Descendants of Andrew Coover, Sr.
Generation No. 1
1. ANDREW2 COOVER, SR. (?1 KOBER) was born Abt. 17441, and died 12 January
1834 in Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA2. He married ELIZABETH ?3. She died Bef.
1801 in PA4,5.
Notes for ANDREW COOVER, SR.:
BOOK - History of Venango County, PA - Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers 1890 (Book
located in the Benson Memorial Library - Titusville PA)
Biography - ANDREW COOVER. Andrew Coover settled on a track of land (No 17),
south and adjoining land of Ninian Irwin. He had a family of twelve children, Andrew,
Jacob, John, Geroge, Michael, Eve, Susan, Emily, Elizabeth, Catherine, Polly, and Sally.
The old man lived to be about ninety years old. He died in 1834. His wife died before he
came to this country. Eve Coover married Thomas Bunnell, and lived some time in
Warren county. Had their house burned, then moved to Erie county, built a log house,
had that burned, built a third house, and had that burned also. His wife lived to be about
ninety years old. Andrew Coover and John Coover, sons of Andrew Coover, settled near
Waterford, Erie county. Susan Coover married Reuben Ellis, and lived in Chautauqua
County, New York. Jacob Coover died some few years ago, after he came to this county.
Catherine Coover was married to Samuel Kerr, of Titusville, in 1817, by whom she had
eight children - Andrew J., James K., Marshall, Michael C., (twin brothers), Joseph L.,
Joanna, Elizabeth, and Amelia. Samuel Kerr died in Titusville, in 1839, aged seventy-six
years. Andrew J. Kerr, teacher of mathematics, died in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1843.
Elizabeth died in 1846. Joanna died in 1841. Joseph L. died in 1858. Mrs. Catherine Kerr
died in Pittsburgh, January 20th, 1874, aged eighty-two years. Colonel James K. Kerr,
second son of Samuel and Catherine Kerr, an eminent lawyer, died in Pittsburgh, in 1876.
He served fifteen months in the War of the Rebellion, and was discharged from the
service on account of his health. Micheal C. Kerr, twin brother of Marshall Kerr, died at
Rock Alum Springs, Virginia, August 19th, 1876. He was the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, in Congress. His health failing him, he went to the Springs, thinking to
regain his health, and died there. He, like his brother, was an eminent lawyer. END OF
BIOGRAPHY
WILL - R.D. #1 - 1834 - October 27 1826 - Andrew Coover - Will - 1-153 - Letters filed
5th Feby 1834 - Recorded Large 243 ??. - Jauy 31st., 1834
In the name of God Amen
Know all men by these presents, that I Andrew Coover of Cherry Tree Township County
of Venango and state of Penna. Yeoman, Being in a weak state of health but of a sound
and actentive mind and memory, for which I thank God and realizing the change I must
shortly undergo -- do therefore make and ordain this my last will and Testament
(As follows ???) I give and bequeath unto my two Daughters Emelia Coover and
Elizebeth Coover all the plantation whereon I now reside situate and lying in said Cherry
Tree Township and County of aforesaid adjoining land on the north of the late Nenian
Irwine Esq as will more fully show by a deed bearing date the second day of July in the
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen given by H J Heidehoper
attorney to Holland Land Co to the above said Andrew Coover in behalf of the above
mentioned plantation containing two hundred and eighty acres of land by the same more
of less and the allowances of ?? percent together will all the live stock grain in and out
growing with all and singular the moveable and personal property within said premises,
except and esewing never the less, out of the same either by sale rent or ??? ??? there
from a sufficient & faithful maintenance to and for my Daughter Sally Coover during her
natural life, to be supported maintained or ??? so to be done by my two said Daughters
Emelia Coover and Elizabeth Coover their heirs or ??? as far as respect the above
mentioned property.
I also further give and bequeath to my other children out of the above said property, to
my son Andrew Coover, the sum of ten dollars, To my son John Coover, ten dollars, To
my Daughter Eve Bonnel, ten dollars, To my son George Coover, ten dollars, To my
Daughter Susanah Ellis, ten dollars, To my Daughter Katherine Kerr, ten dollars - and to
my Daughter Polly Meads ten dollars.
I further give and bequeath unto my two said Daughters Emelia Coover and Elizabeth
Coover, all my rightful interest and claim to a certain Tract of land containing eighty
acres of land conveyed by and from Reuben Ellis to my last son Michael Coover
deceased, said land situate and lying in the County of Chataque State of New York and
Town of Ellicot being the lot of plantation whereon Susanah Ellis now reside as will
more fully describe and show by deed bearing date the seventeenth day of September in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one, executed by the said
Reuben of the said County of Chataque State of New York to the said Michael deceased
late of the County of Venango State of Penna.
And lastly I do hereby nominate ordain constitute and appoint my Trusty Friends John
Strawbridge of said county of Venango to be my Executors as also my said Daughter
Elizabeth Coover to be my Executriss to execute this my last will and testament ratifying
and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.
In witness whereof I have here unto set my hand and affixed my seal this Twenty seventh
day of October, In the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.
In the presence of Chas M Nau
Ninian Irwin Junior
James Irwin
Andrew Coover (his mark)
1790 US CENSUS
Northumberland Co., PA (M637/9/Part2/Pg72-73)
Head of household: Andrew Coover
Males: 16+yrs(1), 1-15yrs(4)
Females: all ages(6)
(There are two Andrew Coover's listed on 1790 census indexes for the entire US. Both
are located within the state of PA.
1800 US CENSUS
Pine Creek, Lycoming Co., PA (M32/41/Pg560-561)
Head of household: Andw Coover
Males: 0-9yrs(1), 10-15yrs(2), 16-25yrs(0), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(1)
Females: 0-9yrs(3), 10-15yrs(3), 16-25yrs(1), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(0)
All other free persons except Indians not taxed: (1)
(Three of the Coover children married Bunnels. The Bunnel family lived and some still
live today in the Pine Creek area of Lycoming Co.)
1810 US CENSUS
Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M252/53/Part2/Pg490-491)
Head of household: Andrew Coover
Males: 0-9yrs(0), 10-15yrs(1), 16-25yrs(1), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(1)
Females: 0-9yrs(0), 10-15yrs(2), 16-25yrs(3), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(0)
1820 US CENSUS
Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M33/114/Pg8B)
Head of household: Andrew Coover
Males: 0-9yrs(2), 10-15yrs(1), 16-18yrs(0), 16-25yrs(1), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(1)
Females: 0-9yrs(0), 10-15yrs(1), 16-25yrs(0), 26-44yrs(2), 45+yrs(0)
1830 US CENSUS
Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M19/164/Pg32A)
Head of household: Andrew Coover
Males: 10-14yrs(1), 80-89yrs(1)
Females: 20-29yrs(1), 30-39yrs(2), 40-49yrs(1)
BOOK on CD - Family Tree Maker - Chruch Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s1800s
York County, Vol. 3, Quickel's (Zion) Lutheran and Reformed Church
(Children of Andrew Coover?)
Joh. George of Andr: Kober and Elis., born January 17, 1775, baptized March 19, 1775.
Sponsors: Stophel Kober and Christina Finck.
(Is Joh. a title or prefix?)
Andreas of Andreas Kober and Maria Elis., born January 30, 1776, baptized March 17,
1776. Sponsors: Bastian Fink and wife.
(Is Maria a title prefix?)
Joh. Jacob of Andr: Kober and Elis., born December 24, 1778, baptized April 18, 1779.
Sponsors: Jacob Miller and Christina Fink.
Johannes of Andr: Kober and Elis., born July 20, 1780, baptized September 3, 1780.
Sponsors: Jon. Fink and Barb. Batdorf.
Joh. Georg of Andr: Kober and Elis., born September 17, 1781, baptized November
(October) 3, 1781. Sponsors: Joh. Rudrauf and wife.
(This is the second George listed for Andr and Eliz. What would explain this?)
Micheal of Andreas Kober and Elisabeth, born August 20, 1786, baptized November 19,
1786. Sponsors: Joh: George Finck and Barbara.
Catharina Elisabeth of Andreas Kober and Elisabeth, born January 28, 1788, baptized
April 6, 1788. Sponsors: Ludwig Schindel and Maria Elisabeth.
BOOK on CD - Family Tree Maker - Chruch Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s1800s
York County, Vol. 2, Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, City of York
(Child of Andrew Coover?)
Susan Elizabeth Kober of Andrew and wife, born January 30, 1783, baptized June 22,
1783.
BOOK on CD - Family Tree Maker - Chruch Records: Selected Areas of PA, 1600s1800s
York County, Vol. 3, Jacob Lischy's Pastoral Record, 1743-1769
(Another Kober in York Co. the same time as the Andrew above.)
Jon Jacob of Daniel Kober and Maria Eva, baptized March 25, 1759. Sponsors: Jacob
Danner and Elisabeth.
Anna Margreth of Daniel Kober and Maria Eva, baptized January 28, 1764. Sponsors:
Joh: Peter Bander and Maria Elisabeth.
NEWSPAPER - Titusville Morning Herald April 1, 1880 (from microfilm at the Benson
Memorial Library)
NEGLECTED GRAVES - A VISIT TO THE OLDEST CEMETERY IN THE VALLEY
- A scene of ruin and Desolation - Great Improvements Needed - Those Who are Buried
in the Silent Place.
Fronting on Brook street, make the corner of Franklin, is an acre of ground that, ten or
twelve years ago , was called God's acre from the fact that it was sacred to the memory of
several of our departed citizens-the early pioneers of Titusville and their families-who lay
buried there. Now it is the most anybody's acre, being without a fence for the protection
against vandals and other transgressors and bearing the most dismal aspect of neglect
imaginable. Jonathan Titus, the first settler of this city, gave this piece of property over
eighty years ago to the Oil Creek Congregation for a burying-ground and after that year
by year the forefathers of this city and much of the surrounding country were laid to rest
in this spot. It was then a pleasant place, shadowed by grand oaks, some of which are still
in existence, and the little old church of the Presbyterian society. Situated on a rise of
earth at the roadside, and at the foot of a high hill, it commanded in those days a view of
the most PICTURESQUE DESCRIPTION.
There was the broad valley reaching to the high hills on the south, the view unobstructed
by the urban scenes, and a vast level area extending north and south for several miles.
Here and there a farm house dotted the landscape, and the general aspect of the county
was wild and beautiful. The grave yard was a hallowed acre, a place of repose,
awakening and remembrance, and withal an ornament in the little hamlet. A neat fence
enclosed the ground, and white marble grave stones, green walks and shrubbery indicated
its character as a cemetery. Should one have enough curiosity to visit the spot to-day he
would see it WHOLLY NEGLECTED
with traces of desolation and decay on every hand. Time has done much toward
destroying the mementos of the past, and vandals have done more. All sorts of rubbish
are scattered about the graves. There are two or three mounds preserved in their original
share, and these are without headstones. Half of the graves are unknown, some sunken
and full of water, and others overgrown with brambles. Many headstones lay about the
ground or rest against trees, their inscriptions obliterated and their identity with the
graves they were made for lost. Several families lots are distinguished from the general
ruin in this silent community by rotten and crumbling fences which surround them.
Though these frail protections some defense from the despoliation by mischievous boys
has been secured. The work of iconoclasts in this sacred place is evidenced by the
spectacle of FRAGMENTS OF HEAD-STONES everywhere. With a drain on the west
side of the ground and a brook on the east side and plenty of springs in the hillside above
the soil is pretty well watered and in fair condition for serving the process of petrifaction
of any body that might be buried there. Some one has recently cut a good deal of the
unkept shrubbery and piled it up in different parts of the ground; this the only mark of
renovation to be seen. Mayor Barnsdall, William Robinson and John McCort have
assumed the task of repairing the place they request those who have friends or relatives
buried there to tender some financial aid in the matter. It is a cause for the citizens of
Titusville to support, and in this era of local booms and improvements the condition of
the old cemetery should be well considered. It is now a blemish on our fair city, and even
though all the relatives and friends of those who repose there should not be able to
subscribe to an improvement fund it comes upon the public to restore its fair features and
make it what it donor intended it to be-a silent and secluded spot where the dead might be
buried and their graves respected. The city government, eight years ago (1872), forbade
the burial of any person in this cemetery, aid it is believed that the edict has been obeyed.
A visitor strolling about the place to-day cannot help but notice the inscriptions on the old
gravestones-those which commemorate the death of the old pioneers of the Oil Creek
valley.
"Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke,
How joeund did they drive their team afield! How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy
stroke!"
