Josiah V. Thompson Family Record Uniontown, Pa Vo

Fleta Velma Campbell born at Princeton Mo Mch 4, 1880, daughter of Willis Campbell & his wife Lucinda Hoskins. They were married at Topsy Mo Feby 14, 1896.

Their children:

1. J. McK Meighen born 7 m. NW of Galt MO Nov 25, 1896

2. Infant Son Meighen born 7 m NW of Galt MO June 27, 1899 ob July 3, 1899

3. Frieva Velma Meighen born 6 m NW of Galt MO Jany 16, 1914

4. Hansel Vista Meighen born 6 m NW of Galt Mo Aug 11, 1917.

1. J. McK (just initials no names) Meighen was married Dec 3, 1920 at Cincinnati O to Dorothea Elizabeth Standley who was born May 25, 1903 at Gods Bible School 1810 Young St Cincinnati O, daughter of Meredith Gosling Standley, Presidence of the above Bible school & his wife Bessie Queen. He is at present attending Lane's Seminary Presbyterian preparing for the ministry.

The letter of James William Meighen family is from his wife Allie Meighen & is dated Oct 13, 1923 Refer to Book 8 Page 377.

James William Meighen born Guernsey Co O Nov 12, 1861

Allie Root was born Athens Co O Mch 23, 1864, daughter of J.W. Root & his wife Anna Liza Moore. They were married June 30, 1887.

Their children:

1. Gayla Meighen born at Galt MO May 14, 1889 & married Jany 21, 1910 to Arthur Lee Rhoades who was born June 5, 1888 at Harris, Sullivan Co MO, son of William Rhoades & his wife Lucy Jane Snapp.
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Their children

1. Virginia Rhoades born at Harris Mo May 11, 1913

2. Maxine Rhoades born at Harris Mo Feby 6, 1922
2. Merle Meighen was born in Grundy Co Mo May 4, 1892 & married Dec 10, 1912 to June Daniels who was born Jany 3, 1891 in Grundy Co Mo daughter of H.D. Daniels & his wife Maggie Koon.

Their Children:

1. Hudson Meighen born Gal Mo Feby 15, 1915

2. Marjorie Meighen born Galt Mo Apr 28, 1918

3. Russell Meighen born July 25, 1920

4. Margaret Meighen born Nov 3, 1922
See Book 8 page 384 & book 12 P 352
5. Daniel D. Meighen writes Oct 25, 1923 fr El Dorado Springs Mo that his parents had seven children of which he was fifth & was born Mch 29, 1870 & was married Dec 24, 1890 1^st to Harriet Williams at Trenton Mo who died May 28, 1902 & had 3 chil. She was born & was reared by James Everett Moden.

1. Ethel Harriet Meighen born Aug 24, 1892

2. Frank Earl Meighen born June 2, 1894 ob Nov 28, 1895

3. Sylvan Leo Meighen born Apr 3, 1899.

He mar 2^d Aug 28, 1904 Mrs Mary M. Shipman who was dau of James H. Rose & Damaris G. Greenleaf & have 8 children:

4. Susana Gertrude Meighen born May 22, 1905

5. Mary Elizabeth Meighen born Mch 9, 1907 ob Jany 25, 1908

6. Mildred Irene Meighen born Apr 1, 1908

7. Harold Daniel Meighen born Apr 30, 1910

8. Infant twins Meighen born June 20, 1911 died same day

9. Infant twins Meighen born June 20, 1911 died same day

10. Lottie Eula Meighen born Jany 17, 1913

11. Clyde Myron Meighen born Sept 22, 1914

1. Ethel Harriett Meighen was married Aug 24, 1910 to Rex Robert Ambler who was born July 20, 1888 carried to Page 479
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[Descendant Chart]
Abraham Markle see pages 258 & 388 married Susannah Saunders of Phila Pa.

[children]

William Markle, oldest

Elizabeth Markle, m. July 10, 1861 to Henry Henninger. Had 11 children, 4 dead & other 7 married.

Susan Henninger, lives Pine City NY M.1. Edwin Danks Oct 27, 188 . He was born _____ & died ______, son of Uriah Danks & wife Irene Dexter. Had 5 children m.2. June 18, 1906 to George Gasper son of Peter Smith Gasper & his wife Frances Jane Drake. No issue by him. Her children born in Elmira NY.

Minnie Danks m. May 24, 1902 to Schlock.

George Danks m. June 14, 1906

Anna Danks m. Mch 17, 191  to Swayze

Harry Danks m. Jany 24, 1917

Jennie Danks aged 36 yrs at home, single.
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[Descendant Chart]
John Carruthers b Oct 29, 1817 in Parish Jonston [best guess] of Dumfriesshire, Scotland, died in Massillon O. on Nov 18, 1869. Married Sept 6, 1839 in Scotland to Sarah Gillespie, who was born Nov 28, 1820 in Hurlet Parish of Abbey Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland. She died Aug 8, 1886 at Wakefield Neb. They had 13 children, the first five born in Scotland, the next five in Penna & the last three in Ohio. He came first to Penna & then to new Waterford Ohio & thence to Massillon O.
[children]
Christiana, B May 24, 1840 ob May 30, 1842

James, B Feby 16, 1842 ob Oct 16, 1842

James G., B Oct 25, 1843 M. Jany 14, 1868 at Wilmington Illinois. He is dead.

Thomas Gillespie, B Jany 14, 1846 ob 1921 at Johnstown Pa. He was married in Scotland.

John Carruthers, B Dec 4, 1847 m.1. Jany 27, 1870 at Massillon O. M.2. Mch 22, 1883 at Denver Col

Sarah Roper, B Feby 9, 1850 m. Sept 6, 1867 at Massillon O

Alexander, B Apr 29, 1852 ob Jany 19, 1892 in Pa M. June 11, 1877 at Massillon O

Andrew Gillespie, B July 20, 1854, ob Sept 20, 1855 in Penna

Peter Houston, B July 20, 1854 ob Sept 21, 1855 in Penna

Duncan, B Aug 7, 1856 m. Oct 11, 1887 at Omaha Neb

Rebecca Ann, B. Oct 31, 1858 m. July 1, 1879 at Decatur Neb

Samuel Sillivan, B July 2, 1861, m. Feby 3, 1887 at Denver Col my informant married Luella Eva Baker daughter of David Baker & his wife Emily Vance. Both living at Dillon Montana. They have nine children all living.

Clyde A

Earl R

Roy M

Verna F

Hazel M

David B

Zelma F

Samuel S

Ruby S, my informant by letter from 921 Main ST Alton Ills where she is visiting.

