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I know that there was a Terwilliger that showed up on a map from the 1800's. The land was on what is now Dry Run Rd, Coudersport. In Hebron township. Not to be confused with South Dry Run Rd in Coudersport which is in Sweden Township. I can't recall the first name at the moment.
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This photo, Record of Soldiers & Officers, Birdsdale, NY- No photo description available.
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I took a stab at transcribing, guessed a little, still can't figure out some of the words. The page is of enlistees living in Birdsall, NY but Ed enlisted in Hornellsville, 20-25 miles away (and not by interstate); I wonder why he enlisted there. He was a mechanic, by trade:
RECORD OF SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS IN THE MILITARY SERVICE
Who Enlisted in other Towns
name: Terwilliger, Josiah Edward
85th NY Inft
residence: Birdsall, NY
born: May 3rd, 1836
Almond, NY
enlist: Sep 1861
muster: " "
as: Private
for: 3 y
where: Hornellsville?, NY
father: Cyrus
mother: Jamima of Ellis
occ: Mechanic
After being in Servis 3 months promoted Saergent at Battle Four Oaks wounded in left arm.
Then? in March following promoted 2nd Lieutenant
again promoted 1st Lieutenant
Taken prisoner at Plymouth, taken to mucan? from thence to Charleston
then put under _?_ thence to Columbus Staid their five days
their escaped, got into federal lines at _?_ _?_
being on the way 33 days
then promoted Capt
discharged July 1865
Stele? Living PO? Almond, NY
The last above reenlisted & not Seeing him I could not get an exact _?_
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Hello all, I'm researching a Civil War veteran who owned lumber businesses in Potter Co, I believe after the war. His name is Josiah Edward "Ed" Terwilliger, son of Cyrus Terwilliger and Jemima Ellis Terwilliger of Almond, NY. He was married to Fendora Stevens, daughter of Salas Stevens, a lumberman of Coudersport. They had a daughter, Mary Sayers, who was a librarian in Shinglehouse. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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You've got a lot already, Ben DiMatteo, but here are a couple photos, posted here a couple years ago by Joel Frampton Gilfert, in case you don't have them. Photo: Five Officers who escaped from Rebel prison.
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Terwilliger, Starr, Langworthy,
Aldrich, Hastings.
Left to right.
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This is very interesting-- I have the same image with different attributions. Would like to know where this came from.
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I should state that I have confirmed the identities as I have them here through other images of the officers, so I am pretty sure the attributions in the copy you shared are incorrect. At least they agree that Terwilliger is the officer on the far left.
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Back of the photo: Edward Terwilliger
Northern Captain- Civil War
Father of Miss Mary Sayers Terwilliger
Uncle of Leah Booth Goodnoe
and Edith Booth Olmsted.
Great uncle of Gordon Booth Goodnoe
Great uncle of Edith Mary Goodnoe Winch
Five Officers who escaped from Rebel prison.
Civil War
Terwilliger, Starr, Langworthy,
Aldrich, Hastings.
Left to right.
Josiah E. Terwillger
Capt Co O, 85 NY Hebron Twp
Daniel Langworthy
Little Genesee 85th NY
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(VI) Josiah Edward, son of Cyrus Terwilliger, was born at Birdsall, Allegany county, NY, May 5, 1838. He became a lumberman, owning saw mills and producing large quantities of manufactured lumber. He was for a time in Cincinnati, OH, but most of his operations were conducted in Potter County, Penna. He was one of the company who combined and sunk by hand drill the first oil well at Cuba, NY. He enlisted in 1861 in the 85th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, serving four years lacking one month. He was taken prisoner at New Bern, NC, confined at Macon, Georgia, succeeding, however, in making his escape and rejoining his regiment. He was severely wounded at Fair Oaks and lay for several weeks in the hospital. He died in Hebron township, Potter County, Penna, August 28, 1883. He married, October 17, 1865, Fendora Stevens, born in Sharon township, Potter County, Penna, October 5, 1843. She was educated in the public schools, finishing at Mansfield State Normal, and for three years prior to her marriage taught in the Hebron township schools. She survives her husband, a resident of Shinglehouse.
