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Record for Rowland Andrew Barber
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Rowland Andrew Barber
Photo added by Betty Hicks
Picture of headstone Added by Ken Clark
Birth 17 Dec 1827 Woodville, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death 13 Nov 1911 (aged 83) Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA
Burial East Portville Cemetery Main Settlement, Cattaraugus County, New York
Memorial ID 40481817 ·
Rowland Andrew Barber was the son of Samuel Andrew and Nancy Irene (Crandall) Barber.
Sylvia Noeilla (Main) Barber was his 1st wife. They were married December 21, 1848 and she died January 1, 1867.
Julia Lucinda (Stillman) Barber was his 2nd wife. They were married April 25, 1868.
Obituary
Seventh-Day Baptist
The Sabbath Recorder, page 767
December 11, 1911
BARBER.--Rowland A. Barber died at his home in Portville, New York, November 13, 1911. He was born in Woodville, Rhode Island, December 17, 1827. He was the son of Samuel and Nancy Crandall Barber, and came to this section when about three years of age. On December 21, 1848, he was married to Sylvia Main who died January 1867. On April 25, 1868, he was united in marriage to Julia Stillman Hull who survives him. Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters - Mrs. H. B. Clark, Mrs. A. C. Stanford, and Mrs. Dora Maxson of Little Genesee, Pennsylvania; one son, R. E. Barber of Portville; one sister, Mrs. Martha Barber of Barbertown; nineteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He became a constituent member of East Portville Church when it was reorganized, of which he has since remained a member. The funeral was held at the Seventh-Day Baptist church.
Family Members
Spouses
Julia Lucinda Stillman Barber 1844-1924
Sylvia Noella Main Barber* 1828-1867 (m. 1848)
Children
Celestia R Barber* 1851-1862
Flora Evangeline Barber Clark* 1853-1940
Wealthy Salina Barber Sanford* 1857-1920
Sylvia Annette Barber* 1862-1882
Julia Medora Barber Maxson* 1870-1960
*Calculated Relationship
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Rowland Andrew Barber
Photo added by Betty Hicks
Picture of headstone Added by Ken Clark
Birth 17 Dec 1827 Woodville, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death 13 Nov 1911 (aged 83) Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA
Burial East Portville Cemetery Main Settlement, Cattaraugus County, New York
Memorial ID 40481817 ·
Rowland Andrew Barber was the son of Samuel Andrew and Nancy Irene (Crandall) Barber.
Sylvia Noeilla (Main) Barber was his 1st wife. They were married December 21, 1848 and she died January 1, 1867.
Julia Lucinda (Stillman) Barber was his 2nd wife. They were married April 25, 1868.
Obituary
Seventh-Day Baptist
The Sabbath Recorder, page 767
December 11, 1911
BARBER.--Rowland A. Barber died at his home in Portville, New York, November 13, 1911. He was born in Woodville, Rhode Island, December 17, 1827. He was the son of Samuel and Nancy Crandall Barber, and came to this section when about three years of age. On December 21, 1848, he was married to Sylvia Main who died January 1867. On April 25, 1868, he was united in marriage to Julia Stillman Hull who survives him. Besides his wife he is survived by three daughters - Mrs. H. B. Clark, Mrs. A. C. Stanford, and Mrs. Dora Maxson of Little Genesee, Pennsylvania; one son, R. E. Barber of Portville; one sister, Mrs. Martha Barber of Barbertown; nineteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren. He became a constituent member of East Portville Church when it was reorganized, of which he has since remained a member. The funeral was held at the Seventh-Day Baptist church.
Family Members
Spouses
Julia Lucinda Stillman Barber 1844-1924
Sylvia Noella Main Barber* 1828-1867 (m. 1848)
Children
Celestia R Barber* 1851-1862
Flora Evangeline Barber Clark* 1853-1940
Wealthy Salina Barber Sanford* 1857-1920
Sylvia Annette Barber* 1862-1882
Julia Medora Barber Maxson* 1870-1960
*Calculated Relationship
•East Portville Cemetery
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Rowland Andrew Barber
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Birth 17 Dec 1827 Woodville, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
Death 13 Nov 1911 (aged 83) Portville, Cattaraugus County, New York, USA
Burial East Portville Cemetery Main Settlement, Cattaraugus County, New York
Memorial ID 40481817… |
- [S276] 1880 United States Federal Census, census 1880 USA PA McKean Ceres, Year: 1880; Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1154; Page: 206A; Enumeration District: 084- Barber, Rowland A.
Record for Rowland A. Barber
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Rowland A. Barber in the 1880 United States Federal Census
date: 16th June 1880
enumerator: Nelson Peabody
Name: Rowland A. Barber
Age: 52
Birth Date: Abt 1828
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Home in 1880: Town of Ceres, McKean, Penn
House Number: 50
Dwelling Number: 163
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House:Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Julia A. Barber
Father's Birthplace:Rhode Island
Mother's Birthplace:Rhode Island
Occupation: Farmer
Neighbors:
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Household Members:
Name Age
163/165
Rowland A. Barber 52 Head RI RI RI farmer
Julia A. Barber 37 wife NY NY NY keeping house
Nellie Barber 18 dau PA RI NY teaching school
Bertie Barber 11 son PA RI NY at school
Dora Barber 9 dau PA RI NY at school
Varnum Hull 15 stepson WI NY NY at school
164/166
Samual A. Barber 77 Head RI RI RI retired farmer
Nancy Barber 77 wife RI RI RI keeping house
165/167
S. Fremont Hamilton 24 Head PA __ NY farmer
Lydia E. Hamilton 61 mother NY _ _ keeping house
Elnora Barber 30 sister NY __ NY house keeper
George Barber 12 nephew NY PA NY at school
Willis Barber 7 nephew NY PA NY at school
Edward Barber 3 nephew PA PA NY at home
166/168
Franklin Barber 46 Head NY RI RI farmer
Martha P. Barber 46 wife PA RI RI
Allie V. Barber 18 dau PA NY PA at school
Frank Barber 3 son PA NY PA at home
167/169
Barr Gross 70 Head NY NY NY farmer
Rhoda Gross 55 wife NY NY NY keeping house
John Gross 45 son NY NY NY farm laborer
Hattie Gross 18 dau NY NY NY at home
168/170
Enoch I. Maxson 57 Head NY RI RI farmer
Mary Ann Maxson 55 wife RI RI RI keeping house
Irwin Maxson 10 son PA NY RI
Thomas Washburn 29 son-in-law NY NY RI farm laborer
Edmina Washburn 25 dau PA NY RI at home
Susie Washburn 5mo grand-child PA NY PA at home (Jun)
Benjamin Washburn 52 boarder NY _ _ farm laborer
Willis Washburn 19 boarder NY NY RI farm laborer
Source Citation
Year: 1880;
Census Place: Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania;
Roll: 1154;
Page: 206A;
Enumeration District: 084
Source Information
Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site.
