJ) and single; and niece, Theresa O. Biles, age 26 (b. PA;
parents b. PA) and single.
14. Betsy/Betsey
Elizabeth/Aurilla Biles: (photos) (more info)
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Born 23/3 May 1826 in
Asylum Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (only child of Alexander
Patterson Biles to be born in PA). Died
8 April 1901 at the home of her daughter, Caltha, in/near Camptown, Wyalusing
Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.
Married Calvin
W. Camp (b. 7 Oct 1819 at Camptown (also seen: b. Canada); d. 17 Oct
1887/89 at Camptown), son of Elijah and Phoebe “Sallie” (Wells) Camp of
Bradford County, Pennsylvania, on 12 December 1847. Built their residence (a log house) in
increments, the 1st in 1846, and the remainder in 1870. Of interest, one of Betsy’s DePew nieces
(daughter of her sister, Rebecca and James DePew, Para 9, above) resided with
Betsy at some point. Betsey was a
lifelong member of the Merryall Presbyterian Church. She and Calvin resided near Camptown and had
the following children:
a. Myron Scott Camp:
Born 5 May 1852 at Camptown, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Pronounced dead 21
November 1935 at Sayre, Bradford County from injuries sustained when hit by a
car at Camptown. Married Mary Fish (b.
16 Mar 1853 in NY, d. 1931 at Camptown), daughter of Ephraim (d. 23 Jan 1890)
and Sally Ann (?) Fish (d. 21 Jan 1901/20 Aug 1932), on 23 December 1874 and
resided in the house Myron’s parents built.
Of interest, Sally Ann Fish had hoped to have her husband’s remains
moved from the Lime Hill Cemetery to the Tunkhannock Cemetery before she died,
so she, too, could be interred there, presumably near her relatives. However, Sally didn’t get that done, so she
was interred with her husband at Lime Hill.
Myron and Mary (Fish) Camp had the following children:
(1. Nellie L. Camp:
Born 29/23 September 1875. Married (1st)
Harry Morley/Henry Fawley on 11 November 1896.
They had no children and subsequently divorced. Nellie L. (Camp) Morley married (2nd)
Harry Tremain.
(2. Myrtle
“Myrtie”/”Mertie” Camp: Born 11 April 1877.
Died 10 April 1884.
(3. Inez “Ina”
Annetta/Annette Camp: Born 27 May 1885.
Died 1954. Married Irving/Irvin
Merrithew (more info) (b. 1885, d.
Sunday, 3 December 1967, age 82, at Wilson Memorial Hospital, Johnson City, NY)
and resided at 274 Floral Avenue, Johnson City, New York. Irving was employed by the Endicott Johnson
Corporation. Of interest: Irving had two
brothers: Burt Merithew and Perl Merithew.
Irving and Inez had the following children:
(a. Myron A. Merrithew:
(more info) Died 25 December 1984 at
Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
Married Lorretta (?) and had the following children: (order uncertain)
(1) Stanley Merrithew: Died young.
(2) David Merrithew: In 1958 was in
school.
(3) Son.
(b. Alfred W.
Merrithew: Resided at Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
(c. Laverne Merrithew.
(4. Emogene Camp: Born 1
December 1887/86. Married Frank E.
Wiggins; no children. In 1958 resided
below Athens, Bradford County, Pennsylvania (about 1 mile below the railroad
crossing).
(5. Leslie/Lester Scott
Camp: Born 13 April 1890. Died 10
October 1946; interred Tioga Point Cemetery.
