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My Mother’s Bible.

BY GEORGE P. MORRIS.

This book is all that’s left me now!
Tears will unbidden start;
With faltering lip and throbbing brow,
I press it to my heart.
For many generations past,
Here is our family tree;
My Mother’s hands this Bible clasped;
She, dying, gave it me.

Ah! well do I remember those
Whose names these records bear;
Who round the hearthstone used to close
After the evening prayer;
And speak of what these pages said,
In tones my heart would thrill!
Though they are living with the dead,
Here are they living still!

My Father read this Holy Book
To brothers, sisters dear;
How calm was my poor mother’s look,
Who lov’d God’s word to hear;
Her angel face — I see it yet!
What thronging memories come!
Again that little group is met
Within the halls of home!

Thou truest friend man ever knew,
Thy constancy I’ve tried;
Where all were false I found thee true,
My counsellor and guide.
The mines of earth no treasures give
That could this volume buy;
In teaching me the way to live,
It taught me how to die.

Ohio Repository, The (Canton, Ohio) 12 Jun 1845

PROBABLY NOT RELATED: although of Scotch-Irish ancestry:

I stumbled across this first obituary and decided to do a little research because I knew we had a Laura Maud (Margaret) Hineman married to an Edwin Rankin in our HINEMAN tree. This is NOT that same couple, but I am wondering if they might be related to our Hineman family somehow.

UPDATE #3: There is a family tree on ancestry that lists parents of William B. Hindman as James Hindman and Clementina Messenkop, and lists Mary E. McMahon as William’s wife. It also gives William’s year of death as 1922, NJ.

I had run across the Clementina Hindman/Hineman when searching other Hineman lines, but so far, haven’t found a connection. These are Lancaster Co., PA Hindmans.

UPDATE #4: This should be the last update. I found the following book on Google that has a bio for James E. Hindman, wife, Clementina Messenkop:

History of Pittsburgh and environs: biographical, Volume 1
By American Historical Company LINK to read it.

NOTE: It has a picture of one James E. Hineman, perhaps, his grandson.

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Bertha E. Fallstick

Last rites will be Monday at 2 p.m. in the McCain funeral home for Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth FALLSTICK, 65, R.R. 2, Macy, who died Friday after a two-year illness.
The Rev. Ronald HARSHMAN will officiate and burial will be in the I.O.O.F. cemetery at Deedsville. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday.

Mrs. Fallstick was born at Philadelphia on April 21, 1898, the daughter of Edward and Martha HINEMAN RANKIN. She was married Oct. 20, 1915, to Elmer FALLSTICK, who survives. A resident of Macy 18 years, she had moved there from Berlin, N.J. Mrs. Fallstick was a member of the Macy Methodist church.

Also surviving are three sons, Jeff [FALLSTICK], Chicago; Charles [FALLSTICK], Peru, and Kenneth [FALLSTICK], Freeland, Mich.; one daughter, Mrs. Joann MILLER, R.R. 2, Macy; five grandchildren, and three brothers, Raymond and Foy RANKLI [Rankin?], both of Chicago, ad Edward RANKIN, Redwood, Cal.

The News-Sentinel (Fulton Co., Indiana) Saturday, April 27, 1963

Name: Willam B Hindman
[Willia B Hinderer] [Image says Hindman]
Home in 1920: Pennsauken, Camden, New Jersey
Age:     74 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Brother [BOARDER, not brother]
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widow
Race: White
Sex:     Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 401
Household Members: [I think surname is SHAW]
Name     Age
Rettie Shin   42 [maybe Hettie, instead of Rettie]
Elizabeth Shin    14
Charles Shin   11
Willam B Hindman   74
Willa H Hindman     51 [maybe Willie H]

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UPDATE: This appears to be the younger (above) William H. Hineman, still living with the SHAW woman:

Name:  William Hyman [Hindman/Hineman?]
Home in 1930: Camden, Camden, New Jersey
Age: 60
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1870
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Roomer
Race: White
Household Members:
Name     Age
Katherine Shaw     52 (must have been Kittie in 1920)
Charles Shaw     21
William Hyman     60 (roomer) Is this Willie H. Hin*man?
James Mitchel     27 (roomer)

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Name: William B Heudman
[William B Hindman]
Age in 1910: 65
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1845
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Father-in-law
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910: Pennsauken, Camden, New Jersey
Marital Status: Widowed
Race: White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name     Age
Edward G Rankin     37
Martha E Rankin     34
Raymond Rankin     15
Bertha E Rankin     11
Wuteain H Rankin     9
Charles Rankin     6
Roy W Rankin     2
William B Heudman 65 [HINDMAN]

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UPDATE #2:

This appears to be the same William B. Hineman in 1900:

Name:  William B Hineman
Home in 1900: Philadelphia Ward 34, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age:     54
Birth Date: Dec 1845
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Father-in-law
Father’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Widowed
Residence : Philadelphia City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name     Age
Henry J Reynolds     27 NY PA NY
Bertha Reynolds     28 (wife) PA PA PA
Hiram Reynolds     69 (father) PA PA PA
Annie Reynolds     47 (mother) NY NY NY
William B Hineman 54 (father-in-law) PA PA PA
Margaret Hineman     22 (sister-in-law) PA PA PA (married RANKIN)

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Name: Wm. B. Hindman
Home in 1880: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age:     34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse’s Name: Mary E.
Father’s birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother’s birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Machinist
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
House Number: 10110347
Household Members:
Name     Age
Wm. B. Hindman 34 PA PA PA
Mary E. Hindman 33 PA IRE PA
Wm. H. Hindman     12
Bertha E. Hindman 8
Martha E. Hindman 4
Margt. A. Hindman 2

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UPDATE:

Here are a few more related census records and a CA death record:

California Death Index, 1940-1997
Name: Edward G Rankin
Social Security #: 344104507
Sex:     MALE
Birth Date: 15 Jul 1910
Birthplace: New Jersey
Death Date: 8 Jan 1969
Death Place: San Mateo
Mother’s Maiden Name: Hindman

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Name: Edward Rankin
Home in 1920: Camden Ward 13, Camden, New Jersey
Age: 9 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1911
Birthplace: New Jersey
Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Sex:     Male
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image:     1038
Household Members:
Name     Age
Elmer Tallslick     21 PA PA GER
Bertha Tallslick     21 PA PA PA
Josiah Tallslick     108 NJ PA PA (son, prob. a baby, not 108)
Marles Rankin     15 NJ (brother-in-law)maybe Charles
William Rankin     18 PA      “
Edward Rankin     9 NJ       “
Roy Rankin     12 NJ            “

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Name:  Bertha E Fillstick [Fallstick]
Home in 1930: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
View Map
Age: 31
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1899
Relation to Head of House: Wife
Spouse’s Name: Elmer
Race: White
Household Members:
Name     Age
Elmer Fillstick 31 PA PA PA
Bertha E Fillstick 31 PA PA PA
Josiah Fillstick 10 NJ (son)
Charles Fillstick 2 NJ (son)
Charles Rankin 26 NJ (brother-in-law)

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Joann E. Miller

Jan. 23, 1937 – May 20, 1993

Joann E. MILLER, 56, Rt. 2, Macy, died at 3:54 p.m. Thursday at Dukes Memorial Hospital, Peru.

