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· The Sepulveda Story tells how a treasure of family photos came to me. The pages are from the 100th Anniversary Portfolio, which I prepared in 2023 as a memento for the 100th anniversary of the first Mitchell-Vergason Reunion.
I used an archival-quality art portfolio, also called a presentation or display portfolio, which is a little like a book with pages inserted in plastic sleeves.
Using the portfolio allowed me to prepare most of the pages before the reunion, and family members attending were able to take the portfolio home. I left room for five more pages with photos and text about the 2023 reunion. I mailed those pages after the reunion.
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Gerry Hamilton, this is wonderful. I'm curious to know if you have pics of anymore of the Strong family, as well as any pics of the Dingmans. And perhaps the Conrnelius's?
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Tina Johnson Daughenbaugh I might. I am still going through the photos that Rick Sepulveda sent to me recently. If I find any, I will post them. I did post photos of Cynthia Strong and her four McCann sons. Do you have that one?
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Yes, thank you. I did get a copy of that one saved
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The pdf.:
Sepulveda story: Old photo leads to a family treasure
Group photo from the 1st annual Mitchell-Vergason reunion
By Gerry Lynn Hamilton
Revised Sept. 29, 2023
In 2007, I became very interested in
my family history, which led me to start
a genealogy hobby. My mother Luella
Mae (Mitchell) Hamilton became my
No. 1 resource. In 1939, someone gave
her a scrapbook as a gift, and that began
her lifelong version of genealogy. She
saved photos, clippings and miscellane
ous items for a very extended family, as
well as her friends and prominent peo
ple in Potter Co., PA.
As Mom got older, she could not
keep up with pasting all of the obituary
clippings in albums, so she filed them in
envelopes by year. When Mom died in
2010, I inherited more than a dozen
scrapbooks and photo albums, as well
as the obituary clippings and hundreds
of loose photos.
Fortunately, I got to spend a lot of
time with my Mother before she died.
She helped with photo identifications
Luella Mae Mitchell
1937 Coudersport High
School senior photo (enhanced)
and family details, and her memory was
sharp until the last. I certainly got to
know my family tree, and best of all, I
got to know Mom better as I shared her
hobby.
Her photo collection included two
group photos from the first Mitchell
Vergason reunion in 1923. She was a
big help in identifying many of the 48
people in the two pictures. She was in
the photos and she remembered what
color dress she had on that day!
Through the years I was able to identify
other people in the photos, and specu
late about the rest.
In 2018, I prepared an online pack
age for the Painted Hills Genealogy So
ciety (PHGS). That package included
the two group pictures and a detailed
article listing all of the names of the
people who attended the reunion. (To
see the package, search for “1st Mitch
ell-Vergason reunion.”)
The public has free access to the
PHGS website, which is indexed by
Google. My hope was that anyone re
searching a related topic would find this
site and perhaps contact me with more
details.
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About 2004, Richard Sepulveda of
San Antonio, TX, started a new hobby.
He is fascinated by old photographs,
and he began collecting them.
At a flea market one weekend in
September 2019, Richard acquired a
batch of about a hundred old pictures.
Richard wrote in an e-mail message:
“The guy who sold them to me had a
LOT of stuff and mentioned that he of
ten gets his stuff by buying storage
units.”
One of the pictures was a group pho
to. Richard was curious to learn more,
so he started a search for the names on
the back of the photo. He was “sur
prised that I found it in less than a mi
nute on Google.”
In his Google search, Richard found
one of the pictures I had prepared for
the Painted Hills Genealogy Society. I
included my contact information, and
Richard got in touch with me by e-mail.
He sent seven scanned photos that in
cluded eight people, and all of them are
in my family tree.
The people in the photos included
Charles L. Vergason my great-great
grandfather and his second wife Cynthia
Maria Strong. The other photos are his
descendants and her descendants.
Charles was a widower and Cynthia was
a widow so this was a second marriage
for both.
Charles is the patriarch of the Ver
gason Branch of our family tree. Also
Charles L. Vergason
Perhaps about 1894, he would have
been about age 60
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many Mitchells descend from Charles
and his first wife Alvira Russell. Their
daughter Lydia Eliza Vergason married
George Washington Mitchell (b1844).
These are great pictures that do not
appear to be available elsewhere online.