Original data: Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
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Rowland A. Barber in the 1880 United States Federal Census
date: 16th June 1880
enumerator: Nelson Peabody
Name: Rowland A. Barber
Age: 52
Birth Date: Abt 1828
Birthplace: Rhode Island
Home in 1880: Town of Ceres, McKean, Penn
House Number: 50
Dwelling Number: 163
Race: White
Gender: Male
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- [S1811] Jacqueline Evens Allen, Ceres Names, Dates, & Places- rdallenproject.com, (Location: http://www.rdallenproject.com/Evens/Names.htm#Picnic; Date: 1999;), Barber family- picnic, deaths, marriages.
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http://www.rdallenproject.com/Evens/Names.htm#Picnic
Ceres Names, Dates, and Places
The following documents were found in box of papers handed down through the Evans/Evens family and are currently in the possesion of my brother. I have transcribed them as best I could in hopes that they would help someone find that missing date, name or place. I appologize in advance for any errors or typos. The writing was often faded and the handwriting was not easy to decipher. I am not sure of the source of these papers, though the death and birth records look semi-official. My best guess is that they were some sort of church record.
The Barber Family Picnic, Sept 1880
Area Deaths 1872 - 1883
Area Marriages 1872 - 1881
Ceres Pa, Sept 9, 1880
Names of Barber family that attended the Picnic-
Andrew Barber & Wife
Rowland Barber & Wife
Nettie Barber, Dora Barber
Bertie Barber & Varnie Hull
Flora Barber & Husband with two Children
Enoch Maxon & Wife
Edwina Maxon & Husband with one child
Ida Maxon & Husband
Erwin Maxon
Blanchard Barber & Wife
Ellen Barber & Husband
Frank Barber & Wife
Forest Barber & Edie
Frank Barber & Wife
Roze & Allie & Frankie Barber
Laura Holmes
Elba & Blanche Holmes
Matr, George, Fred, Rena & baby
Irene & Laura
George Cummings & Wife
Walter, Cora & Benny Cummings
Enos Fisher
Nora Barber & three children
Emma & Cora Burger
Erwin Place
Deaths
What follows was transcribed from what appears to be some sort of semi-official journal or record. Perhaps a church record. It consists of three pages that seem to have been bound in a book. The pages are ruled as one would find in a cash journal. The pages are 14" tall by 6" wide. Judging by the hand writing, I believe entries were made by two individuals over time. One individual capitalized the letter "D" in "Died", the other didn't. The entries seem to have been entered contemporaneously.
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Ceres, N.Y
Irene A Barber, Died October 20th 1872 at Portville
Mary Barber Died October 11th 1874 at Portville
Maxon Crandall died Sept 9th 1874 at Portville
Sarah Barber Died March 24 1870 at Portville
Leitta Mande died Aug 28 1874 at Ceres
Fredrick Holmes Died June 14 1862 at Mt. Jackson VA
Laura Barber Died at Iowa City 1865 April 13th
Cora King Died February 20th 1872 at Ceres
Orville Hamilton Died February 8th 1845 at Ceres
Mrs Root died Jan 29th 1875 at Bolivar
Mr Ira Wright - died February 10 1876 at the Glen
Elmer Maxon Died August -- 1873
Little Mary Barber died December 26th at Portville
Annie Varney Died Sept 11 1876 at East Portville
Putnam Barber Died December 6th 1876
Mrs Maria Doolittle died March 4 1877 at East Portville
Eugene Barber Died May 29 1877 at Ceres, Barbertown
Little Earle Hamilton died May 29 1877 at Ceres PA Barbertown
Cril Smith Died Aug 17 1877 at East Portville
Little Walter Doolittle Died Aug 19 1877 at East Portville
Little Mabel Maxon Died September 2nd 1877 at East Portville
Milton Main died Feb 18 1878 at East Portville
Hiram Crandall Died Feb 22 1878 at Portville
Sheffield Maine died Feb 23 1878 at East-Portville
Moses Barber died Sept 7 18778 at Portville
Willard Barber died Sept 23 178 at Olean
Charles Boughton died Jan 17 1878
Ellie V Barber died Jan 1 1879 at Ceres, Pa, Barbertown
Sarah Barber Died March 31 1879 at Portville
Esther Fisher Died Feb 23 1880 at Norwich, Chenago Co NY
Anton Smith Died Feb 2 1882
Anton Smith was killed Feb 2 1882 at Ceres, Barbertown.
Nettie Barber died Feb 15 1882 at Ceres, Barbertown
Lizzie Cummings died March 26 1882 at Little Genesee, NY
Walter Cummings was killed July 11, 1882 near (looks like..) Warren
An accident occured on the Eldred & Cuba R.R. yesterday, Nov 11 1882. The Engineer Mr Frantz of Bolivar was instantly killed and Mr. Warner the brakeman was seriously injured.
Eva Lansworthy Died August 14 1883 at Portville, NY
Blanche M Holmes died Nov 12th 1883 at Olean, NY
Jefferson Barber Died Oct 31, 1883 at Portville, NY Aged 77 years 10 mos
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Portville, March 31 1876 [?]