A WALK AMONG THE GRAVES suggests the same thoughts that prompted the
immortal Gray to write the above verse. Then beside these early settlers rest the wifes
who shared their hardships and reared their children, of whom many well-to-do farmers
or merchants in this city and vicinity. Of those graves stones in this burying ground
whose inscriptions are legible and are subjects of interest to our readers, we name the
following:
Lyman Richard, died October 10, 1868; Daniel Herrick, died November 4, 1863;
Caroline Hale, died September 23, 1867; Anna G., wife of G.H. Beck, died December 2,
1862; Catherine, wife of Andrew Kraffert, died November 1867; Richard Wright, died
May 17, 1846; Ruth Griswald, died September 17, 1862; Alva W. Sigler, died September
9, 1841 A captain in the One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers,
and contracted a fatal disease in the army; Cornelius Sigler, Jr., buried beside the above,
with whom he served in the army; Andrew Kerr, died July 26, 1838, age 75 years; Mary,
wife of Moses Elder, died July 7, 1849; Sarah, wife of Alexander Davison, died August
17, 1834; Mary, wife of Mathew Kerr, died August 20, 1831; Pricilla, wife of Charles
Kellogg, died June 26, 1848; Harta, wife of Dr. Issac Kellogg, died March 27, 1867; Dr.
Issac Kellogg, died January 4, 1841; Amos, son of Dr. Kellogg, died September 5, 1843;
Cordilia, daughter of J.P. and M. Wilkins, died July 8, 1867; John L. Vanderwaker, died
November 18, 1865; Wm Ritter, died August 24, 1861; Caroline, daughter of J.L.
Vanderwaker, died June 2, 1836; Emma ?, daughter of of J.M. and D.H. Allen, died
December 3, 1853; Ruth, wife of G.S. Allen, died August 13, 1861; ? A. Conover, died
April 19, 1844; Ellen B. and Susan T., children of Wm. Barnsdall, died March 8 June 19,
1846, respectively: Mary A., daughter of Wm. Barnsdall, died August 27, 1847; Robert,
son of Wm. Barnsdall, died October 31, 1849; Mattie W., daughter of Wm. Barnsdall,
died April 16, 1867; Fannie F. daughter of Wm. Barnsdall, died May 27, 18??; Elizabeth,
daughter of James Kerr, died October 9, 18??; Susanah, wife of Adam Holliday, died
May 18, 18??; Adam Holliday, died October 13, 1854, age 75 years; William Curry,
Esq., died February 6 or 8, 1847; Eliza Jane, wife James Brawley, died March 4, 1839;
John A. Curry, died October 23, 1836; Elizabeth, daughter of William Curry, died
February 7, 1840; Orrin Clark, died February 6, 1854; Isabella, wife of Jacob Boggs, died
June 6, 1840, aged 73 years; Ruth E., daughter of J.D. and O. Hottel, died September 4,
1862; Eva Ann, daughter of J.D. and O. Hottel, died Aug. 26, 1862; Mary, daughter of
J.D. and O. Hottel, died Sept. 23, 1862; Peter Felton, died March 20, 1852; Willis Alvin,
son of Z. and M. Waid, died June 14, 1854; Mary, wife of Jasper, Bennett, died Aug. 22,
1846; Wm Kelly, died Feb 4, 1861; Gilbert L., son of Garret A. Conover, died Jan. 23,
1843; Wm. Felton, died Jan. 19, 1870; Frances, wife of Charles Ridgway, died Dec. 29
1836; Samuel Kerr, died Aug. 29, 1839; Samuel Curry, died March 21, 1863; Jane, wife
of above, died Jan. 15, 1870; James R. Kerr, died Feb. 3, 1862. A monument.; Sally Ann,
wife of John Robison, died Sept. 27, 1837; James Robison, died Sept. 12, 1843. Deceased
built the American Hotel.; Mary, daughter of Norman Pier, died Feb. 20, 1858; Mary
Ann, daughter of John Kerr, died June 16, 1826; Andrew Kerr, died Nov. 9, 1831; Jane,
infant daughter of John Kerr, died July 12, 1821; Jane Brown, died Oct. 28, 1829; John
R. Kerr, died Sept 5, 1861; Margaret, wife of Wm. Kerr, died Dec. 11, 1845; Ann, wife
of John Kerr, died May 15, 1831; John Kerr, died July 5, 1841; Samuel G. Kerr, died
August 26, 1852; Nancy, wife of Andrew Kerr, died February 9, 1821; Kesia Geiled,
wife of William Sheffield, died August 23, 1818; Martha E., wife of Robert McRay, died
August 10, 1843; Lucinda, wife of James Felton, died May 6, 1858; Elizabeth, wife of
James Felton, died May 1, 1848; Eleanor, wife of John Felton, died July 26, 1802; James
M., son of Wm. Curry, died October 29, 1824; James Watson, died June 12, 1832; aged
76 years. A monument; James Wood, died January 15, 1850; Mary Jane, wife of Frances
H. Wood, died January 5, 1848; David H., son of F.H. Wood, died February 25, 1863.
Deceased belonged to Company K, Fifty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers;
Alexander Curry, died November 6, 1837; Ruth, daughter of James Curry, May 21, 1828;
Isabella, daughter of Peter Curry, died August 11, 1832; Ruth, wife of James Curry, died
June 14, 1800; James Curry, died August 24, 1863, aged 88 years; Hannah, wife of above
(James Curry), died May 14, 1864; The above two names (James Curry and Hannah
Curry) are inscribed on a double stone; Robert Curry, died April 23, 1838; Oliva Titus
Curry, wife of above (Robert Curry), died October 5, 1855, aged 73 years; Peter T.
Curry, died October 26, 1846; Mary M., wife of Jonathan Titus, died April 12, 1849,
aged 70 years; Peter, son of Jonathan Titus, died July 17, 1878; Levinia Titus, died June
17, 1811; Mary L. Titus, died February 2, 1821; The above two (Levinia Titus and Mary
L. Titus) are children of Jonathan Titus; Susan E., daughter of Joseph L. and Susan J.
Chase, died October 14, 1838; Ruth, wife of Dr. Samuel Fisher, died November 1, 1837;
Jane, wife of E.J. Locke, died February 3, 1867; Samuel Henderson, died April 24, 1855,
aged 64 years; Harriet H., wife of J.C. Henderson, died November 13, 1863; Andrew
Coover, died January 12, 1834; Michael Coover, died September 15, 1825; Sarah
Coover, died April 19, 1841; William Mitchell, died January 29, 1813; James P.
Henderson, died February 25, 1836.
A veteran of the revolutionary war is buried in this lot somewhere, so say some of the
early inhabitants of Titusville, but no one knows where his grave is located. There are
nearly three hundred graves in the cemetery, and only half of them are marked by
headstones. END OF ARTICLE
More About ANDREW COOVER, SR.:
1790 Census: 1790, Northumberland Co., PA (M637/Part2/72-73)
1800 Census: 1800, Pine Creek, Lycoming Co., PA (M32/41/560-561)
1810 Census: 1810, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M252/53/Part4/490-491)
1820 Census: 1820, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M33/114/8B/9A)
1830 Census: 1830, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M19/164/32A)
Burial: January 1834, Pioneer Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA6
Will: 27 October 1826, Venango Co., PA
Children of ANDREW COOVER and ELIZABETH ? are:
2.
i. ANDREW3 COOVER, JR., b. 30 January 1776, York Co., PA.
ii. JACOB COOVER, b. 24 December 1778, York Co., PA.
Notes for JACOB COOVER:
Jacob Coover is listed on Tax lists for Venango Co for only one year, 1807.
He and his father Andrew are the only Coover's listed that year. The lists
indicate Jacob had 150 acres and Andrew had 150 acres.
More About JACOB COOVER:
Baptism: 18 April 1779, Quickel's (Zion) Lutheran and Reformed Chruch,
York Co., PA
3.
4.
5.
iii. EVE COOVER, b. Abt. 1779, NY; d. Abt. 1869.
iv. JOHN COOVER, SR., b. 20 July 1780, York Co., PA; d. 25 March 1837,
Erie Co., PA.
v. GEORGE COOVER, b. 17 September 1781, York Co., PA; d. Aft. 1860, PA.
vi. SUSAN ELIZABETH COOVER, b. 30 January 1783, York Co., PA; d. 15
June 1852, Chautauqua Co., NY; m. RUBEN ELLIS.
Notes for SUSAN ELIZABETH COOVER:
TOMBSTONE located just inside the main entrance of the Old East Ripley
Cemetery, Chautauqua Co., NY
(there are no other stones with Ellis next to this tombstone)
SUSANNAH ELLIS
daughter of
Andrew & Elizabeth
COOVER
DIED
June 15, 1852
Aged 70 years
More About SUSAN ELIZABETH COOVER:
Baptism: 22 June 1783, Christ Evangelical Luteran Church, City of York,
York Co., PA
Burial: 1852, Old East Ripley Cemetery, Ripley, Chautauqua Co., NY
vii. MICHEAL COOVER, b. 20 August 1786, York Co., PA; d. 15 September
1825, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA.
Notes for MICHEAL COOVER:
Michael Coover is listed on the Tax lists for Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co.
starting in 1818 and ending in the year he died 1825. His father Andrew is
also listed for those years. The list indicates Micheal was taxed for one horse
for the years between 1818 and 1825. In 1825 it appears his father's land and
cattle were listed under him. After 1825 and Micheal's death everything is
listed back under his father Andrew's name.
More About MICHEAL COOVER:
Baptism: 20 August 1786, Quickel's (Zion) Lutheran and Reformed Chruch,
York Co., PA
Burial: Pioneer Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA6
viii. EMILY COOVER, b. Abt. 17907.
More About EMILY COOVER:
1850 Census: 06 August 1850, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M432/832/186B)
6.
7.
ix. CATHERINE COOVER, b. 1792, PA; d. 20 June 1874, Pittsburgh,
Allegheny Co., PA.
x. MARY COOVER, b. 1793, PA; d. 21 October 1883, Warren Co., PA.
xi. ELIZABETH COOVER, b. Abt. 1795, PA7; d. 1861.
More About ELIZABETH COOVER:
1840 Census: 1840, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
1850 Census: 06 August 1850, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M432/832/186B)
1860 Census: 25 July 1860, Titusville P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co.,
PA (M653/1189/68)
Burial: Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
Will: 19 March 1859, Venango Co., PA
xii. SALLY COOVER, b. Bef. 1801; d. 19 April 1841.
More About SALLY COOVER:
Burial: Pioneer Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
Generation No. 2
2. ANDREW3 COOVER, JR. (ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 30 January 1776 in
York Co., PA8. He married MARGARET BONNELL. She was born Bef. 1790 in Jersey
Shore, Lycoming Co., PA.
Notes for ANDREW COOVER, JR.:
1830 US CENSUS
Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA (M19/147/Pg290A)
Head of household: Andrew Coover
Males: 10-14yrs(1), 50-59yrs(1)
Females: 1-4yrs(1), 10-14yrs(1), 15-19yrs(2), 40-49yrs(1)
More About ANDREW COOVER, JR.:
1810 Census: 1810, Erie Co., PA
1820 Census: 1820, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA (169)
1830 Census: 1830, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA (M19/147/290A)
1840 Census: 1840, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA (056)
Baptism: 17 March 1776, Quickel's (Zion) Lutheran and Reformed Chruch, York Co.,
PA
Child of ANDREW COOVER and MARGARET BONNELL is:
8.
i. EMILY4 COOVER, d. 11 December 1902, Union City, Erie Co., PA.
3. EVE3 COOVER (ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born Abt. 1779 in NY9, and died Abt.
1869. She married THOMAS BONNELL. He was born 15 January 1775 in
Susquehanna Co., PA9, and died 06 October 1871 in Gospel Hill, Erie Co., PA.
More About EVE COOVER:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M432/777/99B)
1860 Census: 01 June 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M653/1108/657)
More About THOMAS BONNELL:
1810 Census: Not located to date
1820 Census: Not located to date
1830 Census: 1830, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M19/147/263A)
1840 Census: Not located to date
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M432/777/99B)
1860 Census: 01 June 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M653/1108/657)
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/235B)
Children of EVE COOVER and THOMAS BONNELL are:
9.
i. GEORGE4 BONNELL, b. Abt. 1803, PA.
10.
ii. JOHN BONNELL, b. Abt. 1811, PA.
11.
iii. KATY ANN BONNELL, b. Abt. 1820, PA.
iv. PATTY BONNELL, b. Abt. 1820.
More About PATTY BONNELL:
1860 Census: 01 June 1870, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M653/1108/657)
v. MARY BONNELL9, b. Abt. 18239.
More About MARY BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99B)
12.
vi. ELIZABETH BONNELL, d. 08 March 1880, Erie Co., PA.
4. JOHN3 COOVER, SR. (ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 20 July 1780 in York Co.,
PA10, and died 25 March 1837 in Erie Co., PA. He married (1) PHEBE ?. He married
(2) SALLY (SARAH) MARGARET BONNELL 1808. She died 17 April 1823.
