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Record for Mary Law Lee, Jr Family Tree, Owner: roblee714 Last viewed: Mary Law
- [S274] census 1860 USA PA McKean Ceres, Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 640; Image: 50; Family History Library Film: 805138jb p640-.
Record for John Bee (5) facts
John Bee in the 1860 United States Federal Census date: 18 June 1860 enumerator: Wm Wilkin Name: John Bee Age: 67 Birth Year: abt 1793 Gender: Male Birth Place: England Home in 1860: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania Post Office: Port Allegany Family Number: 298 Household Members: Name Age John Bee 67 England farmer Deborah Bee 59 NY Source Citation Year: 1860; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1138; Page: 640; Image: 50; Family History Library Film: 805138
John Bee in the 1860 United States Federal Census
date: 18 June 1860
enumerator: Wm Wilkin
Name: John Bee
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1793
Gender: Male
Birth Place: England
Home in 1860: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Post Office: Port Allegany
Family Number: 298
Household Members:
Name Age
John Bee 67 England farmer
Deborah Bee 59 NY
Source Citation
Year: 1860;
Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania;
Roll: M653_1138;
Page: 640;
Image: 50;
Family History Library Film: 805138
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.
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census 1860 USA PA McKean Ceres
John Bee in the 1860 United States Federal Census
date: 18 June 1860
enumerator: Wm Wilkin
Name: John Bee
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1793
Gender: Male
Birth Place: England
Home in 1860: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
Post Office: Port Allegany
Family Number: 298
Household Members:
Name Age
John Bee 67 England farmer
Deborah Bee 59 NY
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- [S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 15, 16. John Bell Sr. 4-5 refernces consolidated 20181024HAv15, 16. consolidate 20190228HAv- (8) into (11).
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"In these years, some families came that remained. In 1802, John Bell, his wife and his son William, and two sons and a daughter of his wife's by a former marriage, Thomas, John and Mary Bee, all came. They came from Haltwhistle, Northumberlandshire, England, a place mentioned in one of Sir Walter Scott's novels, 'Heart of Mid Lothian'. They had come to Philadelphia not many years before, and Mr. Bell, who was a superior mechanic, had "built a hospital" in that city, but the yellow fever, of which there was more or less for several years, frightened them, and hearing of this break into the wilderness, they followed, leaving one son, John, with a family near the city to whom he was apprenticed to learn the saddler's trade. After he attained his majority, he, too, came to Ceres, where he spent his long and useful life, as did also his brother William and his step-brothers and sister, and where many of their descendants still live."
- [S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL, Mary Law.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Law BEE, Mary; Harriet, Henrietta, et al. Bee, John "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 28 July 2017, 21:44), entry for John Bee(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L28C-DBV); contributed by various users. PersonID L28C-DBV.
Mary Law BEE GILBERT
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Mary Law Bee
8 March 1790 - 1862 • K5NH-HVJ
Sources 3 | Life Sketch
name: Mary Law Bee (birth name, according to LDS)
Sex Female
Birth 8 March 1790 Northumberland , England
Death 1862 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Family Members
Spouses and Children-
Robert Gilbert 1787-Deceased • KPQ1-588 ?
Mary Law Bee 1790-1862 • K5NH-HVJ ?
Marriage: 21 August 1805 Muncy, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Children (4)
Thomas Gilbert 1807-1888 • L282-HZH ?
Henrietta Caroline Gilbert 1814-1898 • LQR3-258 ?
Harriet Maria Gilbert -1826 • L282-HLT ?
Marianne Gilbert -1826 • L282-CML ?
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Harriet Maria Gilbert -1826 • L282-HLT ? = Marianne Gilbert -1826 • L282-CML ? ? -jcw20170808]
Parents and Siblings
Thomas Bee 1743-Deceased • L4QQ-BV3 ?
Mary Law Deceased • L4QQ-BXB ?
Marriage: 20 NOV 1787 Allendale,Northumberland,England
Children (3)
Thomas Bee 1788-1882 • LHBB-H4D ?
Mary Law Bee 1790-1862 • K5NH-HVJ ?