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(VI) Josiah Edward, son of Cyrus Terwilliger, was born at Birdsall, Allegany county, NY, May 5, 1838. He became a lumberman, owning saw mills and producing large quantities of manufactured lumber. He was for a time in Cincinnati, OH, but most of his operations were conducted in Potter County, Penna. He was one of the company who combined and sunk by hand drill the first oil well at Cuba, NY. He enlisted in 1861 in the 85th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, serving four years lacking one month. He was taken prisoner at New Bern, NC, confined at Macon, Georgia, succeeding, however, in making his escape and rejoining his regiment. He was severely wounded at Fair Oaks and lay for several weeks in the hospital. He died in Hebron township, Potter County, Penna, August 28, 1883. He married, October 17, 1865, Fendora Stevens, born in Sharon township, Potter County, Penna, October 5, 1843. She was educated in the public schools, finishing at Mansfield State Normal, and for three years prior to her marriage taught in the Hebron township schools. She survives her husband, a resident of Shinglehouse.
(VII) Mary Sayers, only child of Josiah Edward and Fendora (Stevens) Terwilliger, was born in Hebron township, Potter county, Penna, June 29, 1868. She obtained her preparatory education in the public schools, entered Alfred University (Alfred, NY) whence she was graduated class of 1890. She chose the profession of librarian, entered the NY State Library School at Albany, whence she was later graduated. She has filled responsible positions in her profession at Utica, NY, Worcester, MA, Public Library and the Clark University Library in the same city. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of other societies and associations. She is unmarried and now resides at Shinglehouse with her mother.
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John Woolf Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania, Volume 2
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This is great! Thanks. The page before gives a nice, concise Terwilliger ancestry. I didn't have John Woolf Jordan, Genealogical and Personal History of Northern Pennsylvania in my Google Library, but this is a terrific reference. Thanks again, Ben DiMatteo.
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(VI) Josiah Edward, son of Cyrus Terwilliger, was born at Birdsall, Allegany county, NY, May 5, 1838. He became a lumberman, owning saw mills and producing large quantities of manufactured lumber. He was for a time in Cincinnati, OH, but most of his operations were conducted in Potter County, Penna. He was one of the company who combined and sunk by hand drill the first oil well at Cuba, NY. He enlisted in 1861 in the 85th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, serving four years lacking one month. He was taken prisoner at New Bern, NC, confined at Macon, Georgia, succeeding, however, in making his escape and rejoining his regiment. He was severely wounded at Fair Oaks and lay for several weeks in the hospital. He died in Hebron township, Potter County, Penna, August 28, 1883. He married, October 17, 1865, Fendora Stevens, born in Sharon township, Potter County, Penna, October 5, 1843. She was educated in the public schools, finishing at Mansfield State Normal, and for three years prior to her marriage taught in the Hebron township schools. She survives her husband, a resident of Shinglehouse.
(VII) Mary Sayers, only child of Josiah Edward and Fendora (Stevens) Terwilliger, was born in Hebron township, Potter county, Penna, June 29, 1868. She obtained her preparatory education in the public schools, entered Alfred University (Alfred, NY) whence she was graduated class of 1890. She chose the profession of librarian, entered the NY State Library School at Albany, whence she was later graduated. She has filled responsible positions in her profession at Utica, NY, Worcester, MA, Public Library and the Clark University Library in the same city. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of other societies and associations. She is unmarried and now resides at Shinglehouse with her mother.
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The first mention of the
TERWILLIGER Terwilliger family in New York state is in the records of the town of New Paltz, where on the first Sunday in April, 1749, an election was
held for town officers. Among those chosen was “Evort Terwilliger” for the office of assessor. In a list of the “names of a portion of Captain Abraham Deyo’s company, third regiment, Ulster county in the revolutionary war" is found the names of Aurt (probably
Evert), John Jr. and Josiah Jr. Terwilliger. There were several of the name in Ulster
county. The Josiah Jr., mentioned as a revolutionary soldier, was a grandson of Evert Terwilliger. The line as thus traced is believed to be the true line from Evert Terwilliger, of
New Paltz, to Mary S. Terwilliger, of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania.
