The Forgotten Son: Adam Froman - 52 Ancestors

Adam Froman is the fifth child and third son of John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman.

Adam's forgotten status is a result of his being omitted from the family records of my aunt, Tressa (Doyle) Wilson.  She named all the other sons and daughters of John and Catherine but Adam was nowhere to be found on her list.  Surprisingly, it was my mother, an in-law in the family, who included Adam, or Ad--she wasn't sure which, in the list of children.  I'll never know how she knew about him.

I was uncertain of his reality as a person until I found him on census records; and then uncertain of his membership in the family until I saw his name on is his father's intestate court file.

Further research on Adam has shown him to be a challenge.  Another researcher sent family groups sheets showing him with his wife and three children and descendants, but did not include source citations.  I don't know where she obtained her information.

Birth

• 15 Nov 1868 (his father John Froman's intestate court file)
• Oct 1866 in Pennsylvania (1900 U.S. Census)
• 23 Jan 1869 in Salon, Ohio (obituary in Greenville Record-Argus)
• 23 Jan 1869 in Pennsylvania (death certificate)

Census records of 1870, 1880, 1920, and 1930 give ages that indicate a birth year of 1869.

Name

• Adam (father's intestate court file)
• Adam L. (obituary)
• Adam David (death certificate)

Sometimes it's hard to know which name is closest to accurate.

Marriages
I've been unable to locate any marriage documents for Adam.  The researcher mentioned above gave Sarah Jane Perrine as his wife's maiden name and a marriage date of "about 1897."  Census records suggest a marriage year closer to 1895. 

• In 1900:  Sadie J., married 5 years.
• In 1910:  Sara, married 15 years.

I believe Adam was married twice.  The other researcher gave Sarah Jane Perrine's death date as March 8, 1915.  Subsequent census records tell the following about his wife.

• In 1920:  Mary
• In 1930:  Mary

It's likely that it was a second marriage for both Adam and Mary:  in 1930 Adam's age at first marriage was given as 27, Mary's as 19.

I'd like to find other sources for marriage information for both marriages. 

Occupation
All census records indicate that Adam was a farmer during his adult years.  He lived in rural Sandy Lake Township until after 1920.  Before 1930 he moved to Hittle Avenue, Greenville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

Children
Adam and Sara had three children:
John H., born June 1898 (1900 U.S. Census)
Minnie, born ~1901 (1920 U.S. Census)
Lawrence, born ~1904 (1920 U.S. Census

Death
Adam died July 19, 1930.  His obituary from page 9 of the July 21, 1930 issue of the Greenville Record-Argus says death came "after a long illness."  His death certificate records that he had diabetes and was in a diabetic coma at the time of his death.

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This post is in response to Amy Johnson Crow's call to her readers to write about 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.  Thank you, Amy.

--Nancy.

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Planning Ahead for the Worldwide Indexing Event

I like to plan ahead and I'm planning to participate in the Worldwide Indexing Event by indexing at least one batch between 8:00 p.m. EDT on July 20 and 7:59 p.m. EDT on July 21.  Won't you join me and thousands of others?

The goal for this Event is for 50,000 indexers and arbitrators to submit at least one batch each in that 24-hour period.  Imagine the accomplishment, not to mention the thousands of new records, that will become available sooner than later.

If you haven't indexed before, take a few moments now to learn how, to practice a little, and be ready to index and submit your batch on July 21.  (New indexers can visit https://familysearch.org/indexing/ to learn more about how to joint the FamilySearch indexing effort.)

I hope you'll put this historic event on your calendar and plan to participate.  Spread the word and invite your friends and family to participate, too.  Working together we can make a huge difference. 

The event begins at 00:00 coordinated universal time (UTC) on July 21, which is 6:00 p.m. mountain daylight time (MDT or Utah time) on Sunday, July 20.  It ends 24 hours later, at 23:59 UTC (or 5:59 p.m. MDT) on Monday, July 21.  Local start times are below.

One batch is all it takes. Don’t miss your chance on July 20 and 21 to be part of this history-making event! Plan now to get involved and add your name to the record-setting legacy!

Here's the link for more information and details about times for the Worldwide Indexing Event.

--Nancy.

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I Was Left Alone...

...with Ancestry's Pennsylvania Death Certificates this afternoon.  Look what I found.  What fun!  And I'm not finished yet.  (There is only one person among these death certificates who may or may not be part of my family.) 

Thank you, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and Ancestry.com.  You've been very helpful today.

--Nancy.

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Froman Surname Variations - Surname Saturday

The German word fromm can be translated into English as pious, religious, devout, God-fearing, sanctimonious, and/or upright.  The German word mann means man in English. 

FROMAN surname variations for individuals in my line

• Froman - the most common spelling on U.S. Census records, obituaries, and other documents for nearly all family members
• Frommann - 1856 passenger list (John with Werner and others)
• Fromann - in 1860 U.S. Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (John, Werner, and Henry, & Casper)
• Fromman -1868 transcription of Tressa's baptismal record, Mercer County, Pennsylvania
• Fromer - 1870 U.S. Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Catherine (Saylor) Froman and her children)
• Frowman - 1934 death certificate of Gust Froman

Other variations in records of possible relations:

• Frouman - 1880 U.S. Census, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Casper)
• Frohman - 1944 obituary of John H. Frohman, identified as the son of Casper and Hannah (Smith)

Casper's name appears several times in conjunction with John Froman's.  More research may help determine whether all of these references indicated the same person and whether he's a brother or some other relative to John.

• He appears as Caspar Frommann on a passenger list with John/Johannes, Werner, Maria, Anna, Elisabeth, Heinrich, and Christiane.
• Casper, age 18, was living with John and family as recorded in the 1870 U.S. Census.
• Casper was one of the people to whom John Froman owed money in his intestate court file.

I periodically update this list as I find new variations.

--Nancy.

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Updated Pennsylvania Death Certificates Now on Ancestry

Hooray!

Ancestry.com has Pennsylvania Death Certificates from 1906-1944.

Now I'm thinking it was very kind of the Pennsylvania Department of Health to return those six requests a week ago!

--Nancy.
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Assistance, Please? - Friday's Faces from the Past

I hope you will lend your eyes and give an opinion.  I have two identified photos of Tressa (Froman) Doyle:  the photos at the far left and far right of the strip below.

  Tressa at ~18      -      Lady #1       -        Lady #2        -       Lady #3        -        Lady #4    -     Tressa at ~65

They are the only photographs I have of Froman ancestors except that one of the four ladies in the center of the strip of photos is also Tressa.  The four were cropped from a small group photograph taken at a Doyle family gathering in 1903 when Tressa would have been about 36.  At that time she had a 16-year-old daughter, a 14-year-old son, and an 11-year-old daughter.

Look at hairline, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, possibly even chin.  Which lady do you think looks most like Tressa?  Lady #1, Lady #2, Lady #3, or Lady #4?  (The numbering is based on arrangement in the original photo.)

Won't you please tell me what you think? 

Thanks!

--Nancy.

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Jacob Froman & Family - Tombstone Tuesday

MARIA FROMAN          JACOB FROMAN

1875 - 1899                 1865 - 1935

JACOB FROMAN

1899

AGE 7 MO

Jacob is the son of John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman and brother of my paternal great-grandmother, Tressa (Froman) Doyle. 

Jacob, Maria, and Jacob are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Sandy Lake, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

The Puzzle of Jacob Froman's Marriage is a previous post about Jacob and his family.

--Nancy.
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Gust Froman - Sunday's Obituary

Gust Froman is the son of John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman.  He is my great-grand-uncle, brother to my paternal great-grandmother, Tressa (Froman) Doyle.  You can read more about Gust at this post.