John Bee 1794-Deceased • L28C-DBV ?
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Harriet Maria Gilbert L282-HLT
birth: Pennsylvania
death: 1826, Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
father: Robert Gilbert KPQ1-588
mother: Mary Law Bee K5NH-HVJ
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John Bee L28C-DBV
birth: 9 October 1794, Northumberland, England, UK
Sex Male
Thomas Bee LHBB-H4D
Sex Male
Birth 19 October 1788 Northumberland, England, UK
Death 1882 Bolivar, Allegany, New York
father: Thomas Bee L4QQ-BV3
mother: Mary Law L4QQ-BXB
spouse: Deborah Canbia L28C-6Q5
Thomas Bee 1788-1882 • LHBB-H4D ?
Mira Maria K Clendennon 1799-1875 • MRF2-MYT ?
Marriage: 1834 Pennsylvania
Children (6)
Myra Helen Bee 1832-1857 • LZV2-ZD5 ?
Mary Elizabeth Bee 1835-1920 • LZV2-HVH ?
Robert Fulton Bee 1840-1863 • LHBB-C7C ?
Adelaide R. A. Bee 1842-Deceased • LHBB-C67 ?
Charles O Bee 1843-1863 • LHBB-Z4J ?
Thomas George Bee 1844-1878 • LHBB-ZXH
Name Myra Helen Bee • LZV2-ZD5
Sex Female
Birth 1832 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Death 1857 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Birth Name Helen Bee
Birth Name Myra Helen Bee
Name Mary Elizabeth Bee • LZV2-HVH ?
Sex Female
Birth 23 January 1835 McKean, Pennsylvania
Death 31 January 1920 Tyler, Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Name Robert Fulton Bee • LHBB-C7C
Sex Male
Birth 1840 Ceres, Allegany, New York
Death 1 July 1863 Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania
Name Adelaide R. A. Bee • LHBB-C67
Sex Female
Birth 1842 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Name Charles O Bee • LHBB-Z4J (Olge -jcw)
Sex Male
Birth 1843 Ceres, Allegany, New York
Death 14 January 1863 Libby Prison, Richmond, Virginia
Name Thomas George Bee • LHBB-ZXH
Sex Male
Birth 1844 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Death 1878 United States
Name John C Tyler
Sex Male
Birth 1832 Trout Run, Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Death 20 November 1887 Bolivar, Allegany, New York
Birth Name John C. Tyler
Family Members
Spouses and Children
John C Tyler 1832-1887 • LZV2-CJW ?
Mary Elizabeth Bee 1835-1920 • LZV2-HVH ?
Marriage: 1862 Pennsylvania
Children (2)
Maria Tyler 1862-1920 • LZV2-HC3 ?
Charles Fulton Tyler 1864-1926 • LZV2-C5D
Name Myra Helen Bee
Sex Female
Birth 1832 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Death 1857 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Birth Name Helen Bee
Birth Name Myra Helen Bee
Family Members
Spouses and Children
Barton Holly 1829-1915 • LV9C-H7M ?
Myra Helen Bee 1832-1857 • LZV2-ZD5 ?
Marriage: 15 Mar 1854 Potter, Pennsylvania
Children (3)
Charity Helen or
Helen C. Holly 1855-1937 • KDMX-P9Y ?
Florence Athalia Holly 1856-1942 • LV7R-92F ?
Mina Minnie Holly 1859-1859 • LV7R-SMX
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Name Barton Holly • LV9C-H7M
Sex Male
Birth 11 June 1829 Livingston, New York
Death 12 May 1915 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
Burial 1915, McKean, Pennsylvania
Residence
1880 Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
1900 Ceres Township, McKean, Pennsylvania
1910 Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F7L1-ZZY : 11 December 2014), John Bee, 09 Oct 1794, Birth; citing p. 67, Cumberland & Northumberland, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London.
