Hugh Jordan, son of Thomas and Ann (Dixon) Jordan was born October 1757 in Cecil County Maryland. He moved to Mifflin County, PA in 1785 and Penn’s Valley in Centre County in 1790 then to Clearfield County about 1803 and settled on the ridge at a place later called the "Irish town Settlement" He served as County Commissioner from 1812 to 1815 and associate judge from 1826 to 1840. Jordan Township was named in his honor. He and his brother Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War. He died Oct. 2, 1840 in Lawrence Township, Clearfield County, Pa.
Thomas Jordan Will
Volume: EE#5 pages 243 - 244 Will #140 - "In the name of God amen. I Thomas Jordan of Milford Hundred, Cecil County State of Maryland being far advance in years and calling to mind the mortal state of all the human race doth conclude the time of my departure must be nigh at hand, doth resolve to set my house in order before I die. Therefore doth make and ordain this my last Will and testament, and first of all I recommend my soul to God and my body to the Executor hereafter appointed. And as touching such worldly goods and estate as I am possessed of in this life, I dispose of in the manner and form following:
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Thomas Jordan one cow.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my son Benjamin Jordan one cow.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved son Hugh Jordan my Bay Mare.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Elizabeth Jordan her first choice of the feather bed and furniture together with the one half of my pewter and one heifer and an oval table and one iron pot.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my beloved daughter Jean Jordan the one half of my pewter.
Item - I give and bequeath to my well beloved wife Ann Jordan one case of drawers, one bed and furniture, one chest and one cow and a spinning wheel.
Item - I give and bequeath unto my grandson Samuel Jordan, son of John Jordan deceased, my desk.
All the remainder of my household stuff together with my farming utensils to be equally divided amongst all my children over and above their first divides. And I do likewise constitute make and ordain Thomas Gamble (or Camble) my sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do utterly disavow, revoke and disannul all and every other former Testament Will and Legacies Bequeaths and Executor by one in any ways before this time named, willed and bequeathed, 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 seal the day and year herein written. Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by me the said Thomas Jordan as my Last Will and Testament in the presence of us the subscribers this Sixth Day of February 1790.
Starrett Gray
John Scott
William Price
(Taken to Court 8 September 1790)
Joseph McCracken is listed on the first headcount in Clearfield taken in December of 1806, he was listed as a freeman, and the first assessment of Bell Township made in 1814.
On the 1810 census in Clearfield County Joseph and his wife are both between 26 and 45 and two children one son and one daughter both under 10 (John J. and Anna Maria).
The 1830 census shows Joseph to be over 50 but less than 60 with his wife between 40 and 50. The children were one male 20 to 30 (John). The other females were one under 5, (unknown) one between 15 and 20 (Jane) and one between 20 and 30 (Ann).
On the 1840 Census he is listed between 60 and 70 and his wife between 50 and 60. Three other females in the home were between 30 and 40 (Ann) and one between 20 and 30 (Jane) and the youngest was between 10 and 15.
On the 1850 Census he is listed as 74 years old and his wife Margaret is listed as 67. His daughter Ann also lived in the home at age 42.
(Anna3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Anna Maria McCracken was born about 1808 and never married. It has been said she lived to be nearly 100 years old. She is found on the 1850 census living with her parents in Bell Township.
The 1860 census lists her as age 50 and her mother Margaret age 70, in the household of William Bell (probably the son of Greenwood Bell) in Bell Township. She is again found in the 1870 census in Ferguson Township, age 62, living alone. Her occupation is listed as Spinning. On the 1880 census records she is found in Greenwood Township at age 73 living alone and single. She died on Dec 15, 1898 at age 90.
(John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
John J. McCracken the second child of Joseph and Margaret (Jordan) McCracken was born about 1808, again no birth records were found. He married Mariah (sometimes shown as Maria) Harley born about 1818 in Curwensville, a daughter of Charles and Catherine Harley. Maria Harley McCracken died June 14, 1895 in Beccaria Township and is buried in Fruit Hill Cemetery.
John J. built his home on his father’s homestead, which he later inherited. He lost most of his holdings through business reverses and later moved to Beccaria Township where he remained until his death in 1881.
In 1840 John and his wife have their own home in Bell Township with no children. He is between 30 and 40 and she is between 20 and 30.
On the 1850 census he is living next door to his parents in Bell Township as a lumberman at age 42 and Mariah age 32. The children are Ann 9, Joseph 8, Catherine 6, Margaret 5, Zacey T. 3, Jane 2, and Mary 9 months.
He is found on the 1860 census in Ansonville, Jordan Township as a farmer age 51, and wife Mariah age 40. The children listed are Joseph 18, Catherine 16, Margaret 15, Zachary 14, Mariah 13, Mary 11, Rachel 10 and Charles 6 months.
The 1870 census shows John J. as a farmer age 53, wife Mariah age 49, son Zacharia T. age 23, daughters Mariah J. 20 and Rachel 19, and son Charles J. age 10.
He is listed in the 1880 census at age 72 with his wife Maria age 62 and son Charles age 19. Maria ‘s father is shown as having been born in New York and John’s mother having been born in Maryland. John J. McCracken died at his home in Beccaria Township in 1881 and Maria passed in 1894.
(Ann4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
The oldest daughter of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born about 1841 and died prior to 1900. She married Daniel Carson born in May 1833, son of John and Catherine Carson of Indiana County.
The 1860 census has the household at Carrollton, Chest Township Cambria County with Daniel age 27 and his wife Anna 19. They have a helper Joseph McCutchen age 18.
On the 1870 census they are shown at Westover, Chest Township Clearfield County as Daniel 37 farming, Anna age 29, John Carson age 80 works on the farm. Both parents of John were of foreign birth. Mary H. Bloom age 4 is listed in this household.
They are listed in the 1880 census in Chest Township as Daniel age 47 a farmer, and Anna his wife age 39. Also listed in the household are adopted children Mary H. Bloom age 14, and William Weaver age 9. Catherine Carson age 88 is shown as a widowed boarder and Ira Nix age 32, single and a laborer.
The 1900 census has Daniel D. Carson living in Westover Borough, Chest Township Clearfield County as a 67-year-old widower with a birth date of May 1833. He has in the household a son Grover C. Carson age 14, born March 16, 1886 and 10-year-old twins Ray and May born November 21, 1889. There is also a housekeeper, Ella Michaels age 23, born April 1877.
(Grover Carson5, Ann4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Grover C. Carson was born March 16, 1886. Anna would have been 45 in 1886 and is probably not his biological mother. In 1910 Grover C. Carson, his wife Lizzie and daughter Mary live in Altoona. Lizzie reports that she is 23, has been married for five years and has given birth to two children with only one surviving. She also tells us that her father was born in Scotland and her mother in New York. Their daughter Mary is 3 years old.
He registered for the WW I draft in Altoona and is described as medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair. He worked as a horseman for the White Hall Hotel. On the 1920 census they are still in Altoona and he is now a truck driver for the hotel.
On the 1930 census Elizabeth is living with her daughter and her family in Altoona at age 43. We have not been able to locate Grover in 1930 but did find him in Philadelphia in 1942 where he gives Mrs. Ella Lamb as his contact person on his WW II draft registration.
(Mary6, Grover Carson5, Ann4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Mary M. Carson was born in 1907 and married in 1923 Russell Seel born in 1906. They are found in Altoona on the 1930 census where he is 24 and a patrolman for the police force. His wife is 23 and they have two children Mary E. age 5 and Russell Jr. age 3 years 6 months. His mother-in-law, Elizabeth Carson age 43, lives in the home.
(Ray Carson5, Ann4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Ray Carson was born November 21, 1889 when Anna (McCracken) Carson was 48 years old and beyond child bearing years and is not likely the mother of Ray and May. On the 1910 census Ray Carson is age 20 and living on the Assiniboine military Reservation in Chouteau County, Montana.
By 1917 he is 27 years old living in Placer County, California, married and working as a clerk. He had served in the military 2nd Inf. as a private. He is described as medium weight and height, light brown hair and blue eyes. Ray Carson died in May 1968 in Fresno California.
(May Carson5, Ann4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
May Carson is working for a Tate family in Altoona, Blair County in 1910. No further movements of May have been found.
(Joseph4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Joseph, first son of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born about 1841. He enlisted in the Civil War at Harrisburg, Pa on the 28th of September 1861 and was mustered in on December 10, 1861 as a private. His record shows he was discharged on October 26, 1864 on a Surgeons Certificate of Death.
His psychical description is 5’11”, hair light, complexion fair, eyes blue, and occupation farmer. His age at enrollment is 20, residence Clearfield County, Pa. Rolls also show last name spelled McCrackin.
(Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Third child of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born in October 1843. She married William Haines son of Isaac and Evaline Haines of Phillipsburg, Centre County, Pa. He was born January 4, 1843 and served in the Civil War from September 1861 through December 1963. He died November 29, 1910 in Altoona.
William, a carpenter, age 27 and Kate age 25 are listed in the household of Isaac and Evaline Haines in the 1870 census in Phillipsburg. William and Catherine Haines had two sons John I. Haines who married Minnie Logan and Joseph Haines.
In the 1880 census William and Kate Haines are in Altoona, Blair County, Pa. living on Beale Street. The name is spelled Hains. He is 37 and a carpenter. His wife Kate is 36 and son John J. is 9 and at school and Joseph is 2.