           GUST FROMAN.
   Stoneboro, Pa.,  March 12—Gust
Froman, 63, died at his home at 9
p. m., Sunday, after an extended
illness.  Although in declining
health for a number of years, his
death came as a distinct shock to
his relatives and friends.
   Born in West Salem Township,
November 11, 1870, the son of the
late John and Catherine Saylor
Froman, he had been a lifelong
resident of this vicintiy.  He had
been employed as a coal miner, re-
tiring several years ago.
   On September 1, 1898, he was
married to Miss Mary Ann Smith,
who survives.  Other survivors are
one daughter, Mrs. Helen Harsh-
man; three sons, Raymond, William
and James; one granddaughter,
Elizabeth Harshman; two brothers,
Jacob and John Froman, and one
sister, Mrs. William Doyle, all of
Stoneboro.
   He was a member of the Stone-
boro Baptist Church.
   Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m., Wednesday, from the late res-
[idence with Rev. S. S. Clark, past-
or of the First Baptist Church, Frank-
lin officiating.  Burial will be in Oak
Hill Cemetery.]

His obituary is from The Sharon Herald, Monday, March 12, 1934. 

--Nancy.
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Update on Ordering Pennsylvania Death Certificates

Last week I ordered six non-certified death certificates from the Pennsylvania Department of Health.  Today, my requests and check were returned to me with this notice. . .

. . . telling me that I need to reorder the death certificates from the Pennsylvania State Archives.  This seems to be a retroactive statement because I've been ordering certificates from the Department of Health since they first became available a year or so ago.

It's true that Ancestry.com has Pennsylvania death certificates but as of the date of this post their collection goes from 1906 to 1924.  No doubt they'll be adding more but I haven't heard the timeline for those additions and I'm impatient.

Until Ancestry has the 1925-1963 death certificates online, this is what you need to know to order Pennsylvania death certificates.

1. Print a mail order form for non-certified copies of death certificates from the Pennsylvania State Archives.  You can order up to 5 certificates with one form.
2. Use the Death Index at the Pennsylvania Department of Health website to find the death date and certificate number.  (You'll need to know the year unless you want to search through several years.)
3. Fill out the form with the name of the individual as it appears in the index, the date of death, and the certificate number.
4. Write a check or money order for $5.00 per certificate, made payable to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5. Send the envelope with the completed request form and check to Pennsylvania State Archives, ATTN:  Vital Statistics, 350 North Street, Harrisburg, PA  17120-0090.

I don't know about you but I love using death certificates in my research.  While not primary source documents for most of the information, they often contain plenty of accurate information and at the very least give hints or suggestions for further research.

--Nancy.

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Catherine Froman Turner - 52 Ancestors

Catherine Froman Turner is the youngest child of seven born to John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman.  She had four brothers and two sisters.

Name
Catherine sometimes appears as Kate, as Katherine, or as Catherine.

Birth Date and Location
29 January 1872 (her father's intestate court file)
January 1871, in Ohio (1900 U.S. Census)
born Ohio (1910)
born Penna (1920)
born Ohio (1930)

John and Catherine Froman, her parents, had been living in West Salem Township at the time of John's death.  It lies on the border of Trumbull County, Ohio, and at least one village straddles the state line so it's possible Catherine could have been born in Trumbull County, Ohio.  I haven't found a record for her birth in either Ohio or Pennsylvania.

Marriage
Catherine married William Turner on December 25, 1888, in Stoneboro, Pennsylvania.  William claimed the age of 24, Catherine, 16.  Because of her age, Catherine's mother, "Mrs. Catherine Froman Mother and only Living Parent," signed her permission for the marriage.  William was a miner, Catherine a housekeeper.

Children 

• Clyde was born October, 1890 (1900 U.S. Census).  In the 1920 census Clyde is married with 2 children and lives next door to his parents.
• Edwin was born August, 1898 (1900 U.S. Census)

Census Records
In 1900 the couple lived on Linden Street in Stoneboro.  William was a coal miner who had been unemployed for 4 months.   There were two children in the family.

By 1910 the couple had purchased a farm, free of a mortgage, and were living in Sandy Lake Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  Their two children were included in the census and their oldest son was a coal miner.

In 1920 William, Katherine, and one son  were still living in Sandy Lake Township, presumably on the farm since William is listed on the farm schedule.  However, William and both sons were working in the coal mines.

By 1930, William, Catherine, and one son were living in the home.  They were in Sandy Lake Township and the son was a "poultryman" on his father's farm.  William was 65, Catherine was 56, and their son was 31.

Death
Catherine died on October 14, 1933.  My aunt, Tressa (Doyle) Wilson, remembered that "Catherine committed suicide soon after Dad [Gust Doyle] died [on October 3].  I remember your Dad [Lee Doyle] coming back from taking the milk to the factory and excitedly telling us about her death."

I have no insight into Catherine's personality or mental state in 1933.  Her husband had died in 1931 but I suppose her son was probably still living at home.  The New Castle News issue of October 14, 1933, reported that Catherine had hung herself by a towel from her bathroom door.  I always feel sad to learn of deaths by suicide.  I always wish help had arrived before it came to suicide.

Catherine is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Sandy Lake Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

--Nancy.

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Gust / Augustus / Agust Froman - 52 Ancestors

Gust Froman is the sixth child and fourth son of John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman's seven children.

His name varies depending on which record one uses.  He was

• Gust on his father's intestate orphan's court file.
• Agust on the 1900 U.S. Census, Lake Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.
• Augustus on his marriage record.

His birth date varies, as well.  The only agreement among them is the year.

• October 18, 1870 is the birth date given on his father's intestate orphan's court record.
• June 28, 1870 is given on his marriage record.
• November 11, 1870 appears on his obituary.
• Sept 1870 is recorded on the 1900 U.S. Census.

Augustus Froman married Mary Smith on September 1, 1898 in Mercer County, probably in Stoneboro but possibly not. 

Gust's occupation is recorded as farmer; Mary's as house keeper.  He was 28, she was 23.

In the 1900 U. S. Census Gust was recorded as a farmer but in the 1910 through 1930 census records he was recorded as a coal miner.  

He was the father of seven children (so far as census records indicate).  The 1910 census indicates that Mary was the mother of 4 children with only 3 living so a child, probably born between 1904 and 1910, was lost.  It's possible there were more but cemetery records don't show burials for others.

• Helen/Hellen, born June, 1899
• Harry G., born abt. 1903.  Oak Hill Cemetery records indicate that Harry died at age 22 and was buried on February 28, 1926.
• Raymond, born abt. 1904
• Catherine, born abt. 1910.  She was recorded as 2 months old in the 1910 U.S. Census (of which the census date is April 1).  And yet the Oak Hill Cemetery records list little Catherine E. as having died at the age of 2 months and having been buried on October 28, 1909.  That record also gives a deed date for the plot of December 14, 1909.  Those dates seem to conflict and create a puzzle in my mind.
• William L., born about 1912
• James R., born about 1923

Gust Froman died on March 11, 1934, at the age of 63.  By today's standards he would have been a relatively young man, but certainly coal mining would take it's toll.

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This post is in response to Amy Johnson Crow's call to her readers to write about 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. 

--Nancy.

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Happy Father's Day. . .

...to all the fathers who are reading this post
and to my own father and grandfathers.

--Nancy.

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The Gusts

Between the early 1860s and the early 1870s, seven siblings were born and grew up together.  They were the children of John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman.  For most or all of some of their lives, they were fatherless.  This post focuses on three of those siblings -- and two boys.

• Elizabeth Froman was born in January, 1866.  She grew up, married a man named George Proud, and they had four children.
• Tressa Froman was born in August, 1867.  She grew up, married a man named William Doyle, and they had three children.
• Gust Froman, the sixth of the seven siblings, was born in October, 1870.  He grew up to be a coal miner.  Gust was his most commonly used name but his name was also recorded as Agust, Gus, and Gustave.  No matter which given name was used, everyone who knew him recognized him by any of the names. 