William Stevenson, B Aug 15, 1863, ob Sept 30, 1865 at Massillon O
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Transcribed at Oak Hill Oct 27, 10:50 PM
At residence of Mrs Lydia E. Woodward No 9 Jefferson St Uniontown Pa Oct 27, 1923 3:33 PM

Coming around here this afternoon I met Chads Chalfant, Lulu's husband, who told me they had heard from Clara, that her sister Susan Cope Pooley was very low with consumption & they thought could not live three weeks. I told him to write Clara saying if she would make the discount sufficient for my funds to reach it, that I would buy her Lackey mtge with Ruth V. Ewing's estate funds just after Jany 1^st. Met Rich^d (Dick) Randolph cor Iowa St & had a talk with him. Mrs Woodward's house is a brick with several steps up & is the first house on left hand side from Church St. She showed me the deed from the DeFord Heirs to Davis her husband made abt 50 yrs ago. She had her son Davis Edgar the youngest of her nine children bring out the old bible of his great grandfather John Woodward from which both covers are gone & which was published by H.C. Carey & I Lea Phila Pa 1823 I copied part of the record but not all, as I had gone expecting to get her father David Brown's bible. she said he had a bible with record but she never got it, but thought her sister Amanda Keener, widow of Oliver M. Keener had gotten it.

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Marriages John Woodward & Mary Carter married Aug 23, 1798
Richard Woodward & Nancy Roberts married Nov 17, 1822

Thomas Stewart & Hannah Woodward married Feby 8, 1825

Joseph Woodward & Louesa Kahle? married Sept 25, 1826

Amos Woodward & Mary Malaby married Aug 23, 1827

Henry Wiggins & Mary Woodward married Sept 16, 1827

Abraham Newcomer & Mary Stewart married Feby 5, 1847

Thomas Brownfield & Elizabeth Woodward married Dec 3, 1829

John Woodward & Mary Ann Wilson married July 3, 1836 (These were the parents of Davis & he, John seems to have gotten his father's bible & continued his own record therein as follows:)

John Woodward born Apr 10, 1815

Mary Ann Woodward (Wilson) born Mch 15, 1816

Their Children:

1. Elizabeth Woodward born July 22, 1837

2. Richard Taylor Woodward born Apr 20, 1840

3. Davis Woodward born Aug 15, 1843

4. Harriet A. (mar Jos Newcomer) Woodward born Apr 2, 1846

5. Joseph (mar Mary Carothers) Woodward born Jany 31, 1848

6. Mary Eliza Woodward born Jany 15, 1850

7. Austin (died young) Woodward born Jany 21, 1852

8. Lyda F. (mar Rich^d Thistlethwaite) Woodward born Mch 13, 1854

Then on next page the record of the first John, grandfather of Davis continues viz:

John Woodward was born Jany 17, 1776

Mary Woodward (Carter) wife of John was born Aug 7, 1778

Their children:

1. Richard Woodward born Feby 5, 1800

2. Amos Woodward born Dec 7, 1801

3. Joseph Woodward born July 22, 1803

4. Caleb (Curly Cale) Woodward born May 31, 1805

5. Hannah Woodward born Feby 27, 1807
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6. Amy Woodward born Feby 17, 1810

7. Elizabeth Woodward born Sept 3, 1812

8. John Woodward born Apr 30, 1815

9. Ann Woodward born May 17, 1819
Then gives Richard's family

Then gives Thos Stewart's family

Then gives Abraham Newcomer's family

Then gives Joseph Woodward's family

Then comes the

Deaths

Mary Woodward, consort of John, died Nov 29, 1854

John Woodward (grandfather of Davis) died Mch 2, 1856

John Woodward (father of Davis) died Aug 3, 1872

Mary A. Woodward (mother of Davis) died Apr 10, 1891
Davis Woodward married on June 20^th, 1869 Lydia Ellen Brown, daughter of David Brown & his wife Elizabeth Knotts, who was born in Redstone Tp Sept 4, 1854 (she was not quite 15 yrs old) as she states. She then had her son Davis E. get their own family record which she had written in a back of a book & from which I took down as he read:

Davis Woodward died Oct 31, 1899

They had nine children all born, she said, in Uniontown Pa viz:

1. Alice Woodward, born June 5, 1870 died Aug 1, 1872

2. Wm Albert Woodward, born July 23, 1872, died Aug 17, 1872

3. Laura Frances Woodward, born Nov 20, 1873, living

4. Alverda May Woodward born Sept 16, 1876 died May 24, 1911

5. James Watson Woodward born July 11, 1879, living

6. Julia Edna Woodward born Oct 7, 1883, living
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7. Louis Crawford Woodward born Mch 27, 1888, living

8. Frank D. (initial only) Woodward born Jany 13, 1891, living

9. Davis Edgar Woodward born May 2, 1896, living
Mrs Woodward & her son Davis E., joint informants then gave me from memory the following about the other members of the family:

3. Laura Frances married Albert Woodfill of Washington Co Pa nephew of John B. of High House. Both living in Morgantown WVA & have four children:

1. Clayton Woodfill born Jany 13, married

2. DeRoy Woodfill

3. Hazel Kirke Woodfill, married

4. Eva Woodfill

4. Alverda May married Christopher Shaw from Homestead Pa. Both dead without issue.

5. James Watson married Miss Rose Nelson, daughter of Wm A. Nelson of near Farmington Pa. Both living in Hopwood Pa. No issue.

6. Julia Edna Woodward m.1 David Winebrenner of Connellsville Pa & divorced. M.2. Albert Green both living next door. No issue by Green had 3 children by Winebrenner:

1. Raymond Winebrenner, married

2. Mary Winebrenner, married

3. William Winebrenner

7. Louis Crawford Woodward married Miss Margaret Crossland of Connellsville Pa. Both living at Ambridge Pa where he is City Fire Chief. Have but one child:

1. Kathryn Woodward, school girl 14 or 15 yrs old

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6. Frank D. Woodward married recently to Hazel Catherine Duckworth of Uniontown Pa both living at Connellsville Pa where he is a moulder at Kapstan Glass Works. South Connellsville Pa. No issue.

9. Davis Edgar Woodward, my joint informant who says he is in his 28^th year & single & intends to so remain. He is a chunky heavy set young man not as tall as I am & says he weighs 213 lbs & has never used liquor. Says he was 5 yrs in the U.S. Army & it made a man of him. Was abroad in the World War, but was in the medical dept & hence not in any battles. Says he now works for Harry B. Gans.

