Van Wormer, Francis Marion

1836 - 1914  (78 years)

• Name	Van Wormer, Francis Marion  [1]
  Birth	18 Feb 1836	Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA   [1, 2]
  	20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836[!] Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Nov 1914 01:30h [NO! 13 OCT 1914 -jcw] Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 4 Contributions Death Date 13 Oct 1914 rather than 13 Nov 1914 Correction due to an error in transcription. - If this was corrected baqck in 2014(!!), Why haven't the correct dates been updated on-line yet? One expects better from ancestry.com. john c. wetzel Submitted on 5/7/2022 Death Date 13 Oct 1914 rather than 13 Nov 1914 Correction due to an error in transcription. - Certificate clearly states Oct 13. Submitted on 5/7/2022 Birth Date 1836 Feb 18 rather than 1834 Feb 18 Correction due to an error in transcription. Submitted by: lvw23 on 4/18/2014 Death Date 1914 Oct 13 rather than 1914 Nov 13 Correction due to an error in transcription. Submitted by: lvw23 on 4/18/2014 ______________ 20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836 Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Oct 1914 01:30h Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 filed: 11/5/1914 J.H. Coons local registrar Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA   [1]
  Settled	1858	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
  	He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers,
  	20210720GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/biosUV.html Steuben County, New York Genealogy and History Genealogy Trails History Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Biographies -U/V- Surnames VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M. FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]
  Civil War	Between 15 Apr 1861 and Jun 1863	New York State, USA
  	April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration
  	20210720GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/biosUV.html Steuben County, New York Genealogy and History Genealogy Trails History Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Biographies -U/V- Surnames VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M. FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]
  Occupation	Between Jun 1863 and 1882	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
  	He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and
  	20210720GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/biosUV.html Steuben County, New York Genealogy and History Genealogy Trails History Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Biographies -U/V- Surnames VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M. FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]
  Residence	Between 1880 and 1900	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Occupation1	1882	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA
  	In 1882, Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest in the sawmill, and has since successfully conducted the business alone.
  	He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone.
  Race	White  [2]
  Name	F. M. Van Wormer
  Name	Francis Marian Van Wormer  [2]
  Residence	1909	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	Pennsylvania Avenue residence Home of Henry and of F.M. VanWormer
  	20201126HAv- Lanny Nunn / Shinglehouse Remember When... 26 November 2020 · F. M. Van Wormer residence Pa. Ave. Ceres, Pa. Comments Ken Howard My dad grew up in that house???? · Reply · 10h Tracy Worthington Loved that house and the porch. Many great memories before the fire that took it from us ???? · Reply · 9h Monica Jane Thomas I lived there awhile when I first got married loved the place, many good memories with Robert and ,Lucy. · Reply · 3h Edwina Parker O i want to save this so i can share to my kids · Reply · 2h John C Wetzel What an incredible porch! Is that a windmill behind the house, upper right corner? · Reply · 1m John C Wetzel This same photo, sans caption, is also shown in paintedhills.org as the home of Henry van Wormer in 1909: http://www.paintedhills.org/.../scene2/scenesofceres2.htm This photo is of significantly better resolution than the paintedhills pic. Thank you, Lanny Nunn. In fact, the latter appears to be missing now. · Reply · 6m · Edited John C Wetzel As it turns out, I guess F.M. (Francis Marion) was the father of Henry... and the son of Henry (who died before 1909). · Reply · 1m Same photo, but without caption, for Henry Van Wormer, 1909, but much worse resolution: 20190423HAv- http://www.paintedhills.org/MCKEAN/CERES/scene2/scenesofceres2.htm Home of Henry van Wormer __________ 20220507GHLn- Lanny Nunn May 5 2022 · FB/Shinglehouse... Comments Ken Howard Howard residence???? Reply1d Kim McDonald Glidden Ken Howard ?? Reply1d Ken Howard Kim McDonald Glidden That was my grandparents house at Ceres. My dad grew up there. Reply1d Diane Marsden Lots of memories in that house. Reply19h