The 1900 census shows the following household members. William R. Haines, carpenter age 57, born January 1843, married 30 years, wife Kate age 56, born October 1843 with two live births. John I., born September 1870 age 29 married, conductor on the railroad. Joseph H., born February 1878 age 22 single. Nora McCracken, servant born February 1880, age 20 and single.
On the 1910 census of Altoona, Blair County William R Haines is listed as 66 years old and a carpenter by trade, his wife Kate is 65 and their son Joseph is still in the home at age 32 and single working for the city.
(John Haines5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born in September 1870 is also listed in a separate residence on the 1900 census in Juniata, Blair County counted on June 5th 1900 with a family and married 10 years. His wife Minnie has had 5 live births. The children are named as Alverda M. was born in February 1891 age 9, Paul L. In July 1892 age 7, Mary C. In July 1894 age 5, Geraldine born in June 1897 age 2 and William E. born in October 1899 age 7 months.
John I. Haines and Minnie Logan are listed in the 1910 miracode index in Blair County as follows: John age 39, wife Minnie M. 37, Alberta M. 19, Paul L. 17, Geraldine E. 12, Merrill W. 10, and Dorothy E. age not reported.
The 1920 census Juniata Ward, Blair County: John I Hines 49, conductor on Steam Railroad. His wife Minnie age 46, daughter Geraldine age 22 single, son Merle age 20 single an apprentice machinist on Steam Railroad. Daughter Dorothy age 10 single and daughter Alberta Crawford age 28 widowed and works for the coal company as a bookkeeper. John Haines died sometime between 1920 and 1930 as Minnie is a widow in 1930.
The 1930 census finds Minnie (Logan) Haines, a widow age 57, living with her son William M. Haines age 30 a machinist for the PRR and married for 9 years. His wife Wava C. age 30, his children William M. age 3 and Priscilla age 1, and two of his sisters Geraldine age 32 and Dorothea age 20. After the death of her husband Minnie married H. Clyde Dutrow.
Alverda, oldest daughter of John and Minnie Haines, was born in Feburary 1891 and was married to Mr Crawford who soon died leaving no offspring. Alberta moved back in with her parents.
Paul Logan Haines
(Paul6, John Haines5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Paul L Haines, second child of John and Minnie Haines, was born July 24, 1892 and died on December 25, 1948 in Altoona. He was married to a girl named Susie ______ . It has not been learned if they had any children.
William Merril Haines
(William6, John Haines5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
William Haines, fifth child of John and Minnie Haines was born October 10, 1899 and married Wava McNeel, a daughter of William B McNeel and Priscilla Caldwell. William and Wava had at least 2 children William M 1927 and Priscilla 1929.
Joseph Harley Haines.
(Joseph Haines5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Joseph was born on February 8, 1878 in Clearfield County Pa. On his draft application in 1918 he was still single and working as labor for the PRR and living at home with his mother, Kate Haines, who he names as his next of kin. His physical description is medium height and build with gray eyes and brown hair.
On the 1920 census ward 11, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Joseph (spelled) Hains and his wife Maud are 43 their children are Emma age 14 and Martha age 2 years 11 months. They live on Wood Avenue. Emma is probably Maud's daughter but not Joseph's.
Joseph and Maud V. are found in Harrisburg on the 1930 census both are 52 with a daughter Martha M. age 13.
(Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Margaret, the third daughter of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born about 1846 and married James Ferguson Jr. son of James and Constantine (Gould) Ferguson.
John Ferguson Sr.
John Ferguson Sr., the head of the Ferguson families in Clearfield County and grandfather of James Jr., was born in Ireland in 1756 and came to America in 1773 with his brother where he served in the Revolutionary War. He married Sarah Hanna in Cecil County Md., a daughter of David Hanna also a Revolutionary War veteran. He settled with his family in the area of Lumber City in 1803.
James Ferguson Sr. born April 9, 1801 (probably in Lock Haven, Pa.) and was the third son of John Ferguson Sr. He served as sheriff of Clearfield County from 1835 to 1838. He married Constantine Gould born November 24, 1806 and followed farming. He died in September 28, 1863 and his wife died June 22, of the same year.
James Ferguson Jr., his second son, was born in Lumber City on May 16th 1836 and married his first wife Lavina Wise, daughter of William Wise and Jane Caldwell of Lumber City, on June 22, 1862. After only eight months of marriage she died February 15th 1863. His second marriage was to Margaret McCracken who was born about 1846. James Ferguson died December 18, 1910 and Margaret died October 19, 1928. James and Margaret Ferguson are shown on the 1870 census in Ansonville. James was 33 years old, occupation – makes timber. His wife Maggie is 25 and the children are Minnie 5 and Emma 1.
By the 1880 census they had four more children; Elizabeth (Elverta) 9, Paul 5, Ora Bell 2 and Wade 2 months, born in April 1880.
The 1900 census of Beccaria Township has James Ferguson at age 64 born May 1836, a farmer and married for 36 years. Margaret age 55, born January 1845 with 7 live births and 6 still living, and daughter Aura B. age 21.
In the 1910 census in Ward 3 of Clearfield James is listed as 72 married 46 years, Margaret age 65 five of seven children still living. James W. (called John on this census) son 29 married twice works as a fireman on the railroad. This is the first marriage for daughter-in-law Della age 29 with no children. Granddaughter Alice L. age 5 is the child of Wade. (aka Wade or James Wade) Ferguson to his first wife.
The 1920 census of Ward 3 in Clearfield has the widow Margaret (McCracken) Ferguson at age 74 living with her son Paul and his family.
(Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born March 27, 1865, married Hile Wisner he was born Jehyel Wisner to George and Mary (Parker) Wisner of Philadelphia, PA who both died when he was a child. He was bound by John B. Ferguson and brought to Clearfield Co. as a boy of 17, about 1879 where he lived with the Ferguson’s until his marriage November 27th 1883. He and his wife lived in Lumber City where he was employed in the lumber mills, until they moved to Clearfield where the New York Central Rail Road employed him. Minnie Ferguson died February 18th 1902 and he re-married in 1904 to Ida Lelis Roseberry. The 1910 census shows her to be age 41 first marriage, the children in the family are Lloyd Parker Wisner 22, Charles Arthur Wisner 15, Leonard Hyel Wisner 13 and Verna Margaret Wisner age 11.
In 1920, Hyel G. Wisner age 58 was working as a fireman for the railroad. He and his family lived on 8th Street in Clearfield. The household included his wife Ida age 51, Lloyd 33, Leonard 23, son-in-law, Harry C. Heasley a tailor age 32 and his wife Alberta age 30 and Verna Wisner age 20 working as a store clerk.
Hile Wisner died September 1, 1923. In 1930, the widow Ida Wisner at age 61 is found living with her sisters Elsie and Clara Roseberry in Clearfield. The children of Hile Wisner and Minnie Ferguson are;
(Agnes Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born July 20, 1884 married William Frank and they live in Buffalo, N. Y. Their children were
Myrtle Frank and Raymond Frank
Myrtle was born about 1907 and married in 1929, Sam Rizzo. He was born about 1903. They are found on the 1930 census in Buffalo, Erie County N. Y.
(James Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
James was born January 6, 1886 married in 1904, Elida M. Flygar born in Pennsylvania in 1891 of Swiss immigrants. On his WW I draft registration card in 1918 he lives at 7638 Highland Ave. in Swissvale, Allegheny County Pa. and works as a conductor on the railroad. His physical description is tall, slender, blue eyes and light brown hair. On the 1920 census they live in the same place and he is 34 and works for the railroad. His wife is 28; their children are James R. 5 and Lloyd A. 1. In 1930 living in the same place their children are Russell 14, Lloyd 11 and Lucile 8. His sister-in-law, Minnie Flygar, age 41 and single lives with them.
(Lloyd Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Second son of Hile and Minnie (Ferguson) Wisner was born May 17, 1887 in Ansonville, Clearfield County Pa. He registered for the WW I draft in 1917 when he was still single and reports that he works for the NYC railroad as an engineer. He is described as medium height and build with light blue eyes and light brown hair. He is a veteran of WWI having served 3 years. He married in 1920 Agnes Griffin, daughter of J. Michael Griffin of Winburne. They are listed on the 1930 census on Reed Street in Clearfield. He is 42 and his wife is 38. She tells us her father was born in Ireland. They moved to Hyattsville, Maryland in 1953/54.
Lloyd Wisner died February 22, 1960 at the Veteran’s hospital in Washington D. C. Survivors are his wife the former Agnes Griffin and one son Patrick of Hyattsville Md. and brothers and sisters, Charles, Beech Bottom W. Va.; Leonard, Akron Ohio; Mrs. Bertha Bulger, Florida and Mrs. Mary Frank, Buffalo, N. Y. and. Verna and James preceded him in death. He is buried in Crown Crest Memorial cemetery.
(Alberta Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born Feb 8, 1890 married Harry C. Heasley. They lived with her father in 1920 in Clearfield and by 1930 Harry is living with his mother in Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County as a single man. In 1927 she married David A Bulger and had a son Donald H Bulger. They lived in Altoona, Blair County in 1930. Alberta died in August 1980 in Saint Petersburg Florida.
