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- [S340] Marie Schadenberger and Sylvia Wilson, Who's Who in Potter County, (Name: http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/potter/whos-who.html; Date: 1947;), 14. & 79. Rennells- Cora Elizabeth and her sister, Edna., http://www.paintedhills.org/POTTER/whoswho.html.
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from Who's Who in Potter County:
14. CORA ELIZABETH RENNELLS, a teacher in the Coudersport schools where she has been teaching for almost a half century, was born in Coudersport February 9, 1878, daughter of William Cyrenus and Ella (Strait) Rennells. Miss Rennells lives in the house in which she was born.
Her paternal grandfather, Benjamin F. Rennells, was one of the pioneers of Coudersport.
Her maternal grandfather, major Isaac Strait, was the first Prothonotary of Potter County.
She is a descendant of several Mayflower lines, among them,
- John and Priscilla Alden,
- William Brewster,
- john Howland and
- John Tilly.
Miss Rennells is interested in genealogy and has traced her ancestry back to 1080 A.D. as recorded in the Doomsday Book of England.
She is a member of Park Methodist Church, and is a charter member of Allegewi Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, in which she has been an officer since that chapter's organization in 1912.
She is a member of educational associations and of national, state, and local social clubs. While her principal interests center around her professional work, she is also interested in art and needlework.
79. LEE ARTHUR VOORHEES, son of Frederick and Myra (Cook) Voorhees, was born in Mansfield, September 11, 1878.
He was graduated from Mansfield State Teachers College in 1897.
Following graduation, he taught school at Conrad for one year.
On August 15, 1898, he was employed by the First National Bank in Coudersport, becoming assistant cashier. He later organized the Grange National Bank in Troy and remained with the bank as cashier during 1909 and 1910. He then was president of the Okmulgee National Bank (later the Okmulgee State Bank) in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He sold this bank in 1912 and organized and became cashier of the Guaranty State Bank in Okmulgee.
He disposed of his banking interest in 1916 and, until 1942, he engaged in the oil business.
In 1942, he returned to Coudersport with his family.
Mr. Voorhees has been chief clerk of Selective Service Local Board Number 1, Potter County, in Coudersport since April 1, 1943.
He married, October 24, 1906, Edna Rennells, of Coudersport, daughter of William Cyrenus and Ella (Strait) Rennells. Mrs. Voorhees is a sister of Cora Elizabeth Rennells. (See par. 14).
She is a member of the D.A.R.
Children:
(1) Virginia (Voorhees) Swan, of Abilene, Texas, who has one daughter, Eleanor Alyne.
(2) Eleanor (Voorhees) Johnson, of Coudersport, who has two children, Virginia Elaine and Frederick Lee.
Mr. Voorhees and all the members of his family are members of Christ Episcopal Church in Coudersport.
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from Who's Who in Potter County:
14. CORA ELIZABETH RENNELLS, a teacher in the Coudersport schools where she has been teaching for almost a half century, was born in Coudersport February 9, 1878, daughter of William Cyrenus and Ella (Strait) Rennells. Miss Rennells lives in the house in which she was born.
Her paternal grandfather, Benjamin F. Rennells, was one of the pioneers of Coudersport.
Her maternal grandfather, major Isaac Strait, was the first Prothonotary of Potter County.
She is a descendant of several Mayflower lines, among them,
- John and Priscilla Alden,
- William Brewster,
- john Howland and
- John Tilly.
Miss Rennells is interested in genealogy and has traced her ancestry back to 1080 A.D. as recorded in the Doomsday Book of England.
She is a member of Park Methodist Church, and is a charter member of Allegewi Chapter of Daughters of the American Revolution, in which she has been an officer since that chapter's organization in 1912.
She is a member of educational associations and of national, state, and local social clubs. While her principal interests center around her professional work, she is also interested in art and needlework.
79. LEE ARTHUR VOORHEES, son of Frederick and Myra (Cook) Voorhees, was born in Mansfield, September 11, 1878.
He was graduated from Mansfield State Teachers College in 1897.
Following graduation, he taught school at Conrad for one year.
On August 15, 1898, he was employed by the First National Bank in Coudersport, becoming assistant cashier. He later organized the Grange National Bank in Troy and remained with the bank as cashier during 1909 and 1910. He then was president of the Okmulgee National Bank (later the Okmulgee State Bank) in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. He sold this bank in 1912 and organized and became cashier of the Guaranty State Bank in Okmulgee.
He disposed of his banking interest in 1916 and, until 1942, he engaged in the oil business.
In 1942, he returned to Coudersport with his family.
Mr. Voorhees has been chief clerk of Selective Service Local Board Number 1, Potter County, in Coudersport since April 1, 1943.
He married, October 24, 1906, Edna Rennells, of Coudersport, daughter of William Cyrenus and Ella (Strait) Rennells. Mrs. Voorhees is a sister of Cora Elizabeth Rennells. (See par. 14).
She is a member of the D.A.R.
Children:
(1) Virginia (Voorhees) Swan, of Abilene, Texas, who has one daughter, Eleanor Alyne.
(2) Eleanor (Voorhees) Johnson, of Coudersport, who has two children, Virginia Elaine and Frederick Lee.
Mr. Voorhees and all the members of his family are members of Christ Episcopal Church in Coudersport.
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Mrs Paris Watson,
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Founded in 1867, the National Grange is the nation’s oldest general farm and rural public interest organization. Its history is one of progress and achievements for farmers and rural communities across the U.S..
Much of the National Grange’s history has been groundbreaking: it was the first nationwide farm organization to give women full voice and vote, more than a half-century before the adoption of Universal Suffrage in the U.S.
In 1870, the National Grange became the first national farm organization to attempt to organize African American farmers following the Civil War.
A system of cooperative business organization was introduced by the National Grange early in its history, developing into successful national and regional farm cooperatives.
In 1876, the constitutionality of Granger Laws was affirmed by the U.S. Supreme Court. Beginning in 1916 through 1941, the National Grange secured passage of federal legislation to assist struggling farmers by strengthening their property rights and their bargaining position.
The National Grange has continued to support farm legislation, as well as multilateral trade negotiations and food aid programs to open foreign markets to U.S. farmers. Its representatives were present to advise the U.S. delegation at the founding of the United Nations in 1945. It brought European farm teenagers to live with Grange families following World War II, to learn about modern agriculture practices and the advantages of democracy. It has participated in agricultural development programs for the U.S. Peace Cops.
The organization was also instrumental in organizing rural electric cooperatives, telephone cooperatives, water service cooperatives, public utility districts, volunteer fire departments, and state police programs across the U.S.
All these measures began with support at a local level. Today, the grange maintains that voice. In Pennsylvania, it serves its members with a credit union in Harrisburg and provides health insurance to groups such as farmers. At one time, farmers could only insure their machinery through the grange.
COUSIN, JOHN PEET: “Our whole goal is family and community-oriented,” remarked, John Peet, a master at Odin Grange, Potter County.
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Mrs Paris Watson,
Mrs E.C. McElroy
Mrs Walter Lehman;
Victor L. Mason,
Oliver Watson,
Mack Van Wegen
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