Richard speculated about the source of
the photos: “I believe they belonged to
someone who was close to Gail Wade
Heinzman because there are a lot of him
and his sister.” I was curious to learn
more, so I asked some questions. Rich
ard wrote: “I have maybe close to 500
photos from the 1930s and earlier. I find
just about all my photos from estate
sales and flea markets (mostly flea mar
kets).”
Richard has continued to send pho
tographs by e-mail. So far all have some
words of identification for the people,
and such pictures are priceless. As the
photos arrived, I researched the identi
ties as we pieced together the puzzle
that is the Vergason family tree. The
extended family includes many sur
names ? Strong, McCann, Dingman,
Weir, Heinzman, Mitchell and many
others.
Richard is not related to the Ver
gasons, and he doesn’t have any par
ticular interest in genealogy. Perhaps he
can be classified as the accidental gene
alogist, and we can give some thought
to adopting him as an honorary Ver
gason.
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How did those pictures get to Texas?
Gail spent most of his life in Pennsyl
vania and New York.
Cynthia Maria Strong
(1835-1915)
Charles Vergason (left) and Gail
Heinzman. Gail's photo was cropped
from the 1923 Mitchell-Vergason Reun
ion group photo. Both photos were en
larged and enhanced.
Gail Wade Heinzman, born 29 Jun
1917 in Bradford, McKean Co., PA,
was the first of three children born to
Glenn O. Heinzman and Mary Estelle
Weir.
Gail married Ethel M. Lathrop on 18
Oct 1940 in Olean, Cattaraugus Co.,
NY. Ethel was born 24 Apr 1920 in
Crosby, McKean Co., PA. She died 23
Feb 1991 in Webster, Monroe Co., NY.
Gail was a ham radio enthusiast. In
2006, InterceptRadio.com “the world’s
largest radio/scanner frequency data
base” listed Gail with a San Antonio
address. Possibly Gail moved to San
Antonio by 2006 when he was in his
80s.
Gail died 17 Sep 2009 in San Anto
nio. He was 92. The pictures Richard
Sepulveda acquired may have belonged
Gail Wade Heinzman
This photo had no ID on the back, but
Richard Sepulveda believes this is
Gail. I agree based on a comparison
with a known photo.
to Gail. There are some clues that Gail
had a daughter named Diana. Perhaps
she also lived in Texas.
Postscript: I have been in touch with
Diane Marie Heinzman of San Antonio.
She confirmed that these photos be
longed to her father Gail Heinzman. ¾
Children of Cynthia Maria Strong (from left): Albert Harry Vergason (1877-1970), Hattie
Belle Vergason (1869-1934), Frank James Vergason (1874-1949) and Levi Orange
McCann (1855-1862). Levi was the oldest of Cynthia's four sons with William Clark
McCann. Cynthia had five children with Charles L. Vergason (1833-1924). Albert was Cyn
thia's youngest. This photo was among those provided by Richard Sepulveda.
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· The Sepulveda Story tells how a treasure of family photos came to me. The pages are from the 100th Anniversary Portfolio, which I prepared in 2023 as a memento for the 100th anniversary of the first Mitchell-Vergason Reunion.
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Children of Cynthia Maria Strong (from left): Albert Harry Vergason (1877-1970), Hattie
Belle Vergason (1869-1934), Frank James Vergason (1874-1949) and Levi Orange
McCann (1855-1862). Levi was the oldest of Cynthia's four sons with William Clark
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Cynthia Maria Strong
(1835-1915)
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Heinzman. Gail's photo was cropped from the 1923 Mitchell-Vergason Reunion group photo. Both photos were enlarged and enhanced.
left: Charles L. Vergason
right: Gail Wade Heinzman
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left: Luella Mae Mitchell
1937 Coudersport High
School senior photo (enhanced)
right: Charles L. Vergason
Perhaps about 1894, he would have been about age 60
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Gail Wade Heinzman
This photo had no ID on the back, but Richard Sepulveda believes this is Gail. I agree based on a comparison with a known photo.
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- [S2028] FaceBook- Potter McKean Genealogy, Vergason sibs · April 1 2024 Gerry Hamilton · MYSTERY PHOTO - can you help with the IDs? 20240403GHLn-.
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Potter McKean Genealogy · April 1 2024
· MYSTERY PHOTO - can you help with the IDs?