(Charles Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born Feb 19, 1895 and married Agnes Weston. He registered for WW I draft in 1917 when he reports that he lives at 715 Dory Street in Clearfield and was born in Lumber City, works for the Elk Tannery in Clearfield and is married. His description is short, slender with gray eyes and dark brown hair. On the 1920 census in Clearfield he reports that he is 24 and works at the tannery. His wife, Agnes is 23 and their children are Leland 2, and Eugene 11 months. By 1930 they have moved to Beech Bottom Buffalo Township, Brooke County West Virginia where we learn that they were married in 1917. He is 34 and a machinist at a steel mill. His wife, Agnes M. is 33 and they have an addition to the family, Dorothy age 9. They are still in the same place when he registers for the WW II draft. Sometime after this they moved to Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia where he died in March 1980.
(Leonard Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Leonard was born Sep. 22, 1896 and married Clara Tibbins. Leonard was still at home in 1920. They later moved to Akron Ohio. Their offspring were Leonard and Alberta. Leonard Wisner died March 31, 1975 in Handford, Kings County California. He is a veteran of WW I.
(Verna Wisner6, Minnie Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Verna was born March 21, 1899 and still lived at home in 1920. She married Walter Isle and had a son Elgne Isle.
(Emma Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Emma was born in 1869 and married William H. Rea June 15th 1888, a son of Thomas and Hannah (Bloom) Rea. He was born June 4th 1865. They live in Jordan Township in 1900 where he tells us that he is a road supervisor and has been married for 12 years. He was born in June 1865, his wife Emma was born in November 1870 and is the mother of three children. The children are Clair born August 1889, Eva born October 1891 and Chester born July 1894.
In 1910 still in Jordan Township he is working at odd jobs and his sons Chester at age 15 and his brother Clair at 19 are both working in the coalmines. William and Emma have an addition to their family a daughter, Ruth age 3. By 1920 they have moved to Youngstown, Mahoning County Ohio where he has secured a job as a house carpenter. The two youngest children are still at home. In 1930 he found working in a metal works at age 65 and Emma is 61, all the children have left home. William Rea died on August 29, 1942 in Youngstown, Ohio.
(Charles Rea6, Emma Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born August 24, 1889, married Lucille Boyd a native of Ohio on June 22, 1926. He is described on his WW I draft registration as medium height and build with gray eyes and brown hair. They had at least one daughter, Florence Ann born March 13, 1927. Charles worked as a salesman in an office supply store. He served one year in the military as a Corporal, enlisting on July 24, 1918 and was given an honorable discharge on July 9, 1919. In 1942 he lives in Poland, Mahoning County Ohio and gives his wife’s name as Liland.
(Eva Rea6, Emma Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Eva Rea was born October 14, 1891 and married William Perry whose parents were born in England and Wales. He was born in Ansonville, Jordan Township, Clearfield County Pa. on April 29, 1889. On his draft registration in 1917 he was married with one child and was an inspector for a tube company. His physical description was medium height and build with gray eyes and light hair. In 1920 in Mahoning County Ohio he was 30 and working as an inspector in the steel mills in Youngstown, Ohio. His wife Eva H. is 28 and has two daughters Beatrice 5 and Betty 9 months. By 1930 he has been promoted to foreman. Eva Perry, a widow, died at home in Mahoning County, Ohio on April 22, 1966. Their children were Beatrice Perry born April 14, 1914 and Betty Perry born March 24, 1919 both born in Ohio.
(Chester Rea6, Emma Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Chester was born July 1, 1894 and married in 1919, May Young daughter of Margaret (Waddell) Young. He served one year in the military as a Private, enlisting on July 24, 1918 and was given an honorable discharge on July 9, 1919. His physical description on his WW I draft card is medium height and build with blue eyes and light hair. On the 1920 census in Youngstown, Ohio Chester, age 25 and his wife May 26 are living with her mother and grandfather.
On the 1930 census in Boardman Township he owns his own home and works at a steel factory. They are listed as Chester R. age 35 and Catherine age 36 and they have been married for 11 years. She is a native of Ohio and they have no children. Chester gives his mother Emma Rea as his contact person on his WW II draft registration.
(Ruth Rea6, Emma Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born June 26, 1906 married about 1929, James A. Kreitzburg Jr. They are on the 1930 census in Youngstown, Ohio where he is 25, owns his own home and was 24 when he got married. His wife, Ruth is 24. They have no children. Joan Arlene, a daughter was born September 27, 1930.
(Elverta Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Elverta, daughter of James and Margaret (McCracken) Ferguson was born April 4, 1871 and married Orvis Erhard born March 12, 1872, son of Enoch and Nancy Jane (Rea) Erhard of Knox Township. In 1900 this family is living next door to his widowed mother in Knox Township, Clearfield County and listed as Orvis Erhard born November 1872, age 28, married for three years. Elverta M., his wife, was born April 1871 at age 29. She reports that she has had one son, Percy L. born August 1898. Also in the home is Lloyd Wisner age 13, and is shown as brother-in-law, but is actually Elverta's nephew.
In 1910 still in Knox Township their children are listed as Leroy age 11, Margaret 9, Hazel 7, Earl 5 and Donald 2. On the 1920 census they have two more sons Paul age 8 and Frank age 7. By 1930 they have moved to 206 Chestnut Ave. in Altoona, Blair County. All the children are still at home. Orvis Erhard died in November 1942 and Elverta Erhard died in 1960.
Erhard & Rea Families
The immigrant ancestor of Nancy Jane Rea, mother of Orvis Erhard, was Alexander Rea born about 1700 in Northern Ireland. It is not known who his wife is or when he came here but his son Samuel Rea was born in N. J. on September 13, 1734. Samuel Rea married on September 21, 1761 Ann McCracken, a daughter of Robert McCracken of Lower Mount Bethel, Northampton County. Although no connection has been made yet, it is believed that James McCracken of Clearfield County descends from this same Robert McCracken family.
Samuel Rea is Col. Samuel Rea of the revolutionary War. Nancy Jane descends from James a son of Samuel who was born in York County in 1784 and moved to Clearfield County in 1805 and Samuel Jr. son of James and Jane (Brannon) Rea. Samuel Rea Jr. was born in 1800 and married Lydia Ricketts. Nancy Jane daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Ricketts) Rea was born in 1844 and died June 19, 1904. She married Enoch Erhard father of Orvis Erhard.
Enoch Erhard, father of Orvis was born in 1841 a son of Christian Erhard and Jane Patterson and comes from a long line of established founding families of Clearfield County such as the Dale family that has been traced back to Germany in the 1670’s and the Abram High family both of which are well stated in the 1931 Albert Y. Straw book Some Genealogies and Family Records.
(Paul Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
First son of James and Margaret (McCracken) Ferguson was born March 4, 1875 and married in 1899 Effie Schucker a daughter of Israel and Anna (Aughenbaugh) Schucker. She was born in 1877. They had one daughter, Mary born November 15, 1900 and died December 26, 1905 and a son, James Ward born April 15, 1904. In 1917 Paul Ferguson was a self-employed contractor in Clearfield. By 1920 his widowed mother Margaret was listed in his household at age 74. By 1930 Effie Ferguson is listed alone as a widow at age 61. Paul died April 19, 1923.
(James6, Paul Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
James Ward, son of Paul Ferguson was born April 16, 1904 and married Stella Brown, daughter of Harry and Margaret Brown of Curwensville. James and Stella had one daughter Mary Margaret Ferguson born August 20th 1926. The child is living with her grandparents, the Brown’s, on the 1930 census. James Ferguson next married Ruby Hartzfeld. James Ferguson died on January 7, 1976 in Clearfield and is buried in Hillcrest cemetery. His obituary states that his wife Ruby and a daughter Margaret survive him.
(Aura Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Fourth daughter of James and Margaret (McCracken) Ferguson was born June 8, 1878, married in 1907 Thomas Michael Brooder born June 13, 1874 in Ohio. They live in Pittsburg in 1910 where he was employed as a streetcar driver. He is listed as Thomas Brooder 35, married 3 years. She is Ora age 31 and the mother of two children; they are Margaret 3 and Alberta 8 (should be 8 months.). On his draft registration card he is described as tall medium build with light blue eyes and light brown hair. In 1920 still in Pittsburg, Allegheny County he is a streetcar driver. In 1930 both their daughters are public school teachers and single, living at home.
(James Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Second son of James and Margaret Ferguson was born April 23, 1880, married February 17, 1904, Alice Rowles, daughter of Ephraim W. Rowles and Mary Ann Ore born in July 1887. He and Alice had one daughter Alice L. Ferguson. His second marriage was to Della Read. On the 1910 census James is called John W. He and his second wife Della are living with his parents in Clearfield on Roberts Street with his daughter Alice L. Ferguson age 5. John is a fireman on the railroad. Della Reed is the daughter of John C. and Dianna (Frantz) Reed, natives of New York. Alice (Rowles) Ferguson died July 16, 1904 of blood posion, about 10 days afte the birth of her child.
In 1917 James is living in Erie County Pa. and going by James Wade Ferguson and working as a farm hand for J. E. Garlick. He gives his birth date as April 23, 1885. His next of kin is his sister Aura Brooder of Pittsburg Pa. His physical description is medium height and build, blue eyes and brown hair.
On his 1942 draft registration he is living in Millcreek Township Erie, Pa. and goes by James Wade Ferguson and reports he was born April 23, 1880 in Kerrmoor Pa. and gives his sister Mrs. Aura Brooder of 317 Estella Street in Pittsburg as his nearest relative. He is unemployed. No further records of this family have been found.