John Bee, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7L1-ZZY
- [S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived. ... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
Mrs. Benson's maternal grandmother, Mary Law, was born in England and married, for her first husband, Thomas Bee, and for her second husband, John Bell, and with her second husband came to America , about 1800, bringing her five children, Thomas, Mary, and John Bee, and William and John Bell, and were among the first settlers of Ceres Township. Thomas Bee and his Brother John, uncles of Mrs. Benson, and natives of England, were also pioneers of Ceres, John paying for the homestead and caring for his mother and stepfather while they lived.
... copied from Beers History of Mckean, Cameron Elk and Potter Counties.
- [S273] 1850 United States Federal Census, census 1850 USA PA McKean, Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.Page 84 BENSON, BEE Bell GILBERT.
John Benson (36) facts
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1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34 PA
Stalira Benson 13 PA
Gulielma Benson 11 PA
Mary Benson 9 PA
John Benson 7 PA
Elizabeth Benson 3 PA
Harriet Benson 1 PA
637:
Thomas Bee 61 England farmer
Mira " 51 PA wife
Olge " 16 PA laborer
Mary " 13 PA
Mira " 13 PA
Robert " 10 PA
Adelaid " 8 PA
Thomas " 6 PA
839:
John Bee 33 England farmer
Deborah Bee 49 NY
Mary Bell 92 England
641:
Thomas Gilbert 43 PA farmer
Deliann " 23 NY
Statira " 1 IA
Mary " 60 England
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: M432_795; Page: 42B; Image: 748.
Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Original data: Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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census 1850 USA PA McKean Ceres
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1850 United States Federal Census about John Benson
date 2nd Sept 1850
John Radachick?
Name: John Benson
Age: 7
birth: ca 1843
Pennsylvania
Gender: male
Home: Ceres, McKean, PA
Family: 640
Household
Potter Benson 33 NY farmer
Henriette Benson 34… |
- [S1223] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Bee Gilbert Swarthmore College; Swarthmore, Pennsylvania; Marriages, 1799-1882; Certificates of Removal (Issued), 1799-1887; Collection: Quaker Meeting Records; Call Number: MR-PH 285.
Record for Thomas Bee
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Thomas Bee
Death Place Ocean, New Jersey
Spouse Mary
Event Type Death
Monthly Meeting Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State New Jersey
Meeting County Ocean
Thomas Bee Mary
Thomas jr 1788 Mira Clendennon 7.17.1799 d of Robert & Elizabeth (Battin)
Mary 1790 1862 Cerestown, McKean, PA Muncy Mtg, PA 8/21/1805 Robert Gilbert, jr s of Robert & Mary
John 1796 Henrietta Gilbert 1800
Thomas Bee, jr 1788 Mira Clendennon 7/17/1799 d of Robert & Elizabeth (Battin)
Mary 1863 John Tyler
Robert Fulton 1841
Adelaide 1863 John Hoyt
George 1844
Mary Bee (senior) widow of Thomas Bee John Bell
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US Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935 - Thomas BEE
U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Thomas Bee
Death Place Ocean, New Jersey
Spouse Mary
Event Type Death
Monthly Meeting Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting
Yearly Meeting Philadelphia Yearly Meeting
Meeting State New Jersey
Meeting County Ocean
Thomas Bee Mary
Thomas jr 1788 Mira Clendennon 7.17.1799 d of Robert & Elizabeth… |
- [S1559] census 1830 USA PA McKean, John Bee 3 males (30-40),(40-50),(60-70); 1 female (70-80); parents living with him?Wm Bell: 4 males (5-10),(2x 10-15),(40-50); 6 females (3x 0-5),(2x 10-15),(40-50).
Bee, John 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 1/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0 Bell, William 0/ 1/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0 3/ 0/ 2/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 1/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0/ 0
- [S2556] J. H. Beers, History of McKean County, (Name: PAGenWeb.org; Location: Chicago; Date: 1890;), The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37.