Mrs Woodward said she did not know about Abe Nelson who married her sister, but said they only had one child, a boy who died aged 17 yrs. She said Mrs Matilda Ann Phillips who died while she was in the hospital, was her oldest sister & she thought she was 80 yrs old. Mrs Woodward just returned this week from the Uniontown hospital where she had had a tumor weighing 50 lbs removed. She recovered nicely & was sitting up & Mrs Asa J. Rogers, sister of J. Harry Johnston, was there calling on her when I arrived.

Left at 4:55 PM

It is now 12:20 AM 28^th & I will get ready for bed as it was 3:55 AM last night when I retired & I got up at 6:55 AM JVT
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Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City Room 555 2:44 PM Nov 1, 1923

Chas A. Hanna of 15 Rockledge Road, Montclair NJ with office at 77 Cedar St NY City & formerly of Cadiz O was here yesterday afternoon fr 4 to 5:50 PM to see me. He says he is descended from Ann Reynolds, daughter of Mary, the daughter of John Finley of Lurgan Tp & sister of Uncle Squire Andrew Finley of South Huntingdon Tp West^nd Co Pa. She, Mary, married first John T. Thompson, & then Wm Reynolds. Her daughter Ann married John Hanna who was the great grandfather of Chas A. Hanna & was the son of another John Hanna. John & Ann had a son John who lived to be 89, I think & his son Neri, the father of Chas A. lived to be 94 I think evidencing the Finley longevity. I gave him my Anjou Finley family book to look over & return. He spoke of being in Uniontown & Washington Pa early in August looking up the Dickerson genealogy. He said Joshua of Fayette Co was not Pres Harding's ancestor & that it was not Wm but Isaac H. Dickerson who married Charity Van Kirk & that Isaac H. was a son of Joseph, but he had not been able to place Joseph definitely. He said a Dickerson, Thomas, I believe married a daughter of Isaac Pearce of Allegheny Co Pa, son of Elisha of Fayette Co Pa & they had a son Isaac Pearce Dickerson. He has invited me out to his home over some week end.

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Gustave Anjou came in this morning at 9:30 & was here until 10:15. He brought me the papers of Mrs Virginia Smith of Winchester VA which she loaned him in 1921 & which, she had given me an order for. He also brought & gave me two papers relating to the Mechlenburg NC Jacks, one a certified copy of Patrick Jack's will 1780, Charlotte NC & other papers abt a Samuel Jack there & others. He thought he could give me the line of the Finleys mentioned in the post script of his letter of Oct 20^th last & will send it to Uniontown. Asking him about the bible from which he says he got the record of the birth of Michael Finley's children, he said he was in Donough Parish, Glasslough P.O. County Monaghan Ireland & was looking for a cemetery which he thought was near & a lady asked him what he was hunting & he replied he was hunting the g.y. She asked what family he was looking up & he told her the Finley family & she said step in the house, I have an old bible that will interest you & he did & it was there he got the Michael Finley record. He spoke of the lady as Mrs James O'Neill a Protestant, but that her home was at the town of Armagh. This, he sd was in 1900. He could not recall that he got the Finley data for any person in particular, but just took it down for himself & consequently did not work it up so completely. He said he was born Dec 1, 1863 3:25 PM
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No 17 E 42 St Tel Murray Hill 7249 at office of W.P. Bonbright & Co New York City Nov 1, 1923 3:45 PM

The young lady said Mr Bonbright was out of town, but thought he would be back in three weeks. JVT

I then took the coach again & walked down to:
Residence of Mrs N.M. Campbell No 158 E 55^th St Tel Plaza 4050 New York City Nov 1, 1923 4:10 PM

Mrs Campbell answered from her door, end of hall, first floor & said Mrs Sanderson was bedfast at the Park Ave Hotel where she was stopping with her daughter Mrs Junius who had recently returned from Denver Col. She didn't think she had anything about the Markles, that it was only the McCullough line she ran back. Mrs Campbell is a niece of Mrs Sanderson, but it is on the McCullonde [best guess] side & she is no relation to the Markles. JVT

I then walked up to the:
Hotel Essex, New York City, Cor Madison Ave & 56^th ST Nov 1, 1923 4;25 PM

The clerk said Mr & Mrs Drew had left the hotel a month

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& gone west, their lease having expired. Asking for their address, he turned to his book & sd it was: Mr & Mrs John G. Drew, Railway Express Bldg, St Louis, MO

I left at 4:28 PM & took the St car in front down Madison Ave & was soon at:

Park Ave Hotel cor Park Ave & 33^d St New York City, Nov 1, 1923 4:44 PM

The clerk called up Mrs Junius room & got no answer. I then had him page Mrs Junius & she appeared at once from a dining hall where she was having tea with some friends. She took me upstairs on 2^d floor to room 259 where her mother, a heavy set fleshy woman was in bed from the effects of a fall she had a few days ago. She doesn't have a wrinkle & has a young looking face.

Mrs Junius then excused herself & said she would go & get rid of her company & come back which she soon did. I then questioned her mother & both of them when she came back & the results of the interview follows. Mrs Junius said she had the family records at her home in Germany & could give some of the dates. She took my address & sd she wd sent them.
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Mrs Sanderson said her grandmother Deborah Markle, daughter of Uncle Abraham Markle died when she, Mrs S. was 17 yrs old & is buried at East Springfield O which is 16 miles west of Steubenville O. She married 1^st Brice Edgington of a Virginia family. He died quite young from injuries received by being jerked by a horse & died from a hemorrhage, aged she thinks 31 yrs. She had four children by him all small & young when he died. Married 2^d John McCullough of Virginia (they didn't know his father's name). He was a first cousin to John McCullough who became the husband of her daughter Rachael. She had two children by him.