Flora Barber and Benson Clarke were married March 18, 1876
George Hamilton and Matr Holmes were married April 6 1872
Elba Holmes and Kate Dodge were married April 13 1872
S Hickock and Ella Holmes were married July 4 1875 *
Ralph Burdick and Anna Dodge were married April 18 18752*
Mr Burdick and Nellie Crandall were married June 4 1877
W. Petella and Josie Crandall were married July 4 1877
Bert Sanford and Lina Barber were married Jan 1 1878
Andrew Cummings and Lizzie Wills were married Dec 24 1875
Will Burlingame and Rene Holmes were married Feb 20 1878
Thomas Washburn and Edwina Maxon were Married Feb (torn paper)
Jennie Barber and Allen Claire were married March 20 1878
Ellen Barber and Albert Place were married April 18, 1878
Ada Maxon & Don Freeman were married Aug 17, 1878
Freemont Hamilton & Hattie Moss were married May 25 1881
Bunker and Belle Freeman were married June 15 1881 at Prentice Vale
Frank Hamilton & Nellie Dolan were married Sept 9 1882 at Portville Olean by Rev Sovy
John Moss and Nora Barber were married April 1881 at State Line Pa. by Rev S.D. Morris
Ina M Barber & Geo J Lockley were married Jan 8th 1881 Detroit Mich.
Cora M Barber & Ed & Rankin were married Mrch 5th Detroit Mich
* 1875 in one entry is crossed out, apparently an error, I would be suspicious of the previous 1875 date as well as it seems out of order.
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- [S1811] Jacqueline Evens Allen, Ceres Names, Dates, & Places- rdallenproject.com, (Location: http://www.rdallenproject.com/Evens/Names.htm#Picnic; Date: 1999;), Barber family- deaths- Nettie.
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Lower BellRun School in 1910.
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3. Orin Cole,
4. Walter Harvey,
5. Allie Manley,
6?
7. Tom yOUng.
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1?
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3. Le Bixby,
4. Elba MacDowell,
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- [S1812] paintedhills.org, Early History of Ceres, NY- PA , First Permanent1White Settlement in the Area, by Dan Maxson.
Sylvia Annette Barber
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Index of Ceres Hometown Feature For February 2000
Early History of Ceres
Chronology of Ceres
The Cooper Families of Ceres
Ceres from Beers
Ceres 1900
Ceres 1901
People and Places of Ceres
People and Places of Ceres 2
Van Wormer Mills 1890's
Some Photos of Ceres
Aaron DeGroff Blacksmith Shop
DeGroff Family Reunion Photos 1907
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Early History of Ceres, NY- PA , First Permanent1White Settlement in the Area, by Dan Maxson
When Francis King came to this area2, he came as an agent of John Keating and others to explore a vast area of northern Lycoming County. Keating’s group was considering the purchase of an extensive purchase from William Bingham, Esq., if the lands were found to be suitable. His report was evidently suitable as Keating’s group purchased a large tract of land.
In the spring of 1797, Francis King engaged a few men and hired a boat. They set out for a previously selected area, which they named Ceres. They traveled down the east branch of the Susquehanna to Northumberland; then up the west branch to the mouth of the Sinnamahoning, which was the last white settlement (present-day area of Sinnamahoning). They then proceeded to Driftwood and then overland to Canoe Place (Port Allegany). Canoes were made and they traveled down the Allegheny to the mouth of the Oswayo (now Portville, NY), then up the Oswayo to Ceres. The original site for Ceres is approximately one mile south of its current location.
At the Ceres site, land was cleared, planted and a cabin erected. Further exploration revealed three families at Dykes Settlement (now Andover, NY) and two more families on Pine Creek in Tioga County, PA. These people were the Kings’ nearest neighbors.
In the Spring of 1798 Francis King brought his family to Ceres. In September of that year, Mrs. King (formerly Kathrine Kenway3) gave birth to a baby girl, who lived but a few months. This would be the first birth, death, and burial4 in what is now McKean County, PA.
The first sawmill was built in 1798 nearby. Remains of the old mill race to carry water to the mill may be seen upstream from the Barbertown Road. A grist mill was added a few years later. In the same year, the Society of Friends sent Joel Swayne, Halliday Jackson, and Henry Simmons as missionaries to the Indians on the reservation. This was some 60 miles downstream from Ceres. In those early days, trips were made downriver to Pittsburgh for provisions. Mrs. King died shortly after one such trip in 1801.
Some of the earliest settlers who stayed in the area are as follows:
1802 - John Bell, his wife, his son, and his step children Thomas, John, and May Bee. Bell Run, Bell Brook, and Bee Hollow are area names that go back to these hardy pioneers. The William Bell, who was the first settler in Ceres, NY (1817), was John’s son.
1802 - Thomas Smith, his wife Elizabeth and 4 sons Thomas, John, William, and Henry.
This family settled in the area of the current location of Ceres, PA.
1802 - William Lister. He settled in present day Myrtle, near John Bell, Sr.
Another early arrival to Ceres was William Ayers, his wife Mary, and three children. Little is known of the Ayres family in Ceres, except that William purchased the only slave ever in Ceres. This family probably removed to the Coudersport area about 1908. His family were the first white settlers in what is now Potter County.
In early October, 1803, snow fell and protected the crops such that the early settlers had fresh vegetables at Christmas. Later, the snow accumulated to five foot depths and resulted in a great flood in 1804.
Most of the early settlers of the area were English tradesmen. Francis King was a surveyor and copper engraver. His surveying equipment is now in the possession of the Oswayo Valley Historical Society. Thomas Smith was a miller, John Bell was a cabinet maker, and his son John was a saddle and harness maker. James King was a tanner and currier. He built a tannery on Mill Creek (Kings Run), but hides were scarce and the tannery failed to be profitable. Many of the settlers to come were from England.
The previous history takes us into a new era for Ceres. The government changes, Angelica was settled in 1801, Olean was settled in 1804, and Shinglehouse5 in 1806. The population of Ceres Township in 1910 included 26 households and 147 individuals6. Surprisingly absent from this census is M. Generet, who built the Shingled House. The address for early settlers was Cerestown, Lycoming County, until 1804 when McKean County was formed and Ceres was the only township in the county.
In 1805 John C. Brevoost was appointed Justice of the Peace. The Governor of Pennsylvania appointed Thomas Smith, John Bell, Sr., Samson Crawford, and John C. Brevoost as Trustees in November of the same year. The first election was held in March, 1906, at which time Francis King and Samson Crawford were elected Supervisors of Ceres Township. During the next 55 years Ceres Township became smaller as other townships were formed in McKean County.
The first recorded marriage in Ceres occurred in 1807 when John C. Brevoost united Nathan Horton and Sally Atherton. This wedding was witnessed by area persons. Earlier marriages occurred, but the parties returned to the Philadelphia or Williamsport area and were married in accordance with the Society of Friends.