David Axtell (1) fact
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History of McKean County
J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1890
Ceres Township
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CERES TOWNSHIP occupies the northeast corner of the county. King's run of the Oswayo runs in a general northern course through the center; Bell's run parallels it in the center of the east half; Oswayo creek enters in the northeast corner, flows northwestwardly to Ceres for two and a quarter miles, then crosses the State line, and eventually loses itself in the Allegheny river. The head-waters of Newell creek are found in the southwest, and of Barden creek in the west center. Taylor's run and several smaller streams feed the creeks named. The highest measured elevation is 2,245 feet, one mile southwest of Glenn, at the head of Rock run, and the lowest point, 1,443, near State Line depot. The divide between King's and Bell's run shows a general elevation of 2,200 feet, declining to 1,450 south of Ceres. East of Bell's run it ranges from 2,200 feet in north and south extremes to 1,500 in the Oswayo valley, while the divide at the head of Barden and Newell creeks presented summits of 2,219 and 2,200. The township is minus coal measures and conglomerate; but the summit caps of Pocono are from 250 to 300 feet thick. Near Russell's house on the Ceres road, at an elevation of 2,075 feet, there was discovered, in 1878, a red limy shale band. In King's run gulch, at Lynch's house, red soil was found at an elevation of 1,657 feet; along Barden run at an elevation of 1,645 feet, as at the old Biggins' place; and toward Ceres, of 1,720 feet, or only thirty feet below the top of the Chemung in that neighborhood. At Bly's house, on Ceres and Turtle Point road, a slightly red soil was seen at different elevations; but from Bly's to Ceres, with the exception of one place (Chevalier's farm), the soil as well as sandstone was of the gray variety.
View from the hill, Myrtle, Pa.
circa 1900
About twelve years ago the first oil well was drilled up Bell's brook, N.Y., by Howard & Magee, which was made dry. About four years ago a well was drilled up Carr's brook by Henry Carter, which is a half-barrel well. This is now owned by V. Perry Carter. Two wells have since been drilled for gas by V.P. Carter, representing the Ceres Gas Company, which wells supply the village and neighborhood. The King's run well was bored five or six years ago by a local company.
The population of Ceres in 1880, including the 108 inhabitants of Ceres village, was 975. In 1883 there were 123 Republicans, 58 Democratic, 27 Prohibition and 47 Labor Unionist votes cast, or a total of 255, which multiplied by five, gives a population of 1,275.
The officers chosen in February, 1890, are as follows: Supervisors, Winfield Lanphere, G.W. Hackett; collector, G.W. Hackett; auditor, James Biggins, justice of the peace, W.W. Holley; judge of election, E.W. Kitchsire; inspectors of election, F.H. Raymond, Barton Holley; town clerk, J.J. Robarts.
Francis King, the agent of John Keating, brought a number of workmen to Ceres in 1798, where King's settlement was founded. Mr. King came from England about that time, and, being a Quaker, his co-religionists in Philadelphia recommended him to John Keating for the position of agent and surveyor. He was a surveyor, and, like the old-time men of that profession, eccentric, and it is alleged, when clearing the hillside at Ceres, he compelled the imported laborers to roll the logs up hill, and satisfied the ignorant fellows that this course was correct, because the Yankees rolled them down hill. In 1801 he began the survey of the Keating lands, and in 1812 surveyed for the settlers in Farmers valley. Five years later, in 1817, he died, when John Keating continued his son in the agency. His original field book is in possession of Byron D. Hamlin, forming a monument to his precision.
The commission of justice of the peace of Ceres was issued by Gov. Thomas McKean October 4, 1806, to John Claudius Brevost. What the feelings of the old governor must have been when he authorized this pioneer justice "to have and execute all and singular the powers, jurisdictions and authorities and to receive, and enjoy all and singular the lawful emoluments of a justice of the peace," may be imagined. Except John Keating's agent and his employees there were no settlers in the township to lead the new justice to hope for emolument. In November following Squire Brevost did actually qualify before the Coram, J.G.Lowrey, of Centre county.
Uncle Harry, who came with his father, Thomas Smith, to Ceres in 1803 or 1804, died August 27, 1877. Lester Hargrave was also one of the early employees here. Asahel Wright, a soldier of 1812, resided at Glenn up to 1880, but for twenty-seven years prior to 1872 was never as far as Olean, and never saw a railroad train, although then eighty-three years old. His daughter, L. Ellen Wright, was for years corresponding secretary of Grand Lodge of I.O.G.T. in Pennsylvania. Reuben S. Taylor, who settled at Bell's run in 1836, served in the war of 1812. He died September, 1877, at Roulette.