Two group photographs were taken on the same day at the same place. Both photos were among the pictures rescued by Richard Sepulveda.
THE FIRST PHOTO attached shows four siblings, and we have identifications from the back of the photo. Following is the caption. (Note that Levi is a half sibling to the others.)
Children of Cynthia Maria Strong (from left): Albert Harry Vergason (1877-1970), Hattie Belle Vergason (1869-1934), Frank James Vergason (1874-1949) and Levi Orange McCann (1855-1844). Levi was the oldest of Cynthia's four sons with William Clark McCann. Cynthia had five children with Charles L. Vergason (1833-1924). Albert was Cynthia's youngest. This photo was among those provided by Richard Sepulveda.
THE SECOND PHOTO attached is a final edited version of the second photo, which does not have IDs. The information on the back: “Aunt Hattie from Cynthia.” This photo includes the four siblings. I believe the photo was sent to Hattie Bell (Ward) Vergason by Cynthia J. McCann (1898-1931), and I think Cynthia is in the photo. My guess: This photo includes spouses and children of the siblings in the first photo.
THE THIRD PHOTO with numbers shows the IDs from the first photo. Below are my comments about the unidentified. Any additional information is most welcome.
1. Albert Harry Vergason (1877-1970).
2. Maybe Albert’s daughter Loretta.
3. Levi Orange McCann (1855-1944).
4. Hattie Belle Vergason (1878-1961).
5. _____
6. Maybe Albert’s wife Hattie Bell Ward (1878-1961).
7. Frank James Vergason (1874-1949).
8. My speculation: Cynthia J. McCann, daughter of Jacob McCann, based on circumstantial evidence. She attended the 1923 Mitchell-Vergason Reunion, and I have her identified in the large group photo. In the 1930 US Census for Sweden Twp., she was identified as a widowed servant in the home of widower Frank J. Vergason. In the 1923 photo, this woman was standing next to Frank and a group of Vergasons.
9. Walter Weir, oldest son of Hattie Belle (Vergason) Weir, based on circumstantial evidence. He attended the 1923 Mitchell-Vergason Reunion. My mother, who was a child at the reunion, gave me clues that led to his identity.
10. I have ruled out Hattie Vergason’s husband Ira, who died in 1900. Cynthia McCann was born in 1898, so she would have been a toddler in 1900. This could be Hattie’s youngest son Earnest Allen Weir (1889-).
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Children of Cynthia Maria Strong (from left):
Albert Harry Vergason (1877-1970),
Hattie Belle Vergason (1869-1934),
Frank James Vergason (1874-1949) and
Levi Orange McCann (1855-1862).
Levi was the oldest of Cynthia's four sons with William Clark
McCann. Cynthia had five children with Charles L. Vergason (1833-1924). Albert was… |
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· MYSTERY PHOTO - can you help with the IDs?
Two group photographs were taken on the same day at the same place. Both photos were among the pictures rescued by Richard Sepulveda.
THE FIRST PHOTO attached shows four siblings, and we have identifications from the… |
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Potter McKean Genealogy · April 1 2024
· MYSTERY PHOTO - can you help with the IDs?
Two group photographs were taken on the same day at the same place. Both photos were among the pictures rescued by Richard Sepulveda.
THE FIRST PHOTO attached shows four siblings, and we have identifications from the… |
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, Strong, Orange Wodruff "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 12 July 2017, 16:38), entry for Orange Strong(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KGCZ-L8M); contributed by various users. PersonID KGCZ-L8M.
Orange Strong
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Orange Woodruff Strong KGCZ-L8M
death: August 1882, Potter, Pennsylvania
birth: 1806, Isle La Motte, Grand Isle, Vermont
father: Luther Strong L4Q1-RJ3
mother: Abigail Woodruff L4Q1-RJR
spouse: Margaret P Dingman L4WX-WHS
familysearch 20170817-
Name Cynthia M Strong
Sex Female
Birth 10 Oct 1835 Hebron, Potter County, Pennsylvania, USA
Death 6 December 1915 Inez, Potter County, Pennsylvania
Burial 1915 Inez, Potter, Pennsylvania
Birth Name Cynthia M Strong
Family Members
Spouses and Children
William Clark McCann 1833-1862 • 9K8Y-WXK ?