Ceres continued to grow with the lumbering industry. The early lumber was floated downriver to Pittsburgh and down the Ohio River. As the local white pine was removed, the hemlock was cut into more lumber and the bark was utilized in the tanning industry. Much of the bark was hauled downriver through Ceres to downstream tanneries.
In the late 1800s and early 1900s gas and oil industries became another area industry. The abundance of gas for fuel and suitable sources of sand (stone) gave rise to a glass industry in both Ceres and Shinglehouse. The railroads and the trolley passed through Ceres, adding to the growth. However, as the lumber was harvested and the wells drilled, there became less and less need for the railroads. The loss of the railroads, the demise of the timber, and several large fires all lead to the reduction of the size of Ceres.
Currently, Ceres is a small rural community with a minimum of activity and industry. One large sawmill and a gravel pit with a cement plant make up the area industry. The businesses consist of a lawn and garden center, a general store, a garage with car sales, a restaurant, and a produce market.
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The Coopers of Ceres and Bell Run
McKean County, Pa.
Submitted by Frankie Stonemetz
From the " History of Ceres" written by Maria King 1896
PAGES 116, 117 The Coopers -- Ira, Cyrus and Russell--- came first as Early as 1833, I think, or earlier. After a time their father, mother, and brothers Theron and Silas came, but they did not remain many years, but settled on Annin Creek, where Theron and Silas still live. In 1936, Russell built the house where Leonard White now lives. He lived there until his death in 1866. His wife died there in 1869, They left two children, a son and a daughter, who in turn married and had families, but they both died many tears ago, the son leaving three children and the daughter two.
Ira built the house near Mr. White, and now owned by him, but soon after sold out and moved to Bell's Run, where he became a successful farmer and lived many years. His widow married George Grow, and only recently died, at nearly ninety years of age. She leaves two daughters, the older living on Bell's Run and now the widow of Rev. Herrick; the younger has long lived in Oregon.
Cyrus sold out to Dedrick and bought land on King's Run, where he lived ten years or more, when he moved to the village and after bought and built near where Dr. Place lives; but he again sold out and removed to Myrtle, where his second wife died in 1882. He lived until 1888, when he died at the age of eighty-four, leaving three children, who still survive him, Evaline, Adelaide, and Oscar. Evaline has for many years been a resident of Plainfeild, NJ, the wife of J. C. Dyer. Oscar has long been a resident of South Dakota; Ruth Adelaide is the second wife of C. A. Warner, of Ceres. Mr. Coopers first wife died while he was a resident of King's Run.
Page 81 Nelson Peabody and Russell Cooper kept a grocery in Cooper's house for a number of years.
Page 123 Miss Julie Main accompanied her relatives here, and after teaching school awhile, became the wife of Russell Cooper, of Ceres.
Page 137 - 138 C. A. Warner came to Ceres in 1857. He established a harness shop and worked here for two or three years, and then tried several other places. He married Maggie Fay and returned and bought the house where Charles Bell now lives. His wife died in 1869. Leaving him with four small children. He gave the youngest to its mother's sister, and hired the other three and himself boarded until 1871 when he married Addie Cooper. After a little he bought out E.N Andrus and moved to that place, where he remains unto the present, having greatly improved and enlarged the house.
Page 101 Chapter title, History of Temperance work.
The three young men who worked so earnestly should be remembered. Two of them have passed from earth; Henry Ledyard and Sobieski Cooper, but R. R. Bell is a true temperance man as then. But for the work of these three young men all the others had done would probably have proved a failure.
Page 119 Thomas Peabody
Thomas, the oldest of the brothers, moved to Oswayo in 1829, and was one of the first two settlers of that region. He came to Ceres and remained a few years. He was a hardworking, industrious man with a large family, and went west in the forties and settled near Washburn, Illinois, where he succeeded in bringing up his children well, and where he lived to a good old age, only dying within a few years, His oldest son married the older daughter of Ira Cooper, and died of small pox in 1870, leaving several children who have done him honor.
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Ceres Church: Account of the sale of slips in the church, 1839
NO Name of Purchaser Price Paid
1 L. Potter $45.00 Rent $5.00
2 William Smith 45.00 45.00
3 William Weber 45.00 45.00
4 Lemuel Smith 36.50 36.50
5 Darius Wheeler 38.00 38.00
6 Alexander Martin 38.00 38.00
7 Cyrus Cooper 34.40 34.50
8 Daniel Karr 30.50 30.50
9 Lister Hargraves 28.00 18.00
10 Veranus Ackerman 26.50 26.50
11 Joseph Rork 20.00 20.00
12 Robert King 20.00 20.00
13 ------------ --------- ---------
14 Loyal Stevens 41.00 ---------
15 Henry Smith 45.50 45.50
16 Cyrus Cooper 49.50 29.50
17 Hiram Wilson 53.00 53.00
18 Luman Rice 37.50 37.50
19 William Smith 61.00 61.00
20 Myron McCord 60.00 60.00
21 John Smith 58.00 58.00
22 F. W. Leonard 54.50 54.50
23 Samauel Eastey 49.50 49.50
24 William Bell 44.00 44.00
25 J. Dietz and M. King 41.00 by M.K. 5.00
26 -------------------------- 39.00 ----------
27 -------------------------- 20.00 ----------
28 Edward Steenrod 20.00 20.00
29 Benjamin Perkins 27.00 27.00
30 Russell Cooper 28.00 28.00
31 -------------------------- 36.00 Rent 5.00
32 -------------------------- 38.00 ----------
33 Nelson Peabody 44.00 44.00
34 Jacob Young 39.50 ----------
35 Samuel Eastley 42.00 B'ght 1/2 42.00
36 --------------------------- 45.00 Rent 3.00
37 Harvey Bridge 45.00 Rent ----------
38 --------------------------- 45.00 ----------
TOTALS $1480.50 $1023.50
The slips were prized at = $1480.50
Received from this sale = 1023.50
The expense of building = 1208.25
Bible and hymn book = 4.50
Lamps = 10.00
Leaving a debt of = 199.75
From The Vandermark Tract written by Chris Hobson 1991
In 1835 George Grow bought his family from Almond, N.Y. They purchased a large tract of land about a mile south of Lister Hargraves and William Lister's homes. Here George raised a family and lived out his life. George died in 1884, ages 92. George's wife, Ruth Cornell, died in 1852, age 61. Three of their children settled in the area: Hannah married Peter North, Sally married Nimrod Lanphere, and James married Martha Fuller. A year after Ruth's death, George married Betsy Cooper, She was the widow of Ira Cooper. Ira's farm adjoined George's. George and Betsy continued to live on the Grow farm, but their son, James, took over the operation of the farm. Here, George and Betsy lived out their lives. Betsy died in 1893, Here too; James and Martha lived, having two sons and two girls. Both of their sons died young. The older girl Hattie married Caleb Robarts. As James had no sons living, he hired a local boy to help with the farm work. Alton Maxson came to lives with the Grows, and eventually married the younger daughter Jennie, They raised nine children. In 1898, Martha died at the age of 64. James lived until 1905, when he was 78 years old. At this time the farm was willed to Alton and Jennie Grow Maxson. Jennie died in 1912 at the age of 55. Alton lived until 1937, when he was 86 years old. After Alton, his youngest son, Keith, took over the farm. Keith married Agnes Thompson and had five children. Eileen, Edward, Dale, Marilyn, Carolyn. The first four lived on Bell Run. Keith had a sister, Amber, who married John Gleason of Ceres. It was her son, Hal, who told this author about the Grows and Maxsons. Keith died in 1981 at the age of 81. The Grow farm is one of the few that have been in the same family for so long. For 155 years the same family has lived on the same farm. The other families that came close to this record are the Fullers, who have lived on the same farm since about 1841, and the Hacketts, who have lived on the same farm since 1847. Keith's widow, Agnes, still lives on the old farm in the second or third home built here.