1. Rachael Edgington, her mother

2. Nancy Edgington

3. Abraham Edgington

4. Martha Edgington

5. Frank McCullough

6. Jennie McCullough
1. Rachael Edgington died in the Autumn, thinks Nov of 1846 or 1847 aged but 19 yrs having married when she was 17 yrs old at East Springfield O & was buried there, but later was moved to the Steubenville G.y. & laid beside her husband John McCullough who was born in East Springfield O in Sept 1808 & died at Beaver Pa May 8,
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1876 & is buried at the Steubenville Co cemetery. He was son of John McCullough & his wife Margaret Richey & was married at East Springfield O when his wife Rachael was 17 yrs old. They had two children:

1. Margaret Ada McCullough born in East Springfield O July 2, 1845, my informant, along with her daughter. She was named for her grandmother Margaret Richey & for Lord Byron's daughter Ada. She married after the close of the Civil War which delayed earlier contemplated marriage at Beaver Pa by Dr Bollard Rector of Epis Ch at Rochester Pa Charles Rollin Sanderson, who was born in Mesopotamia O May 19, 1826 son of Elisha Sanderson from Woodstock, Vermont & his wife Sarah Grosvenor of Pomfret Coun. He died at Ashtabula O Aug 9, 1899 & is buried in Mesopotamia O beside his mother. He was a physician & surgeon & was in the Civil War in hospital service, thinks in Columbus O. They had two boys & two girls:

I. Rachael Edgington Beulah Sanderson born Mch 13, 1869 in Beaver Pa, my joint informant of the afternoon, with her mother. She is a large strong fine formed woman. She married Apr 17, 1911 here in New York City Gustav Edward Junius of Dahlhausen, Ruhr
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Germany, son of Henry William Junius & his wife Magdalena Koepe, who was born at Unna, Germany June 13, 1868. Both are living Post office Dahlhausen, Rhur, German, she saying "we are Dahlhausen". No issue. He is managing Director of the Dr Otto Co (coking). Their company is Independent of Krupps who have assiduously tried to buy them out, but she says "we are too smart to sell". Asking her abt the troubles with the French army of occupation, she said they were having none, that they had a Socialist Democrat manager of the plant who is smart & intelligent & the French are afraid of that Class & let them alone. Their manager is smart enough to handle them. She graduated at Vassar in 1890. She says they never heard of Mrs Chas Mater.

II. Francis Bennett Bernard Sanderson, born in Beaver Pa 1875 died young, aged 18 mos

III. Adrienne Gwendolen Grosvenor Sanderson born Feby 5, 1879 at Sewickley Pa, died Aug 8, 1914 in London, England married Sept 1903 in Colorado Springs Col to James Thomas Macey & had one child. I got this record by letter from Mr Macey from Denver Col.

IV. John Chauncey McCullough Sanderson born Nov 1883 in St Louis Mo, died Nov 1884 in St Louis Mo.

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2. Brice Edgington McCullough born at East Springfield O. Think he was 2 yrs younger than Mrs Sanderson & died when 2 or 3 months old.
2. Nancy Edgington died unmarried & is buried at Springfield O & thinks has a tombstone. She was engaged to Wm Johnston who was a 49er to California. He had been in Calif for several years & was in business (banking) with her brother Abraham. He came back to be married, took the typhoid fever & died at her, Mrs Sanderson's grandmother's in East Springfield O two weeks before the time set for them to be married.
3. Abraham Edgington was also a 49er. He married when an old bachelor, Mrs Mary Bailey a widow from Alton, Ills whose first husband was a lawyer. No issue. He died of tuberculosis at Virginia City, Nev. He had a large country place outside of the city, which was his home & where he lived for many years. He was very wealthy. He made a will & gave Mrs Huscroft $10,000 & Jennie Hambleton $10,000 & his wife got two or three million dollars. She was extravagant, went to Europe, took her own relations with her & spent it. Thinks he died abt 1876 & is buried at Virginia City. If there, look up his will & tombstone.
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4. Martha M. Edington married Huscroft. I got her record from Mrs McCauslen Oct 21? 1921.
5. Frank McCullough married in Virginia City Nevada Miss Hattie Cobb & lived at Carson City Nev & both died either there or at Virginia City & had but one child, a son who was being prepared for Harvard College, but never went. He is an engineer & Mrs Junius thinks he is married & has headquarters at Carson City Nev.
6. Jennie McCullough mar Charles Hambleton from Smithfield O who was a prominent official being a colonel in the northern army during the Civil War. He died in Kansas & is buried there & she went west to live with her brother Frank. She died near Carson City Nev near 1902. Had but one child:

1. Harry Hambleton, died thinks about 1876 aged abt 10 yrs

Leaving 6:06 PM

It is now 4:06 AM Nov 2^d & I will finish working up my itinerary.

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Registers office Montgomery Co Pa, Norristown Pa Nov 2, 1923 1:44 PM

Will Index

Tp Proven Book

*Thompson, Abraham Lower Merion

*Thomson, Charles Lower Merion Sept 13, 1824 Vol 6 P 23

*Thomson, John Gwynedd June 12, 1790 Vol 1 P 22

*Thompson, John Plymouth May 23, 1825 Vol 6 P 27

Thomson, Margaret Gwynedd Sept 15, 1808 Vol 3 P 71

*Thomson, Thomas Chettenham Jany 17, 1826 Vol 6 P 33

Boyd, Jacob Moreland Jany 25, 1864 Vol 11 P 8

Boyd, James Norristown Oct 20, 1904 Vol 31 P 21

Boyd, William Plymouth Jany 10, 1817 Vol 4 P 31

*Elliott, John Lower Merion Jany 11, 1827 Vol 6 P 400

Finley, Norris M. Norristown July 3, 1922 Vol 56 P 28

Jack, Frank R. Schwenksville Aug 28, 1916 Vol 46 P 99

Jack, Robert Pottsgrove Dec 6, 1875 Vol 14 P 318

*Markley, Abraham Upper Salford Oct 26, 1829 Vol 6 P 576

Markley, Benjamin Esq Upper Hanover July 20, 1819 Vol 5 P 153

*Markley, Jacob Skip & Perk Jany 24, 1785 Vol 1 P 19

no Macklein, John New Hanover Nov 14, 1785 Vol 1 P 60

Markley, John New Hanover May 16, 1820 Vol 5 P 212

*Meckline, Jacob Upper Hanover Feby 14, 1823 Vol 6 P 116

Markley, John Esq Norristown Sept 19, 1834 Vol 7 P 356

Markley, Jacob Perkiomen Apr 13, 1874 Vol 13 P 597

Markley, Jacob K. Perkiomen Oct 30, 1884 Vol 17 P 218

Markley, John Norristown Apr 23, 1895 Vol 23 P 427

Markee, John Lower Merion Apr 28, 1910 Vol 37 P 672

Markley, John H. Lansdale Oct 4, 1916 Vol 46 P 180

Markley, Lydia Towamencin Dec 29, 1901 Vol 33 P 702

Markley, Mary Northern Liberties Dec 29, 1831 Vol 7 P 104

Markley, Martin Lower Salford Apr 26, 1847 Vol 8 P 534

Markley, Mary Perkiomen Aug 3, 1888 Vol 19 P 115

Markley, Margaret Rogersford July 26, 1906 Vol 33 P 349

Markley, Philip Norristown Apr 14, 1800 Vol 2 P 153

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Markley, Samuel Norristown Nov 15, 1849 Vol 9 P 97