(Alice6, James Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Alice, daughter of James Ferguson was born in 1904 and married Charley Buey and had two sons Jackey and Robert.
(Clark Ferguson5, Margaret4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Last child of James and Margaret (McCracken) Ferguson was born April 30, 1888 and died at 6 years old.
(Zachariah4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Second son of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born about 1847 and married Margaret Croyle on June 10th 1873 in Clearfield County, Pa. She is the daughter of George and Mariam Croyle of Gulich Township. Zachariah and Margaret are first found in the 1880 census in Utahville, Beccaria Township and listed as Zachary McCracken age 33 working as a clerk. His wife Maggie is 26. The children are daughter Ollie P. age 4, son Lewis age 1 and Mary age 4 months born in February 1880. It is not known if Margaret died or was divorced but Zachary was married again in 1894 to Allis ____ born in October 1864.
On the 1900 census he is living in White Township in Cambria County. His household consists of Zack born August 1847 age 52 married 6 years (1896) a laborer in the woods. His wife 35 years old is Allis born October 1864. Also in the home is a boarder John Croyle born May 1846 age 54 and single. He died September 9, 1929 in Camcria County Pennsylvania.
Of his children Olive P McCracken died in May 1880 of diptheria, and Mary McCracken who was born in 1880 in Pennsylvania. Nothing more was learned about her.
Lewis Wilton McCracken
(Lewis5, Zachariah4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Lewis was born November 28, 1878 in Beccaria Township, Clearfield County Pennsylvania Nd married Lusia Florence Inman born March 3, 1883 in West Virginia and died July 5, 1935 in Cambria County Pennsylvania. They had four children namely twins Zacheriah T. aka John and Joseph C. McCracken born April 24, 1918 in Pennsylvania and daughters Florence M. and Ruth N. born in 1921 and 1923 respectively in West Virginia. Lewis was a locomotive engineer by trade. His WW I draft card describes him as medium build and hieght with blue eyes and light orange hair.
(Mariah4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Fourth daughter of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born about 1848 married, on November 26, 1870 John Ross son of Charles B. and Mary A. Ross of Beccaria Township. Charles B. Ross was killed during the Civil War on May 31, 1862 at Fairoaks after serving only nine months. John J. and Miriah and are found on the 1880 census in DuBois, Clearfield County. The census shows John G. Ross age 33, Mariah J. 29, and sons Harry 8 and Daniel 6. Also in the home is Thomas J. Ross, a brother of John, he is disabled with rheumatism at age 42.
The 1900 census of DuBois shows John G. Ross at age 53 born March 1847 and married for 29 years and Mariah at age 52 born March 1848 with two live births. Two sons, Harry born October 1873 at age 26 and Daniel born October 1876 age 23, both single.
In the 1910 census they are living in Gibson Township, Cameron County, Pa. John is 67 years old married 38 years and working for a lumber manufacturer. Mariah J. is 65. They are living next door to Amos and Grace Ross and family. Amos is 40 years old.
(Harry Ross5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born October in October 1873 and married in 1911 Ida ____. They are in DuBois for the 1910 census where he is working as a rail car inspector. Their children are a son Kenneth age 8 and a daughter Gerald age 2. On the 1920 census still in DuBois he is still working as a car inspector. The listing is Harry I. Ross 48, Ida May 42, Kenneth D. 18 working as an electrician for the locomotive works, and Geraldine age 12. By 1930 Geraldine age 22 and her husband Harry Stohl age 28, live with her parents and Kenneth is out of the home. Harry Stohl reports that his parents were born in Sweden and he works as a boiler- maker for the railroad. They have been married 3 years.
(Kenneth6, Harry Ross5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Son of Harry and Ida May Ross was born about 1902 and married about 1924 Corrine ____. They had 3 children by 1930 where they are found on the census listed as Kenneth 28 working at the R R Shop, Corrine 32, Harry 5, Joann 4 and Pauline 2.
(Geraldine6, Harry Ross5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Daughter of Harry and Ida Ross was born in 1908. She married in 1925, Harry T. Stohl 7th of 10 children of Charles and Alida Stohl who came to this country in 1892 from Sweden and settled in DuBois, Clearfield County Pa.
(Daniel Ross5, Catherine4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Second son of John and Mariah (McCracken) Ross was born in October 9, 1873 and is first found on the 1910 census in Gibson Township, Cameron County at age 35, married for 8 years and working at a lumber mill. His Wife is Annie age 32 with two live births. The children are George age 5 and Ethel 4 months. On his draft registration card in 1918 he reports that he was born in DuBois on October 9, 1873 and is 44 years old. His wife Annie is his next of kin.
In 1920 they are in Sandy Township, Clearfield County. Daniel C. Ross is 46 and a farmer, his wife Anna is 43 and the children are George 14, Ethel 10, Blake 6, Clyde 4 years 3 months, Dorothy 1 year 11 months and Norman 1 month. In 1930 still in Sandy Township George and Ethel are no longer in the home and Norman is called Harry.
(Mary4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Seventh child of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born about 1849 and married John H. Noel son of Christopher and Sarah Ann (Helsel) Noel of White Township, Cambria County, Pa. He was born in 1844 and was the oldest in a family of seven children. He served one year (1864-1865) in the Civil war as a private in company A of the PA 29th infantry.
In the 1850 and 1860 census he is found living with his parents in Cambria County and in the 1870 census he is living next door to his parents and listed as age 26, a woodchopper. His family consists of his wife Mary age 21 and a daughter Sarah C. Noel age 1.
By the1880 census the family lived in Irvona, Beccaria Township, Clearfield County, Pa. and he is shown to be a farmer at age 36, his wife Mary is 26. Sarah is not listed among their children. The following children are listed; William D. age 8, Charles 7, Jane 6, Isabella 2 and Matilda 1.
Between 1890, where he is shown in Irvona in the Veterans schedules and 1900, they moved back to White Township in Cambria County where the 1900 census has the family as John H. Noel age 56 born April 1844 married 33 years and a farmer. Mary, born October 1854 age 45 she was the mother of nine children with eight still living. Sarah her oldest daughter died between 1870 and 1880.
The household consisted of the following children in 1900, all single: William born August 1872 age 27, Charles J., May 1876 age 24, Alice, March 1880 age 20, Harvey, April 1882 age 18, Tillie, May 1882 age 18, Henry, June 1883 age 13 and Laura, June 1894 age 5. Also in the home is his widowed mother Sarah Noel born May 1822 age 78 and a brother George born July 1858 age 41.
In the 1910 census John Noel is 64, wife Mary age 60, daughter Laura age 17 are living in Irvona again. The 1920 census also in Irvona John H. Noel age 74, Mary age 69.
We have not been able to get any information on these children of John Noel and Mary McCracken.
- Jane was born about 1874.
- Isabella was born about 1878.
- Matilda was born about 1879.
- Alice was born in March 1880.
- Sarah was born about 1869 and died young.
The other children of Mary McCracken and John Noel are;
(William Noel5, Mary4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
William Noel was born in August 1872 and married in 1909, Ada Boice. He is found in Pittsburg, Allegheny County in 1910 at age 38 with wife Ada age 28 and married one year. They have a 9-month-old daughter Adaline. A sister-in-law, Lillian age 13 lives with them. In 1920 they are in Swissvale borough in Allegheny County where he is working in a steel mill. They have three more children Virginia L. age 8, Austin age 7 and William age 5. Sister-in-law Lillian Boice still lives with them age 23.
By 1930 they have moved again and live in Munhall, Allegheny County. They have another daughter Vivian A. age 11 and their oldest daughter, Adaline, has gotten married and had a son. The census reports indicate she has been married for 5 years (1925). No husband is shown but her son is Ronald W. Littlehale 6 months old.
(Charles Noel5, Mary4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Charles J. Noel was born May 17, 1873 and married Elizabeth A. O'Hara about 1899. Elizabeth O'Hara is the daughter of Thomas and Clara A. (Gibney) O'Hara. The records show a varity of spellings for both these names, however, Clara and Thomas were married March 9, 1873 and had Nine children. It is not known if Thomas died or they were divorced but Clara next married John Montgomery in 1899 and had another daughter. John Montgomery then died on December 16 1914 in Clearfield County and Elizabeth and Charles Noel moved in with Clara.
On the 1910 census Charles and Elizabeth live in Juniata, Blair County. They are listed as Charles age 35, married 11 years, fireman on the railroad. Elizabeth age 27 has given birth to two children with one surviving. Their son Ralph is 9.
On his 1918 draft registration he says, he was born in Irvona and his birthday in May 17, 1873, that he is an engineer and his wife is Elizabeth Noel. His physical description is medium height and build, blue eyes and light hair.
They are living in Irvona, Beccaria Township in 1920 with one son Ralph J. age 19 and her 62-year-old widowed mother, Clara A. Montgomery. Charles is an engineer on the railroad at age 45 and his son is a fireman. Elizabeth is 37. In 1930 in Irvona, Clearfield County they are empty nesters ages 56 and 47. Charles J Noel died in a house fire on November 10, 1942.