In 1887 or 1888, when Gust Froman was about 17 or 18, his sister, Elizabeth (Froman) Proud, had her third child.  The baby was a boy and she named him Gust.  Maybe Gust Froman was her favorite brother.

Gust Proud was known by other variations of Gust, too.  Sometimes he was Gustus, or Gustaphus, or even Augustus.  It didn't matter because everyone knew who he was.  He grew up to be a coal miner like his uncle.

This is Gust Proud in the summer of 1902.  He's standing near his cousin, Hazel Doyle, who's holding Gust's newest sibling, Lina.  Gust/Gustus/Gustaphus/Augustus would have been about 14 in this photo.

Hazel was born on Dec 9, 1891 and Lina (that little bundle of glow on the left) was born in July, 1902.  In this mediocre photocopy of a perfect original photograph, Hazel's dressed to the nines for a portrait by an itinerant photographer.  (Hazel always dressed to the nines!)

Look at Gust Proud.  He's a cute boy who looks like he could have a lot of fun making a little trouble for others -- just teasing, of course.  It pains my heart to think of him working in a coal mine, returning home day after day with skin blackened by the soot of the earth's deep gift of coal when he was so very young.  I can't change his past but I appreciate that he at least had some pleasant times in his life.

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In November, 1888, when Gust Froman was 18, his sister, Tressa (Froman) Doyle, gave birth to her second child, a boy.  She named him Gust.  Maybe Gust Froman was her favorite brother.

Gust Doyle was recorded as Gust, August, Gus, and Gustave.

The two Gust cousins -- Gust Proud, above, and Gust Doyle, at left -- were born just a year apart (possibly the same year).  I think the boys look about the same age in the photos so they may have been taken around the same time.  The photos of Gust Doyle, left, may have been taken at a fair or carnival or they may be early photobooth photos.

Gust Doyle lived on a farm and helped his father with farm work but he eventually worked in the mines, too, but not at such a young age as Gust Proud and not full-time.

Finding these Gusts in the same family and making the connection between them is a recent discovery to me.  I was surprised when I learned of my grandfather, Gust Doyle's, name variations.  When I found his uncle, Gust Froman, and saw his name variations, I chuckled.  But when I found Gust Proud and saw his name variations, I laughed outright.  Imagine a family reunion with two cousins nearly the same age and an uncle just 18 years older -- all with the same name and with similar variations.  I don't know about the Froman side of the family but I understand that Gust Doyle and his siblings had a good sense of humor.  Imagine the "trouble" they could get into -- er, the fun they had!

Research continues on these individuals and their families.  I wonder how many more variations of Gust I'll find!

This post is a contribution to Sepia Saturday 232.  Trains and transportation are the topics of those following a theme this week; others may post a variety of topics.

--Nancy.

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Mineral Ridge High School Graduates, 1881-1954 - RAOGK

Mineral Ridge High School was our hometown school.  My mother, Audrey (Meinzen) Doyle, all her siblings, many cousins, and my siblings and I all graduated from Mineral Ridge High School in Weathersfield Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.  In 1954 Mom attended the alumni banquet and saved the program.  In the interest of local history and as a random act of genealogical kindness, I'm posting images of the program and a transcribed list of students.  If any descendants of Mineral Ridge graduates are searching for ancestors, I hope the search engines will find them in this list.

The booklet also includes advertisements of the supporters of the Alumni Association.  They are listed on the inside front cover and on last pages.  They give a flavor of the Ridge in 1954.  Lest you're wondering why orange:  the Ridge's school colors were orange and black.

Whoever created this program was very kind to the ladies:  he/she included their married surnames (in parentheses and probably when available).  An asterisk is used to indicate that the person was deceased.  Names follow pages.

[To easily search for a name on this post:  Press the F3 key along the top of your keypad to open a search box on the lower edge of your monitor.  Type the name into the search box and if found, it will be highlighted on your monitor.  When you're finished searching, press the F3 key again and the search box will close.]

1881.  Lillian Brooks (Pearce) - Della M. Ohl* - Maria Brooks (Pennell) - Chas. Cole

1882.  C. E. Maurer* - Rachel John* - Harry John* - Mrs. Bell Garghill (Beecher)

1884.  Ella Jones (Wills)* - Mrs. Pet Ohl (Baker)* - Nelle Whitney (Gibson)

1886.  Sadie Owen (Williams) - W. J. Crum Shauck* - Alice Baker - Thomas Garry - Mary Hitchings (Gleason) - Albert Garry - Ella Lewis (Davis) - Sherman Hood*

1888.  Mary Scanlon (Skelley) - Nellie Price* - David Williams - Maggie O'Malia (Dunegan)* - Anna McGurk (Griffen) - Hanna Price (Anderson) - Elizabeth Lloyd (Prosser) - Mary Miles (Calvin) - Marian Jones (Kelly)*

1892.  Sadie Jones (Hardman) - Lawrence Pearce* - Fannie Price (Brobst)

1893.  Jessie Watson (Morris)* - Fred Burlingame* - Sophia Davis, Dannie Griffith* - Grace Leetch (Dunlap) - Rachel Jones (Hurd) - Will Jones - Margaret Thomas (Dietz) - Jennie Tigue (Quilligan)* - Anna Price (Waye)* - Ben Lewis* - Rose Worthly (Garland)

1895.  Walton Shively - Dorothy Phillips (Adamison) - Adda White - Mary White (Philips)* - Lida Jones (Dunlap) - Sara Miles (Shively) - Adda Richards (Griffiths)* - Frank Finnegan - Mary O'Malia (Riley) - Ruth Harshman

1896.  Nellie Ohl (Troxel) - Rosina Sweeney (Jones)* - Rosanna Tigue - Maggie Grimm (Martin) - James Reifinger - Ferdinand Dunlap*

1897.  Charles D. Jones

1898.  Helen Leitch* - Elsie Maurer (Hughes)* - Edna Leitch (Elder)* - Nora Tigue - Alice Williams (Smith)*

1899.  Mary Worthly* - Eva Morris (Nealy)

1900.  Bertha Cunnick (Miles) - Frank Krans* - Mary Evans (Wlliams) - Chas. E. Morris - Nellie Jones (Thomas) - George Prevost - Winifred Reilly (Mathias) - Jim Tigue* - Beulah Schroefel - Alec Watson - Armanda Thomas (Marshall) - Albert Sanderson - Lyda Thomas* - Leah Williams (Metcalf)

1902.  Dorothy Ohl (Hardy)

1903.  Clara Leitch (Tibbits) - Clara Thomas (Hinnick) - Molly Jones (Seffens) - Grace Martin* - Charles Leitch* -Frances Leitch

1904.  Raymond Breeze* - Lida Maurer (Church)* - Lena Cunnick (Gebhard) - Joseph B. Lane* - Sadie Davis (Oliver)

1905.  Blanche Leitch (Patterson) - Edith Ohl (Partridge) - Lena White (Hughes) - Edna Lodwick (Giffen) - Clyde Waggoner* - May Krause (Sayers) - Alice Owen (Hood)

1906.  Hallie Cline (Lane) - Warren Cline* - Winifred Cline - Mae Bowen (Nass)

1907.  Louise Zipf (Nicholas) -  Florence McDonald (Daughtery)

1908.  Marie Brill (Lloyd) - Mabel Lewis (Hughes) - Helen Kyle - Etta Thomas - Perry Maurer - Julia Morris Hench

1909.  Bertha Stephens (Breeze) - Virginia Zipf (Johns) - Beatrice Griffith (Mitchell) - Willard Harshman

1910.  Mabel Cline (Ashelman) - Mary Williams (Maurer) - Naomi Greiner (Crawford)* - Viola Griffith (Dunlap) - Charles Prevost - Edward Morris