Married Sarah A. Morley (b. 5 May 1893 in Athens Twp, PA, d. Jun 1964),
daughter of Roadrick Huston and Frances Isabel (Chandler) Morley, on 21
December 1911 at Waverly, New York (also seen: Binghamton, Broome Co., NY) and
had the following daughter:
(a. Delephine Camp: Was
employed as a nurse in Binghamton, Broome County, New York.
b. Melina/Malina
Annetta/Annette Camp: Born 27 July 1861/60 at Camptown, Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died
there 17 June 1862/61, age 11 months (approximately).
c. Caltha "Callie" Elizabeth
Camp: (more info)
Born 27 December 1863 (also seen: 1 Dec 1864) at Camptown, Wyalusing Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Died
there at home 24 March 1958 (age 94); interred Camptown Cemetery. Joined the Presbyterian Church at Merryall on
17 June 1879 and was a member of the Camptown Presbyterian Church for 78
years. Married Leslie Edwin Barns/Barnes (b. 31 Jan
1860 at Camptown, d. 15 Jan 1944 at Wyalusing) of Camptown, son of Edwin Burr
and Esther (Verbeck) Barnes, on 7 July 1887 and had the following children:
(1. Child: Died young.
(2. Child: Died young.
(3. Leland Camp Barns: (more info) Born
1891. Died 9 February 1968. Resided with his parents at Camptown,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Never
married.
(2. Esther Barns:
Married, as his 2nd wife, James Kinsella and in 1958 resided part
time at St. Petersburg, Florida. Esther
had no children of her own, but James had children from a prior marriage.
(3. Bessie “Bess” Anita
Barns: (more info)
Born 10 January 1894. Died 11 May
1977. Married, perhaps as his 2nd
marriage, Robert W. Smith (d. 17 Mar 1975, age 82, at Camptown, PA) on 25 May
1922 and resided at Camptown, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Perhaps Robert had the following children from
a 1st marriage (source notes are uncommonly vague):
(a. Pet Smith: Male.
(b. Let Smith: Married (?) Fuller.
Robert
W. and Bessie Annetta (Barns) Smith had the following children:
(c. Jeanette “Janet”
Smith: Born 15
March 1924. Died 22 December 1929.
(d. Roberta Camp Smith:
Born 1928.
(4. Marjorie/Margery
Mae Barns: Born 5 January 1900 at Dryden, Tompkins County, New York. Died 6 June 1981 in the Ithaca, New York
area. Before marriage Marjorie resided
with her parents at Camptown, Wyalusing Township, Bradford County,
Pennsylvania. Married (1st) Ralph
Emerson Cobb (b. abt 1900, d. 27 Sep 1960, age 60), son of Dutton Cobb,
on 15 October 1919 and resided at Dryden, Tompkins County, New York. In 1952 they operated a roadside diner at
Milford. Marjorie and Ralph had the
following children:
(a. Ernest D. Cobb: (more info) Twin. Born 11 April 1920. Died Monday, 17 July
1972, age 52, at Robert Packer Hospital, Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania,
from complications of cancer; interred Riverview Cemetery, Oxford, Chenango
County, New York. Veteran of World War
II. Employed at the Electrical Bonus
Division of the Bendix Corporation at Sidney, New York. Married Emaline Ellen Hodge “Ellen” (b. 1921)
and had the following children:
(1) Nancy Jean Cobb: Born 1940. Married Edward “Ed” Bell and resided in, New
York.
(2) Ronald "Ron" Henry Cobb:
Born 1944. In 1972 resided in New York. Has an interest in his family's history, which he recorded at http://www.ancestry.com/.
(3) Linda Lorraine Cobb: Born 1946. Married Frederick Conklin and resided in New
York.
(4) Lawrence Cobb: In 1972 resided in
South Carolina.
(5) Darlene Cobb: Resided in New York.
(6) Marjorie Cobb: Resided in New
York. Married (?) Mead.
(b. Emerson L. Cobb:
Twin. Born 11 April 1920.
Died 16 March 2011; interred Camptown Cemetery, Camptown, Bradford
County, New York. Veteran of World War II;
at one point was a Master Sergeant assigned to the 763rd AC and W
Squadron, Lockport, New York.