Markley, Samuel W. Norristown Apr 6, 1891 Vol 20 P 45

Markley, Sarah A. Moreland Jany 5, 1899 Vol 26 P 80

Markley, Samuel M. Upper Providence Dec 17, 1901 Vol 31 P 2

Markley, Sue H. Norristown June 26, 1920 Vol 51 P 40

Markley, Sarah Jane Frederick Mch 3, 1921 Vol 53 P 46

Markley, William Norristown July 23, 1921 Vol 54 P 18

Rothermel, Louisa C. Lower Merion Feby 17, 1897 Vol 28 P 23

Rothermel, Lewis McDowell Duluth Minn Vol 52 P 54

Rothermel, P.F. Limerick Aug 29, 1895 Vol 23 P 62

Rothermel, Samuel H. Narberth Jany 25, 1897 Vol 24 P 68
[The page numbers listed on Page 477 are probably wrong. It looks as if some of them may have been cut off when copy was made. CW]
No Callis, Caruthers, & Redburns. This county was organized in 1784 out of Phila Co where the earlier records will be.

Administration Index

Thompson, Abraham Whitemarsh Jany 3, 1828 Vol 3 P 24

Thompson, Hannah Norriton Mch 23, 1790 Vol P

Thompson, James Whitemarsh Oct 9, 1842 Vol 7 P 27

Thompson, James Whitemarsh Dec 23, 1843 Vol 7 P 129

Thompson, Margaret Gwynedd Sept 16, 1808 Vol P

Thompson, Mark Abington June 28, 1838 Vol 6 P 93

Thompson, Robert Mch 18, 1801 Vol 1 P 56

Thompson, Robert Upper Dublin Sept 24, 1851 Vol 9 P 138

Thompson, Robert Whitemarsh Nov 20, 1888 Vol 24 P 35

Thompson, Dr Samuel C. Frederick Oct 8, 1857 Vol 11 P 53

Thomson, William Upper Merion Aug 19, 1805 Vol 1 P 202

Thompson, William Pottstown Nov 14, 1823

Boyd, Ann Whitemarsh June 12, 1847 Vol 8 P 57

Boyd, Benjamin Conshohosken June 26, 1856 Vol 10 P 278

Boyd, Charles S. Lower Merion Dec 3, 1857 Vol 11 P 69

Boyd, Elizabeth Cheltenham Mch 31, 1896 Vol 28 P 32

Boyd, Francis Whitemarsh May 7, 1878 Vol 19 P 127

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Boyd, Howard Norristown Aug 28, 1903 died Aug 21 190 

Boyd, Mary A. Marlborough Jany 27, 1914 Vol 39 P 376

Boyd, Matilda W. Cheltenham Dec 1, 1918 Vol 44 P 89

Boyd, Thomas Douglass Jany 21, 1824 Vol P

Boyd, Wallace J. Norristown Jany 3, 1881 Vol 20 P 179

Elliott, Charles J. Upper Merion Died Dec 21, 1880 Nov 20, 1818 Vol 2 P 464

Elliott, John Lower Merion May 28, 1828

Elliott, Robert Lower Merion Sept 15, 1808 Vol 1 P 313

Elliott, William A. Norristown May 12, 1880 Vol 20 P 88

Finley, Nelson H. Norristown Oct 18, 1918 Vol 43 P 279

Finley, Phoebe T. Norristown July 21, 1880 Vol 20 P 107

Finley, Tacy Ann Moreland Feby 26, 1855 Vol 10 P 133

Jack, Elizabeth Pottsgrove Jany 16, 1827 Vol 3 P 164

Jack, James Pottstown Sept 18, 1841 Vol P

Jack, James P. Upper Merion July 20, 1865 Vol 14 P 130

Jack, Michael A. Norristown Oct 1, 1890 Vol 25 P 43

Markley, Abraham Skip & Perk Apr 7, 1800 Vol 1 P 28

Markley, Isaac Hatfield June 15, 1812 Vol 2 P 73

Markley, Isaac Norriton Nov 27, 1817 Vol 2 P 362

Markley, Jacob Perkiomen Feby 6, 1864 Vol 13 P 20

Markley, Philip Sr Skip & Perk Feby 18, 1845 Vol 7 P 269

Rhoadarmer, John G. Norristown Mch 11, 1893 Vol 26 P 224

Rothermel, Louisa C. Lower Merion May 2, 1892 Vol 26 P 11

Rothermel, Louisa C. Lower Merion Feby 17, 1897 Vol 28 P 230

Found no names of Collis, Caruthers, Kilgore, Markle, or Redburn
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From Page 457

Their children are:

1. Adena Agnes Ambler born May 12, 1912

2. Cecil James Ambler born Sept 5, 1913

3. Daniel Richard Ambler born Nov 4, 1915 ob Nov 7, 1915

4. John Ambler born Dec 31, 1916

5. Opal May Ambler born Sept 27, 1918

6. Anna Lee Ambler born July 24, 1920 ob Feby 14, 1921

7. Jack Wilson Ambler born Dec 29, 1922
3. Sylvan Leo Meighen was married Nov 5, 1917 to Mollie Katherine Price who was born Nov 10, 1897. Their children are:

1. Virginia Catherine Meighen born Sept 10, 1918 ob Oct 17, 1919

2. Leo James Meighen born Jany 1, 1921 ob Mch 2, 1921

3. Goldie Neoma Meighen born June 12, 1923

4. Crystal Leona Meighen born June 12, 1923
4. Susanna Gertrude Meighen was married Sept 14, 1921 to John Robert Stone who was born Oct 9, 1893 & have issue:

1. Francis Daniel Stone born Aug 14, 1922 ob Jany 19, 1923

He says his sister Mrs M.L. Davis, Mercer Mo, has his father's family bible.
See book 12 P 353

Mrs Milton Davis writes July 27, 1924 from Mercer Mo that her brother Daniel DeWitt Meighen died June 22, 1924

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Hotel Hamilton 1201 West Main St Norristown Pa Room 111 Nov 2, 1923 6:44 PM