(I) Evert Terwilliger had among other sons Josiah, of whom further.
(II) Josiah, son of Evert Terwilliger, had among other sons Josiah, of whom further.
(III) Josiah (2), son of Josiah (1) Terwilliger, had a son Hermanus, of whom further.
(IV) Hermanus, son of Josiah (2) Terwilliger, married Mary Bont, and settled in Dutchess county, New York.
Sons: Cyrus, of whom further;
Abraham, born October 27, 1808.
(V) Cyrus, son of Hermanus Terwilliger, was born in Dutchess or Ulster county, New York, in 1805, died in the town of Almond, Allegany county. New York, about 1875. He was a farmer, and an ardent Whig and Republican in politics. He married Jemima Ellis, born near Birdsall in the town of Almond, died in the same neighborhood in 1848. Children:
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(VI) Josiah Edward, son of Cyrus Terwilliger, was born at Birdsall, Allegany county, NY, May 5, 1838. He became a lumberman, owning saw mills and producing large quantities of manufactured lumber. He was for a time in Cincinnati, OH, but most of his operations were conducted in Potter County, Penna. He was one of the company who combined and sunk by hand drill the first oil well at Cuba, NY. He enlisted in 1861 in the 85th Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry, serving four years lacking one month. He was taken prisoner at New Bern, NC, confined at Macon, Georgia, succeeding, however, in making his escape and rejoining his regiment. He was severely wounded at Fair Oaks and lay for several weeks in the hospital. He died in Hebron township, Potter County, Penna, August 28, 1883. He married, October 17, 1865, Fendora Stevens, born in Sharon township, Potter County, Penna, October 5, 1843. She was educated in the public schools, finishing at Mansfield State Normal, and for three years prior to her marriage taught in the Hebron township schools. She survives her husband, a resident of Shinglehouse.
(VII) Mary Sayers, only child of Josiah Edward and Fendora (Stevens) Terwilliger, was born in Hebron township, Potter county, Penna, June 29, 1868. She obtained her preparatory education in the public schools, entered Alfred University (Alfred, NY) whence she was graduated class of 1890. She chose the profession of librarian, entered the NY State Library School at Albany, whence she was later graduated. She has filled responsible positions in her profession at Utica, NY, Worcester, MA, Public Library and the Clark University Library in the same city. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and of other societies and associations. She is unmarried and now resides at Shinglehouse with her mother.
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... ried Bernard Truman Garlick.
The Colegrove family of
COLEGROVE Pennsylvania descends from the old Welsh family of that name. The emigrant ancestor, Francis Colegrove, was born near Swansea, Wales, and came from London, England, to Warwick, Rhode Island, as early as 1680. The descendants in this country are through his five sons:
Eli, Stephen, Francis ( 2), John and William.
It is from the second named son that the family of Smethport has descent.
(II) Stephen, son of Francis Colegrove, was born in 1695 in Foster, Rhode Island, died in 1787. In 1737 he was made “a free man of the colony" of Providence, Rhode Island, according to the town records. He was chosen town councilman at the first town meeting, which formed the town of Foster in 1781. In 1754 he purchased some land in the town of Scituate where his later years were passed. He married (first) -- Taylor;
(second) Phoebe Millard, born 1707, died December 29, 1775.
Children of first marriage:
1. Stephen, a farmer of Foster, Rhode Island, born 1722, died 1811; married 1748, Judith Aylesworth.
2. Thomas, of Brattleboro, Vermont, born April 23, 1724; married December 2, 1753, Rachel Aylesworth; he was admitted a freeman of Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1746.
3. William, a farmer of Scituate, Rhode Island, born 1726; married Anna
4. Benjamin. of Windham county, Connecticut, born 1729, died 1820; married October 21, 1759 Sarah, daughter of Eleazer Colegrove. He served in King George’s war, and in the Revolution, entering Captain Branch’s company of Col. Johnson’s regiment of Connecticut militia. He was present at the capture of
Louisburg on Cape Breton Island.