1911.  Ethel Williams (Finigan) - Sadie Laramey (Evans) - Irene Powers (Farr) - Sara Jenkins (Stephens) - George Pearce

1912.  Frances Bell (Powers)* - Irene Johnston (Hood) - Whitney Brill - Walter Engberg - Ralph Worthly - Laverne Young (Lloyd) - Emma Jarrett (Hall) - Wilda Black (Ramsey) - Phoebe Pearce (Johnson) - Margaret Waser (Gilmore)

1913.  Anna Hull (Byers)* - Lusada Owen (Butler) - Myrtle Hackett (Pugh) - Paul O. Cline - Mable Zipf (Winfield) - Lucy Thomas (Jordan) - Anna Vandergrift (Begrow)

1914.  Ethel Jones (McCune) - Eula Mahan (Doerschirk) - George Pugh - George Bell

1915.  Howard Reifinger - John Jarrett - Dale Smith - Edith Stephens (O'dell) - Anna Marshman (Munsell) - Tillie Payne (Small)

1916.  Raymond Sanderson* - Harry Donegan - Nellie Pearce (Baker) - Sadie Burford (White)

1917.  Emily Lewis (Lynn) - Marrie Summerville (Morgan) - Celia Shorrow (Grimm) - Alma Marshman (Lewis) - Margaret Stephens (Campfield)

1918.  Ethel Pearce (Craig)* - Evelyn Davis (Goodwin) - Loretta Phillips (Bixler)

1919.  Edna Pearce (Davis) - Charles Lodwick

1921.  Carl Medland - Verne Weikart - Wilma Smith (Underwood) - Clarence Waser - Erna Hinkel

1922.  Herbert Williams* - Anna Morris (Kreitzburg) - George Engberg - Frank Ludwick - Annie Guarner*

1923.  Vera Koch* - Elizabeth Tidd (Fowble) - Frances Pearsall (Harker) - Beecher Pearce

1924.  Alice Uncles (Glenn) - Grace Lynn (Medland) - Edward Llewellyn - Oliver Jones - Hazel Phillips (Clark) - Helen Garnier - Theodosia Pearsall (Walker) - Hannah Morgan

1925.  Edith Ohl - Dorothy Koch - William James - Rhodel Pearce (Shorrow)

1926.  Lynn Medland - Harriet Morgan - Chester Tompkins - George Lynn - Theodore Jergens - Paul Dickeson -Wayne Tolson

1927.  Dorothy Glenn (McGlenahan) - Violet Polanski - Calvin Pearce - Lucille Weikart (Medland) - Evelyn Garland (Tompkins) - Edna Davis (Tucke)

1928.  Mary Daley (Holland) - Olive Heeter - Gladys Phillips (O'Connor) - Bernice McMahon (Williams) - Agnes Stuhldreher - Armia Leffingwell - Marion Lynn - Mary Louise Pearsall - Jeanette Anderson - Claire Simpson (Whetstone) - Bernice Williams - Esther Matthews (Rohe) - Erla Chittock - Lourene Laramey (Tolson)* - John Rose - Henry Young*

1929.  Hyacinth Walton (Thomas) - Ruth Williamson (Streightiff) - Gladys White (Carhilt) - Elaine McMahon (Matthews) - Donald Rudge - William Shook - Russell Lewis - Fred Chittock

1930.  Frank Joseph - Ione Williams (Wood) - Emil Bayowski - Dorothy Seifert (Bloomfield) - Cora Bickerstaff - Violet Moransky - Evelyn Bowker (Armstong) - James Wood - James Phillips - Paul Donegan - Lloyd Jones - William Porter - John Smith - William Van Wye - David Prosser - Wade Schrum

 1931.  Audrey Hood (Purdy) - Gwendolyn Woodruff (Tiefel) - Almira Nass (Johnston) - Elizabeth Shorrow (Croft) - Rogene Pearce (Lobaugh) - Winifred Townsend (Fairburn) - Esther Jones (Salyer) - Raymond Lynn - Howard Shaffer - William Moransky - Bill Laramey - Noble Patterson* - Catherine Myers (Bell) - Hazel Seifert (Hoffman) - Genevieve Chittock (Sankey) - Milford Morrow - Russell Hafley - Martha Smith - Grace Ward (Hoffman)  - Vera Simpson

1932.  Robert Springer - Catherine Losch - Lillian Elias (Beazell) - Joe Polanski - Robert Zipf - Catherine Thomas (Terlecki) - Alice Clemson (Grafton) - Alethe Minto (Patterson) - Russell Smith - Herbert Grafton - Betty Irwin (Grimm) - Alberta Garland (Davis) - Martha Lewis (Schrader) - Joe Vandergrift - Willis Pearce - Maxine McAllister (Dunlap) - Alice Hollowell (Morris)

1933.  Charlotte Lane (Flickinger) - Ruth Treffert (Reese) - Eleanore Bowker (Schrader) - Rose Moransky (Borecki) - Carol Seifert (Walker) - Ada Laramey (Moransky) - Debby Keeling (Zabawa) - Hugh Stout - Jack James - Kenneth Ott - Davd Nass - Jack White - William Cleveland - Eugene Bayowski - Audrey Meinzen (Doyle) - Virginia Morgan - Russell Bequeath - Verda Davis (Swaney) - Eleanore Shook (Smith) - Leonard Jenkins - Harold Waser - Louis Rose Margaret Howells (Joseph)

1934.  Randall Smith - James Lynn - Karl Zipf - Thomas Jones - Donald Bostwick - Donald Dunlap - Tom Williams - Robert Irwin - Edward Clemson - Frank Czelest - Franklin Russell - Edna Evans (Padon) - Harriet Siefert (Gifford) - Lola Rouns - Ruth Seifert - Adolph Losch - Dorothy Shorrow (Bowden) - Howard Baker - Myron Matthews - Lillian Gabb (Abraham) - Grace Springer - Iva Traichal - Helen Valentine

1935.  Matilda Armstrong - Olga Bayowski (Homery) - Ila Mae Davis (Brooks) - Lucille Dunlap - Mayme Donegan (Muempfer) - Caroline Garland - Dorothea Gilbert Weddell - Thelma Garland (Shaw) - Leota Gray (Snyder) - Dorothy Hardwick (Smith) - Mary E. Jones (Schink) - Kathryn Jones (Valochin) - Sylvia Cracium (Sohayda) - Joyce Lewis (Poppa) - Lucille Maurer (Patterson) - Jane Marsteller (Whitney) - Florence Morgan (Butler) - Caroline Nass (Sypherd) - Helen Polanski (Hicks) - Ruth Philips (Traichal) - Cora Rosser (Amy) - Zelma Rose (Elsesser) - Lola Shiley* - Margaret Waser* - Martha Waser - Garfield Bequeath - Richard Dunlap - Kenneth Garland - Delbert Garland - Lewis Hood 

Thomas Howells - Richard Hofmeister - Clarence Jones - Frank Moransky - Gordon Patterson - John Porturitca - Stanley Szelest - Clarence Watkins - Woodrow Van Court - Gordon Pearce

1936.  Marguerite Lane (Bowden) - Alice Dunlap (Croft) - Helen Ernst - Julia Evans (Mayfield) - Dorothea Ford (Airhart) - Jean Gilchrist (Henning) - Marcella Jones - Ruby Keeling (Pressell) - Bette Williams (Wiltrout) - Thelma Williman (Steel) - Mildred Smith (Phillips) - Mary Grace Lynch (Woods) - Jean Maurer (Wem) - Mary Reno (Kosa) - Geraldine Meinzen (Foulk) - Verda Powers - Verna Smith - Albert Aiken - William Bollinger - Wilson Baker - Whiteney Brill - Bob Dunlap - Gerald Cutright - Raymond Evans - Wade George - William Heron - Thomas Morris - Wade Rose - Raymond Hollowell - Robert Porter - William Seifert - George Springer - Howard Todd - 