In 1837, Ira Cooper bought a large tract of land and turned it into farmland. Today Ira's farm covers the homes of Dorothy Carpenter, Muriel Montgomery, and the trailor court owned by the Carpenters. Ira Cooper came to Ceres about 1832 with his brothers and a sister. He had a successful farm until his death in 1849. He was about 50 when he died. In 1850 Daniel Peabody came and took over the farm. He ran it for about twenty years. He married Martha, daughter of Ira Cooper, and Ira's oldest child. Ira and his wife Betsy also had another daughter, Frances, who married William North (son of Abiel North Jr.). William and Frances settled in Oregon. Ira and Betsy also had several sons. Daniel and Martha Cooper Peabody had a large family, but moat of them died as babies or small children. The other two married and moved out of the area. Their son Albert was a schoolteacher in the area before moving to Cameron. In 1870, the family came down with smallpox and the family fuller recovered except for Daniel who died. He was 44 years old. Mrs. Peabody sold the place and moved to Shinglehouse to live with her daughter, Ellen. After several years, Martha married Frank Herrick who was a minister in the Shinglehouse and Ceres area. Frank died in 1895, at the age of 65. Martha died in 1917, at the age of 87. Only two children survived her. Ira died in 1903 and Ellen also died before her about 1910. Of her last two children, Albert died in 1930, and Nina died in 1939. In 1870, the farm was split into smaller pieces and sold off. John Perarsall, Joseph Morse, and John Chapman bought all the land on the right side of the road. John Pearsall was living here in 1870 and shows up in the Beers map, but does not show up in the 1880 census. John probably died, as he was 75 years old in 1870. He and his wife, Ruth, had at least two daughters, Clinipa and Josephina. His property is believed to have been bought by Joseph Karr.
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Ceres and Vicinity
May 30, 1900
Submitted by PHGS member Mike Henderson
Ceres Mail, Wednesday, May 30, 1900
CERES AND VICINITY
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Did you see the 'clipse?
The oil market was $1.31.
Farmers are bringing their wool to market.
C.B. Roberts had business in Olean Thursday.
Sunday evening's rain storm was just what we needed.
Dr. G.W. Hackett is nursing a frog felon on his left hand.
Brakeman Laffin was in Rochester a few days the past week.
That new side walk in front of F.H. Call's residence is a dandy.
General Brock was sort 'o under the weather during the past week.
Dr. J.P. Booth was up from Olean on professional business Saturday.
They are small, but there is 5c worth of smoke in a Cream of Roses cigar.
E. I. Maxson came up f.... own on business Saturday...
A Ceres man has gone... doers by having his beard...
The Misses Daisy Robarts and Eliza Raymond were Olean visitors Friday.
John Frugan drove up to Shingle House to transact some business Friday.
Barton Holly was among the business callers in town from Myrtle Saturday.
Ernest and Paul Maxson have been over on Newell Creek the past several days shearing sheep.
The rig is up and drilling has begun on a test well on the Thomas Butler farm at the head of Newell Creek.
A large number of people were at work Saturday improving the looks of Evergreen Cemetery, near W. K. King's.
Frank Langworthy wheeled over from Alfred, and spent Saturday and Sunday with his parents, B. A. Langworthy and wife.
A fast express train on the Pennsylvania railroad covers the distance between New York and St. Louis in 28 hours and 45 minutes.
Back pension amounting to $254.47, and at original widow's pension of $8 per month has been granted to Mrs. Nettie Maxson of Ceres.
Twenty-two narrow gauge car loads of ties are being transferred at White ...ouse for use on the Shawmut Line between Bolivar and Olean.
While working in the mill Saturday Thomas Nolan was hit on the right leg by a chunk of plank thrown from a buzz saw. Tom is walking with a cane.
In order to keep his vegetables from growing too large and running over onto his neighbors land, Frank Cole has built a fence around his garden.
Mrs. Gilbert Harder of Wellsville and Mrs. Robert Harder of Allentown, were guests at the home of W. G. Cornelison and wife last Wednesday.
Thursday George H. Case went to Buffalo and had Dr. Park amputate the index finger of his right hand close to the knuckle joint. Mr. Case had a close call to losing the entire hand.
Conductor Jack McLaughlin of the Shawmut Line received a bad sprain of his left ankle while unloading freight at the Ceres depot Friday forenoon.
A broken plank let him down through the platform.
Robert Herrick of Bolivar spent Saturday in Ceres.
W. G. Cornelison and wife were Bolivar visitors Thursday.
A Coudersport man was recently fined $25 for Sunday fishing.
G. N. North and wife of Bellrun visited Ceres relatives Friday.
Frank Blair of the Shawmut Line was a business caller in Ceres Friday.