5. Mary, born 1731; married (first) in 1759, Samuel Colegrove; (second) in 1773, Richard Nichols.
Children of second marriage:
6. Nathan. one of the first settlers of Middletown. Rutland
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county, Vermont, born 1741; married Miriam Fillmore.
7. John, a farmer of Coventry, Rhode Island, born 1744, died 1817; married (first) Martha , who died in 1793; (sec ond) Nancy Corwin, born 1758, and died 1820.
8. Jonathan, of whom further. cf. (III)
9. Isaac, a farmer of Northwest, Connecticut.
10. Phoebe, born 1749, died 1839; married 1779, Phineas Bridgewater, of Bridgewater, New York.
11. Lotta, born in 1751; married -- Shepardson, of Fairfax, Vermont.
(III) Jonathan, third child and son of Stephen and Phoebe (Millard) Colegrove, a farmer of Plainfield, Connecticut, and Norwich, New York, was born in 1745, died in 1812; married Jemima Park, born in 1745, died in 1800.
Children: 1. Olive, born May 1, 1774, died 1859; married Edward Corwin.
2. Phoebe, born November 6, 1776; married John Monroe of Norwich, Chenango county, NY. 3. Esther, born January 10, 1778; married Elijah Gibbs of Norwich, Connecticut.
4. Park, a blacksmith, born December 27, 1779, died'February 5, 1846; married Margaret M. Lindsey, born November 9, 1790.
5. Jonathan (2), of whom further.
6. Jemima, born December 12, 1783; married Luther Havens.
7. Benjamin, born June 16, 1787, died April 4, 1875, moved to Morenci, Lenawee county,
Michigan; married in 1815, Lucy Garlick, who died in 1847.
8. Mary, born May 5, 1790; married (first) Israel Green: (second) Daniel Burbank.
(IV) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (1) and Jemima (Park) Colegrove, was born in Norwich, CT, July 25, 1782, died in Pennsylvania April 11, 1872. He was a farmer and surveyor all his life, spending the greater portion of his years in Norwich, Pennsylvania, although for a time he lived in Norwich, New York. Being one of the first settlers of these towns he used his influence in having them named for the town in Connecticut in which he was born. He experienced a short military career during the war of 1812-1814, when he held the rank of lieutenant at Sacketts Harbor a position he was obliged to resign because of ill health. A Whig in politics, he was one of the first county commissioners in McKean county after its organization and served as treasurer and state representative for one term each. The postoffice and village of Colegrove were named in his honor.
He married in Griswold, Connecticut, Elizabeth Gallup, born in Norwich, Connecticut, March 6, 1785, died in Norwich, Pennsylvania, February 27, 1859. Children, all born in Norwich, Pennsylvania:
1. Eliza Florilla, born June 18, 1809; married Daniel Rifle, a farmer;
children: Andrew S.;
William Henry Harrison;
Samuel and Olive;
all are deceased with the exception of William H. Harrison, who lives in Kane, PA
2. \\/illiam W., born 1810, died 1817.
3. Horace, a farmer in Colegrove, Pennsylvania, born June 30, 1818, died January 16, 1888; married in Norwich, Pennsylvania, Emily Burlingame, died November 24, 1892.
Children: i. Jonathan, a merchant of Smethport, Pennsylvania, born November 16, 1843; married Hattie M. Purple, of Troy, Pennsylvania and had two children: Samuel P., and Albert L.
ii. Mary E., married Jonathan Greely, of Newerf, McKean county, Pennsylvania, and lives at Colegrove, Pennsylvania.
iii. Theron, deceased.
iv. Bella D., lives in Smethport, Pennsylvania,
4. William Jonathan, of whom further.
5. Laura Ann, born June 28, 1823, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, 1896; married Philetus Gallup, a native of Connecticut.
Children: Eliza, deceased;
J. C., postmaster of Smethport, Penna;
Dorothy, deceased;
a daughter, deceased;
Albert, deceased;
Abraham Lincoln, lives in Los Angeles, California.
6. Laurette, born June 28, 1823, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, March 23, 1850; married \/Villiam Burlingame, a lumberman, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania.