  		van Wormer, HenryVanWormerhouse1909 paintedhills 20190423HAv- http://www.paintedhills.org/MCKEAN/CERES/scene2/scenesofceres2.htm Home of Henry van Wormer
  		vanWormer, FM Pa Ave CeresPA res FB201126LNShing 20201126HAv- Lanny Nunn / Shinglehouse Remember When... 26 November 2020 · F. M. Van Wormer residence Pa. Ave. Ceres, Pa. Comments Ken Howard My dad grew up in that house???? · Reply · 10h Tracy Worthington Loved that house and the porch. Many great memories before the fire that took it from us ???? · Reply · 9h Monica Jane Thomas I…
  Death	13 Oct 1914	Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836[!] Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Nov 1914 01:30h [NO! 13 OCT 1914 -jcw] Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 4 Contributions Death Date 13 Oct 1914 rather than 13 Nov 1914 Correction due to an error in transcription. - If this was corrected baqck in 2014(!!), Why haven't the correct dates been updated on-line yet? One expects better from ancestry.com. john c. wetzel Submitted on 5/7/2022 Death Date 13 Oct 1914 rather than 13 Nov 1914 Correction due to an error in transcription. - Certificate clearly states Oct 13. Submitted on 5/7/2022 Birth Date 1836 Feb 18 rather than 1834 Feb 18 Correction due to an error in transcription. Submitted by: lvw23 on 4/18/2014 Death Date 1914 Oct 13 rather than 1914 Nov 13 Correction due to an error in transcription. Submitted by: lvw23 on 4/18/2014 ______________ 20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836 Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Oct 1914 01:30h Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 filed: 11/5/1914 J.H. Coons local registrar Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Age: 78y 7m Chronic gastritis, 2 yrs; angina pectoris, 2 yrs 103 - 80 F.A. Walsh, MD/Erie PA
  Burial	14 Oct 1914	Ceres Cemetery, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  	20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1834 Steubeco New York Death: 13 Oct 1914 01:30h Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. death certificate; one day after his death.
  Person ID	I83280	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Van Wormer, Henry J.,   b. 11 Mar 1803, Montgomery County, New York, USA d. Sep 1879, Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elliott, Hannah A.,   b. 22 Feb 1805, New York State, USA d. 1871, Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA (Age 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F51684	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Brown, Elizabeth Cooper,   b. 19 Aug 1842, Pennsylvania, USA d. Abt 22 Oct 1907, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1865  [1]
  Children	1. Van Wormer, Henry B.,   b. 5 Jun 1873, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 29 Jun 1892, Port Huron, St Clair, Michigan, USA (Age 19 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Van Wormer, Clara L.,   b. 26 Mar 1870, New York State, USA d. 11 Apr 1880, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Van Wormer, Edith M,   b. 6 Jul 1868, Bath, Steuben, New York, USA d. 1930, Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Van Wormer, Castella,   b. 30 Jun 1867, Ceres, Allegany, New York, USA d. 22 Apr 1948, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F51683	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 18 Feb 1836 - Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA Residence - 1850 - Cohocton, Steuben, New York, USA Civil War - April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration - Between 15 Apr 1861 and Jun 1863 - New York State, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		vanWormer, FM Pa Ave CeresPA res FB201126LNShing 20201126HAv- Lanny Nunn / Shinglehouse Remember When... 26 November 2020 · F. M. Van Wormer residence Pa. Ave. Ceres, Pa. Comments Ken Howard My dad grew up in that house???? · Reply · 10h Tracy Worthington Loved that house and the porch. Many great memories before the fire that took it from us ???? · Reply · 9h Monica Jane Thomas I…
  		Ceres,NY 1901 van Wormer Mill FB190416LNunnPoMcK 20190422HAv- Lanny Nunn?Potter/McKean County, Pennsylvania Genealogy Visual Storyteller · April 16 · 2019 handwritten: "This mill had just stopd operating when I went to ceres to live as a young wife. I lived 2 houses from van Wormer's." Here is a photo of the Van Wormer Mill at Ceres, NY in 1901 showing the workers- - B. Beckwith, - F.…
  		Ceres Vanwormermillsceres1909 paintedhills 20190423HAv- http://www.paintedhills.org/MCKEAN/CERES/scene2/scenesofceres2.htm Saw mill of Henry van Wormer, Ceres, NY 1909 "Van Wormer Mill 1909"
  		PA death cert 19341113 Francis Marian Van Wormer.jpg 20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836[!] Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Nov 1914 01:30h [NO! 13 OCT 1914 -jcw] Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2…