(Harvey Noel5, Mary4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Harvey was born April 1, 1882 in Sanborn, Clearfield County and married Bessie Kline. His draft application in 1918 puts him in New Millport RFD where he is a clay miner for the G. S. Good Fire Brick Company. His next of kin is his wife Bessie M. Noel. He is described as a short medium built man with dark blue eyes and red hair. He died October 17th 1957 at Fredonia, N. Y. at the home of his son Clyde. His only surviving siblings are a brother Henry of LaJose and Mrs. Laura Williams of Irvona. He is buried in the Sanborn cemetery.
(Henry Noel5, Mary4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Henry was born in June 1883 and is named as a surviving brother of Harvey (above) living in LaJose in 1957 but no other records of Henry were found.
(Laura Noel5, Mary4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Laura Noel was born in June 1894 and married Jesse D. Williams, son of Anson and Mary A Williams of Ansonville, Jordan Township. This is the third marriage for Jesse Williams. Laura and Jesse had at least six children and lived in Irvona, Clearfield County Pa. next door to her parents in 1920 and a few doors away was her brother Charles and his wife.
The children of Laura and Jesse Williams were Ada born about 1914, Ruth 1915, James 1917, Dorothy Thelma 1918, Margaret 1920 and Melvin born about 1922.
(Rachel4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Eighth child of John J. and Mariah McCracken was born in December 1852 and married John C. Gates in 1876. He was born June 3, 1844 in White Township, Cambria County to Isaac Gates and Mary Troxell.
His family has been traced back to the 1640’s, on his mother’s side, through the Cherokee and Algonquin tribes and on the father’s side to Johann M. Gotz (1739 – 1811). John Gates and Rachel lived in Cambria and Dauphin Counties.
In 1880 they live beside his widowed mother in White Township, Cambria County. John is 36 and works as a lumberman and grocer. His wife is just called R. B. and is 30 with one unnamed daughter age 1. In 1900 they live in Ebensburg Borough on Crawford Street. John works as a clerk for the county commissioner and is 55 years old, married for 24 or 27 years. Bell is 47 and the mother of 4 children with only 2 surviving. They are Alberta born in March 1879 (the unnamed child on the 1880 census) and Francis A. S. Gates born January 1883.
By 1910 they have moved to 1839 Market Street in Harrisburg, Dauphin County where John is now a clerk in the state capitol at age 65 and his wife, Rachel B. is 57. Alberta is still single and at home at age 31. In 1920 at age 75 he is still working at the state capitol and Belle is 65. John C. Gates died in 1923. Rachel died on February 4, 1921 in Flinton, Cambria County.
Her son Harvey Perry Gates died in 1877 at 4 years old.
(Alberta Gates5, Rachel4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Alberta the only surviving daughter of John and Rachel (McCracken) Gates was born in March 1879. We have been unable to locate Alberta in any records after she left home.
(Francis Gates5, Rachel4, John3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Son of John and Rachel Gates was born January 4, 1883 in Ebensburg, Cambria County Pa. He married October 30, 1908, Lovell M. Barker born December 12, 1884 in Ebensburg Cambria County Pa. to Judge Augustine V. and Catherine (Zahm) Barker. After he left home he went by the name Frank Shoemaker Gates and is first found in 1910 in Wilmington, New Castle County Delaware working as a rod man on the railroad. He is 27 years old and married 2 years. His wife is Lovell Maine Gates age 25 born in Pa. Her father was born in Maine and her mother in Pa. They have no children.
On his WW I draft card in Harrington, Kent County Delaware he is described as tall, stout, brown eyes and hair. He tells us that he is a supervisor for the PPR Company. In 1920 they are still in Harrington, Kent County Delaware and by 1930 they have bought their own home at 900 Louisa Street in Williamsport, Lycoming County Pa. where he owns a business selling coal. On his WW II draft card in 1942 he reports that he is the owner of Market Street Coal Yard.
(John4, John J.3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born about 1855 died January 27, 1859 at 4 years old.
(Charles4, John J.3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Charles was born in 1860 died November 10, 1881 at 21 years of age. He never married.
(Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
The second daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Jordan) McCracken was born about 1810 and married James Sharp after 1840. They lived in Bell Township in 1850 next door to her parents. He was a carpenter and was born about 1807. On the 1850 census their household consisted of James age 43, Jane age 39, a daughter Margaret age 11, and sons Marian 8, George W. 6, David H. 4 and William 2. Samuel Sharp age 39 also lived in the home.
Jane Sharp age 50 was living in Pike Township in 1860 with no husband. She is listed as a farmer. The children in the family are Margaret age 22, Marian age 20, George 17, David 15, William 12 and Herbert 8. James Sharp probably died between 1852 and 1860.
On the 1870 census Jane is still the head of the house age 58 with children George 25 and Herbert 18 are working the farm. By 1880 Jane Sharp age 68 is living with her son Herbert in Pike Township, next door to William her 4th son and his family. Of her children -
(Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Also known as “Annie” was born in 1839 and married Charles Helper of Penn Township on May 3rd 1866.
Charles Helper
Charles Helper was a Civil war veteran having served in Company I with the 157th N.Y Infantry from August of 1862 to August of 1865. He suffered a wound to the knee at the battle of Gettysburg. After the war he returned to N. Y. only to come to Curwensville, Clearfield County in early March of 1866 and two months later he married Miss Annie Sharp who was born in April 24, 1839 and was still living in 1930 at the age of 91. Charles was born on May 30, 1844 in N. Y. He is the fourth of seven children of E. and Augusta (Robbie) Helper. In the census Charles reports that his father was born in France and his mother in Germany. They both died about the same time in Madison County N. Y. and are buried at Onondaga.
Charles Helper moved to Penn Township prior to 1870 where he rented and operated a farm and raised a family of four children. He then purchased a small 20-acre farm in Grampian where he conducted a licensed hotel until 1895 when his eyesight failed. By the 1900 census he is reported as blind at age 55.
On the 1910 census in Grampian, Clearfield County, Charles Helper reports that he is 66 and married for 44 years. He was born in N. Y. his father was born in France and his mother in Germany and he is a farmer. His wife Margaret A. is 71 and has given birth to 7 children with three surviving. She tells us that her father was born at sea. Son Timothy age 25 and daughter Dora Woods age 35 and her children, Vane A., Inez and Daisy live in the home.
In 1920 they still live at Grampian, Penn Township. Charles is 75, Margaret is 81, and Timothy is 32 and still single. Their daughter Dora Woods age 44 and her daughter Daisy Woods age 18 also live in the home. Charles Helper died June 24, 1925 at his home in Grampian.
On the 1930 census Margaret A. Helper is head of the household at age 90 and listed as a widow with the following great granddaughters Chatlyn Hays age 10, Kathleen Hays age 6, Nancy Jane 4, and her daughter Dora H. Woods age 55 a widow living in the home. The children of Margaret Sharp and Charles Helper are:
(Norman Helper5, Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born about 1868 died at age 16.
(William Helper5, Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born March 11, 1870 married on June 30, 1897, Lovinia H (Norris) Wall widow of Truman J. Wall, one of seven children of William and Sarah Wall of Colorado. Lovina Norris and Truman Wall were married in Colorado on September 1, 1876 and he died January 29, 1891. Truman Wall was a schoolteacher at Bell Run, in Clearfield County.
Lovinia Norris was born in November of 1856 in Pike Township and was the 12th of the thirteen children of John Norris and Priscilla Bloom also of Pike Township. William Helper began work at the age of fourteen in the lumber camps and went on to be the manager of a fine dairy farm. William and Lovinia Helper had one daughter, Mildred Ann Helper born December 1897.
(Mildred6, William Helper5, Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Mildred Helper was married twice. First to Percy Bell with whom she had two children, William Percy Bell born about 1916 and Charles B Bell born about 1918. Mildred divorced Percy Bell in 1922 and married Oscar G. Anderson on June 7, 1922 and had two more children Edith and Boyd Anderson. Edith married Frank Merle of Clearfield and Boyd was killed April 18, 1948 when a piece of heavy equipment turned ofer on him.
(Theadosia Helper5, Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Also known as “Dora” was born 1876 she married William Woods in 1895 and was a widow by 1910 when she and her children moved in with her parents. He was born in April 1863 and made his living as a merchant. She taught school in the public school system at Grampian. Their children were Vane A. born 1896, Inez born 1898 and Daisy Woods born 1901.
Inez Woods married _____ Hays and had three daughters Chatlyn Hays 1920, Kathleen Hays 1924, Nancy Jane 1926.
Vane Augustine Woods
(Vane Woods6, Theadosia Helper5, Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Vane Woods was born June 29, 1896 in Grampian, Clearfield County Pa. Although he was living in Grampian in 1917 he was working for the NYC railroad out of Youngstown, Ohio. He gives his mother Mrs. Dora Woods as his next of kin on the 1917 draft registration. By 1930 he was living and working in Youngstown Ohio and married. He reports that he is a conductor, age 33 and married for 3 years. His wife is Elizabeth age 29 and married for the first time at age 17. She brings to the marriage a 12-year-old son Ray who was born in Ohio, as was his natural father.
(Timothy Helper5, Margaret Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born March 7, 1885 and married Hattie _____ from Virginia in 1926. She was born about 1890. Timothy worked for a while as a fireman on the railroad and later as a clay miner. He and his wife lived next door to his mother in Grampian Hills in 1930 with a 7-year-old nephew, Charles G. Vicker. On his 1942 draft card he gives his mother Dora Woods as his next of kin. Timothy died in October 1963. Charles Griffin Vicker was born on November 4, 1922 in Curwensville and died June 23, 1969 in South Vietnam. He was a Sergeant Major in the US Army.
(Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
The first son of James and Jane Sharp was born in February 1841 and married Emma or Emily Hoefstetter of Philadelphia. On the 1880 census they are living in Greenwood Township. He is listed as being 38, wife Emily is 36 and daughter Lizzy is 14. On the 1900 census Marion Sharp is living in Union Township, Jefferson County with three cousins, Susan, Mattie and Aura B. Sharp and a granddaughter Bessie Ross born October 1883. He reports that he is 59, a widower and a farmer. On the 1910 census he is living in Corsica Township, Jefferson County. His cousin Mattie J. Sharp and Granddaughter Bessie Ross are still in the home.
(Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Elizabeth, daughter of Marion and Emily Sharp was born in February 1866 and married Alexander Ross, born October 12, 1862. They were married in Clearfield on June 4, 1882. Alexander Ross was the oldest son of Robert and Sarah Ross of Ferguson Township. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Ross had seven children. On the 1900 census Alex is a widower listed as Elic age 38 with the following children; Zola 16, Ema 14, Clelley 11, Thomas 8, Maggie 5, and Ruthe 3.
On the 1910 census still living next to his parents in Greenwood Township with three of his children. He is 48 and the children are Thomas 19, Maggie 16 and Ruth 14. Bessie age 17 is living with her grandfather. By 1920 at age 58 Alexander Ross is living alone on Curry Run Road in Greenwood Township. Elizabeth died March 13, 1899 in Greenwood Township of blood poision and Alexander died February 7, 1942.
(Zola Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Zola was born in 1884 and married John B. Ferguson about 1890 and had a son Clark born in 1889. Her sister Ruth Ross at age 14 was living with Zola in 1910.
(Emma Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Emma was born January 26, 1886 and married Andrew Rainey son of Robert and Hannah (Pennington) Rainey of LaJose. They had 7 children. Bessie, Edward, Clair, Edna, Vella, Betty and Delmont. Emma died September 22, 1975 in Blairsville, Indiana County and her husband died Feburary 8, 1959 in Punxsutawney.
McClellen Ross
(McClellen Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born February 2, 1889 and married Effie Coleman in 1915. She was born January 27. 1889 in Summerhill, Cambria County Pa. the daughter of William C and Melinda E (Allenbaugh) Coleman. The children of McClellen and Effie were; Deon, Lloyd, Anna B., Harold, Jean, Lester, Emma and Ivan. Alex Ross, father age 68 lived with this family in 1930. Her Uncle and Aunt live next door, A. W. and Emma Coleman. McClellen Ross died suddenly of a heart attack on November 30, 1935 at his farm.
(Thomas Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born April 14, 1891 was married twice, first to Lillie M. Hockenberry, daughter of George and Rosie Hockenberry of Chest Township with whom he had five children. His oldest child Paul A. Ross was born January 2, 1913 and died October 10, 1992 in Chautauqua County New York. His next child was Cloey I Ross born March 19, 1915 and died September 7, 1997 in Fallentimber Pennsylvania. She married a Mr. Hollen. Their third child was Charles E Ross born April 2, 1917 and died February 25, 1988 in Mercer County. The second daughter was Helen G Ross born May 19, 1919 in Westover and died January 4th 2007 in Mercer County. She married Mr. Kostyack. The youngest child is William Ross born April 12, 1921 and died November 25, 1974. He married Bettie M Drass and had one daughter Lena Mae.
In 1910 Thomas Ross is single and living with his parents in Greenwood Township at age 19. Thomas Ross registered for the draft on June 5, 1917 and reports that he has a wife and three children under 12 years of age. He is described as medium height, slender build with brown hair and eyes. By 1920 they are living in Westover and he is working as a coal miner with a wife, Lillie, and four children.
By 1930 they have moved to Reade Township in Cambria County where he is working as labor at the brick yard. On this census he reports he was married at age 20 (1911) and his wife Lillie is 42 (1888). On his WW II draft registration card he is 5' 2" 125 lbs, ruddy complection, brown eyes and black hair. It is noted that he has scald marks on the right hip. Lillie M Ross is his next of kin. His obituary, in 1964, lists the former Lena Angello as his surviving wife.
Bessie Ross
(Bessie Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Bess was born about 1893/8 and married a Mr Pierce.
Margaret Ross
(Margaret Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Margaret Ross aka Maggie was born about 1894 and married William Thomas Sharp about 1912. He is the son of James and Sarah (Williams) Sharp of Jefferson County. They were the parents of four children. Frank James 1916 - 1982, Alexander Earl 1918- 2005, Myrtle and Sarah Sharp. William Thomas Sharp was born May 1, 1877 and died April 17, 1947 in Mercer County.
(Ruth Ross6, Elizabeth5, Marion Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Ruth was born in February 1897 and lived with Zola in 1910 in Westover, Chest Township. She married a young man, Charles Kimbell, from Glenmount Ohio and had five children. Viola 1916, Evaline 1918, Fern 1921, Grace 1923 and Charles Jr. 1925. They lived in Akron Ohio between 1917 and 1925 when they moved back to Clearfield County.
(George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
George, son of James and Jane Sharp was born about 1843/4 and married Elizabeth Jane Hockenberry January 28, 1872 in Clearfield. She was born about 1848/50 the daughter of Josiah and Margaret Hockenberry of Grampian Hills. In 1870 at age 25 he is living and working on the family farm in Curwensville, Pike Township, with his mother Jane age 58 and his brother Herbert age 18. On the 1880 census he is found in Burnside Township with his own family where he is shown to be a farmer age 35 and his wife Elizabeth Jane is 31. The children are Harry 8, Frank 7, Maud 5, Hattie 3, Ernest 2 and Maggie 2 months born on June 1st 1880. George Sharp died between 1887 and 1900. They were the parents of 11 children. Elizabeth was last found on the 1920 census in Bell Township at age 72.
(Harry5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Harry, son of George Sharp was born June 30, 1872. Harry was first found in Banks Township, Indiana County in 1900 at 27 working on the railroad and living with a group of other single young men. He married in 1902, a girl named Mary Lyons. In 1910 this family lives in Green Township, Indiana County where he is a section foreman. Mary reports that she is the mother of one living child but no child is listed on the census with the family. Harry’s mother, Elizabeth, is living with him. Harry is 38, Mary 32 and Elizabeth is 60.
By 1920 Harry had moved to Bell Township in Clearfield County and bought a farm. They are listed on the 1920 census as Harry 47, Mary 42, Alice 8 and William age 2 years 9 months. On the 1930 census they have another son, Chester A. 8 years old. Harry Sharp died April 17, 1958 at the Clearfield hospital after a short illness.
(Frank5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Frank was born in 1873. We have not been able to identify Frank Sharp in any records other than the 1880 census where he is listed with his family at 7 years old.
(Maud5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Maud was born January 31, 1875 and died September 15, 1966 in Altoona. She married Cyrus Edward Remaley.
(Hattie5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Hattie was born August 11, 1876 and married in 1893, Warren Herbert Meckley aka “Bert” born in March of 1869 to Samuel and Amanda (Ellis) Meckley of Bell Township. In 1900 they live next to his parents in Bell Township when they report they have been married for 7 years (1893). Herbert is 31, Hattie is 23, and she has given birth to four children with two surviving. The children are two sons, Coy, born in December 1895, age 4 and Bruce, born in March 1898 age 2.
On the 1910 census we find them in Carroll Township, Cambria County where they are listed as W. H. Meckley 41, Hattie 32, Coy 14, Bruce 12, Gwendolyn 10, Annabel 6 and Dorotha 4. By 1920 they have moved back to Bell Township, Clearfield County where he owns and operates a farm. On this census he is called Warren H. Meckley age 51. They have five more children Wilford, Robert, Raymond, Ruth and Helen. In 1930 only the five youngest children are at home. Hattie Sharp died September 24, 1961 and her husband died in 1944.
(Coy Meckley6, Hattie5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Son of Hattie (Sharp) and Herbert Meckley was born in Mahaffey on December 30, 1895 and died January 3, 1918 at Camp Lee in Mecklenburg, North Carolina of typhoid-pneumonia. On his WW I draft registration he is described as tall and slender with gray eyes and dark brown hair and working as a coal miner.
(Bruce Meckley6, Hattie5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Bruce was born March 7, 1898 in Mahaffey and married Margaret Bell before 1918. On his WW I draft registration he is described as medium height and build with blue eyes and brown hair and working as a coal miner. His next of kin is his wife Margaret. In 1920 Bruce age 22, his wife Margaret 18 and their son Richard 1 month lived in Greenwood Township, Clearfield County. Bruce Meckley died at the Clearfield hospital on April 9, 1921 of typhoid-pneumonia. He was buried in Old Zion cemetery.
The other children of Herbert and Hattie (Sharp) Meckley are;
Gwendolyn Meckley born July 15, 1910 and died February 16, 1925.
Annabel Meckley born November 21, 1903 and died August 1, 1949. She married Earl Raymond Marshall and had two sons and two daughters.
Dorothea Meckley or Dorothy born May 9, 1906 and died February 22, 2003. She married Guy Fryer and had seven children.