A twelve pound carp was caught by Link Jacques of Little Genesee Saturday.
The ball room in the Hotel Ayers at Oswayo has been made into twelve sleeping rooms.
J. H. Coon and son, Arthur, of Eldred were calling on Ceres relatives the first of this week.
Allie Ostrander of West Branch was a guest of his parents in Ceres for a few hours Sunday.
Mrs. Herbert C. Hendryx of Olean was visiting among Ceres friends and relatives Thursday.
Mrs. Will Wells and Mrs. N. Lanphere of Bellrun were callers in town Wednesday afternoon.
Fred Coon of Erie, Pa., and brother Lee, of Eldred were greeting friends and relatives in Ceres Friday.
At Allegany Sunday the St. Bonas were done up to the tune of 8 to 11 by the Wilkesbarre base ball team.
The Central House at Eldred, recently damaged by fire, is being repaired and will soon be doing business again.
Among the new subscribers to The Mail this week are Elha Kilmer of Bradford and P.A. Dickinson of Portville.
G. C.HICKOK sells the paint that wears twice as long as lead and oil--Devoe lead and zinc, ground by machinery.
James McLaughlin of Friendship is now express messenger on the P.S&N. between Olean and Bolivar. A good selection.
Word has been received in Ceres that Mrs. Ella Ostrander of Coudersport has been granted a back pension, also $8 per month.
It is reported that after June 1 the Pennsylvania Ralroad Company will run solid vestibule trains between Philadelphia and Buffalo.
After a woman's son has been given a job in a store, she can't understand why his employer should feel and necessity for going to the store at all.
...... a cordial invitation is extended to all.
W.G. Robarts has been appointed postmaster at Eldred. This will be news that his old Ceres friends will be glad to hear. It carries a salary of $1, 300 with it.
B. A. Langworthy called at this office and renewed his subscription. He also advanced the subscription to The Mail sent to R. H. Maxson of Lakewood, N.Y.
A tightrope walker by the name of George W. Lesly, who was giving a performance in Olean Saturday evening, fell and broke both of his legs.His home is in Elmira.
Talk about your easy running mowing machines, but did your team ever pull a McCormick? It would make a horse laugh to be hitched to one. Better see Raymond about a McCormick.
We heard a man say yesterday that if a certain Ceres citizen didn't keep his cattle from running the streets, he would be compelled to lock the cattle in his barn and make the owner settle.
On Friday afternoon a very interesting mother's meeting conducted by Mrs. C.S. Bissell was held in the church parlors, after which Mrs. T.J. Bissell of Rochester delivered an inspiring address full of sound advice and encouragement to all mothers.Light refreshments were served, and the occasion was a pleasant one to all.
Elba C. Kilmer, a shooter for the Bradford Torpedo company, had quite a narrow escape Thursday while putting a shot in an oil well in the Chipmunk field. He had lowered 60 quarts of glycerine to the bottom of the well, and 20 quarts more had been let down about 240 feet when it "went off." The casing was blown out and the rig badly damaged, but Kilmer was not touched. This is his second accident within a short time.
Frank B. Palmer the express messenger on the P.S.&N. between Olean and Bolivar made his last trip over the road Saturday. He has been transfered to the Buffalo & Susquehanna route, and will run between Austin and Wellsville, Galeton and Ansonia. His salary will be advanced $25 a month, a fact that Frank's many friends along the Shawmut Line will be glad to hear. He
will reside in Austin. Good reliable men always forge to the front.
Let us do your printing.
Oswayo wants a National Bank.
Good time to pay your subscription.
When you want a good smoke, ask for a New License.
David Rixford has been appointed postmaster at Millport.
Henry and Frank Butler of Glenn were in Ceres on business Friday.
The best 5c cigars in the market are New License and Cream of Roses.
Among the business callers in Bolivar from Ceres Friday was F.H. Raymond.
Among those who renewed their subscription the past week was C.E. MacDonald of Ceres.
Nearly everyobody was looking at the eclipse of the sun through smoked glass Monday morning.
John Nelson, an inmate of the poor house at Smethport died last Wednesday, aged 77 years.
Miss Grace Carrier wheeled up from Olean and passed a couple of days with Ceres relatives.
The Pennsylvania's new fast train between Buffalo and Washington made its first trip Sunday.
Miss Myrtie Cooper of Bolivar will teach in the high school at Athens N. Y., the coming term.
M.J. Woodard and Miss May Hamphill, both of East Hebron were recently united in marriage.
At a basket social held at Eleven Mile a few evenings ago, $17 was raised for Rev. W.W. Tubbs.
Hi Eaton of Bolivar has leased 1,200 acres of land near Genesse Forks, and two test wells will soon be drilled there.
Unknown parties tried to wreck a B. R. & P. passenger train between Bradford and Mt. Jewett a few adays ago, but failed.
On June 6 will occur the marriage of Ned L. Rumsey and Miss Ella May Head. Both are well known Oswayo young people.
O. Richards of Buffalo was an agreeable caller at The Mail office Wednesday, while on his way to visit
his mother, Mrs. Richard Richards of Bellrun.
Under the superintendency of Do... B. Freeman, the old sawmill on the creek at North Olean known as Brown's mill, is again in operation, says a correspondent.
Twenty-nine liquor licenses have been granted in Potter county. Genesee Forks was the only town in the
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...worthy and W.B. Horn... .J.K. Gardner of Ridgeway has just purchased a tract of 8,000 acres of timber land near Vandalia and will erect a saw mill and get the lumber out of the tract. The mill, it is said, will be a large one.
Potter Journal: The dismissal of Etes G. Rathbone as Director of Posts in Cube, as the result of fraudulent oractices discovered in the department of the Island, is a shock to the people of this county, the native home of Mr. Rathbone. His steady ascent of the hill of fortune has been the special pride of his old neighbors, who still hope that investigation will acquit him of blame.
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Aaron DeGroff , Blacksmith Shop in Ceres, Pa.
Submitted by PHGS Member Ronald C. DeGroff
This is a photo of my grandfather, Aaron DeGroff, taken about probably about 1907 judging from the appearance of the boys in the picture. This was taken at his blacksmith shop in Ceres, PA,on the west side of the road just south of the old bridge. Aaron and his family lived on Low Street near the Boliver Road on the New York side of the border from 1901 to 1911 when they moved to Shinglehouse, PA.