I worked all night last night & finished my itinerary at 8:15 AM & I think I have it well mapped out to cover the 104 towns from Allentown to Zion extending as far east as Hellerstown & Phila, west to Altoona North to Lock Haven & Williamsport & South to Harrisburg & Steelton all in Penna without much doubling of routes. I got my breakfast, paid my bill & left on the PRR 10 AM train for Phila where I arrived at 12 o'c noon & took the 12:30 PM train on same road for here, arriving at 1:17 PM. Got a taxi & came out here twelve blocks, got this talismanic room, left my satchel & was driven back to the Court House, went right to the Registers office & went over the will indexes each letter a separate volume & made the notations on pages 476 & 477 when it came 4 o'c, their closing time. As they were still working, I finished the letter T of the Adms Index by 4:22 PM when they were ready to go. I took a St car on Main St in front of the C.H. & came out here & went all through the Norristown Dist Bell Tel book by the time supper or dinner was ready at 6 o'c. The register sd I could get in in the morning at 7:45 AM

I will now note what family names I find in the telephone book:
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Conshohocken

Markel, L. Frank r 109 E 4^th St Tel 246 R

Markle, Mrs Joseph W. r Hammond Tel 272 R

Merkel, J.A. cigars, Hector & Poplar Tel 336 W

Norristown

*Boyd, Geo P. r 111 W. Fornance Tel 2377

*Boyd, Mrs Howard r 1121 W. Main Tel 1704

*Boyd, James S. r 819 W. Main Tel 2663

*Finley, Edith V. chiropodist 320 DeKalb Tel 182 J

*Finley, Miss Edith V. r 102 W. Wood Tel 663 J

*Finley, James H. r 1300 Markley Tel 2250 M

*Finley, Mark H. r 634 Noble Tel 691 W

Markel, Frank fctry Black Hrse Tel 941 R 4

Markel Loan office 114 E. Main Tel 2547

Markley, John W r Chestnut & Jeffersonville Tel 829 R 1

Pennsburg

Merkel, Frk S. r 3 Ave E. Greenville Tel 45 R 12

Do not find any Callis's, Caruthers, Finleys, Jacks, Kilgores, Markles, Redburns, or Rothermels other than there & none of any of the above family names in the following towns in the book.

Bally, Birdsboro, Boyertown, Center Point, Chester Springs, Collegeville, Emans, Hatfield, Lansdale, Linfield. North Wales, Phoenixville, Plymouth Meeting, Port Kennedy, Pottstown, Pughtown, Royersford, Sassamansville, Schwenkville, & Yellow House

7:55 PM

It is now 9:55 PM & I have just com. to feel sleepy & will go to bed.

Mrs Junius sd yesterday that she never ran the Markle line back & had nothing on the families early history, that it was the McCullough line she ran back. JVT

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see page 349

No 87. Will of Charles Thomson. States he wishes to be buried at Harrington where I now live & gives entire estate to his nephew John Thomson of New Castle Co Del, subject to the payments of the rents, issues, profits & interest thereof to my aged sister, Mary Thomson for & during her life. Appoints said nephew sole Exr. Dated Jany 29, 1822 Charles Thomson (seal) Charles Thomson (seal) [sic] Witnesses Jos C. Morgan, John Matheys. Proven Sept 13, 1824 before John Markley Reg.

No 88. Will of John Thomson directs body be interred in Friends Burying Ground at Plymouth meeting.

Wills: Priscilla Peterman $50, wife of Joseph Peterman

Wills: Episcopal Church Norristown $50

Appoints Daniel Davis Preceptor Exr Dated Apr 3, 1824 John Thompson (seal) Proven May 23, 1825.

No 89. Will of Thomas Thomson provides for wife Jane Thomson provides for the support & maintenance of my minor children, then directs estate to be divided amongst my six children, Ann Thomson, Hannah Thomson, Catharine Thomson, Sarah Thomson, John Thomson & Abigal [sic] Thomson equally Dated Nov 11, 1825 Thomas Thomson Witness Thos Shoemaker Proven Jany 17, 1826
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90. Will of John Elliott wills everything equally to wife Margaretta Elliott & brother James Elliott, Dated Dec 13, 1818 John Elliott (seal) Will Proven & letters to Margaretta Elliott Jany 11, 1827
91. Will of Abraham Markley wills son Martin a horse & mare, wagons, farming implements etc. Enjoins wife Elizabeth to have care of his daughters Polly & Catherine & directs exrs to put out "my minor sons" (not named) to learn trades. Appoints son Martin Markley & friend Isaac Hollerman Exrs Dated Sept 22, 1829

Abraham Markley (seal) Proven Oct 26, 1829

92. Will of Jacob Mecklen

Wife is Catherina Mecklen for whom he provides & after her death one half to be paid to her son John Foust & then gives 1/3 of remainder to John Adelman & then to Conrad Mechlen son of Philip Mechlen 1/2 of 1/3 etc. Dated Oct 22, 1822. Jacob Mecklen (seal) Proven Feby 14, 1823.

92. Will of John Thomson

Gives wife Margret one feather bed, oval table etc.

Gives daughter Ganor Thomson one feather bed etc

Appoints son in law Joseph Wood & friend Thos Shoemaker Exrs whom he directs to sell the 123 A farm on which he lives & divide money as follows:

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To my son Jonah Thomson £20

To my son John Thomson £20

To my daughter Ganor Thomson £60

To my daughter Rachel Wood £40

To my daughter Tacy Haycock £35

Balance to be put at interest for his wife & at her death to be divided equally between my five children Jonah, John, Ganor, Rachel & Tace. Appoints Jonah & John in trust. Dated May 9, 1790 John Thomson (seal)

Proven June 12, 1790
94. Will of Jacob Merkley recites he is of the Tp of Skippach & Perkioming in the County of Phila Pa.

To wife Barbara, her bed & bedding etc & int of £150.

Son in law Jacob Brutzman to farm the place during her life & orders Exrs to sell his farm.

5^th to my daughter Elianor wife of Tobias Boganer 5 shillings & then orders estate to be divided into eleven equal parts which he wills as follows:

one share to son Abraham

one share to son Philip

one share to son Isaac

one share to the 5 children of my daughter Veronica

one share to my daughter Christianna wife of William Antis

one share to my daughter Elizabeth Bemer

one share to my daughter Barbarah, wife of John Smith

one share to my daughter Rebekah, wife of Frederick Isaac

one share to my daughter Hannah, wife of Jacob Brutzman

one share to my daughter Caterine

one share to sons Abraham & Isaac in trust for daughter Elianor Boganer, she to get the int & if her husband died to get the principal which otherwise is to go to her children & if anyone die before he does, the share to go to his or her children. Dated June 10, 1779 Jacob Markley (seal Witnesses: William Pennebacer, Jacob Markley Coadwaner?