Children: Amelia, born 1842, lives in Wisconsin;
Cornelia, born 1844, deceased;
a daughter, died young.
(V) William Jonathan, son of Jonathan 2) and Elizabeth (Gallup) Colegrove, was born in Colegrove, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1821, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, May 26, 1893. He obtained his education in the public schools of his native town and became a school teacher, later following the farmer’s occupation. In 1852 he succeeded his father in a land business which the latter had built
up and from that time had the exclusive managment of the forty thousand acres of land embraced in the Ridgeway estate, being authorized to sell, collect and make titles. He built up and added to the business, and at his death left property amounting to one hundred thousand dollars. One of his outside business interests was as stockholder in the Smethport Water Company. In politics he was a Republican, and held numerous offices. He was
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elected justice of the peace in 1842, was commissioner of McKean county for two years, and a member of the board during the erection of the present court-house which was erected during his term, extending from 1879 to 1881. He was instrumental in obtaining a new post oflice at Colegrove and was postmaster until 1880. He also served part of a term as sheriff of McKean county. He had a wonderful record as a member of the Methodist church which he joined in 1836, holding every possible relation, exclusive of that of minister. For fifty-one years he was steward, for fifty-five years a class leader for twenty-five years Sunday school superintendent, and was president of the board of trustees for nearly twelve years.
His life was exemplary in all respects, and contact with him in all departments of his busy life was free from any ordinary or sordid relation.
He married, January 20, 1841, Eunice Hayford Wright, born in Kanona, Steuben county, New York, November 1, 1821, died in Smethport, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1907, daughter of Erastus Wright, a farmer, born in New York State, January 17, 1787, died in Kanona, New York, January 9, 1858, and Lydia (Wheeler) Wright, born in Steuben county, New York, September 2, 1789, died there in 1860. Children of Erastus and Lydia (Wheeler) Wright, all born in Kanona, New York:
1. Alpha, born April 16, 1813; a Methodist minister, died in Missouri; married Charlotte Holman and had a daughter, Lottie, living in Rochester, New York.
2. Freeman, born August 1, 1815, died young.
3. Hezekiah W., a farmer, born September 21, 1816. died in Missouri; married Miss Holman, sister of Charlotte, who married his brother, Alpha;
children: Charles, born 1842, lives in Missouri;
Alpha l.I., born 1844, lives in Dakota;
Ettie, born 1846, deceased;
George, born 1848.
4. Mary J., born July 31, 1818, died in Steuben county, New York; married Mr. Case, a farmer of Steuben county;
children: George, born 1842, deceased;
Ellen, born 1844, living in Canister, New York;
Lydia S., born 1850, deceased.
5. Eunice Hayford, of previous mention; married William Jonathan Colegrove.
6. George W. E., born October 29, 1824, a medical student in Buffalo, accidently drowned in Buffalo Creek,
7. Lydia J., born August 31. 1828, deceased; married Leroy A. Anderson, from Allegany county, New York, a hardware merchant, oil operator and lumberman.
8. Catherine S., born Sep tember 19, 1831, died in Steuben county, NY, a school teacher.
Children of William Jonathan and Eunice Hayford (Wright) Colegrove, all born in Colegrove, Pennsylvania:
1. Harriet Amelia, born February 28, 1842; married Thomas C. Saunders, deceased, a lawyer, from Connecticut; and lives in Boston, Massachusetts;
children: Marian, born 1867, married Ralph E. Howard, from Massachusetts, a buyer for a silk and lace firm, and lives in Boston, Massa chusetts;
William J., born 1876, a real estate agent of Portland, Oregon.
2. Alpha William, of whom further.
3. Lydia Sophia, born January 19, 1849; married (first) John S. Ross, deceased, a real estate merchant, from Coudersport, Pennsylvania; (second) Willis J. Lewis, from Coudersport, Pennsylvania, attorney for the Tide Water Pile Company, and lives in New York City.
4. Clarence Melville, born July 9, 1852, county surveyor; married (first) Lydia S. Case, deceased, from Steuben county, New York; (second) Mary Landen berger, from near Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; children, both of second marriage:
William Howard, born November 9, 1893; and
Martha Eunice, born August, 1900, .