Notes for JOHN COOVER, SR.:
1830 US CENSUS
Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA (M19/147/Pg290A)
Head of household: Andrew Coover
Males: 5-9yrs(1), 10-14yrs(1), 15-19yrs(2), 40-49yrs(1)
Females: 1-4yrs(2), 10-14yrs(1), 20-29yrs(1)
More About JOHN COOVER, SR.:
1810 Census: 1810, Erie Co., PA
1820 Census: 1820, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA
1830 Census: 1830, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA (M19/147/290A)
Baptism: 03 September 1780, Quickel's (Zion) Lutheran and Reformed Chruch, York
Co., PA
Will: 25 February 1837, Erie Co., PA
More About JOHN COOVER and SALLY BONNELL:
Marriage: 1808
Children of JOHN COOVER and PHEBE ? are:
13.
i. PHEBE ANN4 COOVER.
ii. SAMPSON COOVER.
iii. SARAH ANN COOVER.
iv. LUCY COOVER.
Children of JOHN COOVER and SALLY BONNELL are:
v. ANDREW4 COOVER, b. 23 March 1809.
vi. EMILY COOVER, b. 04 October 1810.
vii. MICHAEL COOVER, b. 26 January 1812.
14. viii. JESSE COOVER, b. 24 August 1814, PA.
ix. ELIZA COOVER, b. 04 April 1816.
15.
x. JOHN COOVER, JR., b. 11 June 1818, PA; d. 27 September 1874.
16.
xi. GEORGE WASHINGTON COOVER, b. 17 April 1823, PA; d. 22 February
1913.
5. GEORGE3 COOVER (ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 17 September 1781 in York
Co., PA11, and died Aft. 1860 in PA. He married MARTHA ?12 in most likely Warren
Co., PA. She died Abt. 1829.
Notes for GEORGE COOVER:
BOOK - "Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania Including the Counties of
Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, and Monroe" Published in 1900 by J.H. Beers & Co.,
Chicago (Book located in the Erie City Library (downtown))
On November 18, 1867, at Owego, N.Y., Mr. Tisdel was united in marriage with Miss
Martha E. Coover, by the Rev. W.B. Westlake, of the Methodist Church. She was the
daughter of Andrew and Almira (Cutler) Coover, both of whom were natives of Vermont,
becoming residents of Titusville, where Mr. Coover followed farming. Besides Mrs.
Tisdel, they had the children as follows: Harrison, manufacturer of brick at Titusville;
Oscar, an engineer; Joanna, wife of Robert Dunn, an engineer in the oil fields; Lida, wife
of David Coleman, contractor at Bradford, Penn.; Sarah, of Titusville; David, an engineer
at Bradford; Ellen, now Mrs. Charles Kirchie, of Titusville. Andrew Coover was the son
of George and Martha Coover of German extraction, who died in October, 1868, when he
was fifty-nine years of age; his wife Almira, daughter of David Cutler, of Vermont, died
in July, 1887, at the age of sixty-two years, and her remains now rest by the side of her
husband in Titusville. She was a faithful member of the Baptist Church.
George W. Tisdel is a man whose word carried great weight in the community in which
he dwells. His political ideas have made him a pronounced Republican, and he has served
as school director for three years. He is a member of the Lincoln Club, of the Masonic
fraternity, and a charter member of George Davenport Post No 534, G.A.R., of which he
has been three times commander. In religious belief he is a member of the Methodist
Church. Progressive, wealthy and the possessors of a happy, beautiful home, together
with charming individual personality, combine to make him and his wife important
factors in the social world. Mr. Tisdel is a good financier, and in the world of finance
plays a prominent part as an advisor. His influence in this world is one for good, sound
advancement on conservative principles. END
(The information in the above biography was most likely provided by the subjects,
George and Martha. This compiler believes the information concerning Andrew Coover
being a native of Vermont is incorrect. The Cutler family has origins in that part of the
country, but their is no evidence for the Coover family.)
BOOK - "History of Warren County Pennsylvania" edited by J.S. Schenck. Published in
1887 by D. Mason & Co. Syracuse, N.Y.
Chapter - The Era of Formation, From 1800 to 1819
Page 135
Tax Rolls for Brokenstraw:
Cover, George, single man, 1 horse.
Cover & Horn, 400 acres, 1 saw mill.
1810 US CENSUS
Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M252/53/Part5/Pg734-735)
Head of household: George Coover
Males: 0-9yrs(0), 10-15yrs(0), 16-25yrs(1), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(0)
Females: 0-9yrs(0), 10-15yrs(0), 16-25yrs(0), 26-44yrs(0), 45+yrs(0)
MILITARY DOCUMENTS - Bounty Land Grant Application
Pittsfield, Warren Co, Pa, Oct 8th 1855
Honorable Secretary of the Interior
Sir I here inclose to you the application of Geo, Coover for bounty land which if granted
you will please forward the warrant to me at the above address if much oblige you
Humble Servent J.L.Aeocks,
P.S. if any information is wanted you will please advise me J.L.A.
MILITARY DOCUMENTS - Bounty Land Grant Application
Cherrytree February 5th 1858
George C Whiting Esg
Dear Sir Mr George Coover requested me to write to you in regard to his bounty land he
says he made application some two years or more ago in Warren County Pennsylvania. A
Core was his agent. Mr A Core he says wont give him any satisfaction whether he has
drawed the warrant or not he eldinis to have ????ed service under Captain James Boner at
Erie County Penna, war of 1812 he also states that he proved the service by two
witnesses who served with him you will please to write to me and let me know what had
been done or what proof is waiting the number of his claim he says he has forgot, This
from your obediant servant
James Strawbridge
More About GEORGE COOVER:
1810 Census: 1810, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M252/53/Part5/734-735)
1820 Census: Not found
1830 Census: Not found
1840 Census: Not found
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/250B)
1860 Census: 09 August 1860, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M653/1190/652)
Baptism: 03 November 1781, Quickel's (Zion) Lutheran and Reformed Chruch, York
Co., PA
Military Service: War of 1812
Notes for MARTHA ?:
Martha Coover listed on the 1829 Tax List for Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
More About GEORGE COOVER and MARTHA ?:
Marriage: most likely Warren Co., PA
Children of GEORGE COOVER and MARTHA ? are:
17.
i. ANDREW4 COOVER, b. Abt. 1820, PA; d. October 1868, PA.
18.
ii. HARRISON B. COOVER, b. 24 October 1812, Spring Creek, Warren Co.,
PA; d. 06 February 1895, Youngsville, Warren Co., PA.
6. CATHERINE3 COOVER (ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 1792 in PA13, and died
20 June 1874 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA. She married SAMUEL KERR 1817, son
of JAMES KERR and SUSANNA STEVENSON. He was born 1763 in Lancaster Co.,
PA, and died 29 August 1839 in Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
More About CATHERINE COOVER:
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/249)
Notes for SAMUEL KERR:
Samuel Kerr and his nephew Johnathan Titus are credited with settlement of the town of
Titusville PA. Titusville is named after Johnathan Titus.
More About SAMUEL KERR:
Burial: Pioneer Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA14
More About SAMUEL KERR and CATHERINE COOVER:
Marriage: 1817
Children of CATHERINE COOVER and SAMUEL KERR are:
i. AMELIA4 KERR, m. ? ELLIOTT.
ii. ANDREW J. KERR, d. 1843.
iii. ELIZABETH KERR, d. 1846.
iv. JOANNA KERR, d. 1841.
v. JAMES K. KERR, b. Abt. 1823, PA15; d. 1876, Pittsburgh, PA; m. E. J. ?15;
b. Abt. 1825, PA15.
Notes for JAMES K. KERR:
He was an eminent lawyer according to the book, History of Venango Co.,
PA, Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1890.
More About JAMES K. KERR:
1850 Census: 19 July 1850, Franklin, Venango Co., PA (M432/832/146)
More About E. J. ?:
1850 Census: 19 July 1850, Franklin, Venango Co., PA (M432/832/146)
19.
vi. MARSHALL KERR, b. 15 March 1827, PA.
vii. MICHEAL CRAWFORD KERR, b. 15 March 1827, Titusville, Crawford
Co., PA; d. 19 August 1876, Rockbridge Alum Springs, Rockbridge Co., VA.
Notes for MICHEAL CRAWFORD KERR:
Micheal also practiced law in Pittsburgh PA. Micheal was a twin brother to
Marshall.
Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1949
Biographies
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Page 1407
KERR, Micheal Crawford, a representative from Indiana, born in Titusville,
Crawford County, Pa, March 15, 1827, attended common schools and Erie
Academy, was graduated from the law department of Louisville (Ky.)
University in 1851: was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in New
Albany, Ind., in 1852: city attorney in 1854; prosecuting attorney of Floyd
County in 1855; member of the State house of representatives in 1856 and
1857; reporter of the supreme court of Indiana 1862-1865; elected as a
Democrat to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding Congresses (March
4, 1865-March 3, 1873); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the
Forty-third Congress; elected to the Forty-fourth Congress and served from
March 4, 1875, until his death; elected Speaker of the House for the Fortyfourth Congress on December 6, 1875 and served until his death; died at
Rockbridge Alum Springs, Rockbridge County, Va., on August 19, 1876;
internment in Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Ind.
More About MICHEAL CRAWFORD KERR:
Burial: Fairview Cem., New Albany, IN
viii. JOSHEPH L. KERR, b. Abt. 1830, PA16; d. 1858.
More About JOSHEPH L. KERR:
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/249)
7. MARY3 COOVER (ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 1793 in PA, and died 21
October 1883 in Warren Co., PA. She married PHILIP MEAD17 03 September 1816, son
of DARIUS MEAD and ANNA HOFFMAN. He was born 14 February 1795 in
Meadville, Crawford Co., PA, and died 11 October 1861 in Warren Co., PA.
More About MARY COOVER:
1850 Census: 13 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325A)
1860 Census: Not yet found
1870 Census: 29 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M593/1461/7B)
1880 Census: Not yet found
Burial: Youngsville Cem., Youngsville, Warren Co., PA
Notes for PHILIP MEAD:
Philip Mead is from the same Mead family that gave the name to the Crawford County
seat of Meadville PA.
BOOK - History of Warren County Pg 1xvii
Mead, William A., Youngsvill p. o., Brokenstraw. -- The family of Meads from whom
the Meads of this county originated came from Connecticut to Wyoming County, and
soon after, having difficulty with their land titles, came to Franklin, Venango County in
1789. Darius Mead, their father, was killed by the Indians in 1791. General David and
John Mead came to Crawford county. Darius, jr., and Joseph Mead came to Warren
county about 1799 and settled in Brokenstraw valley. General David died August 23,
1816. Joseph Mead, a brother of Darius, sold out his interest in the mills they built here
and located near Warren in about 1814. William A. Mead's parents were Phillip and
Mary (Coover) Mead, both born in 1795. Their children were as follows: William A.,
Benjamin M., Susan D., G. Fillmore, Wilbur F. Stephen L., and Ulysses. Benjamin M.
was fitted for the practice of medicine in the Buffalo Medical College, and died in the
year 1845. Susand D. married in 1841Chester Kingsley now dead, having sons and
daughters now living in Texas, two of them in the practice of medicine in San Antonio.
William A. Married Margaret E. Stranahan. Their children are Bessy F., Gibson P.,
Louesa J. (who died at the age of ten years), and Chester K. Gibson is living on his
father's farm and has the management of it. Chester is living in Des Mosines, Ia., and has
been manager of the Western Telephone Company of that city.
More About PHILIP MEAD:
1820 Census: Not yet found
1830 Census: Not yet found
1840 Census: Not yet found
1850 Census: 13 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325A)
1860 Census: Not yet found
Burial: Youngsville Cem., Youngsville, Warren Co., PA
More About PHILIP MEAD and MARY COOVER:
Marriage: 03 September 1816
Children of MARY COOVER and PHILIP MEAD are:
20.
i. WILLIAM A.4 MEAD, b. Abt. 1821.
21.
ii. G. FILLMORE MEAD, b. Abt. 1828, PA.
22.
iii. WILBER FISK MEAD, b. Abt. 1830, PA.
iv. STEPHEN L. MEAD, b. Abt. 1832.
More About STEPHEN L. MEAD:
1850 Census: 13 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M432/832/325A)
v. ULYSSES MEAD, b. Abt. 1834.
More About ULYSSES MEAD:
1850 Census: 13 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M432/832/325A)
1870 Census: 29 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/7B)
23.
vi. DR. BENJAMIN M. MEAD, d. 1845.
vii. SUSAN D. MEAD.
Generation No. 3
8. EMILY4 COOVER (ANDREW3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) died 11 December 1902 in
Union City, Erie Co., PA. She married BENJAMIN AVERY. He was born 14 February
1806 in Waterford, Erie Co., PA, and died 01 April 1880 in Leboeuf, Erie Co., PA.