Married
Frances Bergavin (b. 16 Nov 1923, d. 19 Nov 2014; interred with Emerson) and
resided at Smithville
Flats, Chenango County, New
York. In 1951 Frances resided at 56
Congressional Walk, Langfield Homes, Buffalo 15, New York. Emerson and Frances had the following
children:
(1) Nadine June Cobb:
Born 1943 at Norwich, Chenango County, New York. Married Francis Eugene Froebel (b. 1939 at
Olean, NY and had the following children:
(a) Robert Truman Froebel: Born 1966 at
Essex Junction, Vermont. Married (?) in
1983.
(b) Sarah Louise Froebel: Born 1969 at
Essex Junction, Vermont.
(2) Patricia Elaine Cobb:
Born 1947 at Norwich, Chenango County, New York. Married Robert B. Kellogg (b. 18 Jun 1946 at
Binghamton, Broome Co., NY) and had the following son:
(a) Marcus Raymond Kellogg: Born 1972 at
Laguna Beach, California.
Robert B. and Patricia Elaine (Cobb)
Kellogg were subsequently divorced.
(3) Bruce Wayne Cobb:
Born 1956 at Susquakenna, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Married Debbie Tice (b. at Binghamton, Broome
Co., NY) in 1976 and had the following son:
(a) Joshua Tyson Cobb: Born 1981.
(c. Donald C. Cobb:
Born 25
October 1921. Died 18 October 2011; interred Quick
Cemetery, Brooktondale, Tompkins County, New York. Married Christine Faith Roe (b. 9 Apr 1924, d. 1 Jul 2012; interred with
Donald), daughter of Frank Asbury and Lenna D. (Bennett) Roe and sister of Althea,
(Para. (d., below), and resided in New York.
Donald and Christine had the following children:
(1) Marian Grace Cobb:
Born 1945.
(2) Robert Paul Cobb:
Born 1950.
(d. Reverend Harold
Philip Cobb: Born 10
April 1925. Died 3 July 2014. Married Althea Dawn Roe (b. 1927), daughter
of Frank Asbury and Lenna D. (Bennett) Roe and sister of Christine, (Para. (c.,
above), and in 1972 resided in New York. Harold and Althea had the following children.
(1) Philip David Cobb:
Born 1947.
(2) Richard Frank Cobb:
Born 1949.
Following the death of Ralph Emerson Cobb,
Marjorie (Barns) Cobb married (2nd), late in life and as his 2nd
wife, her brother-in-law, Ernest Cobb (d. soon after marriage to Marjorie), who
had the following children from his 1st marriage to Edna Shumway (see Para.
3a.c.(3.(a.(1) of the John Irvine (3) page):
(e. Gertrude Cobb: Married Donald Seeley,
and in 1972 resided in New York.
(f. Howard Cobb: In 1972 resided in New
York.
(g. Calvin Cobb: In 1972 resided in
Virginia.
(h. Virginia Cobb: Married Almon White,
and in 1972 resided in New York.
(i. Charlotte Cobb: Employed as an airline
stewardess. Resided in Hawaii.
(j. Kenneth Cobb: Born 1940.
(5. Victor Barns: Born
1904. Died 1925. Never married.
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Special thanks to the following people for their
extensive research and documentation, which was used in compiling the
information in this annex (no order intended):
3. Mary Elizabeth
(Biles) Watt.
4. Martin Broomall and Frances Lee
(Kennedy) Biles.
5. Sandra Alice (Degnan) Seaman, paragraph 4.C.1.k.(2.(a.(1)(a),
above.
6. Susan Lee (Wooley) (Salciccioli) Coleman, paragraph
4.C.9.b.(4.(f.(1)(c), above.
7. Bonnie Lucille & Linda Jean Andrews,
paragraph 4.C.2.i.(1.(e.(1)& (3), above.