Cynthia M Strong 1835-1915 • LHVC-CWD ?
Marriage: about 1854
Children (6)
Levi O McCann 1856-1944 • LZKJ-X1F ?
Jacob Clark McCann 1859-1936 • L4NB-4WP ?
Jacob 1859-Deceased • KZV1-ZLX ?
Mark McCann 1860-Deceased • LHWL-M9R ?
Mark 1861-Deceased • KHZK-RWK ?
William 1862-1944 • KCKQ-7QV ?
Charles L Vergason 1833-1924 • LTK6-Q3K ?
Cynthia M Strong 1835-1915 • LHVC-CWD ?
Marriage: 15 April 1867 Sylvania Township, Potter, Pennsylvania
Children
Charles L Vergason 1833-1924 • LTK6-Q3K ?
Alvira Russell 1831-1865 • LTK6-XTY ?
Marriage: 28 Jul 1853 Probably Alma, Allegany Co., NY
Children (3)
Martha Jeanette Vergason 1854-Deceased • LTK6-PW4 ?
George R Vergason 1858-1915 • LTK6-26K ?
Lydia Eliza Vergason 1861-1919 • LC3S-6S3
Parents and Siblings
Orange Strong 1806-1882 • KGCZ-L8M ?
Margaret P Dingman 1814-1870 • L4WX-WHS ?
Marriage: 1834 Hebron, Potter, Pennsylvania, USA
Children (15)
Cynthia M Strong 1835-1915 • LHVC-CWD ?
Mary Martha Strong 1841-1921 • LH1W-16H ?
Mary Strong 1842-Deceased • MQVY-78J ?
Calvin M. Strong 1844-Deceased • MQVY-7DN ?
Cassius Strong 1845-Deceased • MQVY-764 ?
Adolphus Strong 1847-Deceased • MQVY-7X9 ?
Chauncy D Strong 1848-1892 • 9KZJ-JPN ?
Albert Strong 1849-Deceased • MQVY-7XR ?
Orange Albert Strong 1849-1922 • 9K8Y-WLM ?
Orange Strong 1850-Deceased • MQVY-7N9 ?
Elmina Margaret Strong 1851-1911 • LVY1-GRB ?
Margaret Strong 1852-Deceased • MQVY-7NN ?
Deborah Elizabeth Strong 1854-1913 • LHDP-PWH ?
Alice Strong 1858-Deceased • MQVY-7VS ?
Hellen R. Strong 1860-Deceased • MQVY-7VT
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Joseph Halladay L41X-4CL
death: 30 September 1905, Hewitt, Todd, Minnesota
burial: , Hewitt Cemetery, Todd, Minnesota
birth: 17 January 1837, Elmira, Chemung, New York
father: Bela Halladay LWYX-7G9
mother: Lucinda Baker LH5B-3MC
spouse: Mary Martha Strong LH1W-16H
Isaac B. Baker 27H1-YZC
death: 7 May 1880, Coudersport, Pa.
birth: 4 November 1824, New York
father: Joseph L. Baker K2HP-W3F
mother: Sarah Trump K2XG-WG1
spouse: Permelia Dingman LZ48-CZK
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MGDT-RJJ : accessed 17 August 2017), Cynthia M Vergason in household of Charles L Vergason, Homer, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 120, sheet 2B, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1415; FHL microfilm 1,375,428.
Cynthia M Vergason in household of Charles L Vergason, "United States Census, 1910"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGDT-RJJ
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M34S-CRH : accessed 17 August 2017), Cynthia M Verguson in household of Charles Vergerson, Summit Township, Sweden Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 119, sheet 7A, family 141, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,482.
Cynthia M Verguson in household of Charles Vergerson, "United States Census, 1900"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M34S-CRH
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MWJM-PF5 : 16 July 2017), Cynthia Vergnson in household of Charles Vergnson, Homer, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 106, sheet 489B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1166; FHL microfilm 1,255,166.
Cynthia Vergnson in household of Charles Vergnson, "United States Census, 1880"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWJM-PF5
- [S1310] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch Family Tree, "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MHCW-QZL : 12 April 2016), Cynthia Ferguson in household of Charles Ferguson, Michigan, United States; citing p. 8, family 69, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,189.
Cynthia Ferguson in household of Charles Ferguson, "United States Census, 1870"
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHCW-QZL
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