Children of EMILY COOVER and BENJAMIN AVERY are:
i. SARAH5 AVERY, b. 10 November 1842.
ii. MARGARET EMILY AVERY, b. 06 January 1847.
iii. CALVIN SCOTT AVERY, b. 13 January 1854.
iv. ROSALIND AVERY, b. 04 May 1855.
v. ELIZABETH AVERY, b. 15 January 1858.
9. GEORGE4 BONNELL (EVE3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born Abt.
1803 in PA. He married MELINDA ?. She was born Abt. 1806 in NY.
More About GEORGE BONNELL:
1830 Census: 1830, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M19/147/263A)
1840 Census: Not located to date
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M432/777/99A/99B)
1870 Census: 15 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/234B)
More About MELINDA ?:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M432/777/99A/99B)
Children of GEORGE BONNELL and MELINDA ? are:
i. CORDILIA5 BONNELL, b. Abt. 1831, PA.
More About CORDILIA BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99A/99B)
ii. MARSHALL BONNELL, b. Abt. 1833, PA; m. MARY J. ?; b. Abt. 1837,
PA.
More About MARSHALL BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99A/99B)
1860 Census: 06 July 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M653/1108/655)
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M593/1341/235B)
More About MARY J. ?:
1860 Census: 05 July 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M653/1108/655))
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M593/1341/235B)
iii. GEORGE W. BONNELL, b. Abt. 1834, PA.
More About GEORGE W. BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99A/99B)
iv. BENJAMIN BONNELL, b. Abt. 1834, PA.
More About BENJAMIN BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99A/99B)
v. HARRISON BONNELL, b. Abt. 1838, PA.
More About HARRISON BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99A/99B)
1860 Census: 01 June 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M653/1108/657)
vi. ELLIOTT BONNELL, b. Abt. 1846, PA.
More About ELLIOTT BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M432/777/99A/99B)
1870 Census: 15 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/234B)
10. JOHN4 BONNELL (EVE3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born Abt. 1811
in PA. He married CYNTHIA ?. She was born Abt. 1815 in NY.
More About JOHN BONNELL:
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/235B)
More About CYNTHIA ?:
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/235B)
Children of JOHN BONNELL and CYNTHIA ? are:
i. LOUISA5 BONNELL, b. Abt. 1837.
More About LOUISA BONNELL:
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M593/1341/235B)
ii. SARAH BONNELL, b. Abt. 1846.
More About SARAH BONNELL:
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M593/1341/235B)
iii. CAROLINA BONNELL, b. Abt. 1849.
More About CAROLINA BONNELL:
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M593/1341/235B)
iv. ALFRED BONNELL, b. Abt. 1855.
More About ALFRED BONNELL:
1870 Census: 16 June 1870, Wesleyville P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/235B)
11. KATY ANN4 BONNELL (EVE3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER)18 was born
Abt. 1820 in PA18. She married PETER NAUS. He was born Abt. 1815 in Germany.
More About KATY ANN BONNELL:
1850 Census: 12 November 1850, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA (M432/777/99B)
1860 Census: 06 July 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M653/1108/658)
1870 Census: 04 August 1870, East Green P.O., Green Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/189A)
More About PETER NAUS:
1860 Census: 06 July 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M653/1108/658)
1870 Census: 04 August 1870, East Green P.O., Green Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/189A)
Child of KATY BONNELL and PETER NAUS is:
i. DORATHA5 NAUS, b. Abt. 1850, PA.
More About DORATHA NAUS:
1860 Census: 06 July 1860, Harborcreek P.O., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co.,
PA (M653/1108/658)
1870 Census: 04 August 1870, East Green P.O., Green Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M593/1341/189A)
12. ELIZABETH4 BONNELL (EVE3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) died 08
March 1880 in Erie Co., PA. She married (1) DAVID MEAD 14 September 1826, son of
DARIUS MEAD and ANNA HOFFMAN. He was born 1804, and died 19 March 1833
in Brokenstraw, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA. She married (2) WILLIAM
EDSON February 1835. He died 08 May 1850 in Dutch (Kuhl) Road, Greene Twp., Erie
Co., PA.
More About ELIZABETH BONNELL:
Burial: Gospel Hill Cem., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
More About DAVID MEAD:
Burial: Youngsville, Warren Co., PA
More About DAVID MEAD and ELIZABETH BONNELL:
Marriage: 14 September 1826
More About WILLIAM EDSON:
Burial: Gospel Hill Cem., Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA
More About WILLIAM EDSON and ELIZABETH BONNELL:
Marriage: February 1835
Children of ELIZABETH BONNELL and DAVID MEAD are:
i. MARY JANE5 MEAD, b. 25 July 1827, Brokenstraw, Brokenstraw Twp.,
Warren Co., PA; d. 24 May 1913; m. CHARLES A. BLILEY, 08 June 1847,
St. Mary's Church, East 9th Street, Erie, Erie Co., PA; b. 23 July 1822; d. 15
November 1906.
Notes for MARY JANE MEAD:
WEB SITE INFORMATION: http://www.bliley.net by Charles A. Bliley
(copied with permission of Charles A. Bliley on 25 February 2001)
MARY JANE MEAD BLILEY
July 25, 1827--May 24, 1913
Born: Brokenstraw, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Buried: (Uncertain) Harborcreek (Erie), Pennsylvania
Spouse: Charles A. Bliley
REMINISCENCES OF MY LIFE
By Mary Jane Mead
As told by her on March 15, 1908, to Inez Charlotte Wagner, her
granddaughter.
Edited and footnoted by Frank A. Bliley, her son, in 1942
Headings for the table of contents added and graphics updated by Charles A.
Bliley in 1999
CONTENTS: · My Childhood in Brokenstraw, Warren County, Pennsylvania
· My Father David Mead's Death
· The Move to Erie County to Live with Relatives
· Mother Remarries to William Edson
· Life After My Stepfather's Death
· Courtship of Charles Bliley
· Marriage to Charles Bliley
· Spinning Wool for Clothes and Household Goods
· Flowers to Brighten the House
· Finances and a New Home on Colt's Station Road
· Travels for Pleasure
· Retirement in Wesleyville, Erie, County, Pennsylvania
· Personal Possessions in Family Hands
· Footnotes
My Childhood in Brokenstraw, Warren County, Pennsylvania
I was born July 25, 1827, at Brokenstraw, Warren County, Pennsylvania.
Brokenstraw is the district lying between Pittsfield and Youngsville and
received its name from Brokenstraw Creek which was a small stream running
eastwardly to Youngsville whence its course turned southeastwardly to
Irvine, which is six miles from Warren, and flowed into the Allegheny River.
On this stream were many sawmills, one having been about a mile from the
(Darius) Mead farm and was combined saw and grist-mill. My grandfather,
Darius Mead, and Joseph Mead, sons of Darius Mead, built the first grist-mill
in Warren County where they settled in 1795. In February and March of each
year men were busy making pine shingles and getting rafts of logs ready and
then when the spring freshets came the rafts were floated down the creek to
Youngsville and on until they came to the Allegheny River where the rafts
were tied together and floated down the Allegheny River to Pittsburgh and
some even to Cincinnati on the Ohio River. After disposing of their shingles
and rafts, the men walked back to their homes for, in those days, there were
no other means of travel along those routes, excepting, perhaps, an occasional
stage-coach, but, if so, the men walked anyway as the majority did not feel
able to pay the fares. My stepfather, William Edson, made these trips but I
was too young to remember whether my own Father, David Mead, did or not.
I was born in a log cabin which was built by my Father where he went to live
when he was married (September 14, 1826, to my Mother, Elizabeth
Bonnell). This cabin contained but one room and a small lean-to adjoining
built of boards, which was used as a bedroom The cabin had a large fire-place
built of stone. Here is a plan of the cabin which was small and practically
square. It had two twelve paned windows--six panes in each sash.
Cabin Floor Plan
It was about one eighth of a mile looking southwardly down the cross road to
the main road (1) which was plainly visible from the cabin.
Location of Cabin in Brokenstraw, Warren County, Pennsylvania
The cabin was built of pine logs with a roof of hand-made pine shingles. The
woods thereabouts were mostly white pine with but few trees of other kinds.
The cabin had a pine floor which was kept as white as could be. The chairs
were splint bottom, hand-made and woven from elm bark, I think. There were
six chairs and one small one for children. We did not have a clock or a watch
but told time by the sun. We had a mark on the floor which at noon, the door
being opened, was touched by the sun's rays. My mother had a mirror in a
dark frame, the mirror being a small one in the lower part, the upper part
being ornamented with a picture of flowers. This cabin was built for
temporary use as my Father expected to build a better house, the logs for
which were all ready and had been taken to the mill to be sawed, before his
death at the age of twenty-nine years on March 19, 1833, when I was five
years old. I, as I have said, and my two brothers, Willis (born December 31,
1826) and Jehu Dillon Mead (born October 14, 1832) were born here and I
remember well when Willis and I slept together in the little trundle bed which
was pulled out at night.
My Father David Mead's Death
I recall very little of my own Father, but I remember once seeing him
working with a drawshave in the little shingle-shanty and then of one day
going down there alone thinking I would make a few shingles myself. I sat
astride the shingle horse and proceeded to use the drawshave. In a few
minutes I suffered a severe cut across my left forefinger, resulting in a slight
scar which I have carried all my life. I also remember my Father in his last
sickness. Early one morning my Mother arose and went to see Aunt Polly
(wife of Philip Mead) to have them send for the doctor. While my Mother
was done, my Father was seized with severe vomiting and told me to get a
small vial of medicine which was hanging up on the other side of the room. I
gave him the medicine and I recall seeing him in bed, but no more--not even
his death. He was sick five days with pleurisy. Dr. Benjamin F. Parminter of
Youngsville gave him medicine. He was very sick and the doctor said the
medicine would either kill or cure him. My Uncle Darius and Aunt Betsy
(Elizabeth Littlefield), brother and sister of my father, always said the doctor
killed him.
He was buried at Youngsville but no stone marked his grave. In recent years,
due to neglect, the location of the burying ground has been lost; however it is
within the western limits of the town.
Homer Littlefield, of Painsville, Ohio, (who died June 20, 1919) said no
bodies were ever removed from this grave yard. This burial plot was a portion
of a farm which was later sold. Then the owner caring nothing for the grave
yard farmed right over it.
My father, David Mead, was a rather short and slim man. He had medium
light hair and blue eyes. He had a good disposition. There is no picture of
him.
Pittsfield at that time was scarcely a village, but Youngsville was quite a
town. My Father's farm contained eight-eight acres, mostly timber land, only
some twenty acres having been cleared. Very little, if any, of the farm
produce was sold, but timber was sold as a source of income.
The Move to Erie County to Live with Relatives
Immediately after the death of my Father, my Mother, taking her three small
children, came to Erie County, Pennsylvania, to live with her parents,
Thomas and Eve (Coover) Bonnell. The brick house in which they lived on
the Colt's Station Road in Harborcreek Township (2) about two miles
southeastwardly from Wesleyville had just been completed about two years.
(3) The old log cabin, near the cherry tree just south of the new brick house,
out of which cabin, they had moved still stood, so after a short time my
Mother moved into the old log house and remained there about two years.
Becoming homesick my Mother decided to go back to Brokenstraw and live
upon the farm which my Father had owned. Here Stephen Littlefield (he was
the husband of David Mead's sister, Elizabeth, called Aunt Betsy) erected the
house for her which my Father had intended to build, using lumber from the
logs which had been taken to the mill as I have mentioned. The house as
constructed was not as large nor as well built as Father had planned. It was
not plastered but only ceiled inside with boards and, therefore, was not a very
warm house. In it there were a living room which contained a stone fire-place
very nicely built, a tiny kitchen, a small bedroom downstairs in which I slept,
and one upstairs chamber in which (brother) Willie slept. Mother and my
little brother, Jehu, slept in the big living room. I recall the house as being a
pleasant one. The first stove we ever owned was in the kitchen. It was small
with a tiny bake oven in the center and fire at one end. We could cook at both
ends of the stove. The oven was only large enough to hold one loaf of bread.
Cabin's Wood Stove Elevations
When we were living in the old log house while the new house was being
built, a flood came. In the middle of the night my Mother awoke and saw the
water come up to the door. She watched and saw the water begin to fall so we
did not have to get out. In the morning Harrison Coover (Mother's cousin)
came in a canoe to see if we were safe. The house was on a side hill and we
could have gone up this gently sloping hill.
Before my Mother's second marriage I recall the way she started a fire.