1937.  John Robert Bowden - Bob McConnell - Ray Lodwick - Vernon Hayden - Glen Finigan - Jack Daley* - Paul Brothers* - Frances Bickerstaff (Ludwick) - Frank Warjacki - Charles Agate - Florence Nicholas (Wilson) - Mary Crouser (Jones) - Rose Akins (Kerr) - Violet Heron (Bollinger) - Grace Shackleford - Sarah Smith - Dorothy Ott (Ashburn) - Dominic Brunelli - Cronelius Kracium - Ed Smusz - Florence Shank (Shaulis) - Everett Aaron - Jack Waldron - Donald Garland - Frances Weaver - Delmar Tolson - Eugene Weimer - Frances Betts (Tompkins) - Clarence Bickerstaff - Eddie Whittaker - Harold Everett - Ellis Bequeath

1938.  Glenn Blackson - Clarence Davis - Emerson Deckerhoff - Floyd Dunlap - William Gardner - Herman Hofmeister - Donald Jones - Robert Lynn - Charles Myers - Charles Patterson - Stanley Polanski - Walter Smith - Jack Stephens - Mary Baker (Richards) - Dorothy Cauffield (DeMarsh) - Margaret Delaney (Gephart) - Margaret Mary Dunnigan - Margaret Gray (Malloy) - Bernice Keeling (Whittaker) - Edna Lodwick (Evans) - Lois Jean McMahon (Spate) - Dorothy Roose (Creed) - Lenoa Seifert (Parsons) - Madeline Stringer (Welthers) - Dorothy Trimbaugh (Patterson) - Robert Van Court - Jeanne Walters (Dennis) - Edna Stuhlreher (Marsh) - Francis Watkins (Stephens) - Naomi Ward - Marie Watkins - Thomas Smusz - Eddie Evans - Chas. B. Brown* - June Seifert (Baer)

1939.  Helen Brooks (Young) - George Young - Josephine Fraley (Smith) - Bob Williams - Marjorie Parker (Witherstien) - Aileen Miller - Leroy Bixler - Mary Sipe - Bill Dray - Bob Ault - Lila Jean Partridge - Dane Richards - Beatrice Watkins - Ken Hofmeister - Vanoy McCormick (Harris) - Roland Gilmore - Agnes McCormick - Bob Jones - Katherine Shaffer - Everett Minto - Dorothy Armstrong (Collins) - Darwin Shiley - Elaine Young (Waser) - Glen Seifert - Letha Richards (Breeze) - Andy Kazur - Kathleen Sams - Karl Hayden - Bonnie Maurer (Williams) - Maybelle Powers (Slider) - Jack Hood, Jr. - Bob Noel - Watson Vandegrift - Ellsworth George - Harold Brooks* 

1940.  Homer Bequeath - Randall Bostwick - Michael Brooks - John Carl - Wilbert Cessna - Warren Gray* - Walter Haverland - Charles Jones - Harold Leonhart - Glen Morris - Thomas Nass - William Ohl - Charles Parker - William Sweeney - William Todd - Harvey Turner - James Weaver - Gene White - Doris Adgate (Hoak) - Lillian Baker - Betty Brown (Guy) - Vonda Carnes - Ruth Carter (Lodwick) - Ruth Clemson (Smith) - Rosada Garland (Reed) - Alice Gilbert (Vandergrift) - Jean Gilbert (Law) - Muriel Hess (Young) - Bettie Holt - Evelyn Jones (Scarchnecchi) - Lucille McCormick - Vye Michael (Noel) - Grace Rishel (Urmson) - Lois Seifert (Russell) - Lavina Van Court (Webb) - Valentine Van - Mary Wargacki (Smutz) - Edith Watkins (Angelo)

1941.  Edwin Baker - Jerry Beebe - Edward Bickerstaff - Charles Breeze - Eugene Dunlap - James Paul Finigan, Jr. - George Garland - Randall Garrity - Wayne Keeling - Eugene Kracium - Robert Lawrence - Jack Lewis - Richard Lopes - Charles Lynn - Helen Ludwick (Rang) - John Marsteller, Jr. - James McQuown - Charles Morris - George Weimer - Daisy Amon (Fisher) - Geraldine Bell (Grubbs) - Mary Elaine Bixler (Cleal)

1941 (Cont.).  Lois Deckerhoff - Jeanne Dellinger - Lula Mae Evans - Mary Gimbel - Jean Grubbs - Frieda Hafely (Gotthart) - Bettie Kearney (Whittaker) - Mary Jane Knight - Marjorie Maurer (Neidlinger) - Jean Michel (Kazur) - Marjorie Minto (Evans) - Bertha Lousie Noel - Dorothy Owens (Evans) - Thelma Parker (Viera) - Anna Reno - Julia Seffens (White) - Jean Shaw - Ina Whetstone - June White - Mildred Wright (Martin) - Olive Young (Wheelock) - Dorothy Zell (Cash)

1942.  Adam Bequeath - William Burford, Jr. - Dennie Carnes - John Cessna - Walter Cook - Robert Garland - Harold Gilbert - John Gilchrist - Howard Grubbs, Jr. - Norman Keeling - Joseph O. Lane - Byron Leonhart - Max McQuown - Elliott Powers - Jack Plant - Nicholas Renato - Robert Richards - Edward Sweeney - Raymond Ward - Joseph Wargacki - Eugene Williams - Lois Baker (Turner) - Rena Bickerstaff (Biddlestone) - Bette Boyts - Mary Carl (Philimeno) - Wanda Crawford - Marthalel Davis (Keeling) - Betty Gilmore (Hudzik) - Geraldine Gilbert (Lane) - Ellamae Hegel (Newson) - June Hollowell (Keeley) - Virginia Kracium (Mayer) - Margaret Kazur (Murray) - Anna Magstrak (McCall) - Marian Mayyou (Garrity) - Dorothy Pugh (Creps) - Lillian Richards (Swager) - Ethel Salyer (Thomas) - Martha Sedlock (Gilbert) - Eva Springer (Harrison) - Lucille Webster (Gilanyi) - Alice Welsh (Morris) - Opal Young ( Habegger) - Marion Zell

1943. George Ault - Thomas Beebe - LeRoy Evans - Daniel Evans - George Garland - Ohlin Garland - Nick Harina - Harry Haverland - Jack Hoskin - Andrew Kaloci - Gordon McCormick - Edward Polanski - Edward Seifert - John Smith - John Sweeney - Robert Thompson - Dean White - Kathleen Baker  (James) - Caroline Barnett (Camodee) - Lois Campbell - Mary Kathryn Davis (Price) - Cathryn Jean Donehue (Jones) - Charlotte Games (Tolson) - Betty Jane Goodhart - Margaret Harklerood (Rossell) - Frances Kearney (Glancy) - Betty Jeanne Lopes (Kean) - Bernice Lynch (Knisley) - Caroline Miner (Minehart) - Betty Meyers (Hyden) - Jessie Salyer (Zorn) - Dorothy Stackhouse - Helen Tiefel (Shearer) - Carolyn Todd (Lloyd) - Gloria Watkins (Popp) - Albernice Williams Dunlap) 

1944.  William Bixler - Russell Brock, Jr. - William Conner - Kenneth Cook - Robert Chess - Donald Felger - Robert Gilmore - Gabriel Knight - Robert Krause - Jack Owens - Joseph Payne - Rodger Van Wye - Tom Sedlock - Edwin Troup - Charlotte Bequeath - Audrey Campbell - Eleanor Carter (Hampton) - Doris Dunlap (Dunn) - Georgia Fatsos (Savage) - Marian Harshman (Miles) - Lucille Jones - Phyllis Gene May (Ide) - Mildred Rishel - Edith June Richards (Hubbard) - Lucille Shiley (Waters) - Ruth Janet Stephens - Bernice White (Miller)