\/Vilmot, born August 14, 1858, died September 28, 1862.
(VI) Alpha William, second child and eldest son of VVilliam Jonathan and Eunice Hayford (Wright) Colegrove, was born in Colegrove (formerly Norwich), McKean county, Pennsylvania, June 5, 1844. He attended the public schools of his native town, and although but seventeen years of age at the outbreak of the civil war, enlisted in the Forty-second Regiment, Thirteenth Pennsylvania Reserves, nicknamed the “Bucktail Regiment.” On December 17, 1861, he took part in the battle of Gainesville, the first victory gained by the Army of the Potomac. The rigors of strenuous campaigns, however, was too much for his youthful strength, and in December, 1862 he was discharged for physical disability, and for two years was in ill health. He then returned to school, graduating from the Smethport academy, later attending Lima College at Lima, New York. His education was completed by a business course in Eastman’s College, Poughkeepsie, New York. During the year, 1866. he worked on his father’s farm and
the following year was employed as amercan tile clerk in \/Vestfield, Pennsylvania. In 1868
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he engaged in the hardware business in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, and until 1873 was a surveyor on an engineer corps in the West, again establishing in the hardware business in the latter year, this time at Sardinia, Erie county, New York, where he continued until 1880. For the fifteen following years he was employed by the Standard Oil Company, for five years acting as foreman, with headquarters at Colegrove; and in 1895 he opened a drug store in Smethport, selling out two years later. Since then he has been actively interested in politics as a Republican, has been justice of the peace, court crier and road supervisor in Norwich township. He holds the thirty-second degree in the Masonic order, belonging to McKean Lodge, No. 388, Free and Accepted Masons of Smethport, Arnold Chapter, Royal Arch Masons, and Coudersport Consistory. He is also a member of the Central Club of Smethport.
Mr. Colegrove married
(first), December 24, 1868, Ellen L. Burdick, born in Norwich, Pennsylvania, November 19, 1846, died in Port Allegany, Pennsylvania, October 6, 1869;
(second) Anna E. Pevey, born in Erie county, New York, died in 1888, daughter of James Pevey, born in Portland, Maine, died in Sardinia, New York, and Laura (Steele) Pevey, born in New York State, now living in Aurora, New York;
(third) Hannorah G. Higgins, born May 1, 1871, in Corry, Pennsylvania, daughter of Michael Higgins, born in Ireland, 1844, died in Corry, Pennsylvania, January, 1908, and Bridget (Richards) Higgins, born in County Mayo, Ireland, 1845, died in Corry, Pennsylvania, January, 1908, four days separating her death from that of her husband. Children of Michael and Bridget (Richards) Higgins:
1. Bridget, born in Corry, Pennsylvania, 1867; married James O’Connor, a liveryman of Corry, Pennsylvania, where they reside;
children: James, deceased;
Edward, lives in Corry, Pennsylvania; and three others.
2. Margaret, born in Corry, Pennsylvania, 1869; married William B. Joiner, a pumper employed by the Standard Oil Company in Chipmunk, Cattaraugus county, New York;
children: Melvin, born 1890;
Harry, born 1893;
Lillian, born 1899;
Marguerite, born 1905;
all live in Chipmunk, NY, with the exception of Harry, a resident of Bakersville, CA
3. Hannorah G., of previous mention; married Alpha William Colegrove.
Children of second marriage of Alpha William Colegrove:
1. William Ross, a glass blower, born in Colegrove, Pennsylvania, September 27, 1878; married Lelia Palmeteer, from Potter county, Pennsylvania, and lives in Canandaigua, New York;
daughter, Harriet Lydia, born May 9, 1910.
2. Roy Clare, born in Colegrove, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1881, a glass worker in Smethport.
Children of third marriage of Alpha William Colgrove:
3. Ellanorah Eunice, born in Colegrove, Pennsylvania, January 20, 1893.
4. Alpha Willis, born in Smethport, Pennsylvania, March 27,1907.
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