Sometimes the fire would go out in the fire-place, then in the cold winter
morning she would sit up in bed and strike a piece of iron on flint thus
producing a spark to ignite punk which was very dry decayed wood. To this
she touched a brimstone match and with the blaze lighted a candle and then
with the lighted candle started her fire. Aunt Betsy (Elizabeth) Littlefield
taught her how to make this match. It was a splinter of wood dipped in
sulphur or brimstone as it was commonly called.
Mother Remarries to William Edson
In February, 1835, my Mother married William Edson. He, also, had
previously been married and had one son (Findley Edson, of Falconer, N.Y.)
whom his mother, the child's grandmother, raised. My stepfather and Mother
moved to his first wife's home farm at Jamestown, N.Y. In February he built
rafts to float the lumber down the creek and river and while thus engaged,
contracted rheumatism. From this affliction he suffered so greatly, he gave up
the work and in three months' time we all moved back to my Mother's home
farm, a part of the Mead farm. A year from the spring after the marriage of
my stepfather and Mother hard times came and in the spring just before the
timber could be floated and sold I remember when there was nothing in the
house to eat, except potatoes and salt. My stepfather went out and got cornmeal and meat whereupon Mother made drop dumplings from the meal
cooked with the meat. I never forgot how good it tasted. My stepfather
worked this, my Mother's home farm for two years, but wanting a farm of his
own, he bought one a mile and a half north of the Mead farm. There he built a
house similar to the one on the Mead farm and a log barn and also set out an
orchard. We lived there two years then, being more naturally a carpenter and
mill-hand and people at the mill wanting him, he gave up the farm and moved
in the "Little Creek" (little Brokenstraw) valley which extends up to
Wrightsville and Lottsville. Here we lived in a small settlement for two years,
then we moved back to Mother's home (part of the Mead farm) for about
three years. Then in the spring three hard frosts came about June 12th and
ruined all the crops. My stepfather became discouraged so we packed up and
came to Harborcreek Township, Erie County. We came and lived with
Thomas Bonnell, Mother's father, from June until November. In the
meantime my stepfather built a house on a tract of land of sixty acres (4)
which was owned by my grandfather, Thomas Bonnell. He let my stepfather
have the produce and use of the farm which was situated across Jordan's gulf,
that is, on the road running past the George Bonnell farm just over the hill
and across the valley. (5) We lived there about five years and it is where I
lived when I was married. Later my stepfather bought (or arranged to buy) a
farm in the "beech woods" east of the Dutch (Kuhl) Road in Greene
Township. (6) Here he lived a little more than a year when he died on May
8th, 1850, and was buried in the Gospel Hill graveyard, Harborcreek
Township. He died of blood poisoning caused by getting a sliver in his finger
while working in the sugar bush.
With only slight recollections of my own Father, my step-father (William
Edson) was really the only father I ever knew. He was always as kind to me
as an own father could be.
Life After My Stepfather's Death
After my stepfather's death, my brother, Jehu, worked that farm (east of the
Kuhl road in Greene Township) and then they (Mother, brother, Willis and
Jehu) moved to the Basha (7) place which was a tract of fourteen acres
purchased by Charles (Bliley) (8) and which had a log cabin on it. It was right
back of, and in the rear of, Charles (Bliley) house. Here Mother lived until
Brother Willis in 1856, using money received from the sale of his share of
our Father's farm in Brokenstraw Township, Warren County, bought this
place (9) where my stepfather lived at the time of his death. Then Brother
Willis and I signed over moneys from the sale of the farm in Warren County
inherited by us to brother, Jehu, to have him buy and live on the place in
Green Township and take care of his and our Mother. (10)
In 1866(?) Jehu with his family left this farm and moved to the J. or A.
Saltsman farm (11): After several years, they moved from this farm to the
Rovert H. Henry farm (12). While living there my Mother died. She had had
a sick spell, but recovered sufficiently to come to my daughter, Barbara's
wedding which was on Thursday evening, February 26th, 1880. Here she
remained until Saturday when she was taken back to Brother Jehu's home. On
Sunday morning following she had a stroke and never spoke again, or seemed
to recognize any one. She lived nine days, died March 8, 1880, and was
buried in the Gospel Hill graveyard. Later brother, Jehu, moved on to a farm
on the Kuhl road (13) which he had previously purchased. Brother Willis
married Lodema Smith February 24th, 1857, and immediately went to Iowa
where he purchased a farm. He went there because he knew the Dave
Baemers (Bahamer-Bahmer) who had lived here and had located there. He
(Willis) wanted to go west so he chose the same place.
Courtship of Charles Bliley
My first recollection of Charles Bliley (whom I was later to marry) was at a
"paring bee" at Sidney Sewell's who lived on a farm (14) on the Colt Station
road. Here he was introduced to me, but I didn't give him a second thought.
Later he told me that he had noticed me and that if he had not brought his
sister, Ellen Deer, with him, he would have taken me home that night. I did
not see him again until the next summer when pears were ripe. He and Dave
Baemer stopped to see my stepfather, presumably, and I talked with him only
a little when he gave me two pears. This was on Sunday. Then I saw him
again in about March when he called to see my stepfather on business
concerning some sheep. I sat spinning flax as he talked with my stepfather.
He was there only a few minutes and I only spoke to him. He was more like a
stranger so I did not pay much attention to him. During the same month I
went over to Norton Sewell's (15) to see Mary Hinton. We two girls decided
to go up to the school house to hear a German Lutheran preacher. Here
Charles appeared. He knew May Hinton well as they were neighbors, so after
the church services, he walked down the road with us two girls., His home
was immediately south of Norton Sewell's. This was the first time I knew
where he lived. When we got to his home, he invited us in but, of course, I
declined. Whereupon he said "I'll go where you go if you'll let me." I replied
"all right" and later in the evening he dressed and came down and spent the
evening with me at Norton Sewell's. The next week he came to call at my
home and then came regularly every two weeks and later every week.
Marriage to Charles Bliley
On June 8th, 1847, we were married. He was the only young man my Mother
would allow to come to see me. Both my stepfather and my Mother liked
Charles. My stepfather knew the Bliley family and knew they were honest
and upright so they were willing. Willis, my brother, gave me the money for
my wedding clothes which I, myself, made. I wore a light pink and white
dress with a little lace fichu at my neck and a leghorn bonnet which came
down on the sides with clusters of pink and white flowers over my ears, the
bonnet being tied with a bow under my chin. We were married in St. Mary's
Church on East 9th Street, Erie, Pa. Brother Willis took Charles' sister, Mary
in an open buggy and Charles took me with another horse and open buggy.
We drove right to Anthony Mehl's house on the south side of Ninth Street
near the church and then were married. Our wedding breakfast was at the
home of Barbara Mehl, who was a sister of Charles Bliley, and wife of
Anthony Mehl. The family of Barbara Mehl, her husband, Anthony, daughter,
Josephine, and sons, Charles and John, were present (Frances Mehl, wife of
Victor Knapp of Rochester, N.Y., was not yet born). There was a nice
breakfast and a wedding cake. Later we drove home, that is to my stepfather,
Edson's home (16). Cynthia Bonnell (wife of John Bonnell) came to prepare
our dinner. Charles' mother, Mary, sister of Charles, Willis and Jehu, my
brothers and Isabel, my half sister (later wife of Washington Bonnell) were
all present and remained until evening. We (Charles and I) stayed here until
the next afternoon when we went to Charles' home on the Kuhl road where
his mother gave an infare to about twenty young people. We went to housekeeping immediately in the log house, while men came at once to build the
new home which was ready for us to move into by autumn. This house still
stands on the Kuhl road about a mile south of the Colt Station Road (17).
Charles' mother, Catherine, and Charles' nephew, Charlie Wilson (son of
Ellen Bliley-Wilson-Deer) lived with us. Charles' mother took Charlie Wilson
when he was two years old. He was eight years old at the time of my
marriage. He was a very good boy and kind to me. We raised him. When he
was twenty years old he went to Renick, Missouri, and spent six months with
his mother, Ellen Deer. Then he went to Iowa to the Dave Baemers and
worked about three years when he enlisted in the Civil War. He was in the
war something less than one year when he was stricken with fever and died.
He was buried in New Orleans. We were grieved to learn of his death.
All of my children excepting Frank and Ross were born on this farm on the
Kuhl road.
Spinning Wool for Clothes and Household Goods
Every year for several years after I was married I spun wool to make flannel
for the children's dresses, and doubled, twisted and colored yarn for all of
their stockings.. We raised our own sheep, took the wool to the mills to be
carded then brought it home to make yarn and spin it for flannel. The flannel
was made by weavers. Charles' mother knit all the stockings. She always
helped to care for the children and wash the dishes, but did not do any
sewing. Each year we raised and spun flax to make towels and table cloths
which were woven at the weavers. Before I was married my stepfather raised
flax. I pulled it, but he laid it on the grass and bleached it, then broke and
swingled it. I hetcheled and spun it. My grandmother, Eve Coover Bonnell,
wove it, making a table cloth. This was my first table cloth after my marriage.
I still have some pieces of it.
When I was first married I made a yarn carpet, that was about 1855. I spun
the wool, doubled and twisted it and then weavers wove it into a carpet which
we put in the parlor. The woolen warp was two threaded while the filling was
rags.
I cannot remember when I did not spin, but the first time when I spun any
great amount I was staying at Anna Chaffee's (Brokenstraw Township,
Warren County) who had a girl there named Sally Wright (spinster) who was
spinning all day for her, so I helped. Forty knots or two runs was considered a
good day's work. Forty threads, that is, forty revolution of the reel make a
knot: ten knots made a skein. This was spinning wool. The process was about
like this: In June when the sheep had been sheared, after being washed, the
fleeces were picked (to pieces) and sent to the woolen mill and there carded
and made into rolls, which were about three quarters of a yard long and as
large around as one's finger. These rolls were spun into yarn. The wool was
long and the rolls could be pulled out more or less in order to have the yarn
fine or heavy. Out of this yarn stocking, mittens, etc. were knitted. Part of the
yarn was used to make cloth. It was spun the same as the other yarn. Then, if
it was to be made into plaids or colors, it was colored at home after the yarn
was spun and then taken to the factory and woven into cloth. My daughters,
Barbara and Josephine, wore home-made woolen dresses until they were
about fourteen years old.
Flowers to Brighten the House
My recollection of my first flower bed was on my own Father's farm (in
Brokenstraw Township, Warren County) when I was a girl of nine or ten. My
stepfather gave me a little spot in the garden where I made the flower bed.
The soil was not so very good-- a thin yellow soil-- but I then knew nothing
about rich or poor soil. My Aunty Betsy Littlefield, who had a fondness for
flowers, gave me the seed. My first flowers were bavhelor buttons and
marigolds. After that I always had a flower bed wherever I lived.
Finances and a New Home on Colt's Station Road
All of Charles' money from the time he was fourteen years of age until he
was twenty-one was given to his mother. After that he saved enough to build
his first house at the time of our marriage (1847) when he also owned oxen, a
horse and buggy and some farm implements.
When we were married Charles bought his father's farm (of forty acres on the
Kuhl road) and later paid off the heirs (18). A few years after our marriage I
received Fifty Dollars, part of my share from the sale of my Father's farm (in
Warren County). This I gave to Charles to help pay for the place. Charles
paid his sisters, Ellen, Mary, Barbara and his brother, Andrew, Fifty Dollars
each for their interest in the 40 acres and at the same time agreed to, and did,
support and maintain his mother during her natural life. She died at the age of
ninety-six years. I remember our taking Fifty Dollars in silver dollars to
Westfield, New York, to pay to Ellen Deer. Our son, Alexander, then about
two years old, was with us and played with the money on the floor all day at
Ellen's house.
Charles also bought the "Basha" (Sabastian Mang) place of fourteen acres in
1849, for $238.00 (19). Later the Francis Purtia place of thirty-nine acres in
1858 for $200.00 (20), and then a piece of timber land of sixty acres in 1860
for $330.00 (21). All of this land was sold excepting the sixty acres when he
bought, and we moved to the May farm on the Colt's Station road in 1865.
Charles made money quite fast for a few years during the Civil War. Barley
sold for $3.00 per bushel, hay $25.00 per ton, grass seed, $13.00 per bushel.
Everything was high at the close of the war.
One day in the summer of 1864, I went out in the wheat field on the farm on
the Kuhl road to see Charles when he told me that after he had gotten through
shocking his wheat and had gotten his fall's work done he would go west to
buy a farm. I felt badly but said nothing. Accordingly in September he went
west and was gone a month or six weeks looking at farms in Indiana, Illinois
and Michigan. He selected a farm in Michigan. He also visited the Baemers
in Iowa. When he came home he advertised his farm for sale and sold it in
February, 1865 to J.A. Sawtell on a Monday. The next day, Tuesday, Charles
heard the May farm on the Colt Station road (22) was for sale and so
suddenly he changed his mind about going west and the following day bought
the May farm for $7731.00 Early in March, 1865, we moved from the farm
on the Kuhl road to the May farm (sometimes called the Grace farm) on the
Colt Station road, one mile southwardly from Wesleyville. Charles built the
brick house on this farm in 1875. And the same year he visited the Centennial
at Philadelphia and also went to New York City.