  
  

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  20210720GHLn- https://genealogytrails.com/ny/steuben/biosUV.html Steuben County, New York Genealogy and History Genealogy Trails History Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Biographies -U/V- Surnames VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M. FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]

  
  

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  [S2325] Public Member Trees 2020, Record for Francis Marion Van Wormer (79) facts20201126HAv- Blair Family Tree - shesblair1 / Francis Marion Van WormerFrancis Marion Van Wormer 1836-1914BIRTH 18 FEBRUARY 1836 • Cohocton, Steuben Co., NYDEATH 13 OCTOBER 1914 • Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA. Record for Francis Marion Van Wormer (79) facts 20201126HAv- Blair Family Tree - shesblair1 / Francis Marion Van Wormer Francis Marion Van Wormer 1836-1914 BIRTH 18 FEBRUARY 1836 • Cohocton, Steuben Co., NY DEATH 13 OCTOBER 1914 • Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA Record for Francis Marion Van Wormer (79) facts 20201126HAv- Blair Family Tree - shesblair1 / Francis Marion Van Wormer Francis Marion Van Wormer 1836-1914 BIRTH 18 FEBRUARY 1836 • Cohocton, Steuben Co., NY DEATH 13 OCTOBER 1914 • Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA [S1127] Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, Death Certificates, 1906-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500. Record for Francis Marian Van Wormer (11) facts 20220507GHLn- Incorrect dates by ancestry.com transcription corrected, but not yet by ancestry.com. 20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836[!] Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Nov 1914 01:30h [NO! 13 OCT 1914 -jcw] Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 4 Contributions Death Date 13 Oct 1914 rather than 13 Nov 1914 Correction due to an error in transcription. - If this was corrected baqck in 2014(!!), Why haven't the correct dates been updated on-line yet? One expects better from ancestry.com. john c. wetzel Submitted on 5/7/2022 Death Date 13 Oct 1914 rather than 13 Nov 1914 Correction due to an error in transcription. - Certificate clearly states Oct 13. Submitted on 5/7/2022 Birth Date 1836 Feb 18 rather than 1834 Feb 18 Correction due to an error in transcription. Submitted by: lvw23 on 4/18/2014 Death Date 1914 Oct 13 rather than 1914 Nov 13 Correction due to an error in transcription. Submitted by: lvw23 on 4/18/2014 ______________ 20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836 Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Oct 1914 01:30h Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2 yr 103 - 80 signed: F.A. Walsh, MD Erie, PA Father: Henry Van Wormer born: Steuben Co, NY Mother: Hannah Elliott born: New York State inform: F.A. Walsh? 12807 Erie, PA burial: Oct 14 1914 Ceres, PA Cert: 106612 filed: 11/5/1914 J.H. Coons local registrar Source Citation Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 104131-107500 Source Information Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906-1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. PA death cert 19341113 Francis Marian Van Wormer.jpg 20220507GHLn- Francis Marian Van Wormer in the Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 Name: Francis Marian Van Wormer Gender: Male Race: White Age: 78y 7m widowed Lumberman Birth: 18 Feb 1836[!] Steuben Co New York Death: 13 Nov 1914 01:30h [NO! 13 OCT 1914 -jcw] Ceres, McKean, Penna cause: Chronic Gastritis, 2 yr Angina Pectoras, 2…

  
  

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TNG ID: I83280