Wilford Doyle Meckley born June 20, 1911 and married Loretta G. LeFord in 1934. He died January 20, 1990. They had five children.
Robert D. Meckley born May 16, 1915 and died March 12, 1998.
Raymond Meckley born about 1915.
Ruth L. Meckley born about 1919. Married Harvey Bennett.
Helen L. Meckley born December 4, 1919 and died in December 1988. Married Aaron S. McQuown.
(Ernest5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Ernest, son of George was born March 19, 1878. He married September 30, 1901 Hannah E. Baker born in December of 1880. Ernest and Hannah set up housekeeping in Johnstown, Cambria County Pa. Their daughter Margaret C. Sharp was born 1913 and married Howard T. Walworth. This family moved to McKeesport in Allegheny County before 1918 where he registered for the draft. Prior to 1930 they moved back to Johnstown and in 1942 they are found in New Freedom, Pa. He was a minister in the United Brethren Church. Ernest Sharp died April 16, 1946 in Altoona, Pa.
The other children of George and Elizabeth Sharp are:
Maggie Sharp daughter of George Sharp was born in 1880.
Carrie Sharp born in 1881.
Vada B. Sharp born in October 1882.
Bessie Sharp born in 1883.
Cora May Sharp
(Cora5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Cora May, youngest daughter of George Sharp was born September 16, 1884 and married David John Hawk in 1902. He is the son of William Henry and Nancy Ann (Lowmaster) Hawk. He was born October 17, 1877 in Clearfield and died January 18, 1949 in Goochland County Virginia. Cora and David had four sons and two daughters namely, Guy 1904, Roy 1905, Bertha 1907, Margaret 1910, Leonard 1924 and Wayne 1926. Cora died May 9, 1961 in Goochland County Virginia.
(Francis5, George Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born October 5, 1886 and died June 5, 1959. He married in 1908 Lottie E. Cary who was born in 1888 the daughter of Silas and Anna (Peffer) Cary. They made their home in Black Lick Township, Indiana County Pa.
Their children are:
Hazel 1909- 1986 married Daryl Cunningham,
Halain Clair 1915,
Ralph Floyd 1916,
Edward Blair 1919,
Norman C. 1923,
Dora LaRue 1924 - 2004 married Roy Clawson and
Ruby 1927 married Steve Kwisnek.
(David Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
David Henry, third child of James and Jane (McCracken) Sharp was born September 19, 1843 and married in August 1869, Elizabeth Hullihan born 1847. She is the daughter of Anthony and Susannah Hullihan of Indiana County. Their children are Alice born April 1870, and son Berton born 1872. David H Sharp died January 21, 1893. In 1910 Elizabeth (Hullihan) Sharp, at age 60, was a widow living with her son Berton in Mahaffey. Elizabeth died before 1920.
(Mary5, David Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
(Burton5, David Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Burton Sharp son of David and Elizabeth was born in 1872. He married Beulah ______. On the 1910 census he and his mother were partners in a restaurant. Burton was 38 and single, his mother, Elizabeth, was 60 and widowed. By 1920 Burton had married and was working at the tannery. His wife Bula is 32 and they have three children Ruth A. 7, Francis 4 and Charles Ray 2. A foreman at the tannery, Andrew Peterman age 55, was a boarder in the home. In 1928 they had another child Grace E. and on the 1930 census of Bell Township he was a merchant of a grocery store. He died December 8, 1934 at his home. He is buried in Mahaffey cemetery.
(William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
William, son of James and Jane Sharp was born March 1848 died 1914 married Mary Elizabeth Tubbs in May of 1869. Elizabeth Tubbs was born on January 21, 1846 at LaJose, the daughter of Nicholas Tubbs and Sophia Williams. In the fall of 1863 the Tubbs home caught on fire and 4 children perished. Mary Elizabeth was at the home of her grandparents, George and Catherine Tubbs, at the time and survived the fire. Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sharp died from a stroke at the home of her daughter, Ida Peterson in Jamestown, N. Y. on May 5, 1932. She is buried in Curwensville cemetery.
George Tubbs
George Tubbs was born in 1798 and came to Clearfield County from Centre County about the year 1812. He was tall and heavy built. He mined coal and floated it on the Susquehanna to the eastern markets. He married about 1818 Catherine Straw the sister of Rachael Straw wife of Robert McCracken. Catherine Straw was born July 20, 1798 and died November 26, 1877. George Tubbs died in 1866.
He moved to Marron in Ferguson Township in 1834 where he purchased land, cleared out a farm and raised a family of eight sons and one daughter. Nicholas, father of Mary Elizabeth Tubbs, was first married to Sophia Williams who is the mother of Mary Elizabeth, and next he married Betsy Weaver. Two of his children from his first wife and two of his second wife died in the fire of his home in the fall of 1861. The children that perished were William (1851-1863), Scott (1855-1863), Sophia (1857-1863) and Tabitha (1859-1863). The children that survived are Elizabeth (1846-1932), Margaret (1861) and Christina (1863). Nicholas Tubbs was born 1822 and died 1884.
Clearfield Republican - October 30, 1861
Fire. - We learn that the dwelling house of Nicholas Tubbs of Ferguson tp., took fire one night last week and was burned to the ground, and four of the youngest Children were burned to death. The oldest was about 12 years old. The parents had gone to church about a mile and a half distant. It is supposed the fire originated from the candle as no other fire was in the house at the time.
William and Elizabeth Sharp are first found in the 1870 census in Bell Township. He is 22 and she is 21. By 1880 in Pike Township they have seven children. James 9, Viola 8, Charles H. 7, John N. 5, Dollie M. 3, Julia B. 2 and Annie 4 months. The additions to the family by 1900 in Lawrence Township were Nora P. November 1882, Guy December 1883, Freddy February 1885, Vern February 1887, Idella December 1888 and Vincent W. February 1890. They were the parents of seven sons and six daughters. According to the 1910 census, four of her children died before 1910. Viola, John and Julia are not shown on the 1900 census.
(James5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
James, son of William Sharp was born in August 1870 and married Mary Boyle after 1900. She was born in April 1873 the daughter of George and Clarissa Boyle of Clearfield. James died in 1907 and left no children.
(Viola5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born in September of 1871 and married George J. Rafferty in 1892. He was born October 15, 1869, a son of John W. and Annie (Shields) Rafferty of Penn Township. John Rafferty is the first generation of this Irish family to be born in Pennsylvania. George and Viola are listed only on the 1900 census in Grampian. They had three children before she died on January 16, 1903. Edward was born in May 1893, William Chester born May 1896 and Louis Leslie born in July 1898. George Rafferty was a blacksmith and after the death of his wife he remarried a 21-year-old about 1905 by the name of Jeanie Smith.
George and Jeanie had eleven more children and moved to Detroit Michigan about 1926. Their children were Matthew, Elizabeth married Patrick Crilley of Detroit, John Herbert, Larue, Joseph, Jean, Donald, Hazel, Smith, Elda and Rella all born in Pennsylvania. George Rafferty moved back to Grampian where he died September 10, 1939. He is buried in the Grampian cemetery. Viola (Sharp) Rafferty died in 1903. His second wife Jeanie (Smith) Rafferty died in 1936.
(Edward Rafferty6, Viola5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Edward was born in May 1893. He is found on the 1910 census where he is 16 and living at home and in Pittsburg as a boarder in 1920. No further records are found.
(Chester Rafferty6, Viola5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Chester was born on May 1, 1896. On his WW I draft registration he was still single and described as tall and slender with dark blue eyes and light brown hair. He reports he was born in Grampian, and worked at the Curwensville hardware. He married in 1922 Myrtle Spencer, daughter of Charles L. and Amelia (Guiher) Spencer of Hepburnia.
His family is shown on the 1930 census in Brady Township. Chester is 34, works as a mechanic in a garage and got married when he was 26. His wife is Myrtle age 28 and the children are Nellie 6, Lawrence 3 and Joan 10 months. The other children are Donna, Shirley and Lorena. In 1942 he was self employed and lived in DuBois. He, along with his son Lawrence E Rafferty owned and operated the Rafferty Cab Service in DuBois. Chester Rafferty died on August 21, 1974 in the hospital at DuBois and is buried at the Lakelawn Memorial Park in Reynoldsville.
Nellie Rafferty married John Gelnet, Loretta married John Connor, Joan married Norman Schoch and moved to Dover Delaware and Lorena married Skip Smith and lives in Daytona Beach, Florida. Donna moved to San Mateo, California and Shirley moved to Manhattan Beach California. Lawrence E. Rafferty remained in DuBois and went into business with his father.
(Leslie Rafferty6, Viola5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Leslie was born on July 15, 1898. On his WW I draft registration he was still single and described as tall and slender with brown eyes and hair. He works as a teamster for a lumber company and is single. Leslie was still single and living at home with his parents in Detroit, Michigan in 1930.
(Charles5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Charles was born March 28, 1873. He lists Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Sharp as his nearest relative on his WW I draft registration in 1918. He worked as a clerk for Mr. Wilson in Clearfield and is described as medium height, slender build with blue eyes and black hair. In 1920 he was living and working in Mr. Fred Wilson’s hotel on Reed Street and still single at age 48. He died in 1927 having never married.
(John5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
John was born in 1875 and died in DuBois of appendicitis October 15, 1899 at age 24.