Travels for Pleasure
In 1883 we (Charles and I) took a trip purely for pleasure. We went to
Buffalo and there took a steamer up the great Lakes to Chicago. Here we took
a train to Renick, Randolph County, Missouri to visit his sister, Ellen Deer.
Then we went to Hannibal, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. Leaving
Hannibal by boat at 9 A.M. we arrived at Dubuque, Iowa, at 9 A.M. the next
morning. There we took a train to West Union, Fayette Co, Iowa, and stayed
two weeks visiting the Dave Baemer's. They drove us to Elma, Howard Co.,
fifty-two miles in one day. We staid there two weeks visiting my brother
Willis Mead, and then he drove us back to West Union. Remaining here a day
or two, we then went to Chicago and visited Edward Rastatter for four days
during which time we attended a large fair. Next we went to visit Henry
Wilson at Battle Creek, Michigan, staying about four days. From Battle
Creek we came directly home, excepting a stop in Cleveland. We were gone
two months and had a most delightful trip.
Retirement in Wesleyville, Erie, County, Pennsylvania
In 1892 we gave up farm life and retired to Wesleyville, Pa., where Charles
bought a house and lot for $1300.00. After one year on April 7, 1892, this
house burned to the ground (there was no insurance). He immediately rebuilt
on the old foundation a new house which cost $1500.00. Here we lived in
peace and contentment. (23)
Personal Possessions in Family Hands
The old brown rocking chair (now 1942) in the possession of Frank A.
Bliley) was bought by Charles Bliley in 1849 from Jake (Jacob) Hoyer, a
neighbor on the Kuhl Road, who afterwards moved to Iowa. He made the
chair. At the same time Charles also bought six straight back chairs and a
high chair.
Charles' chest or trunk, with a rope handle on each end and used by him when
he was a sailor on the lakes (now, 1942, in the possession of Frank A. Bliley)
was made by Mr.. Wilson, first husband of his sister Ellen. It was made about
1840.
Charles Bliley's arm chair (now, 1942, in the possession of Ross A. Bliley's
family, at Cleveland, Ohio) was purchased by him at a vendue at the Tuttle
school, four corners intersection of the Colt's Station Road and the Kuhl Road
about 1858.
Charles' big arm rocking chair, the light oak one, was purchased as a surprise
for him by me in 1875, the year we moved into the new brick house on the
farm on the Colt's Station road.
My rocking chair, with the small arms, was purchased about 1877.
Footnotes
(1) That "main road" is near and runs along present Route 6
(2) Part of Tract No. 232
(3) Therefore, the brick house was built 1831. It is still in good condition and
has always been and is now, 1942, occupied as a dwelling.
(4) A part of Tract No. 231 in Harborcreek Township.
(5) "Gulf" so called, this is the road running north and south through the
western part of Tract No. 231, as appears on the map of Harborcreek
Township in the Atlas of Erie County published in 1876.
(6) A part of Tract Nos. 209 and 210 on the Map of Greene Twp.
(7) The name "Basha" is evidently a nick-name given to Sabastian Mang. The
Tax Duplicates in the files of the Erie County Court House show that the
Fourteen acres mentioned were assessed in 1841 to Basha Mang; in 1842 to
Bosha Mang, in 1843 to Basha Mang, in 1844 to Sabastian Mang and in 1848
to Sebastian Mang.
(8) Purchased from Sabastian Mang on March 10, 1849, see Erie County
Deed Book 20, page 497.
(9) In Greene Twp. in Tracts 209 and 210. See Erie Co. Deed Book 6, at page
225 and 226.
(10) The farm was deeded to Jehu Mead March 25, 1857, see Erie Co. Deed
Book 19, page 812. The Warren County farm sold for $775.00. See records in
the Orphans' Court of Erie County to No. 22, August Term, 1849 - No.
27269.
(11) Now, 1942, a part of the Ernest R. Behrend Estate in Harborcreek Twp.
Tract No. 241.
(12) In Harborcreek Twp. Tract No. 243.
(13) Being in Tract No. 211, Harborcreek Twp.
(14) A part of tract No. 212, Harborcreek Twp.
(15) Who lived on a farm in Tract No. 231, Harborcreek Twp. on the west
side of Kuhl Rd.
(16) On Tract No. 231 Harborcreek Twp.
(17) On Tract No. 231 adjacent to the south line of Harborcreek Twp.
(18) See records to No. 49, May Term, 1867, in the Orphans' Court of Erie
County, and Erie County Deed Book 29, pages 504 and 507. Andrew Bliley,
father of Charles Bliley, died February, 1835.
(19) See Erie County Deed Book 20, page 497. This was an undivided part of
the farm deed to Charles' father and Sabastian Mang, November 27, 1834.
See Erie Co. Deed Book 1, page 216.
(20) See Erie Co. Deed Book 4, page 748.
(21) See " " " " 15, page 616.
(22) In Tract No. 242, Harborcreek Twp.
(23) Charles Bliley died November 15, 1906. Mary Jane Mead Bliley died
May 24, 1913.
More About CHARLES BLILEY and MARY MEAD:
Marriage: 08 June 1847, St. Mary's Church, East 9th Street, Erie, Erie Co.,
PA
ii. WILLIS MEAD, b. 31 December 1826; m. LODEMA SMITH, 24 February
1857.
More About WILLIS MEAD and LODEMA SMITH:
Marriage: 24 February 1857
iii. JEHU DILLON MEAD, b. 14 October 1832.
Child of ELIZABETH BONNELL and WILLIAM EDSON is:
iv. ISABEL5 EDSON, m. WASHINGTON BONNELL.
13. PHEBE ANN4 COOVER (JOHN3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) She married HENRY
SHATTUCK 1860, son of SPENCER SHATTUCK and SALLY BURTON. He was
born 04 March 1818 in Erie Co., PA.
More About HENRY SHATTUCK and PHEBE COOVER:
Marriage: 1860
Children of PHEBE COOVER and HENRY SHATTUCK are:
i. LEMUEL5 SHATTUCK.
ii. ELBRIDGE SHATTUCK.
iii. JOHN SHATTUCK.
14. JESSE4 COOVER (JOHN3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 24 August 1814 in
PA. He married (1) SOPHIA C. ?. She was born 1837 in PA. He married (2) ?.
Children of JESSE COOVER and SOPHIA ? are:
i. IDA MAY5 COOVER, b. 1863.
ii. F. W. COOVER, b. 1865.
iii. VIRGINIA COOVER, b. 1861.
Children of JESSE COOVER and ? are:
iv. JESSE5 COOVER, b. 1848.
v. MARY A. COOVER, b. 1841.
15. JOHN4 COOVER, JR. (JOHN3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER)19 was born 11 June 1818 in
PA20,21, and died 27 September 187422. He married REBECCA ?23,24. She was born Abt.
1820 in PA25,26.
Notes for JOHN COOVER, JR.:
Tombstone - Waterford Cem., Waterford, Erie Co., PA
John Coover
died
Sep 27 1874
56y 3mo
More About JOHN COOVER, JR.:
1850 Census: 29 August 1850, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
Burial: Waterford, Erie Co., PA27
More About REBECCA ?:
1850 Census: 29 August 1850, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
Children of JOHN COOVER and REBECCA ? are:
i. ELIZABETH5 COOVER28, b. Abt. 184629,30.
More About ELIZABETH COOVER:
1850 Census: 29 August 1850, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
ii. GEORGE COOVER30, b. 05 January 184931,32; d. 21 August 186533.
Notes for GEORGE COOVER:
Tombstone - Waterford Cem., Waterford, Erie Co., PA (the tombstone sits
next to his fathers)
George Coover
eldest son of
John & Rebecca
COOVER
died Aug 21, 1865
16y 8m 16d
More About GEORGE COOVER:
1850 Census: 29 August 1850, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
Burial: Waterford, Erie Co., PA33
iii. FLORENCE COOVER34, b. Abt. 185234.
More About FLORENCE COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
iv. MICHAEL D. COOVER34, b. 185434; d. 1929; m. CLARISSA A. ?; b. 1856;
d. 1939.
More About MICHAEL D. COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
Burial: Waterford Cem., Waterford, Erie Co., PA
More About CLARISSA A. ?:
Burial: Waterford Cem., Waterford, Erie Co., PA
16. GEORGE WASHINGTON4 COOVER (JOHN3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born
17 April 1823 in PA35, and died 22 February 1913. He married MARGARET (NANCY)
?35. She was born 1828 in NY35.
More About GEORGE WASHINGTON COOVER:
1850 Census: 29 August 1850, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
More About MARGARET (NANCY) ?:
1850 Census: 29 August 1850, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
Children of GEORGE COOVER and MARGARET ? are:
i. JESSE5 COOVER35,36, b. Abt. 184737,38.
More About JESSE COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
ii. CHARLES COOVER39, b. Abt. 184939.
iii. LULLIE COOVER40, b. Abt. 185140.
More About LULLIE COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
iv. PORTER COOVER40, b. Abt. 185240.
More About PORTER COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144)
v. MARY COOVER40, b. Abt. 185640.
More About MARY COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA
(M653/1108/1144/1145)
vi. JOHN H. COOVER40, b. 27 November 185840; d. 27 November 1937.
More About JOHN H. COOVER:
1860 Census: 30 July 1860, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA (M653/1108/1144/1145)
17. ANDREW4 COOVER (GEORGE3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born Abt. 1820 in
PA41,42, and died October 1868 in PA. He married ALMIRA CUTLER43,44 Abt. 1843,
daughter of DAVID CUTLER and PATIENCE DRAPER. She was born 13 February
1823 in Ellenville, Ulster Co., NY45,46,47, and died 04 July 1887 in Titusville, Crawford
Co., PA48,49.
Notes for ANDREW COOVER:
Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania Including the Counties of
Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, and Monroe - Published by J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago 1900
(Book located in the Erie City Library (downtown))
On November 18, 1867, at Owego, N.Y., Mr. Tisdel was united in marriage with Miss
Martha E. Coover, by the Rev. W.B. Westlake, of the Methodist Church. She was the
daughter of Andrew and Almira (Cutler) Coover, both of whom were natives of Vermont,
becoming residents of Titusville, where Mr. Coover followed farming. Besides Mrs.
Tisdel, they had the children as follows: Harrison, manufacturer of brick at Titusville;
Oscar, an engineer; Joanna, wife of Robert Dunn, an engineer in the oil fields; Lida, wife
of David Coleman, contractor at Bradford, Penn.; Sarah, of Titusville; David, an engineer
at Bradford; Ellen, now Mrs. Charles Kirchie, of Titusville. Andrew Coover was the son
of George and Martha Coover of German extraction, who died in October, 1868, when he
was fifty-nine years of age; his wife Almira, daughter of David Cutler, of Vermont, died
in July, 1887, at the age of sixty-two years, and her remains now rest by the side of her
husband in Titusville. She was a faithful member of the Baptist Church.
George W. Tisdel is a man whose word carried great weight in the community in which
he dwells. His political ideas have made him a pronounced Republican, and he has served
as school director for three years. He is a member of the Lincoln Club, of the Masonic
fraternity, and a charter member of George Davenport Post No 534, G.A.R., of which he
has been three times commander. In religious belief he is a member of the Methodist
Church. Progressive, wealthy and the possessors of a happy, beautiful home, together
with charming individual personality, combine to make him and his wife important
factors in the social world. Mr. Tisdel is a good financier, and in the world of finance
plays a prominent part as an advisor. His influence in this world is one for good, sound
advancement on conservative principles.
More About ANDREW COOVER:
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/250B)
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA (M653/1099/613)
Burial: Woodlawn Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
Notes for ALMIRA CUTLER:
Spelling of name:
Elmira Coover - 1870 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
NEWSPAPER - Titusville Hearld 7 July 1887
Mrs. Coover, a widow, died at her residence on Church Run street early Monday morning
of dropsy. She had been a sufferer since last Thanksgiving. The noise of the shooting on
that morning excited her causing the rupture of a vessel, and death ensued. She leaves
three daughters and one son. The Funeral will take place from the Baptist Church to-day.