Proven Jany 24, 1785.

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First will was that of Hannah Rees Oct 20, 1784
at residence of Mark Hunter Finley 634 Noble St Norristown Pa Nov 3, 1923 8:25 PM

Mr Finley has brought out the bibles of his grandfather John Finley Sr printed at Phila by Kimber & Sharpless but undated & I am copying from the record which is on two detached leaves four pages.

Marriages John Finley, son of David Finley & Ruth his wife, was born Oct 15, 1813 & married Mch 28, 1839 to Phebe Rhoads, daughter of Peter & Hannah Rhoads his wife, who was born Aug 30, 1817.

Births

Their children:

1. David McKenzie Finley born December 29, 1839

2. Rebecca Ann Finley born Oct 28, 1841

3. Charles Henry Finley born Jany 11, 1844

4. John Ellwood Finley born Oct 21, 1846

5. Samuel Rhoads Finley born Oct 7, 1848

6. William Anderson Finley born May 13, 1853

7. James Harrison Finley born Mch 9, 1855

8. Albert Vernon Finley born Feby 8, 1860

Deaths

Rebecca Ann Finley died Oct 7, 1849 aged 7 yrs 11 m 21 days

Charles Henry Finley died Sept 2, 1875 aged 31 yrs 7 m 22 days

Phebe the wife of John Finley died July 10, 1878 aged 61 yrs 10 m 11 days

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John E. Finley's bible is a fine big one & well preserved & was published by Baird & Dillon NY but no date. It only gives the births of his three children viz:

Births

1. Ellwood Graham Finley born Mch 21, 1885

2. Mark Hunter Finley born Oct 27, 1892

3. Nelson Hammond Finley born Apr 15, 1896

Mark says he & Nelson were born here in Norristown Pa & is not sure whether Ellwood G. was born here or in Conshohocken Pa. Elwood also born in Norristown [this added later CW]

Mark H. says that John E. Finley married Eliza Jane Graham Oct 16, 1883 a native of Co Tyrone, Ireland where she was born _______ & died in Norristown Pa Nov 24, 1914.

John E. Finley died Norristown Pa Jany 13, 1920

Nelson H. Finley died Norristown Pa Oct 10, 1918 on the flu. All three are buried in the Riverside cemetery here.

Ellwood G. Finley is unmarried & lives here at the Hartrauft Hotel & is in the grocery business.

Mark H. Finley is in the lumber business & was married Aug 28, 1917 at Petersburg VA by Rev F.W. Moore (Baptist) to Ida Mae Avent daughter of Roger William Avent & his wife Ella Mae Halloway, who was born in Dinwiddie Co VA Sept 3, 1890 & have two children both born in Norristown Pa viz:

1. Ida Mae Finley born Dec 17, 1919

2. John Roger Finley born Nov 10, 1922

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Death notice cards:

John Finley Sr died June 17, 1891 in the 78^th yr of his age, Mark's grandfather.

Leaving 9:15 PM

Mark gives me the address of some Finleys in Delaware Co who he has met in the lumber trade:

J.A. Finley Phila office address Fuller Bldg abt 15 S 18^th St, Home address: Media, Delaware Co Pa

Also:

J.J. Finley, mgr of the H.M. Bickford Co Greensboro NC

Also:

Dr Mark F. Finley Grand Master (mason) of D.C. Washington D.C.

Jany 27, 1924 Mark H. Finley writes Dec 20, 1923 that his mother was 56 when she died, see line 18 preceding page.

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Hotel Hamilton, Norristown Pa Room 111 Nov 3, 1923 11:40 PM

This is the 81^st anniversary of my dear Mary's birth. I went at 8 o'c this morning to the Register's office & finished the Admr Index B to R of the desired letters Pages 477 & 478 & then took abstracts fr 8 of the wills examined pages 482 to 484 inclusive when it came 12 o'c noon at which hour they closed. I then came to the hotel, got lunch & looked over my book & went across the St to 1121 W. Main, the home of Mrs Howard Boyd, but could raise no one. Then walked on to 819 W. Main to Jas S. Boyd's & the woman who came to the door sd he was Mrs Howard Boyd's son but would not be in until 6:30 PM. I then came back to the Hotel & made inquiries of several locations & finding Noble St was but two squares down Main walked down there & turned to the left & walked up abt 3 blocks to Mark H. Finley's at 634 Noble St & met him & wife & baby son. He was having some work done on his auto & had to give it attention & directed me how to reach his Uncle James H. Finley & sd he wd see me later & said he had two old bibles which proved to be those of his father & grandfather which I got this evening see pages 485 & 487 inclusive. I went up fr his home two doors to Oak St & turning to the right, walked about 8 or 10 blocks & was soon:

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At Residence of James Harrison Finley No 1301 Markley St Norristown Pa abt 3 PM

Mr Finley lives here with his daughter Mrs Land who called for me to come upstairs & I found him laying on the lounge. He told me to see Mrs Elizabeth McGlathery his first cousin, living on Cherry St, near the Armory, who he thought could tell about the family. Mr Finley said his name was James Harrison Finley born Mch 9, 1855 at Norristown Pa son of John Finley & Phoebe Rhoades. He was married Mch 15, 1879 to Margaret Jane Mitchell, daughter of John Mitchell & his wife Margaret NeikelJohn, who was born at Port Kennedy Pa this county Dec 28, 1858. Both living here & have had two children viz: both born in Norristown Pa.

1. Maud Mitchell Finley born Oct 25, 1885

2. Charles Vernon Finley born Feby 10, 1895 ob Feby 12, 189 

Maud M. Finley was married Oct 23, 1922 at Norristown Pa by Rev Jesse M. Corum Jr Pres minister to Herbert Swanger Land, who was born Nov 7, 1855 the son of Jacob Land & his wife Susan Swanger. No issue.

Mr Finley's older brother Charles Henry Finley has a son Charles Vernon Finley who lives at No 102 W Wood St near here & he is father of Edith V. Mr Finley says that his Uncle David Finley has a daughter Ruth Anna Finley who married Aaron Corson who has died

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& she lives at 2443 Oxford St Phila Pa (see later address) by herself who he thought was over 80 yrs old & took great interest in everything relating to the Finley family. She has but one child, Lulu who is married & "has a flock of children".