The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were David Axtell (moved to Wisconsin), G.C. Burnham, H. Bowen, A. Brown, William Bardsley, John C. Brevost, John O. Bradsby, Daniel Bliven, John Bee and Tom Bee* (who operated a saw-mill), Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson, S.A. Barber*, William Bell*, Valentine Brown, Cyrus and Ira Cooper* (saw-mill owners on site of Van Wormer's present mill), A.C. Conklin*, William and J.O. Cutter (moved away years ago), Hosea Cappell, william Cobbett (grist-mill owner), H. Chevalier (Frenchman), Peter and Orrin Cook, Asa Canfield, Oscar* and Timothy Carpenter*, Harvey Carr*, Cynthia Campbell, Philip Corwin, John Chase*, Levi Davis (tradesman), Jonathan, John and Thomas Drake (Oswayo), Nathan Dennis*, Rev. J.P. Evans (Annin Creek Baptist), Warren Edson, John Fobes* (saw-mill owner), T.J. Fowler, Mary Gilbert*, Lester Hargraves*, W. Hawley*, C.J. Hurlburt, A., Phil. And William Hooker*, Absalom Hutchison, Sol. Jordan, Friend S. Kinney*, Niles Kinney*, John King*, Robert King*, Abijah, Luke and Jacob Knapp*, William Lester*, George and William Lanphere*, Reverious and Rod. Loop*, Ebenezer Larrabee*, John Lee, Orsamus Meeray, John and Delos Morris, Michael McEvilly, L. Nelson*, Sam Nicholes, I. Phelps*, Harrison Ruby, Thomas Robbins*, Leonard, Almond (justice), Anson and William Rice*, W. Ray*, Linas P. Stoddart, George A. Smith, William, Henry and John Smith*, W.P. Stillman* (tan-yard owner; left before the war), Perry and Spencer Sweet, Clark Stillman*, Dan. Spencer, Joseph, Abram and John Stull*, William Tupper*, Willard and Norman Taylor (said to reside at Port Allegany), John Thompkins, Ben.* and Uriah Vandamark, John Wolcott, Asel*, W.P. and Alf. Wright, Samuel and John Whipple, N. and I.N. Winans, Marvel Wheelock, Rev. William Weber (Methodist), R.* and Micajah Wright* and Jacob Young* (owner of saw-mill). William Hooker was assessor. [*=deceased]
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The resident tax-payers of Ceres township in 1836-37 were
David Axtell (moved to Wisconsin), G.C. Burnham, H. Bowen,
A. Brown, William Bardsley, John C. Brevost,
John O. Bradsby, Daniel Bliven,
John Bee and Tom Bee* (who operated a saw-mill),
Potter Benson (who owned a second saw-mill), Dan Benson,
S.A. Barber*, William Bell*, Valentine Brown,
Cyrus and Ira Cooper* (saw-mill owners on site of Van Wormer's present mill),
A.C. Conklin*, William and J.O. Cutter (moved away years ago),
Hosea Cappell, william Cobbett (grist-mill owner),
H. Chevalier (Frenchman), Peter and Orrin Cook, Asa Canfield,
Oscar* and Timothy Carpenter*, Harvey Carr*, Cynthia Campbell,
Philip Corwin, John Chase*, Levi Davis (tradesman),
Jonathan, John and Thomas Drake (Oswayo), Nathan Dennis*,
Rev. J.P. Evans (Annin Creek Baptist), Warren Edson,
John Fobes* (saw-mill owner), T.J. Fowler, Mary Gilbert*,
Lester Hargraves*, W. Hawley*, C.J. Hurlburt,
A., Phil. And William Hooker*, Absalom Hutchison, Sol. Jordan,
Friend S. Kinney*, Niles Kinney*, John King*,
Robert King*, Abijah, Luke and Jacob Knapp*,
William Lester*, George and William Lanphere*,
Reverious and Rod. Loop*, Ebenezer Larrabee*, John Lee,
Orsamus Meeray, John and Delos Morris, Michael McEvilly,
L. Nelson*, Sam Nicholes, I. Phelps*,
Harrison Ruby, Thomas Robbins*,
Leonard, Almond (justice), Anson and William Rice*, W. Ray*,
Linas P. Stoddart, George A. Smith, William, Henry and John Smith*,
W.P. Stillman* (tan-yard owner; left before the war), Perry and Spencer Sweet,
Clark Stillman*, Dan. Spencer, Joseph, Abram and John Stull*,
William Tupper*, Willard and Norman Taylor (said to reside at Port Allegany),
John Thompkins, Ben.* and Uriah Vandamark, John Wolcott,
Asel*, W.P. and Alf. Wright, Samuel and John Whipple, N. and I.N. Winans,
Marvel Wheelock, Rev. William Weber (Methodist),
R.* and Micajah Wright* and Jacob Young* (owner of saw-mill).