1945.  Dean Ainsworth - Mary Jane Anireno (Slick) - Dale Baker - Glen Beatty - Eunice Bequeath - Margie Bickerstaff (Pugh) - Ella Jean Bortz (McClosky) - Robert Brandenstein - Julina Burd - Maguerite Carl (Kovach) - Eileen Croft (Wilkowski) - Robert Davis - Tempa Dunlap - William Endberg - Harry Games - Mary Harina - John Hegel - Ermagene Hess (Chambers) - Mary Agnes Kaley (Bowden)* - Dorothy Mae Kaloci (Popowich) - Audrey Keeling (Parish) - Gene Koch - Dorothea Lawrence (Ashburn) - Raymond  Lynch - Marjorie Lynn - Charles May - Pauline Mienzen [sic]- Ralph Miller - Bernice Minto (Williams) - William Morgan - Asia Myers (Treharn) - Mary Jane Owen - Eleanor Purser (Dennis) - Eugene Joseph Renato - Lewis Seifert - Sadie Seifert (Ivanchak) - Esther Vandegrift (Hermison)

1946.  Dorothy Baer (Hoskin) - Katherine Bowman (Postlethwaite) - Rosemarie Brandenstein - Marie Clark- Herbert Clarke - Martha Grantz (Long) - William Hancox - Betty Hardwick (Silva) - Carol June Harris (Cook) - Edith Knight - Norma Leonhart (Miner) - Harriett McClain (Steele) - Donald Medland - Betty Payne (Keeling) - Gayle Rose (Davis) - Earl Shorrow - Margaret Thomas (Baker) - Margaret Watkins - Betty Thompson (Carnes) - Joan William (Minnick) - Harold Wright

1947.  Clarence Ashburn - Clarence Baker - Robert Bloom - Chas. Brandenstein - Wm. Brooks - Thos. Brown - Gerald Garrity - Fred Garland - Jack Hampton - John Hegel - Donald Hofius - Paul Povlich - Robert Morris - Richard Stephens - Wm. Thompson

1947 (Cont.).  Wayne Tompkins - David White - George Young - Jane Baker (Lindsey) - Edith Barnett (Stabile) - Eleanor Burk - Norma Byers (Taylor) - Naomi Garland (Wilson) - Dorothy Lee Gilmour (Sublett) - Louise Grantz (Sudol) - Sara Griffiths - Georgann Hanna (Brockley) - Marjorie Hegel (Manos) - Marilyn Johnson (Love) - Edna Jones - Janet Koch (Matta) - Armeta Lisdell - Anna Ree Morgan (Ramsey) - Jeanne Noble - Doris Ohl (Persing) - Jean powers - Barbara Price - Helen Robinson (Marino) - Godlie Mae Shaver - Genevieve Wargacki - Virginia Weller

1948.  Jean Baker - Eloise Campbell - Leroy Clark - Richard Clemson - Patricia Clarke (Thompkins) - Dorris Cook (Lang) - Bert Corbin - Nancy Creese (Leeworthy) - Mary Jane Goss (Siefert) - Charles Hayden - James Robert Hofius - William Hood - Margaret Johnson (Hegel) - Ernest Kingsley - Reroy Ludwick - Dewain McCleery - James McClimans - Mary Lou McQuown (Pepper) - Anita Morgan (Thompson) - Benjamin Pantalone - Marguerette Pearce (Chambers) - Robert Plan - Mary Lou Rose - George Schrencengost - Anna Marie Quiric - Donna Jean Stottlemire - Eugene Thompson - Patricia Thompson (Parker) Paul A. Thomas - James Weller - Laurel Leverne Young (Gray)

1949.  Ronald Pearce Baker - Donna Jean Byers (Burke) - James E. Bickerstaff - Walter Budrevich - Herbert Burk - Robert M. Clark, Jr. - Donald Croft - Richard Davis - William Donegan - Viola Rose Dunlap - Carl Durig - Janet Garland - Dorothy Grantz (Marshall) - Janice Jones - Thomas Jordan - Beverly McCleary - Donnie McCormick - Michael Miklas, Jr. - Shirley Parilla (Shonk) - Melvin R. Rose - William E. Reid - Michael Reno - William Rummell - Jan Schuller (Young) - Jack Sedlock - Dolores Shuttleworth - Wilda Jean Steele - Helen Strong (Fusselman) - William Sullivan - Kenneth Tillery - Jack Tompkins - Edward Van - Frederick Van Wye - John Warjacki*

1950.  Donna Jean Armstrong, Edna Brandenstein - Donald Carpenter - Patricia Caskey (Compton) - Jerry Clarke - Shirley Cleveland - Edna M. Durig (Moomall) - Grace L. Gelston - Margaret Harvey - Donald Heitman - Ann Hofius - Gayle Hollowell - Leroy Hood - Paul Kompanik - George Kostur - Geraldine Lynch (Weller) - Nannette McClimans - Pauline McCormick - Betty J. Miller (Chapman) - Barbara Jane Minto (Thoms) - Louis Leroy Moore - Keturah Mottashed (Baker) - Maureen Myers - Evelyn Pantalone - Donna Parker - Mary Lou Platt - James Squiric - William Stphens [Stephens] - Arthur Robert Thompson - Herman Weddell - Frances Young

1951.  William Bancroft - Margaret Bednarik - Robert Booth - Faye Boss - Ora Lucille Brown - Robert Burk - Rose Marie Butler - Robert Criswell, Jr. - John Davis - Dorothy Donegan (Schrencengost) - Joan Dull - Dorothy Evans - Raymond Felgar - Orvan Garris - Ray Garland - Ronald Garland - Martha Gilbert (Newhard) - Eva Hayden - William Hibler - Lenora Jones - Mildren Kompanik - Donald Lawyer - Barbara Miner - Eileen Parker - Gordon Parker - Mary Lou Pugh (Beebe) - Richard Rathburn - Belva Reifinger - Vera Richards - Dona Mae Rishel - Dora Lee Rishel - Bernice Robison - Willovene Rose (Plant) - Eugene Schrecengost - Lora May Sweeney - Sophia Teglas - Paul Tucke - Janet Weller - Phyllis Young (Winkle)

1952.  James Bray - Gerald Brooks - Roy Carpenter - David Davis - Robert Fairburn - George Kaloci - William Krizen - John Lawyer - William Lodwick - Myron Miklas - Robert Milligan - Thomas MOrris - James Phillips - Robert Squiric - Jack Young - Alan George - Shirley Ashburn - Ruth Byers - Mary Alice Caskey (Seaborn) - Donna Geiger - Carol Grove - Shirley Heitman - James George - Dorothy Kovach - Dorothy McCormick (Garland) - Theresa McGowan - Janet Morris (Milligan) - Rose Marie Renato (Burk) - Jean Richards (Nyre) - Joyce Stark (Seaborn) - Leah Pantalone - Verda Taggert

1953.  Shirley Ainsworth (Hake) -  Keith Baker - Richard Barney - Twila Bell - Nancy Bridgen - Gertude [Gertrude] Burke - Paul Cleveland - Eugene Cline - Laura Davis

1953 (Cont.).  William Davis, Jr. - John Davies - Retta Durig - Judith Dunstan - Alice Finney - Joyce Garris - Kay Garland - Sally Gelston - Edward Hanna - Sharon Heath - Betty Jones (Hibler) - Gail Jones - Eleanore Kompanik - Janet Lewellen - JoAnn Lodwick - Marjoie Means - Marilyn McClimans - Ana Jean McCormick - Eugene McGowan - Alfred Muffley - Shirle Anne Noble (Gabriel) - Jo-Anne Hyre (Donegan) - William Pennell - Gerald Phillips - Rex Reese - Donald Seaborn - Novella Strong - Maureen Sullivan - Barbara Jean Williams