(Emma5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Emma aka Dollie was born in October 1877 and married George Alexander Boyd in 1896. He is the son of Robert and Matilda Boyd of Lawrence Township born on February 12, 1873. Robert and Matilda Boyd came to America as children in 1842 from Ireland. On the 1900 census George and Emma M. Boyd are found in Lawrence Township living with his parents and their daughter Jenivive S. born in December 1898. This family moved quite a lot and are found in Chester County Pa. in 1910 with another daughter Margaret born in 1906.
On his draft registration in 1918 he is living in the town of Cooper, Woodbury Township in Glouster County N. J. and working in Philadelphia, Pa. for the International Harvester Company as a mechanic. His next of kin is Mrs. Emma Boyd. His physical description is tall, slender, blue eyes and brown hair. In 1920 they are in Glouster County, N. J. from there they moved to Wrightstown, Bucks County Pa. where there is another daughter listed, Jeema age 10 on the 1930 census.
(Julia5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born in July 1878 and married in 1898 Charley Henry Barnett who was born in June of 1875 in Kansas to Philip and Katherine (Zimmerman) Barnett, natives of Germany. On the 1900 census they are living on Fourth Street in Clearfield where he is working at day labor and is 25 and she is 21. They had one daughter Virginia born in 1903. Before 1916 Julia died and Charles remarried Clara_____. He and Clara are found in Washington Township, Jefferson County in 1910 having been married four years. Virginia aka Virgie is 7 years old. By 1917 they had moved to Clarion County. He and Clara had eleven other children.
(Nora5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born in September 1879 and married 1st a Mr. Cramer with whom she had a daughter Jane born about 1904. In 1910 she is living with her parents and her daughter in Clearfield and reports she is married. She is found again on the 1920 census living in Buffalo, New York as a widow at age 36 and working as a housekeeper for a private family. Her daughter is 15. Next door is Clive Cottingham at age 42 also a widower. He is a merchant in grain and has a son Clive Jr. age 10 and a daughter Sue Bell age 8. She eventually married Mr. Cottingham sometime after 1930 as he is still listed as a widower on the 1930 census. Nora Cottingham died in June 1937 in Buffalo, New York.
(Anna5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born in February 19, 1880 and died January 30, 1973. She had a child Mildred in 1902 who was raised by her grandparents and married Frederick Parks of Jamestown, NY. Anna married Sep 21, 1905, Walter Leroy Lanich son of Christian and Amanda (Miller) Lanich of Virginia. Walter was born in Pike Township on May 23, 1881 and worked in the clay mines. He was a short stout man with brown eyes and dark hair. Their children were three sons, Raymond L. born 1906, Wayne B. born in 1909 and Clair born in 1912. Walter died December 15, 1948.
(Guy5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Born December 21, 1883 and lists his mother, Mrs. Mary E. Sharp as his nearest relative on his WW I draft registration in 1918. His occupation is truck driver for Atlantic Refining Co. On the WW II draft registration he lists his sister, Mrs. Walter Lanich as his nearest relative.
He married Maud Bender and is listed as married on the 1920 census but no wife or son is listed with him. On the 1930 census he is shown as single and living alone. His obituary states a son, Elwyn Sharp, had preceded him in death with no mention of a wife. Guy Sharp died October 10, 1960 in Hyde at the home of his sister, (niece?) Mildred Parks. He is buried in the Oak Hill cemetery in Curwensville. The surviving family is four sisters. Mrs. William (Ida) Hector, Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. George (Emma) Boyd, Philadelphia, Pa., Mrs. Walter (Annie) Lanich and Mrs. Fred (Mildred) Parks of Hyde.
(Fred5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born on February 8, 1885 and married prior to 1918, Fannie M. Beatty born 1893. On his draft registration in 1918 he spells his name “Sharpe” and he reports that he works as a teamster for the F. B. Leary funeral home. He is described as tall, medium build with blue eyes and dark hair. Mrs. Fannie Sharpe is his next of kin. On the 1920 census he lives on Margaretta Street at 35 years old and his wife Fannie is 27. In 1930 they are living on Walnut Street and he is working at the brick works. They have two nephews living with them James Beatty 14 and Fred A. Sharp age 9. Fred Sharp died quite suddenly of a heart attack on January 18, 1933 while returning from LeContes Mills. He is buried in the Hillcrest cemetery. He had two sons, James and Teddy. Fred A. Sharp, the nephew, is a veteran of WW II.
(Vern5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Was born February 1, 1887 and married in 1909, Alma Rowles born April 6, 1888 the daughter of Ephraim and Mary Rowles of Clearfield. Vern and Alma moved to Jamestown, N. Y. where he registered for the draft in 1917. He reports that he is married with two children. He is described as medium height and stout build with blue eyes and light brown hair.
On the 1920 census they have two children Daniel H. age 10 and James A. 4 years, 4 months both born in N. Y. His father-in-law also lives with them, Edward W. Rhoads age 66 and widowed. (It appears that the census taker may have mistakenly written “Edward Rhoads” instead of Ephraim Rowles. We know that Ephraim Rowles did live with Alma in N. Y. in 1920 until he returned to Clearfield that same year when he died on November 14, 1920.) Vern was a barber by trade. In 1930 they are still in Jamestown, Chautauqua County N. Y. They are both 42 years old and have been married for 21 years. James A. Sharp is the only child at home and he is 14. Alma died on May 30, 1967 in Jamestown, N. Y. Vern died before 1942 as he did not register for the WW II draft.
(Idella5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Also known as Ida was born in December 1888 in Clearfield and married in 1909, a Mr. Peterson and lived in Jamestown, New York in 1932 where her mother was living at the time of her death. Ida later married a Mr. William Hactor or Hector and lived in Buffalo, New York.
(William5, William Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
William aka “Vincent” was born February 7, 1891. He was still single and working for the foundry in Clearfield when he registered for the draft in 1917 and on the 1920 census. He was described as medium build and height with blue eyes and light hair. He married in 1923 Ruth Young born in December 1894 daughter of John Wagner Young and Mary McCracken. William, Vincent’s father, and his wife’s mother, Mary McCracken were 2nd cousins. William Vincent and Ruth had at least one son William born about 1923. Vincent Sharp died in Clearfield on October 9, 1931.
(Herbert Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Herbert, youngest child of James and Jane Sharp was born in February 1852 and married Margaret A (Hoffstetter) Sharp on August 17, 1881. She was born February 17, 1861 at Clifton Heights, Pa. They are first found on the 1900 census in Curwensville after being married for 18 years. He was the caretaker at the cemetery. Their children were Clark B. born February 1883, Irene F. born August 1887 and Frank M. born September 1891. By 1910 they had moved to Pittsburg Allegheny County and had another daughter Margaret E. Sharp born in 1904. They had moved to Philadelphia prior to 1925. Herbert Sharp died before 1920 and Margaret died April 10, 1936 in Yeadon, near Philadelphia at the home of her daughter Irene Sharp.
(Clark5, Herbert Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Clark was born in February 13, 1883. On his WW I draft registration he is described as medium height, stout with blue eyes and dark hair. He reports that he is a superintendent at Harbison Walker Refractory. He married in 1909 Ida E. ___. In 1920 they live in East Chicago, North Township, Lake County Indiana. They have one daughter Helen, age 9 years and 11 months. They are found in Mount Union Township, Huntingdon County Pa. on the 1930 census. The household is listed as Clark B. Sharpe age 47 working as a superintendent at the brickyard. His wife Ida E. is 41 a native of Ohio and their daughter is Helen F. age 18 born in Indiana. Clark Sharpe died in Orange County Florida in 1938.
(Mary5, Herbert Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Mary was born April 6, 1885 and married Vern Wall born in February 1885, a son of Miles and Elizabeth Wall. In 1920 she had started her family in Clearfield with Vern Wall. He worked at the brickyard at age 34. Their children were Eugene age 4 years 9 months and John age 2 years 3 months. His widowed mother-in-law Margaret Sharp, age 58 and her 16-year-old daughter Margaret also lived in the home. Mary Wall died at her home in Mount Union, Pa on January 24, 1961.
(Irene5, Herbert Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Irene was born in August 1887. Irene was in nurses training in Philadelphia in 1917. She was listed as single in all the reports examined through 1936 and may not have married.
(Frank5, Herbert Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Frank was born September 15, 1891 in Curwensville. He married Alice Gunderson; they had one daughter Mary Alice born in 1925. On his 1917 draft registration he gives his birth date as September 15, 1892. He reports that he is single and a foreman at the Harbison Refractory. His physical description is tall, medium build, blue eyes and brown hair. On the 1930 census at 38 he was a foreman at an oil refinery. His wife is Alice age 40 born in South Dakota to parents from Norway. His daughter is Mary A. 6 years old born in Indiana. He died January 8, 1936 in East Chicago, Indiana and is buried there.
(Margaret5, Herbert Sharp4, Jane3, Joseph 2, James McCracken1)
Margaret was born in 1904 and married Malcolm R. Wise born April 23, 1900 in Upper Darby Pa the oldest son of J Frank and Gertrude (Rose) Wise. They moved to Clifton Heights prior to 1920. Malcolm died September 18, 1987 in Philadelphia. They lived in Ardmore, Pa and Oakmont, Delaware County Pa. Margaret died in Palm Beach, Florida in December of 1981.
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