8. Ronald Ray Gretz, paragraph 4.C.1.a.(4.(c.(7)(a), above.
* Smithfield (Lower, Middle, and Uppper), per Marian Biles
“Middle Smithfield is above
the Delaware Water Gap, and above Stroudsburg a short distance, just back from
the Delaware River on the west side. I
think it would be just below Marshall’s Creek on route 209 (on my 1973 road
atlas). Middle Smithfield Church was
interesting – really the only thing I remember about a tiny place. The cemetery out back was mostly in
woods. I saw some toward the front with
Dutch spelling on them. I think Eleanor
Patterson Biles was buried at Shawnee, which I didn’t see, on the other road
near the river. They may have lived
between the two modern roads. I thought
I could find the farm, because Grandpa’s letter told who lived there in 1883
(about), but I couldn’t find an atlas of the area that showed the old roads and
names by houses where they lived.
Middle Smithfield was a
township, I believe – later divided into two, then three areas. I guess they didn’t move. The Town and later County lines moved around
them. They were in Wayne County (formed
1798) and Pike County (formed 1814) and later, Monroe County (formed 1836 –
after they left!), but Granpa said, “Where it is now Monroe County.” So, the Lower, Middle, and Upper Smithfield
divisions. The church is the only thing
of note – hardly notice it as you pass.”
Notes from Marian Biles:
1.
Grace Hillis had the old grandfather’s clock from Alexander Paterson Biles’
home. She gave it to Ruth (Diament)
Gilbert (d. 1961), who resided with husband, Charles Henry Gilbert, at
Pittston, Pennsylvania.
2. A
letter from Maud Van Natta, 9 June 1967, after the death of her mother, Mary
Ann (Strunk) Vargason said: “Leonard Hobbie of Athens, has the old Alexander P.
Biles bed now.”
3.
The Clarence Biles family of Greene, New York had an old Biles homespun
quilt. Mary Ann Strunk Vargason said the
weaving was done by Eleanor Biles Strunk, and the plaid and stripe designs were
“set up” by her husband, Jacop Struck.
4.
In January 1985 Mrs. Philip Gustafson (1991 Stanford Road, Columbus, OH 43212)
had the Alexander P. Biles Bible and the Lewis Biles Bibles, both of which
contained no family pages. In the summer
of 1995 Tammy Gustafson sent a copy of a page she found among her mother’s
papers which appeared to be a copy of a page written by Alexander P. Biles
about the family.
5. I
have come to believe that Rosannah Paterson Biles could neither read nor write,
which is why she brought her daughter home when Alexander (1783 – 1855) would
not permit her daughter to “set in” on the reading classes while working for
her grandfather. He taught school (in
season) in the south room upstairs. Emma
Biles said. Later the Porterville School
house was built at the corner, south of the house, not far from where the
Charles Biles house was.
Notes
from John Addison Biles:
1.
“Alexander Biles, the son of Henry, was born in Northampton (now Monroe) County
on the place now [abt 1883] owned by Moses Depew. He married Rosannah Place in 1801 and they
kept house for several years on the hill opposite Martin Place’s home toward
the Delaware River. This place is now
owned by Jessie Dimick. In 1806 he came
with his brother Robert to a place near Meshopen and lived two years, then
returned to the Delaware River. He went
to a place opposite John Mosiers and now owned by Susan and Hannes Coolbaugh,
where he lived until about 1823. He then
moved up to where Elijah Courtright lived in 1823 and lived there until 1825,
when he came to Lime Hill, Bradford County on April 17, 1825 and settled on the
place owned by George Butts in 1925.”
(This was probably written in 1883 by John A. Biles on a trip to the
Delaware River region.)
2.
“About August of that same year [1825], Alexander P. Biles removed to Asylum as
a tenant of the original Bartholomew LaPorte, and occupied one of the original
French houses built by the French immigrants.
This house was located a few rods south of the granary at the George
LaPorte home, now [1925] owned by Martin Butts.
Here Betsy Biles, the youngest child, was born in 1826, and here they
lived until Christmas week of 1829, when they moved to the Wigton Place at
Missieum [now Homet’s Ferry], where they lived while building a new House on
their own place. They moved into the new
House in 1831 and spent their remaining days there.” In his later years he [Alexander] was a
Justice of the Peace and had his offices in one of the front left upper
rooms. (This is from a news article J.
A. Biles wrote in 1925.)
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