1954.  John Armstrong - Robert Bancroft - Joanne Beard - Lary Clark - Caroline Dellinger - Shannon Durig - Bette Evans - Judith Evans - Rosemary Fatsos - Roy George - Beverly Gifford - Samuel Grafton - Hervey Grantz - Betty Jean Jackson - Mary E. Jones - Paul A. Jones - Frank Joseph - Edward Juran - Mary Ann Kaibas - Robert Kompanik - Jean Kostur - Nancy Krizen - Valerie Kicera - Shirley Mazzella - Dolus McCormick - Judith McGowan - Theresa McNevin - JoAnn Myers (Taggert) - Richard Ohl - Edwin Ott - Joan Sabo - David Shaffer - Marcia Shiley - Robert Shufflebotham - John Smith - Thomas Smith - Charles Squiric - Mary Steele - Harold Swaney - Ervin Taggert - Thomas Taggert - Mary Jean Tucke - Donald  Whittaker - Rosemary Weida - Phoebe May Woodward

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Am I Crazy? Will of Jacob Sailor

I'm thinking of ordering a 74-page probate file (the first of two) to obtain information about a man who may (or may not) be my ancestor at a cost of $42.00 plus postage.  Am I crazy?  I haven't done it yet so I really want an answer to that question.

There are two files (O.S. 3281 and File 781) because, as the kind lady at the Mercer County Courthouse told me, "The O.S. just indicates it’s an old file 1800 – 1885 filings (ex. OS 1).  Then in 1886 they started numbering at the beginning again (1).  Both files will have probate information.  Probably something happened that a new administrator had to be appointed or something additional was filed so a 2nd file number was given.  The files may have some duplicate information."

I'm relatively new to court records so I have questions.  What would keep a probate file in process for 16 years?  I don't know the ages of the man's children when he died but he did state in his will that they could live on his farm until they came of age.  Is it possible that if he had very young children the probate would not have been settled until the youngest child came of age?  If not, what other reasons could there be for it to have continued so long?

My person of interest in asking all these questions is Jacob Sailor, a possible ancestor.  From a county history I discovered that he lived in West Salem Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, and died in about 1870.  I suspected that his will -- if he had one -- would have been filed there.

So yesterday I perused the Mercer County will books on FamilySearch and found his will.  I was sorry to see that his children are listed collectively as "my five children by my first wife" and "my second wife and my seven children of which she is the Mother."  (If this man is my ancestor, I'm a descendant of one of the children of his first wife.)

His will states (to the best of my transcription abilities and minus the line breaks),

[page 522]
Jacob Sailor
I Jacob Sailor of West Salem township Mercer County and state Pennsylvania do make and publish this my last last [sic] will and Testament in manner and form following.  That is to say, first it is my will and I do order that all my just debts funeral Expenses be duly paid and satisfied as soon as conveniently can be after my decease.  Second I give and bequeath unto my five children by my first wife my share of one hundred and ten acres of land in Crawford County.  My share is 900 dollars and John Thomas is 1200 Dollars but is not to be sold for one year unless it sells for as much as was paid for it.  Third, I give and bequeath unto Mary [liso?] my second wife and my seven children of which she is the Mother the rite to occupy the farm on which I now reside until the youngest child is twenty-one years old, and after the sail [sic] of the land on which I now reside is held each of the children of both the mothers is to have Equal shares and the money received by the children of the first wife is to be counted in there shares so that Each will receive an Equal amount[.]                                   Jacob Sailor  :seal:
Signed published and delivered by the above named Jacob Sailor as and for his last will testament in presents of us who at his request have signed and witnessed The same[.]
                                                              Chas Rice
                                                              John H. Fromman
Mercer County
                                  Before me a Register of wills I in and for said County personally came Charles Rice and John H Fromman subscribing witnesses to the attached instrument of Writing purporting to be the last will and testament of John Sailor decd who being duly sworn according to law [dis???] and say That they were present with and saw said testator sign and Seal as and for his last will and testament and that at the time of his doing he the said testator was of sound and desposing mind memory and understanding to the best or deponents knowledge and belief also that they signed their names as
[page 523]
Witnesses Thereto at the request of and in The presence of said testator and in the presence of other                                            Charles Rice
                                                                                John H. Fromman
Sworn and subscribed to before me This 1" day of November AD 1870
                                    Geo Reznor Register
Registured [sic] Nov 1" 1870

With the above information and knowing that I'm seeking my great-grandmother Catherine (Saylor) Froman's father, if you were me, would you pay $42.00 for that 74-page partial probate file?  Or am I crazy to consider it?  Please tell me what you think.

—Nancy.

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Newspapers - Wishful Wednesday

Newspapers have been so very helpful in giving me leads to family members and relationships; to activities and actions in the lives of ancestors; and to the times and environment in which my ancestors lived.

I'm grateful for online newspapers at sites like Google News, Chronicling America, MyHeritage, and findmypast.  (The latter two are subscription sites.)  I'm also grateful to the Ohio Historical Society for the thousands of issues of newspapers from across Ohio that are on microfilm there.

Chronicling America has a newspaper from Butler County, Pennsylvania, as does Google News; Youngstown newspapers are available at Google News; and some issues of a Greenville, Pennsylvania, newspaper (in Mercer County) are available on MyHeritage.

But I wish -- I wish! -- there were OCR-searchable issues of newspapers from more of the localities of my ancestors.

Old issues of The Steubenville Weekly Gazette, The Steubenville Daily Gazette, The Steubenville Herald-Star, and The Steubenville Weekly Herald would certainly yield information about the deaths of Abel Armitage and Emma Nelson Bickerstaff and bring to light more information about my Meinzen, Bickerstaff, Bell, Fithen, and Richardson ancestors.  

Mercer County, Pennsylvania, newspapers would tell me about my Doyle, Froman, and Saylor ancestors; and more Butler County, Pennsylvania, newspapers would tell me about my Bartley, Gerner, and Smith ancestors.

I know more newspapers are becoming available frequently online but how I wish it were quicker.

Just for the record, I love the ease with which I can search specific newspapers using specific search terms at Chronicling America.  When I get to the main page, I click on "advanced search" where I can choose a specific state or newspaper to be searched and give several words/names for searching.  This is an excellent search engine.  (Of course, I'd never know if the search engine missed some entries, would I?)

I'm grateful for the ocr-searchable newspapers that are available online, but I wish for more!

--Nancy.

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Elizabeth Froman Proud - 52 Ancestors

Elizabeth Froman, referred to as Lizzie in her father's intestate court file and in early census records, is the third child and first daughter of her parents, John and Catherine (Saylor) Froman. 

Birth
She was born between 1864 and 1867.  The court file gives a birth date of January 5, 1866.  In the 1870 U.S. Census, she is recorded as 4; and in 1880, as 14; both correlate with the 1866 birth year.  The 1900 census has both year of birth and age but in her case, the numbers have been rewritten and aren't clear.  In 1910 the census recorded her age as 46 (therefore a birth year of 1864) and in 1920 as 53 (and so a birth year of 1867).  

Marriage
She married George W. Proud but finding a marriage document has been impossible.  Even if they eloped there should be a marriage record somewhere!  The 1900 through 1920 censuses record her as George's wife as do family records, but neither provide a marriage date.  The nearest I can get to marriage information is from census records.  The 1900 census gives 18 as the number of years married which gives a calculated marriage date as before June 1, 1882.  The 1910 census indicates they had been married 27 years; therefore married before April 1, 1883.  Their first child was born in May, 1886.  

Living Situation
George's occupations varied during their marriage.  At different times he was a coal miner, a horse farmer, and a fruit merchant.