-ENDCEMETERY RECORD - Woodlawn Cemetery Office
Mrs. Almira Coover
nativity: Ellinville, N.Y.
last residence: Titusville Church Run
birthdate: 13 Feby 1823
decease: 4 July 1887
internment: 7 July 1887
disease: Dropsey
parents: David & Patience Cutler
undertaker: E.T. Hall
permit obtained by: David Coover
married to: Andrew Coover
lot: single sec. H, lot 3, 2 teir, 1 row
More About ALMIRA CUTLER:
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/Page250B)
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA (M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
Burial: 07 July 1887, Woodlawn Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA49
Cause of Death: dropsey49
Religion/Church: Titusville Baptist Church
Undertaker: E.T. Hall
More About ANDREW COOVER and ALMIRA CUTLER:
Marriage: Abt. 1843
Children of ANDREW COOVER and ALMIRA CUTLER are:
i. HARRISON5 COOVER50,51,52, b. Abt. 1844, PA53; d. Bef. 1887.
Notes for HARRISON COOVER:
Occupations:
"Laborer" - 1870 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
"engineer" - 1871 Titusville City Directory
"helper" - 1879 - 1880 Titusville City Directory
"Works in Brick Yard" - 1880 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
"Manufacturer of brick" - 1900 Biography of sister Martha and husband
George W. Tisel, Biographical Record of Northeastern PA,
Published by
J.H. Beers & Co., Chicago IL
Residences:
"h Allen, S Bank" - 1871 Titusville City Directory
More About HARRISON COOVER:
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/250B)
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (T9/1121/Part1/230B
& 261A)
ii. BUCKLEY COOVER53,54, b. Abt. 1846, PA55; d. Bef. 1887.
More About BUCKLEY COOVER:
1850 Census: 27 July 1850, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA (M432/771/250B)
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: Not present
iii. GEORGE OSCAR COOVER56,57, b. Abt. 1847, PA58,59; d. Bef. 1887.
Notes for GEORGE OSCAR COOVER:
Occupations:
"Oil Well Driller" - 1870 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
"engineer" - 1871 Titusville City Directory
"engineer" - 1900 Biography of sister Martha and husband George W. Tisdel,
Biographical Record of Northeastern PA, published by J.H. Beers & Co.,
Chicago IL
Residences:
"h Allen, S Bank" - 1871 Titusville City Directory
More About GEORGE OSCAR COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
iv. MARTHA E. COOVER60,61, b. Abt. 1848, PA62,63; m. GEORGE W.
TISDEL, 18 November 1867, Owego, NY.
Notes for MARTHA E. COOVER:
Residences:
Lake Ariel, PA
BOOK - Biographical Record of Northeastern Pennsylvania Including the
Counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike, and Monroe - Published by J.H.
Beers & Co., Chicago 1900 (Book located in the Erie City Library
(downtown))
On November 18, 1867, at Owego, N.Y., Mr. Tisdel was united in marriage
with Miss Martha E. Coover, by the Rev. W.B. Westlake, of the Methodist
Church. She was the daughter of Andrew and Almira (Cutler) Coover, both
of whom were natives of Vermont, becoming residents of Titusville, where
Mr. Coover followed farming. Besides Mrs. Tisdel, they had the children as
follows: Harrison, manufacturer of brick at Titusville; Oscar, an engineer;
Joanna, wife of Robert Dunn, an engineer in the oil fields; Lida, wife of
David Coleman, contractor at Bradford, Penn.; Sarah, of Titusville; David, an
engineer at Bradford; Ellen, now Mrs. Charles Kirchie, of Titusville. Andrew
Coover was the son of George and Martha Coover of German extraction, who
died in October, 1868, when he was fifty-nine years of age; his wife Almira,
daughter of David Cutler, of Vermont, died in July, 1887, at the age of sixtytwo years, and her remains now rest by the side of her husband in Titusville.
She was a faithful member of the Baptist Church.
George W. Tisdel is a man whose word carried great weight in the
community in which he dwells. His political ideas have made him a
pronounced Republican, and he has served as school director for three years.
He is a member of the Lincoln Club, of the Masonic fraternity, and a charter
member of George Davenport Post No 534, G.A.R., of which he has been
three times commander. In religious belief he is a member of the Methodist
Church. Progressive, wealthy and the possessors of a happy, beautiful home,
together with charming individual personality, combine to make him and his
wife important factors in the social world. Mr. Tisdel is a good financier, and
in the world of finance plays a prominent part as an advisor. His influence in
this world is one for good, sound advancement on conservative principles.
(The information in the above biography was most likely provided by the
subjects, George and Martha. This compiler believes the information
concerning Andrew Coover being a native of Vermont is incorrect. The
Cutler family has origins in that part of the country, but their is no evidence
for the Coover's.)
More About MARTHA E. COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
Burial: Tisdel Cem., Lake Ariel, Wayne Co., PA
More About GEORGE W. TISDEL:
Burial: Tisdel Cem., Lake Ariel, Wayne Co., PA
More About GEORGE TISDEL and MARTHA COOVER:
Marriage: 18 November 1867, Owego, NY
v. JOHANNA COOVER64,65, b. Abt. 1850, PA66,67; m. ROBERT DUNN,
December 1869.
More About JOHANNA COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
More About ROBERT DUNN and JOHANNA COOVER:
Marriage: December 1869
vi. HANNA J. COOVER68,69, b. Abt. 185270,71; d. 20 June 1926, North Warren,
Warren Co., PA72.
Notes for HANNA J. COOVER:
Residences:
"res 42 Church Run" - 1889 -1890 Titusville City Directory
"res 3 Linden lane" - 1890 - 1891 Titusville City Directory
North Warren PA
More About HANNA J. COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt. Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
Burial: 24 June 1926, Woodlawn Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
vii. MARY COOVER73,74, b. Abt. 185475,76; m. SAMUEL NOEL.
More About MARY COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt. Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
Burial: Woodlawn Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
viii. DAVID A. COOVER77,78, b. Abt. 185779,80.
Notes for DAVID A. COOVER:
Occupations:
"pumper" - 1882 - 1883 Titusville City Directory
"engineer" - 1900 Biography of sister Martha and husband George W. Tisdel,
Biographical Record of Northeastern PA, published by J.H. Beers & Co.,
Chicago IL
Residences:
"Allen st" - 1879 - 1880 Titusville City Directory
"house N High" - 1882 -1883 Titusville City Directory
"Bradford" - 1900 Biography of sister Martha and husband George W. Tisdel
More About DAVID A. COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt. Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
ix. LYDIA COOVER81, b. Abt. 186082,83; m. DAVID COLEMANN84.
Notes for LYDIA COOVER:
Spelling of name:
"not named" - 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
More About LYDIA COOVER:
1860 Census: 16 August 1860, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
(M653/1099/613)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt. Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
x. MAUDE SARAH COOVER85,86, b. April 1862, PA87,88,89.
Notes for MAUDE SARAH COOVER:
Occupations:
"Laundry work" - 1900 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
Residences:
"res 3 Linden lane" - 1890 - 1891 Titusville City Directory
"Linden Court" - 1899 - 1900 Titusville City Directory
"res 3 Linden court" 1906 Titusville City Directory
Lake Ariel, PA
More About MAUDE SARAH COOVER:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt. Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
1900 Census: 08 June 1900, 2nd Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T623/1400/Part1/76A)
xi. ELLA G. COOVER89,90, b. Abt. 04 April 1868, Titusville, Crawford Co.,
PA91,92; d. 24 June 1934, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA; m. CHARLES
JULIUS KERTCHER92, 12 February 1891, Crawford Co., PA; b. 12
February 1867, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA92; d. 03 April 1940, Titusville,
Crawford Co., PA.
Notes for ELLA G. COOVER:
There is a discrepancy in Ella's age. Her age is listed as 4 years old on the
1870 US Census. That would make her birth year 1866. On the 1900 US
Census Ella's birth date is listed at 1870. Her father died October of 1867.
The latest date she could be Andrew Coover's child would be July of 1868. If
Ella was born in 1866 her mother's age would have been 43. If she were born
in 1870 her age would have been 47.
According to her daughter Ruth, Ella was very generous and fed any hobos
looking for food. Ruth said her father would get mad because the Hobos
would mark the fence to let others know they could get food at their house.
Ruth said her family went on many picnics at Feildmore Springs between
Titusville and Pleasantville. They would take the trolley to and from the park.
According to her daughter Ruth, Ella killed a rattle snake near the grave of
her mother Almira Cutler Coover in the Woodlawn Cem.
Spelling of name:
Ellen Coover - 1870 Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA
Ella Kercher - 1906 Titusville City Directory
Residences:
"res 42 Church Run" - 1889 -1890 Titusville City Directory
"h 1 Linden court" - 1906 Titusville City Directory
"h 1 Linden Court" - 1915 Titusville City Directory
NEWSPAPER - Titusville Hearld
Mrs. Charles J. Kertcher Dies After Brief Illness
Mrs. Ella Coover Kertcher, wife of Charles J. Kertcher died at the family
home, 417 Linden Court, at 935 a.m. Sunday, following brief illness,
although she had not been in good health for several months. Mrs. Kertcher
did not become seriously ill until last Wednesday, and pneumonia which
developed late in the week caused her death.
Mrs. Kertcher was born April 4, 1871, and had always lived in Titusville. She
was the mother of a large family and devoted her life to her children and
grandchildren. Besides the husband, the following children, all living in
Titusville survive: Charles F. Kertcher, Mrs. A.W. Peeples, Ernest E.
Kertcher, Clarence E. Kertcher, David A. Kertcher, Mrs. R.D. McGarvie,
Mrs. Walter Reynolds, and Mrs. Janet Ritchie. Two daughters died in
infancy. There are 30 grandchildren, a sister Miss Maude Coover and a niece,
Miss Viola Coover, both of New York city.
The body was prepared for interment at the F.W. Flanders funeral home and
will be taken to the family home today, where funeral services will be
conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. with internment in Woodlawn cemetery. ENDNEWSPAPER - Titusville Hearld
The was a large attendance of relatives, neighbors and friends present for
services in memory of Mrs. Charles J. Kertcher, at 2:30 p.m., yesterday at the
family home, 417 Linden Court, with Rev. V.E. Walenta, pastor of St. Paul's
Reformed church, officiating. There were many beautiful floral tributes.
Martin Seadeek sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "God Will Take Care of
You." The internment was made in Woodlawn with the following as pallbearers: James W. Lee, Edward McKie, Frank J. Hand, N.C. Schoppert,
Anton T. Schreck and John M. Fay. -ENDMore About ELLA G. COOVER:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Fourth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/692B)
1880 Census: June 1880, Mt. Vernon St., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T9/1121/Part1/261A)
1900 Census: 07 June 1900, 2nd Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T623/1400/Part1/75B)
1910 Census: 18 April 1910, Titusville, Oil Creek Twp., PA
(T624/1333/Part2/117A)
1920 Census: 05 January 1920, 2nd Ward, 1st Pct., Linden Court, Titusville,
Crawford Co., PA (T625/1556/Part1/198A)
Burial: Woodlawn Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
Notes for CHARLES JULIUS KERTCHER:
According to his daughter Ruth, Charles was a very strict father. He would
wind the clock each night before going to bed. He would stand at the top of
the stairs and bang his cane on the floor to let them know he wanted everyone
in the house to either go to bed or be quiet. Ruth said they had a telephone in
the house when she was growing up. It was installed so her father could be
called in case of an emergency at the City Water Works. Not many people
had a phone in those days, so it was not used much.
Charles was a volunteer fireman in Titusville. He had his picture taken next
the the horse drawn fire engine the "Colonel Drake Steamer" during the Fire
and Flood of 1892.
Charles was married on his birthday.
According to his daughter Ruth, the children of Charles and Ella attended
both the Presbyterian and St. James German Reformed Churches. Charles had
some connection with St. Walburga German Catholic Church. He was good
friends with the priest there. Charles attended catholic schools.
Occupations:
"sadler" - 1890 - 1891 Titusville City Directory
Harness Maker - 12 Feb 1891 Marriage License Affidavit, Crawford Co., PA
"harnessmaker" - 1893 Titusville City Directory
"plumber" - 1899 - 1900 Titusville City Directory
"asst supt water wks" - 1906 Titusville City Directory
"laborer" - 1915 Titusville City Directory
City foreman of Water Works - 22 July 1919 Marriage Record of daughter
Ruth Amelia, Crawford Co., PA
"Retired Engineer" - 5 Apr 1940 Certificate of Death
Residences:
"bds 1 Linden lane" - 1890 -1891 Titusville City Directory
"h 1 Linden Court" - 1899 - 1900 Titusville City Directory
"h 1 Linden court" - 1906 Titusville City Directory
"h 1 Linden Court" - 1915 Titusville City Directory
NEWSPAPER - Titusville Hearld
C.J.Kertcher Passes Away - He Served Over 40 Years as Forman of City
Water Department
Charles J. Kertcher for 46 years employed in the Titusville Water Department
and for forty years the foreman of construction, died last evening at his home,
417 Linden Court. He had been seriously ill since March 6, when he suffered
a stroke.