His daughter Maud M. Land is a remarkably handsome woman. She is of medium large build & has a remarkably handsome face of regular even features of great intelligence. He has been an invalid for three yrs & has taken on flesh since being laid up. He said they would want a book.

Left 4:22 PM

I walked up West Woods St two squares & was:

At residence of Charles Vernon Finley No 102 W. Wood St Norristown Pa Nov 3, 192 4:25 PM

Mr Finley is a tall fine looking able virile man & says his sister Anna, the widow of Thomas Rochelle, an Englishman, lives in the 1700 odd block on Orthodox St Phila Pa but his other sister, Phoebe Finley who mar 1. Clarence V. Robbins & 2^d Wm H. Bucke & who is a widow lives on East Main St opposite the court house has the bible of their father as she told him when he called her on the phone & he arranged for me to see her at 9 o'clock tonight. She

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runs a hair dressing store over Saladays Jewelry Store on 2^d floor in the name of Robbins her first husband, where she lives.

Mr Finley's father, Charles Henry Finley was in the Civil War in Capt S.C. Smith's Independent Co of Pa Vol, Engineer Corp. He was enrolled about the 3^d or 4^th enlistment Feby 10, 1865 to serve for one yr & was discharged July 11, 1865 at Harpers Ferry VA (he had 2 or 3 former discharges). His discharge says he was born in Norristown Pa is 21 yrs of age 5 ft 8 in high, dark complexion, grey eyes, dark hair, occupation when he volunteered was a puddler. This discharge is dated at Harpers Ferry Va July 11, 1865 & is signed by Lewis Dietz 5^th Reg N.Y.V.A.

Charles Vernon Finley was born Sept 10, 1865 & was a Corporal in Co F 6^th Reg Pa Vol Inf enrolled Apr 28, 1898 to serve 2 yrs. His discharge says he was born in Norristown Pa 32 yrs old 5 ft 9 1/2 in high light complexion blue eyes, brown hair & by occupation was an engineer. Dated Norristown Pa Oct 17, 1898 & signed by Henry Jacobs, Capt 6 P.V.I. wounds none, remarks: services honest & faithful. He was married Jany 1, 1884 at Phila Pa by Rev S.W. Thomas to Ella Catherine Bolton who was born at Norristown Pa Apr 21, 1866, daughter of Levi Bolton & his wife Elizabeth Hayworth. Have had five children all born in Norristown Pa viz:
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1. Edith Vernon Finley born Mch 10, 1885 single

2. Charles Vernon Finley Jr born July 27, 1889 ob Aug 21 1891

3. Elizabeth Josephine Finley born July 27, 1889 & married

4. Josephine Finley born July 23, 1891

5. Margaret Jane Finley born Sept 6, 1899 who was married Apr 16, 1921 to John Charles Ehinger (pronounced Inger) from Chester Pa, son of John Charles Ehinger & his wife Annie Robinson, who was born Apr 16, 1896 & have one child born at Montgomery Hospital Norris 

(It is now 2 AM 4^th & the room is getting cold & I will go to bed)

(Resuming transcribing at 7 AM)

town Pa Oct 30, 1923 a boy not named yet.

3. Elizabeth J. Finley, the surviving twin married 1915, Charles Nelson Frantz, son of Howard C. Frantz & live here at Corner of Green & Oak Sts. He is in the grocery business. They have three children all born in Norristown Pa.

1. Charles Finley Frantz born July 14, 1916

2. Mary Rita Frantz born May 23? 1918

3. John Howard Frantz born Aug 3, 1919

4. Josephine Finley was married Oct 22, 1912 to John Dale son of George Nimmo Dale & his wife Annie Cowie Gilmour & have had but one child viz:

1. Horace Moyer Dale born May 30, 1913 in Norristown Pa & died Nov 5, 1916.

Mr Finley's mother was Josephine Burton Asholder who was born Apr 6 _____
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in the suburbs of Phoenixville, Chester Co Pa. They said they would want a book. Mr Finley said his great Aunt Sarah Ann Anderson, mother of Mrs McGlathery who lived to be 94, often told him about the Finley family history & wanted him to write it down but he didn't. She was full of the family lore & once took him to the grave in Tremont Cemetery here of her father David Mck Finley, where he saw the inscription on his tombstone & told him it was a shame that he didn't even know who he was or where he was buried. He said he was once down on the Eastern shore of Maryland where the man he was with told him there had been a family of seven or eight Finley brothers had ruled that section at an early day with an iron hand & were charged even with horse stealing among other crimes. When a small boy down at Cape May NJ, where he was in the soldiers Orphan School he learned to play on the violin I believe & played his best & other Finleys, many of them coming up asked him the names in his family & he told them John, James, William, George, David, Martha etc & they said those same names were in their family & they were no doubt of the same line & they took him to their homes, the best people & homes in the neighborhood. He had his son in law John C.
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Ehinger who had gone for Edith V. to bring her home in the auto come back & take me to Mrs McGlathery's, she went along so I left at 5:30 PM & we were soon:
At residence of Mrs Mary Elizabeth McGlathery No 524 Cherry St Norristown Pa Nov 3, 1923 5:46 PM

Mrs McGlathery came to the door & Mr Finley introduced me. She took me back to her sitting room & said she was in her 88^th year, born Apr 7, 1836 right across the street from where she now lives. She is a slender woman with gray hair is about my height & was not at all feeble, in fact was awaiting the arrival of a friend with whom she was going to some Lodge meeting.

She is the daughter of Abraham Griffith Anderson (son of Alexander Anderson & his wife Mary Griffith) and his wife Sarah Ann Finley who was born Sept 21, 1810 at Penns Grove, Salem Co NJ & died here Feby 21, 1904 in her 94^th year. She was the daughter of David McKenstry Finley who is buried in the Tremont Cem here & has a marker. He died when she was a child. She says her cousin, Mrs Ruth Anna Corson has his family bible & also that she sold the Oxford St house this fall & moved
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to West Phila Pa. She says she is only about 70 yrs old, but knows more than she does about the Finley family. She don't know the name of the father of her grandfather David McKenstry Finley, but thinks he died at Penns Grove NJ. Says David was an old or elderly man when he came here in 1828. Of his brothers & sisters, she recalled:

Tamzan who married a Strutch

Rebecca who married a Camp

Sarah who married a Fogg

Mary Casper who married

Andrew Finley, brother who lived in Phila Pa

Rushie Finley brother who lived in Phila Pa both married & had children

She went upstairs & brought down the old bible of her grandfather Alexander Anderson which was published in NY in 1813 by Evert Duyckinck & from it I copied part of the record: