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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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