William Hooker was assessor. [*=deceased]
In 1877 the re-survey of the northern State line was made, varying but little from the line of 1786. Ceres village was transferred to Pennsylvania, and in 1878 the boundary stones were placed.
Myrtle, formerly Mapleton Postoffice, was established in 1877, with Silas Cooper as postmaster, who held the office until F.E. Tull was appointed. In 1887 Mr. Tull sold his store to J.C. Burt, who carried on the office of deputy until regularly appointed in August, 1887.
A busy time at the corners. Myrtle, Pa.
Circa 1905-1910
The Myrtle Cheese Factory was established, thirteen or fourteen years ago, by George Chamberlain, his heirs being the present owners. The Hickox Mill, in existence many years, is still in use, east of the village; and at the head of Bell's run is Miller's saw-mill, operated by the Dibble Brothers. Lester Hargrave is said to have been the first resident of this settlement. Like others of the pioneers of Ceres, he was connected with Keating's agency here.
A birdseye view of Myrtle, Pa.
circa 1900
The Oswayo flood of May 31, and June 1, 1889, filled the valley, being about three feet higher than the flood of 1865. Large saw logs were carried over the main street of Ceres, and boats were used for travel; several trestles on the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad were carried away, and the track torn up. The only dams on the stream which escaped destruction were F.M. Van Wormer's and Pratt & Bixby's. Among the heavier losers by this disaster were G.C. Hickox, F.M. Van Wormer and the Oswayo Tannery Company; many others along the flood-swept valley met with smaller losses. Ceres Village.
Late in 1837 Samuel Estes came to Ceres village, where he found a one-half log and one-half plank house standing opposite the present Central Hotel. Within a few years (in 1841) he moved south of the creek and erected part of the present Oswayo House, which he conducted until the Western New York & Erie Railroad was built, when he moved to Olean and built a hotel near the depot. In later years, he moved to Minnesota, where he died.
In 1838 Nelson Peabody came to the village. He found John Smith's general store and the Estes tavern. John King kept the post-office where William K. King now resides; Cooper's old saw-mill, where Franklin Van Wormer's large mills are now situated, and the Youngs' mill, where is now the Minor mill, were in operation; the Methodists had a class here, which has been continued to the present time. Mr. Peabody was clerk in John Smith's store until February, 1840, when V. Perry Carter bought the concern and Mr. Peabody joined Russell Cooper in business and continued four or five years. V. Perry Carter opened his store after the death of John Smith, whose daughter he married in 1842.
In 1841 the residents of the village grew tired of having to walk one and one-half miles to John King'' house for their letters, and had V. Perry Carter petition the department for an office in the village. This petition was granted, but Mr. King interested John Keating and others in his cause and had the office returned to him. A little later Mr. Carter had a chart of the locality made and a new petition signed. The demand was manifestly so just that the department ordered the removal of the office to the village, where it has been continued to this day. Mr. King kept the post-office on the table in the family sitting-room, and into this each one who expected a letter had to go to seek it.
Josiah Priest, who, in 1850, wrote sketches of the Oswayo valley, was justice of the peace at Ceres. His papers were never published is the statement of Mrs. Keyser, while Mr. Carter is positive that parts or all of the papers appeared in print.