During their marriage, Elizabeth and George lived in Stoneboro on West Mercer Road (in 1900); on Strawberry Hill (in 1910) where he would have had the horse farm; and in 1920, probably on Linden Street in Stoneboro, based on neighbors and where the same neighbors lived in subsequent census records. 

Children (with birth years based on the 1900 U.S. Census)
Elizabeth was the mother of four children:
▸John, born May, 1886; a coal miner at 14 years
▸Gustus/Gustaphus/Gust, born June, 1888; a coal miner at 13 years
▸William, born ~1889; NOT a coal miner until after the age of 11 years
▸Lina, born ~1903 (based on 1910 census)

Death
According to family records, Elizabeth died in 1927.  The Pennsylvania Death Index tells me the exact date was March 13, 1927.  Family records tell me she was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

One of the things I like least about family history is not being able to learn much beyond birth, marriage, and death dates; and names of spouses and children.  I am disappointed to have not been able to find a marriage record for Elizabeth (Froman) Proud, and so much other information seems so tenuous.  I'm ordering a death certificate and interment information and I'll continue to search newspapers to see if I can learn more about her, but I'm not hopeful.
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This post is in response to Amy Johnson Crow's call to her readers to write about 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. 

--Nancy.

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A Second Look at a Saylor Source

Sometimes I find it helpful to return to a source I found earlier.  It may have given me leads but because of my lack of experience or lack of knowledge of the family I may have missed something useful.  Having done more research on the family and having more records available online since first seeing a source can give new insights.  So if I have more work to do to find the family, I go back to earlier sources.

I wrote about this biography of Peter Saylor several years ago which I found it in A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County....  Having recently found and combed through John Froman's intestate court file, I decided to return briefly to his wife Catherine (Saylor) Froman's family of birth.  This biography names Peter Saylor and "Catherine, widow of John Frohman, of West Salem Township" as children of Jacob Saylor.  A careful reading shows that Catherine and Peter are half-siblings with the same father but different mothers. (Click on the image of the page to see a larger view of it.)

This time through I gleaned more information:
Jacob Saylor
born in 1812 in Baron, Germany
immigrated to the U.S. in ~1852
died about 1870
father was Daniel Saylor, died ~1845

Marriages:
Jacob & Elizabeth Shaefer, daughter of J. Shaefer
Elizabeth died about 1858

Children of Jacob and Elizabeth
--Jacob, who died before 1909
--Fred, who died after 1909
--Elizabeth, who died before 1909
--Catherine, wife of John Frohman, died after 1909
--Theresa, wife of Adam Leninger, died after 1909
--plus 9 more unnamed children

Jacob and Mary Frohman, married after 1858
Children of Jacob and Mary
--Peter who married Caroline Schank
--Melinda who married August Brooks
--Anna who became Mrs. Whorton
--Josephine who became Mrs. Callahan
--Louisa who became Mrs. Welk
--Otto
--Alexander

As with any source of information, I'll compare this against other information I've found in other records.

Last week I was searching through the Mercer County Probate Records on FamilySearch and found this:

Could that Jacob Sailor, first on the list, be "my" Jacob Sailor?  Could that Mary E. Sailor be Mary Frohman Sailor, wife of Jacob Sailor?  Could this estate file give me enough information to connect my Catherine (Saylor) Froman to this Jacob Froman?  I requested the records from the Mercer County Courthouse.  I hope they are not tiring of my requests.  With the last request I was informed that, in future, there will be a $5.00 search fee for each name in addition to the 50 cents/page cost for copies.

On another note....
I admit that I'm still tied to paper in many ways.  There's something about the information sticking in my brain when it goes through my eyes, through a pencil onto paper, and back through my eyes into my brain. Something about writing it imprints it. 

I especially like this genealogical concept map.  Its clear, concise, simple format is helpful for recording information such as the names and dates on the county history.  Using this form puts order to the family instead of having just a list of names and dates.  In once glance I can see much of the basic information for an individual or family.

--Nancy.

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Elvira and Her Sisters - Sepia Saturday

Even though it's not perfect there are several reasons I love this photograph of my great-grandmother, Elvira (Bartley) Gerner, the lady on the right.

I love seeing Elvira and her sisters  standing in front of the porch of the home where they grew up, the home of their father, Dixon Bartley, and that it was still standing and in good repair decades later.  In the top photo you can see the balusters on the upper porch and the brackets on the lower porch just as they were in the 1909 photograph at right.  The awning and little railing on the side porch are still there though the decorative touches seem to have been removed.

I love the dresses Elvira and Lavina are wearing.  They are classic shirt-waist dresses.  It's possible that the dresses were not at all comfortable to wear (though certainly more comfortable than the corsets of their youth!), but they remind me of the grandmother I grew up with who wore similar dresses 25 years later.  Those dresses speak to me of comfort and love  When I think about a person's clothing I sometimes imagine the things the person did while wearing it -- baking pies or paring potatoes, walking to the mail box, reading the newspaper.  I imagine catching a whiff of fragrance from the cologne she wore or the powder she dusted on her face and neck.  After someone wear's a dress or other piece of clothing for a while, it seems to me that it just becomes a part of that person:  holding the clothing is almost like being beside the person, sensing them near.

I love just having a photograph of Elvira with her sisters.  Arabella is on the left, Lavina in the center.  I believe this is the first photograph of Elvira that I ever saw.  I was surprised.  It was like the first time you finally meet someone you've heard about or read about but never seen.  I didn't have all that much information about her but I knew she was a strong, independent woman.  And here she was a small, elderly woman.  I don't have an exact date for this photo but it was probably taken in the late 1930s.  Elvira would have been 80 in 1934.  It was not long after this photograph that Elvira began the slow decline into senility.  She lived until 1943.

I'm linking this post to Sepia Saturday 231.  This week participants are sharing old photographs and new reflections.

--Nancy.

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Shortcake, Muffins, To Brighten Carpet - Gramma's Webster's Spelling Recipe Book - Family Recipe Friday

Just in time for strawberry season, my grandmother gives you recipes for shortcake and muffins.  These recipes will be quick and easy to make and delicious under a layer of strawberries with whipped cream on top!

Both recipes use baking powder, which means as few strokes as possible to mix the ingredients, then quickly into their pans and into the oven.  The shortcake should go into a greased and floured pan; the muffins into, well, muffin tins, either greased and floured or lined with cupcake papers.

Recipes were simpler in those days a hundred years ago:  just the ingredients, and the woman with experience in the kitchen knew how hot the oven should be for whatever she was baking.  There were no thermostats or temperature gauges on ovens in those days.  These should bake just fine in a 350-degree oven.  Start with about 20 minutes for the shortcake, 15 for the muffins.  Test for doneness with a wooden toothpick.  If it comes out clean or with baked crumbs, they're done.  If there's batter on the toothpick, bake a little longer and retest.

And about the carpet cleaning....  Perhaps this "recipe" was copied before there were vacuum cleaners, or before my grandmother's home had a vacuum cleaner.  In humid Ohio summers, I wouldn't want to add any more moisture to our already sticky environment but you might like to try this if you live in a dryer climate.

Short Cake
2 cups flour.
1/2 teaspoon Salt
4 teaspoon B. Powder
2 tablespoon Sugar.
3/4 cup Milk.
3 tablespoon
     Shortening.

Muffins
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups flour.
2 tablespoon Sugar.
2 teaspoon baking P.
2 eggs.
1/2 teaspoon Salt.
1 cup Milk.

To Brighten Carpet
A carpet is
freshened & improved
by brushing it
with a cloth
wrung out of a
mixture of Vinegar
and water.

Unaltered photo of strawberries courtesy of Darwin Bell : Darwin Bell via photopin cc at Creative Commons.

--Nancy.

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