Although not in good health for the past three years since he was retired from
active service with the city, Mr. Kertcher was able to be about and was guest
of honor on his 74th birthday, at a party given in Fireman's hall.
He was born in Titusville in the house where he died on February 12, 1866,
son of Mr. and Mrs. John Kertcher. He was for many years affiliated with the
volunteer and paid Fire Departments and was member of the Fireman's
Benevolent association and the State Fireman's Association. He was also a
member of the Knights of Maccabees.
The deceased was married to Miss Ella Coover over fifty years ago, and she
died January 24, 1934. He leaves the following children: Charles Ketcher, Jr.,
Mrs. Arthur Peebles, Ernest, Clarence, Mrs. Robert McGarvie, David, Mrs.
Walter Reynolds and Mrs. George Richey all of Titusville. There are 34
grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Mr. Kertcher was life-long member of St. Paul's Reformed church and
enjoyed wide acquaintance throughout the city.
The body was prepared at the Arnold funeral home and will be taken to the
family home this afternoon, where friends may call. Arrangements for funeral
services will be completed today. -ENDNEWSPAPER - Titusville Hearld
Services in Memory Of Charles J. Kertcher
There was a large attendance for services in memory of Charles J. Kertcher,
conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Arnold funeral home, and there were
beautiful flowers. Rev. A.H.K. Hoshauer, pastor of the St. Paul's Reformed
church, who officiated, read two hymns, "Face To Face" and "The Old
Rugged Cross"
A delegation from the Firemen's Benevolent Association of which the
deceased was a member attended and acted as honorary pall-bearers. the
active pall-bearers were Anton T. Schreck, Victor O. Reed, Samuel
Burgeson, Roy Loomis, Chief Frank J. Hand and Edward McKie. Internment
was in Woodlawn cemetery. -ENDNEWSPAPER - Titusville Hearld
Services for Charles J. Kertcher will conducted from the Arnold funeral home
Saturday at 2 p.m., with Rev. A.H.K. Hoshauer, pastor of St. Paul's Reformed
church officiating, and internment will be Woodlawn cemetery. -ENDMore About CHARLES JULIUS KERTCHER:
1870 Census: 20 June 1870, 3rd Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(M593/1331/670A)
1880 Census: 1880, Not yet found
1900 Census: 07 June 1900, 2nd Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
(T623/1400/Part1/75B)
1910 Census: 18 April 1910, Titusville, Oil Creek Twp., PA
(T624/1333/Part2/117A)
1920 Census: 05 January 1920, 2nd Ward, 1st Pct., Linden Court, Titusville,
Crawford Co., PA (T625/1556/Part1/198A)
Burial: 06 April 1940, Woodlawn Cem., Titusville, Crawford Co., PA
Cause of Death: cerebral apoplexy
More About CHARLES KERTCHER and ELLA COOVER:
Marriage: 12 February 1891, Crawford Co., PA
18. HARRISON B.4 COOVER (GEORGE3, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born 24
October 1812 in Spring Creek, Warren Co., PA, and died 06 February 1895 in
Youngsville, Warren Co., PA. He married NANCY ANN ?. She was born 1818 in PA93.
Notes for HARRISON B. COOVER:
Occupations:
"carpenter" - 1850 US Census Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
"carpenter" - 1860 US Census Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
More About HARRISON B. COOVER:
1840 Census: 1840, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M704/500/361A)
1850 Census: 19 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/332)
1860 Census: 09 August 1860, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M653/1190/652)
Burial: Youngsville Cem., Youngsville, Warren Co., PA
More About NANCY ANN ?:
1850 Census: 19 September 1850, Broken straw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/332)
1860 Census: 09 August 1860, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M653/1190/652)
Children of HARRISON COOVER and NANCY ? are:
i. MARY ANNE5 COOVER, b. 21 May 1839, Youngsville, Warren Co., PA; d.
06 February 1895, Youngsville, Warren Co., PA; m. JOSEPH MOORE,
1864.
More About MARY ANNE COOVER:
1850 Census: 19 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M432/832/332)
More About JOSEPH MOORE and MARY COOVER:
Marriage: 1864
ii. GEORGE W. COOVER, b. 1841, PA94,95; d. 11 February 1899, North
Warren Hospital, North Warren, Warren Co., PA96; m. SARAH ?; b. 1838,
PA96,97; d. 1887, PA98.
Notes for GEORGE W. COOVER:
Occupations:
"carpenter" - 1870 US Census Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
More About GEORGE W. COOVER:
1850 Census: 19 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M432/832/332)
1860 Census: 09 August 1860, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M653/1190/652)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/7A)
Burial: 13 February 1899, Youngsville Cem., Youngsville, Warren Co., PA
More About SARAH ?:
Burial: Youngsville Cem., Youngsville, Warren Co., PA
iii. MARTHA COOVER, b. Abt. 1848, PA99.
More About MARTHA COOVER:
1850 Census: 19 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M432/832/332)
1860 Census: 09 August 1860, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M653/1190/652)
iv. JULIETTE COOVER, b. 1851; d. 1928; m. ? HEDLUND.
More About JULIETTE COOVER:
1860 Census: 09 August 1860, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M653/1190/652)
19. MARSHALL4 KERR (CATHERINE3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born
15 March 1827 in PA100. He married MARY E. ?100. She was born Abt. 1828 in PA100.
Notes for MARSHALL KERR:
Twin brother to Micheal.
More About MARSHALL KERR:
1850 Census: 06 August 1850, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M432/832/186B)
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (T9/1199/11B)
More About MARY E. ?:
1850 Census: 06 August 1850, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (M432/832/186B)
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (T9/1199/11B)
Children of MARSHALL KERR and MARY ? are:
i. SAMUEL5 KERR100, b. Abt. 1848100.
More About SAMUEL KERR:
1850 Census: 06 August 1850, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M432/832/186B)
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(T9/1199/11B)
ii. ANDREW A. KERR100, b. Abt. 1849100.
More About ANDREW A. KERR:
1850 Census: 06 August 1850, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M432/832/186B)
1870 Census: 27 July 1880, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
iii. JOAINA (IERMA) C. KERR, b. Abt. 1854.
More About JOAINA (IERMA) C. KERR:
1850 Census: 25 July 1860, Titusville P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co.,
PA (M653/1189/68)
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
iv. THOMAS KERR, b. Abt. 1856.
More About THOMAS KERR:
1850 Census: 25 July 1860, Titusville P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co.,
PA (M653/1189/68)
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
v. ISABEL (ARABELLA) KERR, b. Abt. 1858.
More About ISABEL (ARABELLA) KERR:
1850 Census: 25 July 1860, Titusville P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co.,
PA (M653/1189/68)
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(T9/1199/11B)
vi. MICHAEL C. KERR, b. Abt. 1861; m. SARAH ?; b. Abt. 1870, PA.
More About MICHAEL C. KERR:
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(T9/1199/11B)
1920 Census: 02 February 1920, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(T625/1656/Part1/14A)
More About SARAH ?:
1920 Census: 02 February 1920, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(T625/1656/Part1/14A)
vii. JAMES KERR, b. Abt. 1864.
More About JAMES KERR:
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(T9/1199/11B)
viii. ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) M. KERR, b. Abt. 1867.
More About ELIZABETH (LIZZIE) M. KERR:
1870 Census: 27 July 1870, Pioneer P.O., Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA
(M593/1459/66A)
1880 Census: 10 June 1880, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA (T9/1199/11B)
20. WILLIAM A.4 MEAD (MARY3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER)101 was born
Abt. 1821101. He married MARGARET E. STANAHAN. She was born Abt. 1827 in
NY101.
More About WILLIAM A. MEAD:
1850 Census: 14 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325B)
More About MARGARET E. STANAHAN:
1850 Census: 14 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325B)
Children of WILLIAM MEAD and MARGARET STANAHAN are:
i. BESSY F.5 MEAD.
ii. GIBSON P. MEAD101, b. 1849101.
More About GIBSON P. MEAD:
1850 Census: 14 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M432/832/325B)
iii. LOUESA J. MEAD.
iv. CHESTER K. MEAD.
v. BENJAMIN MEAD101, b. Abt. 1846101.
More About BENJAMIN MEAD:
1850 Census: 14 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325B)
21. G. FILLMORE4 MEAD (MARY3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born
Abt. 1828 in PA102. He married CAROLINE L. ?. She was born Abt. 1835 in PA102.
More About G. FILLMORE MEAD:
1850 Census: 13 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325A)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M593/1461/8A)
More About CAROLINE L. ?:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M593/1461/8A)
Children of G. MEAD and CAROLINE ? are:
i. LEETTE5 MEAD102, b. Abt. 1855102.
More About LEETTE MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/8A)
ii. KINGHTON F. MEAD102, b. Abt. 1857102.
More About KINGHTON F. MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/8A)
iii. MARY A. MEAD102, b. Abt. 1860102.
More About MARY A. MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/8A)
iv. ARLIN C. MEAD102, b. Abt. 1863102.
More About ARLIN C. MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M593/1461/8A)
22. WILBER FISK4 MEAD (MARY3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) was born
Abt. 1830 in PA102. He married (1) CHLOE AUGUSTA SMITH102 1860. She was born
Abt. 1840 in PA102. He married (2) ADELINE BENOIT 1885.
More About WILBER FISK MEAD:
1850 Census: 13 September 1850, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M432/832/325A)
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M593/146/8A)
More About CHLOE AUGUSTA SMITH:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA (M593/1461/8A)
More About WILBER MEAD and CHLOE SMITH:
Marriage: 1860
More About WILBER MEAD and ADELINE BENOIT:
Marriage: 1885
Children of WILBER MEAD and CHLOE SMITH are:
i. LEE W.5 MEAD102, b. 1863102.
More About LEE W. MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/8A)
ii. JASPER LINCON MEAD102, b. 1865102.
More About JASPER LINCON MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/8A)
iii. ROLLIN KINGSLEY MEAD102, b. 1868102.
More About ROLLIN KINGSLEY MEAD:
1870 Census: 28 June 1870, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA
(M593/1461/8A)
iv. ORION SMITH MEAD, b. 1861.
v. EDNA COOVER MEAD, b. 08 January 1875, Warren Co., PA; m.
ARTHUR D. HORTON; b. 20 June 1875, Pusti, NY.
23. SUSAN D.4 MEAD (MARY3 COOVER, ANDREW2, ?1 KOBER) She married
CHESTER KINGSLEY 1841.
More About CHESTER KINGSLEY and SUSAN MEAD:
Marriage: 1841
Child of SUSAN MEAD and CHESTER KINGSLEY is:
i. WILLIAM A.5 KINGSLEY, m. MARGARET E. STRANAHAN.
Endnotes
1. BOOK - History of Venango County, PA - Brown, Runk & Co. states Andrew died in
1834 about the age of 90..
2. Will of Andrew Coover in courthouse, Venango Co., PA.
3. Tombstone of daughter Susan Coover Ellis in Chautauqua Co., NY lists her parents as
Andrew and Elizabeth Coover.
4. 1800 US Census, Pine Creek, Lycoming Co., PA.
5. 1790 US Census, PA.
6. "Titusville Hearld Newspaper," 1 April 1880.
7. 1850 US Census, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA.
8. 1830 US Census, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA.
9. 1850 US Census, Harborcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA.
10. 1830 US Census, Beaverdam Twp., Erie Co., PA.
11. Soldier's Claim for Bounty Land Claim, Record from US National Archives,
Washington D.C..
12. Published family history of Tisdals..
13. 1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
14. "Titusville Hearld Newspaper," 1 April 1880.
15. 1850 US Census, Franklin, Venango Co., PA.
16. 1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
17. History of Warren Co., PA.
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1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
Tombstone.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
Tombstone.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
Tombstone.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Waterford Twp., Erie Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
Woodlawn Cem. Records.
"Titusville Hearld Newspaper."
Woodlawn Cem. Records.
1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1850 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
64. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
65. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
66. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
67. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
68. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
69. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
70. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
71. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
72. "Titusville Hearld Newspaper."
73. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
74. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
75. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
76. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
77. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
78. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
79. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
80. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
81. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
82. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
83. 1860 US Census, Oil Creek Twp., Crawford Co., PA.
84. Published family history of Tisdals..
85. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
86. Titusville City Directory 1906.
87. 1900 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
88. 1910 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
89. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
90. 1900 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
91. 1870 US Census, Forth Ward, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
92. 1900 US Census, Titusville, Crawford Co., PA.
93. Census.
94. Tombstone.
95. 1870 US Census, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA.
96. Tombstone.
97. 1870 US Census, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA.
98. Tombstone.
99. 1850 US Census, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA.
100. 1850 US Census, Cherrytree Twp., Venango Co., PA.
101. 1850 US Census, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA.
102. 1870 US Census, Brokenstraw Twp., Warren Co., PA.