Robert Hinds was the only merchant here in 1852. John Robarts was a trader here for a number of years; also Simpson & Barber, C.H. Smith, John B. Gleason, F.H. Raymond and G. Perry. Joseph Morse was postmaster here before the war, succeeding John King, and had the office in his house, which occupied the site of the Central Hotel, afterward the residence of V. Perry Carter until destroyed by the first fire, in 1869. In 1855 or 1856 Mr. Carter returned from Richburg, bought the Hinds store and was appointed postmaster, holding the office until his removal to Duke Centre, in 1879, when he was succeeded by Robarts, who in turn was succeeded by Call. Louis Carrier was appointed in 1885, but Miss Augusta Call conducted the office for eight years, or until the appointment of John B. Gleason in June, 1889.
When Nelson Peabody arrived there were two school buildings - one south, where is the present school building on the Pennsylvania side, while the building on the New York side occupied the site of Wellington White's present home. These buildings continued in use until the present house was erected. In Ceres township in 1846 general stores were kept by P.B. Dedrick and Ralph Adams, and the tavern by Samuel Estes. In 1847 Dedrick & Pardy, Samuel Estes and C. Peabody were merchants; J.H. Wright and D. Dunham the new tavern-keepers.
In 1847 the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ceres was incorporated. The oldest record in possession of the pastor shows the names of W.T. Lane, Honeoye; Joel Whitney, Lane school-house; Stephen Chapel, South Bolivar; R.D. Garrison, Pikeville (members joined the Nazarites), and B.C. Call of Ceres; Edward Nicholas and Calvin Blood of Shinglehouse were the class leaders. Later H.B. Robarts is named as leader of the Bell's run class, with Elisha B. West local preacher; A Mallory was recording steward in 1867, while Mrs. F.G. Fuller is now recorder. The pastoral record goes back only to 1879, when A.B. Kelly was appointed. In 1882 Rev. W. Post and Rev. A.I. Blanchard came, and in 1886 Rev. W.H. Farnham. There are now seventy-nine members.
In 1840 Nelson Peabody was commissioned justice of the peace and held the office until elected associate judge in 1861. He was again commissioned and served until six or seven years ago. During the war he was deputy provost marshal for Ceres township. Among the soldiers of the district, many of whom belong to Portville Post, No. 85, G.A.R., are the following named:
Frank A. Chapman, Twenty-ninth Ohio Infantry; F.P. Chapman, Eighty-fifth New York;
Nat. Hendrix, Company A, Eighty-fifth New York;
Henry B. Robarts, Eighty-fifth New York;
John Frugan, New York Infantry;
William Hyde, William Worden, Eighty-fifth New York;
Frank Fuller, Eighty-fifth New York;
John B. Gleason, Clark Wells and Edgar Wells, Forty-second Regiment, Pennsylvania Bucktails;
Byron Lanphere and Robert Lanphere, Bucktails;
Jacob Brock, Eighty-fifth New York;
Adam Burdick, Eighty-fifth New York; Daniel and Matthew Burdick, Eighty-fifth New York;
Lafayette Maxson, Eighty-fifth New York;
James Gobles, Eighty-fifth New York;
Martin Stephens, Pennsylvania Infantry;
F. Maxson, Eighty-fifth New York;
Robert Clark, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania;
Frank Van Wormer, Pennsylvania;
A. De North, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania;
Moses Ford, Hiram Grow, Daniel Peabody, James Biggins and Amos Safford, Eighty-fifth New York (Amos drowned in the Oswayo some years ago);
Bill North, Bucktails; William North, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania; George North, Fifth-eighth Pennsylvania;
George Lanphere, Eighty-fifth New York;
James Hobbs, New York Infantry;
__________ Carpenter (wounded at Gettysburg), Pennsylvania Infantry;
Volney Mix, Pennsylvania Infantry;
Albert Lanphere, Bucktails;
Freeman Fuller, Bucktails;
Philip Haines and Bennie Haines, Pennsylvania Infantry;
F. Hawley, Eighty-fifth New York; Lewis Hawley, Eighty-fifth New York; John Hawley, Eighty-fifth New York; Floyd Hawley, Forty-second Pennsylvania;
C. Melven, Forty-second Infantry;
C. Bridge and West Bridge, Forty-second Pennsylvania Regiment;
also Nate Foote, Thomas, John, and Alonzo Cushman, and Nathan Hand.