She was born in Atco, N.J., to Elmer L. and Bertha E. RANKIN FALLSTICK.  A 1955 graduate of Deedsville High School, she worked at Standard Fusee Corp., Peru, and was a member of the Macy United Methodist Church and the Rochester chapter of Women of the Moose.

Surviving are two brothers, Charles H. FALLSTICK, Peru, and Kenneth J. FALLSTICK, Freeland, Mich.

There will be no service or visitation.  Burial will be in the Deedsville I.O.O.F. Cemetery.  Arrangements have been made by McClain Funeral Home in Denver.  Memorials may be made to the Miami County Heart Association.

The Rochester Sentinel Friday, May 21, 1993

Ruby L. Hineman was the daughter of Miles Leroy Hineman and Elizabeth Ann Rowan.

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Ruby L. Hineman (Miles Leroy4, John3, Samuel2, John M1) was born 11 Apr 1891 in Tomah Twp., Monroe Co., Wisconsin, and died 05 Mar 1967 in Tomah Twp., Monroe Co., Wisconsin.  She married William Ernst Gerke 28 Nov 1909, son of Wilhelm Gerke and Caroline Behrens.  He was born 18 Nov 1883 in Ridgeville Twp. Monroe Co., Wisconsin, and died 31 Jan 1966 in Wisconsin.

Children of Ruby Hineman and William Gerke are:

i.    Harold M. Gerke, born 29 Aug 1910 in Wisconsin; died 31 Aug 1967 in Tomah Twp., Monroe Co., Wisconsin.

Harold married June Robertson. (NOT documented as there were 2 Harold Gerkes of similar age, living in Tomah.)

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ii.    Raymond Waldo Gerke, born 02 Oct 1912 in Wisconsin; died 07 Dec 1914 in Tomah Twp., Monroe Co., WI.

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iii.    Miles Leroy Gerke, born 18 Feb 1914 in Wisconsin; died 22 May 1961 in Tomah Twp., Monroe Co., WI.

Miles married Irene M Newton on 03 Nov 1947 in Monroe Co., Wisconsin.

Picture probably taken in Los Angeles, CA or possibly Omaha, NE. I am pretty sure Glen Price was a friend of Nathan’s, but I would have to check some of the other pictures I have to confirm. I do know he is not related.

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iv.    Pearle Bernice Gerke, born 22 Apr 1916 in Wisconsin; died 22 Feb 1983 in Port Edwards, Wood Co., Wisconsin.

Pearle married Harvey Odden Ferries 05 Sep 1934 in Wilton Twp., Monroe Co., WI, son of Charles Ferries and Emma Gehrke.  He was born 08 Oct 1909 in Monroe, Wisconsin, and died 1967.

Pearle and Harvey had at least one child, a son Keith Murvel Ferries.

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v.    Allen Earl Gerke, born 07 Apr 1918 in Wisconsin; died 04 Dec 1985 in LaCrosse, La Crosse County, WI.

Allen married married Ardella Mae Kewit 31 May 1941 in Monroe County, Wisconsin, daughter of Friedrich Kewit and Annie Marquardt.

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vi.    Howard Hineman Gerke, born 13 Dec 1922 in Wisconsin; died 01 Jan 1981 in Tomah, Wisconsin – Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery.  He married Nina Liek; born 16 Mar 1928; died 17 Apr 1988.

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vii.    Maxine Gerke. (I have no information on Maxine.)

Miles L. Hineman - 1921 - Wisconsin Blue Book

My great-great grandfather:

Miles Leroy Hineman

Born: 26 Nov 1851 in Dane County, Wisconsin

Died: 01 Aug 1930 in La Crosse County, Wisconsin.

Son of John Hineman and Harriet Cary

John Hineman, born abt 1828 PA – died 29 Jul 1857 in Monroe Co., WI

John Hineman’s father was Samuel Hineman, mother Unknown.

Harriet Carey/Cary, born 28 Oct 1825 in Hanover, Luzerne Co., PA – died 01 Aug 1907 in Tomah, Monroe Co., WI.

Harriet’s father was Benjamin Cary, born about 1803, Hanover, Luzerne Co., PA – died abt 1871 in Wisconsin, probably in Tomah, Monroe County, as he was living there in 1870.

Her mother was Jane Smiley, born abt 1803 PA – died abt 1872, Monroe Co., WI.

John and Harriet were married 08 Apr 1847 in Fulton, Rock Co., Wisconsin

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Miles Leroy Hineman married Elizabeth Ann “Lizzie” Rowan 05 Nov 1879 in Tomah, Monroe Co., Wisconsin.

Lizzie, was born Dec 1860, in Monroe Co., WI, was the daughter of Thomas Rowan and Sarah McMullen, both born in Ireland.

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Miles and Lizzie had the following children:

Miles Gardner Hineman: b: 30 Sep 1880 Tomah, Monroe, WI -  (Gardie Hineman)

Ralph W Hineman: b: 07 May 1882                   “                  “

Pearl Hineman: b: Aug 1885                                  “                  “

Ruby L  Hineman: b: 11 Apr 1891                       “                  “

Amy Louise Hineman: b: 30 Jun 1896           “                  “

Glen Wellyn Hineman: 01 Sep 1902                “                  “

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Gardie is my direct line:

Gardie Hineman married Olive Bessie Martin 05 Nov 1910 in Minot, Ward Co., ND. They had one son, Nathan Hineman, born 15 Aug 1912 in Monroe Co., WI. Bessie died in 1914 from TB, leaving Nathan and another young son, Ladoit “Dick”  Houston, from a previous marriage.

Gardie next married Frances Adams (Adamski,) 28 Dec 1916 in Minot, Ward Co., ND. They moved to Omaha, Nebraska sometime before 1920.