The boy in the doorway is unidentified, but may be his son ( my uncle ), Frank, who was born in Sharon Center, PA in June 1899. The man sitting to the far right is identified as Frederick D. Perkins, Aaron's brother-in-law (married to Aaron's sister, Harriet ), of Eldred, PA and whose occupation has also been listed as blacksmith. The boy sitting with him would be his son, Walter D. Perkins, born January 1898. Walter Perkins was killed in WW I at the battle of Meuse-Argonne, France, October, 1918.
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Chronology of Ceres
Submitted by Dan Maxson
DATE EVENTS
1797 First dwelling built
1798 Kings move to Ceres, sawmillbuilt
1798-99 First birth, death and burial
1802 The Bells, Bees, Smiths, and Listers arrive
1804 First recorded flood,McKean County formed
1805 John Brevoost was first justice of peace
1807 First marriage in Ceres
1817 First Ceres Post Office established at John King's
1823 First school house in Ceres, PA
1833 First Sschool house in Ceres, NY
1842 William King established station for underground railroad
1838 Church built that was in both states
1852 Plank road built to Olean
1888 First natural gas for fuel and light
1881 Trolley from Olean
1926 Trolley shut down
1801 Mrs Francis King dies
1817 William Bell first settler in Ceres, NY
1814 Francis King dies
1879 Narrow guage railroad from Olean to Ceres to Friendship
1875 First iron bridge over the Oswayo River
1901 Last logs sawed at the Walsh mill
1830 Dr Enoch Maxson was first doctor
1873 The Ceres News was the first newspaper
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Beer's "History of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter PA."
Submitted by PHGS member Mike Henderson
History of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections", J. H. Beers & Co., 1890, pp 229-30.
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 be nioved 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 pened 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's 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 1556 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 tbe 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. F. 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 (drowned in the Oswayo some years ago); Bill North, Bucktails; George North, Fifty.eighth Pennsylvania; George Lanphere, Eighty-fifth New York; James Hobbs, New York Infantry; ---- Carpenter (wounded at Gettysburg), Pennsylvania Infantry; William North, Fifty-eighth Pennsylvania; Volney Mix, Pennsylvania Infantry; Albert Lanphere, Bucktails; Freeman Puller, 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 Regimient; 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 vas granted on account ol 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.
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Ceres and Vicinity
Aug. 14, 1901
Submitted by PHGS member Mike Henderson
Ceres Mail, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 1901
CERES AND VICINITY
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Little Things
A little burn will hurt;
A little sting will smart;
And little unkind words
Will grieve a little heart.
---Youth's Companion
School will soon begin.
Leonard P. White is quite ill.
Had a cooking of green corn yet?
The oil market yesterday was $1.25.
It is an all tobacco cigar, the Cream of Roses.
Bilo Coon was down from Little Genesee Friday.
Jacob Brock had business in Bolivar last Wednesday.
The passenger traffic between Ceres and Shingle House is good.
If you want a good, clean, newsy paper, send a $1 bill to this office.
Lige Howard was down from Bellrun Thursday, and took a new wagon home with him.
Mrs. W. G. Ward of Austin was visiting her mother, Mrs. Martha Lackey, below Cerees the past week.
S. Foote of Glenn was in Ceres on business Thursday afternoon. It was the first time we had seen him in town in two years.
Dr. Eugene Hamilton arrived in Ceres on the Friday evening train from Chicago, and will pass a few days with Ceres relatives and friends.
Mrs. Sarah Childs of Olean and her niece, Miss Austin of South Saginaw, Mich., are passing a few days with Ceres relatives and friends.
Mrs. Helen Williams of Lincoln, Neb., and Mrs. Lucy Dean of Pike, N. Y., are guests at the home of Fred and Miss Gusta Call in Ceres.
Fred King and Peter Flannigan have already delivered about 200 cords of bark from their job on King's Run. Between 50 and 75 cords are yet in the woods.
Word comes to Ceres saying that Robert Bell, who recently left here with his brother, Ralph, drew one of the 160 acre land claims in Oklahoma last week. This is good news, and all their Ceres friends will be glad to hear of it. Both young men are good farmers and know what hard work is, and if farming can be made to pay there, they will make a go of it.
Burdette Almy of Bradford is in town.
If you know a news item, tell us about it.
The world turns round - so does Folsom.
The green corn season is now having its inning.
J. E. Ellis was in Ceres from Eldred Thursday.
When weeds begin to grow, they take no vacation.
Worry often comprises a lot of fool things that never happen.
Arthur Coon of Eldred was calling on Ceres relatives Friday.
Come in and have us look up your subscription account, if it's due.
W. H. Harrington of Coudersport had business in Ceres Thursday.
Mrs. Ira H. Case of Ceres is a guest of her brother, John Gena of Olean.
Jasper Raub and Albert Clark of Myrtle were among the callers in Ceres Thursday.
Landlord Reed drove down from Millport Thursday, and made a short stay in Ceres.
Miss Mollie Delahunte of Olean passed Sunday in Ceres, guest of Miss Orra Williams.
Miss Grace Carrier of Olean has returned home after a visit with friends and relatives in Ceres.
Mrs. J. M. Hargreaves of Bellrun was a business caller at this office while in Ceres Wednesday afternoon.
John Slocum, Aaron DeGroff, Clyde Hendryx and George Beckwith took in the hoss races at Olean Friday.
There has been very little good bass fishing in the Oswayo creek so far this season. It will probably end well, though.
Arthur B. Mann of Coudersport invites you to call or write him about insurance. His announcement appears on this page.
The Misses Myrtle and Lettie Simmons of State Line Mills were guests at the home of Anson Maxson and wife Wednesday.
Irving Stevens and family of Coudersport are passing a few days in Ceres, guests at the home of C. A. Warner and wife.
R. A. Barber of Carroll was a pleasant caller at this office while in Ceres Friday afternoon. He is one of our oldest subscribers.
James Brown and daughter, Miss Ida, of Brooklyn, N. Y., arrived in Ceres Friday morning and are guests of Mr. and Mrs. F. M. VanWormer.
If you owe this paper and live at a distancee, a money order or stamps will reach us. Just direct your letter to C. A. Herrick, Ceres, N. Y. It will get here.
The standard gauge turn-table which has been standing on two flat cars in the Bolivar yards for the past six months, is now being placed in position for use.