Charles B. Bailey, who resided in Ceres township before the war, now of Young Hickory, N.Y., was, in June, 1889, granted a back pension of $5,000, and $72 monthly. This large pension was granted on account of his total blindness.
A.B. Luce was the first agent at Ceres of the Bradford, Eldred & Cuba Railroad in October, 1881. W.D. Chase took charge in February, 1882; E.D. Cummings in May, 1882; L.J. White in February, 1883, and in November, 1883, C.H. Gleason, the present agent, took charge. (Between 6,000 and 8,000 cords of bark will be shipped from Ceres this summer.)
In 1877 the White & Van Wormer Mill at Ceres was erected. This is one of the immense lumber industries of the county.
Contributed by Maureen M. (Buckley) Lee
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- [S274] census 1860 USA PA McKean Ceres, Page 42 John Bee.
- [S137] Merlyn Wetzel, e-mail: Merlyn WETZEL, re: Bell, Benson, LAW.
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- [S1223] Ancestry.com, U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Haverford College; Haverford, Pennsylvania.
Record for Thomas Gilbert (4) facts
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Mira Bee, age 67; their children are:
+-Mary Bee who married John Tyler, lives at Tyler, Clearfield Co, Pa.
+-Robert Fulton Bee,, aged 22, is in the army Co g 150th regiment, Penna Volunteers address Washington, DC.
+-Adelaide Bee, married John Hoyt, lives aty Bolliver, Allegany Co, State of New York.
-George Bee, aged 19, lives with his parents.
+John Bee, aged 67 yers, a brother of Thomas Bee.
+Henrietta Bee (late Gilbert) aged about 63.
+Thomas Gilbert, aged 56.
John King aged 79
+William King, son of John King, aged about 40.
John James King, aged 33.
Robert King, brother of John, aged 64.
Hannah King, wife of John King, deceased 11th Mo 22nd 1861.
Mary Gilbert deceased last Fall.
William Lester, deceased no time mentioned.
Those marked + are subject to be _treated?_
Thomas Gilbert
in the U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
Name Thomas Gilbert
his Age 56
Type Member List
Birth abt 1807
on Image abt 1807
Res 24 Jun 1863
on Image 24 1863 Sixth
mtg Ceres, McKean, PA
Residence Place Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Monthly Meeting Pennsdale and Muncy Monthly Meetings
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Mira Bee, age 67; their children are:
+-Mary Bee who married John Tyler, lives at Tyler, Clearfield Co, Pa.
+-Robert Fulton Bee,, aged 22, is in the army Co g 150th regiment, Penna Volunteers address Washington, DC.
+-Adelaide Bee, married John Hoyt, lives aty Bolliver,… |
- [S1720] Public Member Trees, N/A, Database online. Edna Lovesky's Family2, Owner: orca67 Last viewed: John Bell http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/12174064/person/-319971383?ssrc=&ftm=1 20180314 RVA John Bell.
Record for John Bell
- [S394] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Database online., Skinner/Schinzel-Ahlemeyer/Haines Tree J_Ahlemeyer.
Record for Thomas BEE Ryan/Catalan/Aguilar, Owner: gale catalan Source has 1851, 1861, and more census figures for Thomas, who died in 1798. Also, ca 20 children, many clearly from the next 2 or 3 generations. The big question is, are Thomas' parents, Robert Bee and Mary Keenleyside Bee, correct? -jcw 14.03.2011 NYC
Record for Thomas BEE
Ryan/Catalan/Aguilar, Owner: gale catalan
Source has 1851, 1861, and more census figures for Thomas, who died in 1798.
Also, ca 20 children, many clearly from the next 2 or 3 generations.
The big question is, are Thomas' parents, Robert Bee and Mary Keenleyside Bee, correct?
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