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Ralph W. Hineman married Emma B Pingel on 11 May 1904, in Wilton, Monroe, Wisconsin. They had 8 children: Leslie, Gerald, Virgil, Laura, Avery, Gertrude and Wesley. They also moved to Omaha, Nebraska, sometime in the 1920’s.

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Pearl Hineman married Ralph W. Bowen on 05 Nov 1905 in Monroe Co., WI. They had no children. Gardie’s son, Nathan, evidently lived with them for an unknown period of time around 1920, as he appears on the census with them, and I found a mention of  him in an Eau Claire Co., WI newspaper, which is where Pearl and Ralph were living at the time. I think Pearl and Ralph may have lived in the Chicago, IL area around 1910,  but then returned to the Augusta area.

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Ruby L. Hineman married William Ernst Gerke on 28 Nov 1909 in Wisconsin. They had 7 children: Harold, Raymond, Miles, Pearl, Allen, Howard and Maxine. They stayed in Wisconsin.

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Amy Louise Hineman married Earl Benjaman Scott about 1914, probably in WI. Amy and Earl had 8 children: Elizabeth, June, Allen, Robert, Katherine, Rose, Richard and John. They lived in the Augusta, Eau Claire Co., WI area.

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Glen Wellyn Hineman married Florence Caroline Mackey about 1924.  They had 2 sons, Earl Raymond, born in Wisconsin, and James Miles, born in Minnesota. It appears they were divorced, as Glen was living in North Dakota in 1930, and later, ended up in Blaine, Montana, while Florence was still in Minnesota, living with her parents in 1930.

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This is just an outline of the Miles Leroy Hineman family. I will be posting more information on the various children and related families in separate posts.

If you are related to any of these people,  or think there might be some connection, feel free to leave me a comment; I would love to hear from you.

Thompson A. Hineman was the son (and youngest child) of Alexander Hineman and Amanda Jane Ewing.

Because he was born in 1881, Thompson does not appear on any census record with his parents, however they are listed on his death record.

Something I noticed on the 1880 census: There was a Thompson family living near the Alexander Hineman family. Not sure if there is ANY connection at this point, but something I will try to research further.

Okay, on to what I have found so far: Thompson seems to have been a bit of a delinquent. According to the 1900 census, he was an inmate in a reformatory.

Name: Thompson Hineman
Home in 1900: Madison, Richland, Ohio
Age: 20
Birth Date: Apr 1880
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Inmate
Father’s Birthplace: Virginia
Marital Status:     Single
Residence : Ohio State Reformatory, Richland, Ohio

News clips:

25 May 1899 Source: Mansfield News

NEW PRISONERS RECEIVED — Guard Anderson brought to the reformatory from Lisbon, Columbia [sic.] County, Charles Nelson, Edward Hanselman and Thompson Hineman.

Evidently, he was quite the crafty fellow:

TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

Thomas Hineman, an alleged thief, under arrest at Chester, W. Va., escaped from the lock-up and is still at large.

The Indiana Democrat (Indiana, Pennsylvania) 24 Jan 1906

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Escaped From Jail.

East Liverpool, O., Jun 20.–Thompson Hineman of this city confined in the Chester (W. Va.) jail on suspicion of robbing two men on the bridge between East Liverpool and Newell, W. Va., escaped and is now at large. He left in his cell a dime novel with a leaf turned down to a chapter headed “A Thrilling Escape” which he seems to have studied to advantage.

The Marion Daily Star (Marion, Ohio) 20 Jan 1906

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Now, for his wives, Flora Unknown and Dessie D. Straight (Hawkins) :

FIRST WIFE: Flora Unknown

Name:  Thompson Hineman
Age in 1910: 30
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Father’s Birth Place: United States of America
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s Name: Flora
Home in 1910:     Wellsville Ward 3, Columbiana, Ohio
Marital Status:     Married
Household Members:
Name     Age
Thompson Hineman 30
Flora Hineman     28
Charles Dugan     31 (husband of Thompson’s sister, Myrtle Edna Hineman)

I haven’t been able to find Flora on another census, so I don’t know if they had any children or not.

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SECOND WIFE: Dessie D. Straight, born 09 Apr 1890, Marion Co., WV, daughter of:

William E. Straight, born 13 Apr 1868 WV, died 24 Dec 1936,  Mannington, Marion Co., West Virginia

and  (married 05 Jul 1889, Marion Co., WV)

Mergie L. John[s], born 30 Jul 1870 PA. , died 18 Nov 1935, Mannington, Marion Co., West Virginia

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Dessie D. Straight was first married to Charles Jasper Hawkins, on 04 Mar 1909. They had two children; a son, Merle, born about 1909 PA, and Julita M., born abt 1911 WV. Evidently, they divorced sometime before 1917.

Thompson Hineman and Dessie (Straight)  Hawkins were married on 24 Dec 1917 in Fairmont, Marion Co., WV.

Name:  Thomas A Hineman
[Thomas A Hinaman]
Home in 1920:Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
Age: 39 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1881
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Head
Spouse’s Name: Dessie
Father’s Birth Place: United States of America
Mother’s Birth Place: West Virginia
Marital Status:     Married
Race:     White
Sex:     Male
Home owned:     Rent
Household Members:
Name     Age
Thomas A Hineman 39
Dessie Hineman 29
Myrle Hawkins   10 son
Julita M Hawkins 9 daughter

Hommer B Myler 60  *The rest are boarders or lodgers
Clarence E Richardson 35
Harold Bryson     23
Charlie Florer     35
George R Stwart 35
Coe W Magruder 20

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This marriage probably didn’t last very long as Dessie went back to using the Hawkins surname.

Name: Dessie D Hawkins
Home in 1930: Mannington, Marion, West Virginia
Age: 40
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1890
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Head
Race:     White
Household Members:
Name     Age
Dessie D Hawkins 40

I can’t find Thompson anywhere, under any name variation in 1930, but he should have been in East Liverpool, Columbiana Co., OH, I would think. He died there 28 Jul 1941.

Dessie Straight Hawkins Hineman Hawkins died 16 Aug 1936 in Marion Co., WV.

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As an aside, I think this is Dessie’s father in 1930:

Name:   William E Straight
Home in 1930:  Moundsville, Marshall, West Virginia
Age:    62
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Birthplace: West Virginia
Relation to Head of House: Inmate

** Ancestry is being funny and won’t load any census images right now, so I can’t check to see the name of the  facility/prison or whatever. I had looked at it before, but didn’t make a note of the name.

Marriages – HINEMAN – Brooke Co., West Virginia

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Blair Leon Craven to Eleanor Hineman

Married 23 Sep 1922, Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV

Parents of Blair: Silas M. Craven and Lovilla Catherine Rabuck

Parents of Eleanor: John Herbert Hineman and Jennie Elizabeth Kessler

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George Philip (or Philip George) Hineman to Jessie Short

Married: 12 Aug 1926 Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV

Parents of Philip: David Martin Hineman and Alice May Hall

Parents of Jessie: Morton Short and Clara Unknown

NOTE: These APPEAR to be her parents:

Name:  Jessie Short
Home in 1920:     Hopewell, Beaver, Pennsylvania
Age: 14 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Birthplace:     Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father’s Name:     Morton
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Sex:     Female
Able to read:     Yes
Able to Write:     Yes
Image:     185
Household Members:
Name     Age
Morton Short     47  (widowed)
Patricia J Short     23
Anna Belle Short 21
Daniel B Short     19
Helen Short     16
Jessie Short     14
Mary Short     10
William Short     8
Dorothy Short     5

Martha Short     4

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Name:  Jessie Shorts
Age in 1910:     4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1906
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father’s Name:     Morton
Father’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Name:     Clara
Mother’s Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Home in 1910:     Moon, Beaver, Pennsylvania
Marital Status:     Single
Race:     White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name     Age
Morton Shorts     37
Clara Shorts     30
Patricia Shorts     13
Anna B Shorts     11
Daniel Shorts     8
Helen Shorts     6
Jessie Shorts     4
Mary Shorts     8/12

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Walter Jacob Hineman to Margaret Alice Duxbury

Married: 21 Jan 1927, Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV

Parents of Walter: John Herbert Hineman and Jennie Elizabeth Kessler

Parents of Margaret: John Horace Duxbury and Sarah A. Unknown

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Name: Margret Duchsberry
Home in 1920:   Pittsburgh Ward 13, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Age: 10 years
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father’s Name:     John
Father’s Birth Place: England
Mother’s Name:     Sabra
Mother’s Birth Place: England
Marital Status: Single
Race:     White
Sex:     Female
Image:     573
Household Members:
Name     Age
John Duchsberry 34
Sabra Duchsberry 35
Margret Duchsberry 10
John Duchsberry 7
Edith Duchsberry 5
Sylvia Duchsberry 1 4/12
Rachel Duchsberry 69 ENG mother, widowed

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Name: Margaret A Duxbury
Age in 1910: 9/12
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1909
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of House: Daughter
Father’s Name:     John H
Father’s Birth Place: England
Mother’s Name:     Sarah A
Mother’s Birth Place: England
Home in 1910: Pittsburgh Ward 6, Allegheny, Pennsylvania
Marital Status: Single
Race:     White
Gender: Female
Household Members:
Name     Age
John H Duxbury 24 ENG ENG ENG – Immig: 1906, occupation: Railroad
Sarah A Duxbury 26 ENG ENG ENG -Immig: 1907 married  3 years
Margaret A Duxbury 9/12  PA ENG ENG

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David Edward Hineman to Margaret Young

Married: 01 Apr 1936 Wellsburg, Brooke Co., WV

Parents of David: David Harper Hineman and Emma Marie White

Parents of Margaret: Unknown

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NOTE: Marriage Certificates can be found on the WV vital records site. See link on the right side.

George Madison Hineman, son of James K. Hineman and Mary Adaline Davison:

Mr. and Mrs. George Hineman, a bride and groom of recent date, will, we are informed, leave Tryonville this week and take up housekeeping near Black Ash. We had been in hopes that Mr. Hineman could have seen his way clear to have remained in Tryonville, at least this winter. During the few months that Mr. Hineman has been a resident of Tryonville, he has made many warm friends and all will regret their departure.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) October 15, 1904

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Mrs. Emaline Clement is at present visiting here daughter, Mrs. George Hineman, at Bradleytown.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) February 9, 1905

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Mr. and Mrs. George Hineman, who left here about a year or so ago for Bradleytown, have returned to Tryonville. They will have rooms with Mrs. Hineman’s mother, Mrs. Emaline Clemont.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) March 8, 1906

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George Hineman received word Monday that his brother-in-law, Edward Hunt, the young man who was fatally injured on the  Lake Shore railroad at Youngstown, O., Saturday night, died the following morning and that the remains would be brought to Black Ash Monday for burial. Mr. and Mrs. Hineman left to attend the funeral. The deceased also has a cousin here in town, Mrs. William Kohmand {I think it is actually HOHMANN) hard to read spelling of this name], who is deeply grieved over his untimely death.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 19, 1907

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Mr. and Mrs. William Hineman of Union City, a bride and groom of New Year’s day, have been the guests of the former’s brother, George Hineman.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) January 16, 1908

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Mr. Howell** of Gresham visited his nephew, George Hineman, last week.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) January 28, 1909

** See previous post about Daniel Howell.

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I.G. Seltzer of Union City came down Monday from that place to visit his daughter, Mrs. Hineman of Gresham. He returned Thursday afternoon with a load of household goods, which he is moving to his home at the first named town. Mr. and Mrs. Hineman intend to move next week on the J.W. Altenburg farm near Townville.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) March 20, 1909

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George Hineman has rented a farm near Hickory Corners and will move in about two weeks. It is regretted that Mr. and Mrs. Hineman are leaving here, being excellent neighbors with many friends who will miss them.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) February 22, 1910

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The Herald is asked to announce the marriage of Miss B. Minerva Seltzer and William M. Hineman, which was solumnized in the Episcopal church at Corry on New Year’s day. They are now spending a brief honeymoon and at its conclusion they will live in Union City, where Mr. Hineman in employed.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) January 10, 1908

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B. Minerva Seltzer (and mother,) wife of  William Marshall Hineman:

Mrs. Mary Seltzer and Mrs. Minerva Hineman of Clymer, N.Y., were visiting at N.A. Ovlatt’s Friday.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 8, 1911

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Father of Julia Clement, wife of George Madison Hineman:

Letters on Estate.

Estate of Guy C.C. Clement, late of Steuben township, deceased. Letters of administration issued to Julia Hineman, bond taken in the sum of $100.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 7, 1912

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Father of Ralph Billig, who was husband of Harriet Hineman, daughter of James K. Hineman.

A PLUM RESIDENT HAS PASSED AWAY

Crawford Billig Died at Home Monday.

Crawford Billig, for 69 years a resident of Plum township and widely known and generally respected, died at the family home at Diamond yesterday, following an illness of organic heart disease.

The decedent who was born in Mercer county 70 years ago, with his parents came to Plum township and nearly all his life was passed in the locality where he passed away. He was a veteran of the Civil war and served for eighteen months with Company I, Fourth Pennsylvania volunteers.

He is survived by his widow and one son, Ralph Billig, both residents of Diamond, route 2, R.F.D.

Funeral services will be conducted at the residence at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Herman Armstrong of Corry officiating. The burial will be at the Chapmanville cemetery.

Friends are kindly asked to omit sending flowers.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) February 13, 1912

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Name:Crawford Billig
Side: Union
Regiment State/Origin: Pennsylvania
Regiment Name: 4 Pennsylvania Cav.
Regiment Name Expanded: 4th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (64th Volunteers)
COMPANY: I
Rank In: Private
Rank In Expanded: Private
Rank Out: Private
Rank Out Expanded: Private
Alternate Name: Crawford/Belig
Film Number: M554 roll 9

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Sister of James K. Hineman and daughter, Hattie:

Mrs. Rachel Shontz of East Wayne is making her niece, Mrs. Ralph Billig, an extended visit.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) February 10, 1913

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The friends of Phillp Hindeman will be sorry to learn of his death, which occurred at the home of his brother James Hindeman, Tuesday at noon. Mr. Hindeman was 75 years old and had been sick for six weeks. He leaves to mourn his death one son, Joseph Hindeman, of this place; three daughters, Mrs. Nan Vancamp, Mrs. Etta Ferry of this place and Mrs. Lizzie Thurston of Titusille; one brother with  whom he resided, James Hindeman and two sisters, Mrs. Agnes McClelland and Mrs. Rachel Shontz, both of this place, besides a large circle of friends. Funeral services will be held in Sugar Lake church. Interment in Sugar Lake cemetery.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) March 10, 1908

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JOHN MERTON HINEMAN, son of  James K. Hineman:

Merton Hindman, aged 36 years, a farmer of Plum township, fell twenty-one feet from a barn where he was working two miles north of Copperstown Friday, sustaining injuries that are expected to prove fatal. His skull was crushed. He is married and has a family.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) August 1, 1910

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John Merton Hindeman, aged 38, died at the home of Lemuel Keeley near his home Sunday morning. On Friday morning Mr. Hindeman started for his work, very happy. He was a carpenter and expected to complete a barn he was working on that day. He had just climbed up in the barn on one of the beams and got nicely to work when he fell backward and down twenty-five feet, striking the back of his head, breaking the bones, on a stone wall. He did not regain consciousness and died Sunday morning at 10 o’clock at the Baptist church at Bradleytown. Interment in the Plum Valley cemetery. The deceased was loved by all who knew him. He leaves to mourn his great loss a wife, a father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. James Hindeman, two brothers, George Hindeman of near Guy’s Mills and William Hindeman of Union City, and two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Brown* of Titusville and Mrs. Hattie Billig of Diamond.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) August 5, 1910

*Lizzie (Hineman)  Brown……..widow of Edward Hunt. Even with a new married name, I still cannot find her on any additional census records.

The closest Brown’s I have found are living next door to Joseph W. Hineman, Lizzie’s uncle. On the 1910 census, here is a Henry Brown and a Willis Brown, one married to an Effie A., and the other an Ellen A., but both couples have been married more than a few years.

Daniel Howell was married to Susannah N. Hineman, daughter of John Hineman and Mary Magdalene McConnell. Evidently, they had a daughter by the name of Ida, but I haven’t been able to find out what happened to her.

**NOTE: Evidently, I posted the census records and a few notes on Daniel Howell before ( and forgot about it) so some of this might be a repeat.

Name:    Daniel Howell
Age in 1860: 29
Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Jackson, Venango, Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Post Office: Perry
Household Members:
Name     Age
Daniel Howell     29
Susan N Howell 24
John Hindman     35
Mary A Hindman 32
Mary E Hindman 11
Margaret J Hindman 9
John O Hindman 7
Cordelia F Hindman 2

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Name:    Daniel Howell
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
Age in 1870: 40
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1870: Titusville Ward 1, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Race:     White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Titusville
Household Members:
Name     Age
Daniel Howell     40
Susan Howell     34
Ida M Howell     5

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Name:    Daniel Howell
Home in 1880: Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Age: 47
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse’s Name: Susan N.
Father’s birthplace: Ohio
Mother’s birthplace: Ohio
Occupation: Teamster
Marital Status: Married
Race:     White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name     Age
Daniel Howell     47
Susan N. Howell 43
Ida M. Howell     14

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Name:    Danuel Howell
[Daniel Howell]
Home in 1900:     Oil Creek, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Age:     69
Birth Date: Nov 1830
Birthplace: Ohio
Race:     White
Ethnicity: American
Gender: Male
Relationship to Head of House: Head
Father’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother’s Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Spouse’s Name: Susan
Marriage year:     1859
Marital Status:     Married
Years Married:     41
Residence : Hydetown Borough, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name     Age
Danuel Howell     69
Susan Howell     64
Rachel Marven     62

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NOTE: Susan Hineman Howell transfers ownership of farm to her husband:

Real Estate Transfers

Susan N. Howell to Daniel Howell, Oil Creek, 45 acres.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) November 10, 1905

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NOTE: Below, you can see Daniel Howell now has the farm up for sale, so Susan Hineman Howell must have passed away. I think she must have known she was dying, and transferred ownership over to her husband for this reason.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) January 31, 1908

ANOTHER NOTE: On the ad above, there is also a Thomas Shontz farm and a I.Z. Seltzer farm for sale. Susan Hineman Howell’s sister, Rachel was married to a Shontz at one time, but never appears on a census with him. [Thomas Shontz appears to have been married first to an Amanda, then a Jennie] Also, Minerva Seltzer’s father was I.G. Seltzer. She was married to William Marshall Hineman, a son of James K. Hineman. I don’t known if I.G. and I.Z. are related or not, but I think there is a good possibility that they could be.

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Mr. Howell of Gresham visited his nephew, George Hineman, last week.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) January 28, 1909

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Name:   Daniel Howell
Age in 1910: 79
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Birthplace: Ohio
Relation to Head of House: Brother-in-law
Father’s Birth Place: Ohio
Mother’s Birth Place: Ohio
Home in 1910:     Jackson, Venango, Pennsylvania
Marital Status:     Widowed
Race:     White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name     Age
Jeremiah C McClelland     75
Agnes McClelland     68
Anna M McClelland     47
Elizabeth F McClelland     33
Daniel Howell     79

Daniel Howell, a widower,  was living with his sister-in-law, Agnes Hineman McClelland and her family in 1910.

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Here is the funeral notice for Agnes Hineman McClelland:

Funeral Today — Funeral services over the remains of the late Mrs. Jeremiah McClelland will be held at 11 o’clock this forenoon at the Chapmanville Baptist church, Rev. C.H. Wood will be in charge.

Titusville Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 28, 1915

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Agnes Hineman and Jeremiah McClelland’s daughter, Sylvia married Marshall A. Stull, at least that is who it APPEARS  to have been. This looks like his 2nd or 3rd marriage.  According to census records, he was born about 1873, so he was younger than Sylvia, although the 1910 census seems to have her age fudged a bit, as it is listed as 1872 and prior census records show abt. 1866.  1910 census (Palmetto, Manatee, Florida) states they had been married 2 years, had one child, no longer living.  Marshall’s brother, Morgan, age 20, was living with them in Florida. There seems to be ANOTHER Morgan A. Stull, same age, living in Plum township, Venango Co., PA,  father also born NJ, but with a wife by the name of Maud E, whose father was born in Ireland.

Mr. and Mrs. M.A. Stull of Tampa, Fla., are guests of the latter’s father and sisters, Jeremiah McClelland and the Misses Anna and Elizabeth McClelland and Mrs. Clyde Arters.

Titusville Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) June 1, 1916

NOTE: Minnie McClelland, daughter of Agnes Hineman, was married to Clyde Arters.

For more on the McClelland and Arters, see previous post HERE.

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DANIEL HOWELL.

Daniel Howell, for many years a well known resident of this city, died Friday night at the Emergency hospital at Warren, aged 85 years. The body was brought to this city Saturday and the funeral will be held at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the undertaking parlors of E.L. Cummings. The interment will take place at Gresham.

Titusville Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 27, 1915

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Funeral of Daniel Howell.

The funeral of Daniel Howell, who died at Warren last Friday, was held at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon at the undertaking parlors of E.L. Cummings, Rev. Samuel Semple of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. The interment was in the Gresham cemetery. Among those present was Clyde Arters of Chapmanville.

Titusville Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 28, 1915

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I believe this is Daniel Howell’s family:

Name:  Charles Howell
Age:     45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1805
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Home in 1850 (City,County,State): Randolph, Crawford, Pennsylvania
Household Members:
Name     Age
Charles Howell     45
Nancy Howell     47
William Howell     25
Daniel Howell     20
David Howell     18
Lot L [S] Howell     10

Edward Hunt was married to Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hineman, daughter of James K. Hineman, all of whom were mentioned in an earlier post. The first two articles explain what happened to Edward.

If your head starts spinning trying to figure out how these people all fit together, just ask and I will try to clarify.

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EDWARD HUNT KILLED AT YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

Black Ash Man Struck by a Train and Passed Away on Sunday.

Edward Hunt, aged 32 years, a resident of Black Ash and a brother of W.L. Hunt and Frank Hunt of this city, died in Youngstown, O., Sunday afternoon as the result of injuries received Friday, when he was struck by a train. Mr. Hunt left home last Wednesday, driving to Franklin. He went to Youngstown, looking for work. While no accurate information  has been received, it is supposed by his family that he secured employment as a brakeman and met his death soon afterward. W.L. Hunt went to Youngstown yesterday morning, but his brother died before he reached that city. He is survived by his wife, formerly Lizzie Hineman, and three small children. There are also five brothers and one sister, as follows: W.L. and Frank, Titusville; Lyman, Casey, Ill.; Warren, West Virginia; Earl, Buffalo; Mrs. Charles Herron [Perrin], Brockton, N.Y.

The body will be brought to Black Ash for funeral services and burial.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 16, 1907

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BODY OF EDWARD HUNT BROUGHT TO SUNVILLE

Services In His Remembrance Will Be Held There This Morning.

W.L. Hunt of the Friedman Hotel, who was called to Youngstown Sunday morning by a message announcing the injury and death of his late brother, Edward Hunt of Black Ash, returned home last night. He brought the body of his brother to Meadville and it was sent from that city to Sunville where funeral services in his memory will be held at 10 o’clock this morning. Mr. Hunt, who was 32 years of age, was killed by a train on the Lake Shore road. He went to Franklin last Wednesday and there me some friends, with whom he formerly worked on the road as a brakeman. He accepted their invitation to go to Youngstown. It was was when he was about to leave that city Saturday evening that he met with the fatal accident. In attempting to board a train his hand slipped on the rail and he was thrown under the wheels. His legs and arms were badly mangled and his head was hurt. He was taken to the Youngstown City hospital and died at 6 o’clock the following morning.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) September 17, 1907

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Edward Hunt’s Family:

Name:    L. T. Hunt
Home in 1880: Clarks Mills, Mercer, Pennsylvania
Age: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1835
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Relation to Head of Household: Self (Head)
Spouse’s Name: Ellen M.
Father’s birthplace: Pennsylvania
Mother’s birthplace: Pennsylvania
Occupation: Works In Stove Mill
Marital Status: Married
Race:     White
Gender: Male
Household Members:
Name     Age
L. T. Hunt     45
Ellen M. Hunt     38
Warren Hunt     18
Frank Hunt     13
Lyman Hunt     11
Edwin Hunt     5 **[Edward]
Willie Hunt     3
Earlie Hunt     1

The funeral of Lyman T. Hunt, father of William Hunt, an employe of the Queen City tannery, who died at his home in Black Ash, Wednesday, will take place this morning. Services will be conducted at 10 o’clock in the M.E. church at Black Ash. Interment at Tryonville.

Titusville Morning Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) March 17, 1900

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NOTE: Warren is survived by his mother, Mrs. James Hineman [Ellen M. "Unknown, first married to L.T. Hunt], James being the father of Elizabeth “Lizzie” Hineman, who was married to Warren Hunt’s brother Edward Hunt mentioned above.

*Brings to mind the old song, “I’m my own Grandpa,” by Ray Stevens  ha ha!

Warren Hunt.

Word was received here Saturday of the death of Warren Hunt of Liberty, West Va.
Mr. Hunt was born at Tryonville, Pa., Aug. 13?, 1861. He was the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Lyman T. Hunt, whose family formerly resided at Tryonville.

He was married about thirty-five years ago to Miss Callie Kilgore of Hadley, Pa., and shortly afterward moved to West Va.

Besides his wife and seven children, he is survived by his mother, Mrs. James Hineman of Black Ash, this county, and four brothers and one sister, Mrs. Lizzie Perrin of Westfield, N.Y., Lyman Hunt of Black Ash, Earl Hunt of Kennerdell, and Frank E. and William L. Hunt of this city.

Funeral services in his memory will be held Monday, March 6, at Liberty, W. Va.

Titusville Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) March 6, 1916

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Mrs. Layman [Lyman] Hunt

BLACK ASH — Mrs. Nellie Hunt, 87, formerly of Black Ash, died in the Lady Victory Hospital in Hamburg, N.Y., Sunday evening following a long illness.

She was born in Mercer County on November 23, 1868. Her husband, Lyman Hunt, died in July, 1945. Mr. and Mrs. Hunt had operated a store in Black Ash for over 20 years.

She leaves the following children: Clyde M. Hunt of Sudan, Kan., May Wilcox of Franklin, Mrs. Hazen Foster of Hamburg, N.Y., Clara Thompson of Meadville and William L. Hunt, Great Bend, Kan. She also leaves eight grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren and on great-great-grandchild.

The body is in the Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville.

Blizzard (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 26 Mar 1956

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Mrs. Lyman Hunt

CHAPMANVILLE — The funeral service for Mrs. Lyman Hunt was held Thursday in the Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville.

Rev. J.L. Murray, who officiated, read the hymns “Jesus Saviour Pilot Me” and “Abide With Me,” and the poem, “The Watcher.”

For burial in Black Ash Cemetery the pallbearers were Howard Proper, Lester Snyder, Don Adams, Elery Smith, Herbert Rambo and Milburn Bimber.

Blizzard (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 30 Mar 1956

NOTE: Howard Proper is most likely Howard C. Proper, son of Hattie Foster (daughter of Sherman Foster and Unknown first wife)  and Clarence Ogilvia Proper.

Milburn Bimber is  the husband of Clarence Proper’s daughter, Margaret Alice Proper. **See their daughter’s obituary at end of post.

Lester Snyder,  is the husband of Elya Proper.

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Mrs. Mae Wilcox of Franklin, Mrs. Hazen Foster and son and Harry Simpkins of Pittsburg called Wednesday on Mr. and Mrs. L.W. Foster.

Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 03 Jun 1948

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NOTE: Elya is the daughter of Clarence Proper and Hattie Foster.

Mrs. Eyla Snyder returned to her home Saturday from the Titusville Hospital. Recent callers in the Snyder home were Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hunt of Sedan, Kan., Mrs. Mae Wilcox of Franklin, Mrs. Clara Thompson of Meadville, Mr. and Mrs. L.O. Walters of Oil City and Mrs. Hazen Foster of Warren O.

Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 29 Aug 1960

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Recent guests of Lester J. Snyder include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Snyder of Bradford, Mr. and Mrs. Hazen Foster of Warren, O., Mrs. Mae Wilcox of Franklin and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jennings of Jamestown, Pa.

Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 11 May 1963

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Mrs. Sherman Foster

Mrs. Edith Foster, 90, of 354 Autumn Drive, Meadville, died in Meadville City Hospital at 2 p.m. Thursday following an illness of several months.

She was born near Sugar Lake on Sept. 15, 1877, the daughter of Warren and Sarah Brink Hanks. She married Sherman Foster, who died in 1953. She was a former resident of South Troy.

Mrs. Foster was a member of the Chapmanville Community Church, Diamond Grange and the Senior Citizens Club of Meadville. Her hobby was the study of herbs, their uses in medicine and cooking.

She is survived by a son, Hazen Foster of Warren, Ohio; a step-daughter, Mrs. Hattie Proper of Chapmanville; four grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; two brothers — Andrew Hanks of Cooperstown and Charles Hanks of Pittsburgh. One brother and five sisters died previously.

Friends may call at the Horace D. Williams Funeral Home in Chapmanville any time today and Saturday. The funeral service will be held there Sunday at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Norman Bradney of the Community Church officiating.

Interment will be in Chapmanville Cemetery.

Titusville Herald (Titusville, Pennsylvania) > 1967 > December > 22

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Mrs. Edith Foster, 90, Succumbs In Meadville

CHAPMANVILLE — Mrs. Edith Foster, 90 who spent much of her life as a resident of Chapmanville, died in the Meadville City Hospital at 2 p.m. Thursday following several months’ illness. In recent years she had been residing at 354 Autumn Drive, Meadville.

She was born near Sugar Lake September 15, 1877, daughter of Warren and Sarah Brink Hanks, and she spent her early life in that area. She was married to Sherman Foster, who died in 1953.

For 63 years she lived in Chapmanville where she was a member of the Community Church and the Diamond Grange. She also belonged to he Senior Citizens Club of Meadville.

For many years she was a regular participant in the curb market at Titusville, selling vegetables, fruits, herbs, soil from the woods, baked goods, milk, butter and eggs. She curtailed this practice when she was 82 and had to quit driving her car.

She is survived by a son, Hazen Foster, of Warren, Ohio; a step-daughter, Mrs. Hattie Proper of Chapmanville; four grandchildren and twenty-one great-grandchildren; two brothers, Andrew Hanks of Cooperstown, and Charles Hanks of Pittsburgh. One brother and five sisters are deceased.

The body is at the Williams Funeral Home, Chapmanville.

Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 23 Dec 1967

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BLADE OF SAW KILLS FARMER

Clarence O. Proper Dies Instantly in Accident Near Chapmanville

Clarence O. Proper, 56, prominent farmer and dairyman of Plum township and well known in Odd Fellow circles in this section, was instantly killed about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday when the blade of the power saw he was using struck him in the face and nearly severed his head from his body, according to Dr. P.E. Cunningham of Franklin, Venango county coroner.

Mr. Proper, with several other men, was engaged in cutting firewood at his home, Diamond, R.D. located east of Chapmanville, and was usiing a saw, two feet in diameter, which was powered by a tractor. The mounting for the saw was spiked to planks. The coroner said the spikes at one end pulled loose, causing the saw mounting to swing around. The saw blade struck Mr. Proper in the mouth and cut through to the base of his brain.

The deceased was born in Troy township, Crawford county, on April 10, 1887, the son of Simeon O. and Alice Wright Proper. In 1908? he and his father purchased the farm on which he resided, and at the time of his death he was extensively engaged in the dairy business.

Mr. Proper was well known throughout Crawford and Venango counties and especially in the Chapmanville district where he had spent his entire life. He was a member of the Diamond lodge, 1083, I.O.O.F., Lady Rebekah lodge, No. 333?, of Diamond, the Oil City Encampment, the Diamond grange and the Chapmanville Methodist church.

On June 1, 1910, he married Miss Hattie Foster of Troy township, Crawford county, who survives together with the following children: Mrs. Eyla Snyder of Ludlow, Howard C Proper of Chapmanville and Margaret Alice Proper at home, a brother, Clyde M. Proper of Cleveland, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Lester O. Walters of Oil City; and seven grandchildren.

The body was taken to the McKinley-Williams funeral home at Chapmanville and will be moved to the home this evening. A funeral service will be condudted at 1 p.m. Saturday at the home with Rev. John L. Murray, pastor of the Chapmanville Methodist church, officiating. Interment will be at Chapmanville.

Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania) 21 Oct 1943

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Mr. Proper, with several other men, was engaged in cutting firewood at his home, Diamond, R.D. located east of Chapmanville, and was using a saw, two feet in diameter, which was powered by a tractor. The mounting for the saw was spiked to planks. The coroner said the spikes at one end pulled loose, causing the saw mounting to swing around. The saw blade struck Mr. Proper in the mouth and cut through to the base of his brain.

The deceased was born in Troy township, Crawford county, on April 10, 1887, the son of Simeon O. and Alice Wright Proper. In 1908? he and his father purchased the farm on which he resided, and at the time of his death he was extensively engaged in the dairy business.

Mr. Proper was well known throughout Crawford and Venango counties and especially in the Chapmanville district where he had spent his entire life. He was a member of the Diamond lodge, 1083, I.O.O.F., Lady Rebekah lodge, No. 333?, of Diamond, the Oil City Encampment, the Diamond grange and the Chapmanville Methodist church.

On June 1, 1910, he married Miss Hattie Foster of Troy township, Crawford county, who survives together with the following children: Mrs. Eyla Snyder of Ludlow, Howard C.  Proper of Chapmanville and Margaret Alice Proper at home, a brother, Clyde M. Proper of Cleveland, Ohio; a sister, Mrs. Lester O. Walters of Oil City; and seven grandchildren.

The body was taken to the McKinley-Williams funeral home at Chapmanville and will be moved to the home this evening. A funeral service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday at the home with Rev. John L. Murray, pastor of the Chapmanville Methodist church, officiating. Interment will be at Chapmanville.

Oil City Derrick (Oil City, Pennsylvania)  21 Oct 1943

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Shirley Bimber, 61

Shirley E. Bimber, 61, of Hydetown and Zellwood, Fla., died at 1:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 19, 2006, in Zellwood following an extended illness. This is a change of address notification that Shirley has now arrived in her brand new home.

Shirley was born in Corry on June 3, 1945, the daughter of Margaret Proper Bimber and the late Milburn S. “Milt”  Bimber. She graduated from Titusville High School in 1963. Shirley was formerly employed as a secretary for Universal Cyclops Federal Credit Union.

Shirley was a member of Calvary Assembly of God Church in Winter Park, Fla. She also attended Titusville United Methodist Church.

She was a former member of Lin Van Lanes Wednesday night pick-up league. Shirley enjoyed camping, traveling in her motor home and meeting people.

Survivors include her mother of Titusville; her good friend Beverly Cisney of Hydetown; uncle and aunts, Thomas and Shirley Bimber of Hydetown, Dorothy Bimber of Grand Valley and Helen Proper of Titusville; and several cousins.

In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her sister, Sharon Bimber.

No calling hours will be observed. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at Titusville United Methodist Church by Rev. William Blair, pastor.

Interment of cremains will be in Excelsior Cemetery. Remembrance donations may be made to Calvary Assembly of God Church, 1199 Clay Ave., Winter Park, Fla. 32789, Hospice of the Comforter, 480 W. Central Parkway, Altamonte Springs, Fla. 32714, Great Lakes Hospice, 1700 Peach St., Erie, Pa. 16501 or Titusville Shade Tree Commission, 107 N. Franklin St., Titusville, Pa. 16354.

Arrangements are under the direction of Leo N. Hennes Funeral Home, Inc.

Titusville Herald – (Oct/22/2006)

BJ from PA Penn Yahoo genealogy group posted this, which she had received from another group, so I guess it is making the rounds. Pretty funny, and true.

Murphy’s Laws of Genealogy

1. The public ceremony in which your distinguished ancestor participated, and at which the platform collapsed under him, turned out to be a hanging.

2. When at last, after much hard work, you have solved the mystery that you have been working on for two years, your aunt says, “I could have told you that.”

3. You search ten years for your great-grandmother’ s maiden name only to eventually find it on a letter in a box in the attic-and it turns out to be Jones.

4. You never asked your father about his family when he was alive because you weren’t interested in genealogy then.

5. The will you need is in the safe on board the Titanic.

6. Copies of old newspapers have holes occurring only on the surnames.

7. John, son of Thomas the immigrant whom your relatives claim as the family progenitor, died on board ship at the age of 10.

8. Your great grandfather’ s newspaper obituary states that he died leaving no issue of record.

9. Another genealogiest has just insulted the keeper of the vital records you need.

10. The relative who had all the family photographs gave them all to her daughter who has no interest in genealogy and no inclination to share.

11. The only record you find for your great-great- great-grandfathe r is the names of the men who sat on the inquest of his death (and the fact that they were paid one dollar for it.)

12. The one document that would supply the missing link in your dead end line has been lost due to fire, flood or war.

13. The town clerk to whom you wrote for the information sends you a long handwritten letter which is totally illegible.

14. The spelling of your European ancestor’s name bears no relationship to its current spelling or pronunciation.

15. None of the pictures in your recently deceased grandmother’ s photo album have names written on them.

16. No one in your family tree ever did anything noteworthy, owned property, was sued or was named in a will.

17. You learn that your great aunt’s executor just sold her life’s collection of family genealogical materials to a flea market dealer “somewhere in New York City“.

18. Ink fades and paper deteriorates at a rate inversely proportional to the value of the data recorded.

19. The 37 volume, 16,000 page history of your county of origin isn’t indexed.

20. You finally find your great grandparents’ wedding record and discover the bride’s father’s name was John Smith. The bride’s mother’s name is listed as “Jane”.