The public telephone office in Ceres is now located in the drug store of O. P. Coon. Lineman Charles Cummings was up from Olean Monday and made the change.
The Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern railroad is now running trains between Larrabee and Mt. Jewett. Their trains are run over the Pennsylvania line from Coryville to Larrabee.
Mrs. Phoebe Robarts is enjoying good health this summer, and Saturday she walked from her son's home over to his store and back again, a distance of nearly half a mile. She is in her 89th year.
The Standard has a rig completed on the Hulett lot at the head of Bee Hollow, between Myrtle and Little Genessee. Contractor H. A. Lewis of Bradford will do the drilling, and was moving his string of tools there yesterday.
Cornelison & Raymond were shut down for a few days last week on account of the breaking of the crank shaft to their drilling engine. They are drilling on the Polly farm in California Hollow, and were just about to tap the Richburg sand when the accident happened.
The ball team of Shingle House came to Ceres Sunday afternoon and met our team on the grounds near George Case's. When the smoke of battle had cleared away and the scoreman had figured up his tally, it was discovered that the visitors had run in 12 scores while the Ceres boys were getting 11. Robarts and Ostrander were in the points for Ceres while Andrews and Drake did the same for the Shingle House team.
Quite a little excitement was caused at Van Wormer's mill Thursday afternoon. They were sawing a large log when a four inch plank became wedged between the saw and the pulley on the arbor, and when the carriage was reversed the saw ran into the log quite a few feet, threw the carriage off the track and before the machinery could be stopped the lug pins were cut and the saw welded to the arbor, the saw cracked and the arbor bent. It was a wonder to
many of the crew that the saw didn't fly to pieces and hurt some of them. Two days' sawing will about finish up their sawing for this year.
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DeGroff Family Reunion Photos
Submitted By PHGS Member Ron DeGroff
These two photos that were taken at the DeGroff family reunion on August 24, 1907 at the home of my great grandparents, Andrew Harrison and Mary Strang DeGroff who lived on the north side of the highway just beyond the Coliseum (formerly the Power House) east of Ceres, NY.
from the BOLIVAR BREEZE, August 29, 1907, Page 7, Column 1;
"The first annual reunion of the DeGroff family was held on Saturday, August 24, 1907 at the farm home of Harrison DeGroff on the Ceres road. Fifty five people were in attendance and a most enjoyable time was had. A fine dinner was served at 12 o'clock. In the afternoon, there was speaking by the Misses Alice and Eliza Reed of Bliss, James Reed and Mr. Metcalf of Wethersfield, and Harrison DeGroff. Following this, a group picture was taken of those present, and also a separate one of Mr. and Mrs. DeGroff and their children."
Photo #1
Front row, L to R:
Frank DeGroff, Ione Perkins, Miriam Holmes, Kathryn Willson, Ethel DeGroff,
Bernice Holmes, ____Nichols, Ella DeGroff, Clarence DeGroff *, Sarah DeGroff.
2nd Row, L to R: LeRoy Willson, Mary Strang DeGroff & Andrew Harrison DeGroff ***, Clestia DeGroff, Aaron DeGroff, Mary Eliza Reid, Abram DeGroff, Lillie Nichols, N. Henry Holmes, Beatrice Holmes (at knee), Millard Medcalf, Effie Medcalf, Alice Reid (daughter of Isaac Reid).
3rd Row, L to R: Alice Willson, Lawrence DeGroff--holding baby (J. Howard DeGroff), Gertrude Eliza Reid DeGroff, Gertrude May Millard DeGroff, Elinor DeGroff ** -holding baby (Karl DeGroff), Edith Reed, Myrtle Holmes, Anna Green, Clara Patterson, Henry Harris, Rello Harris, Mary Harris, Ida Brown, Zania DeGroff, John DeGroff.
4th Row, L to R: Volney Willson, Ray DeGroff, Andrew H. DeGroff II, Aaron DeGroff**, Clifford Reed, Hattie Perkins, Emma Holmes, Lucy Green, Benjamin Green, Grace Wetmore, Allen Patterson, Sara Slayton,Ethel Colburn, Ina Reid, James Reid.
* my father (age 5)
** my grandparents
***my great-grandparents
Photo #2
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Seated, L to R:
Andrew Harrison DeGroff, Mary Strang DeGroff
Standing,
L to R: Their children, Alice (Willson), Lucy (Green), Aaron, Emma (Holmes), Harriet/Hattie (Perkins), Lawrence, Edith (Reed), Andrew Harrison II.
Andrew Harrison DeGroff, the 5th son and 8th child of John Walker and Sarah Ann (Groat) DeGroff, was born in Wethersfield, Wyoming County, NY, on February 8, 1841. On February 9, 1963, at the age of 21, in Jamestown, Chuatauqua County, NY, he married Mary Strang, daughter of David and Priscilla (Stanley) Strang.
Sometime between the birth of their second and third child, the couple went to Iowa by covered wagon. The reason for their going there is not clear, except that it is known that Mary owned some property there.
Their third child, Aaron, was born in Ohio on the return trip. After a stay in Eldred, PA, they made their home in Genesee Township, NY where they were lived for the rest of their lives,
Andrew passing away on April 22, 1917, and Mary on February 2,1928. Both are buried in the Ceres cemetery.
http://www.paintedhills.org/MCKEAN/CERES/degroff/DeGrofffamily.htm
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This is a photo of my great-great grandparents, John Walker and Sarah Ann (Groat) DeGroff, who built the frame house that appears in the family reunion photos. This photo is a copy of a tin-type taken about1860. John Walker DeGroff, son of Abraham J. (1759-1852) and Asenath (____) DeGroff, was born in Clifton Park, Saratoga County, NY, on June 28, 1802. Sarah Ann, born on August 25, 1807 in Fishkill, NY, was a daughter of Isaac and Mary (Chase) Groat.
They were married in Clifton Park, NY on September 13, 1823. Within a few years, the couple moved to Wyoming County, NY, settling in China (now Arcade) and then Wethersfield. In 1874, they moved to Genesee Township, NY where they built the farm house that became the family homestead. (The house still exists although somewhat altered.)
John Walker DeGroff died on December 12, 1884, and Sara Ann passed away on January 2, 1902. Both are buried in the Ceres Cemetery.
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