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Peter Salsman enumerated 1825 census of Southport, Chemung County, New York and first appears on the 1827 assessment list of Wells acquiring property of Annanias Rowley. On the 1828 assessment list he is Peter Tallsman with the notation “removed.” Enumerated 1830 census of Wells age 50 and under age 60 with a wife of age 40 and under age 50 and one son and three daughters in the household. Catherine Salsman, age 40 and under age 50, enumerated 1840 census of Wells with a female of age 10 and under age 15 and a female of age 15 and under age 20 in her household.
SANDERSON
Peter Sanderson b. 18 July 1787 Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire son of David Sanderson and Laurana Shattuck first appears on the 1828 Wells assessment and two children were listed as “poor children” (unable to pay for their schooling). He was a shoemaker. Enumerated as Peter Saunderson in 1830 with one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1771-80), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1801-10), and one female of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1771-80) in the household. Peter last appears on the 1831 assessment list.
1. David Sanderson b. c. 1816.
2. Laurana Sanderson b. 5 Mar 1824 m. after the 1850 census
enumeration Fordyce Sylvester Rhoades, as his third wife,
b. 5 Dec 1811 Skaneateles, New York son of Samuel Rhoades and Lucy
Porter, who received his medical degree in 1836 from Willoughby Medical
College in Lake Erie and became a physician. Resided
Wells. F. S. d. 12 June 1888 Seneca Castle, New York.
Alpheus Sanderson b. 13 Feb 1809 Conway, Massachusetts son of Stephen Sanderson and Polixana Childs m. 19 Aug 1830 (Elmira Gazette, Saturday, August 21, 1830) in Ithaca, New York, Sally Clauson White b. 21 Oct 1814 Southport, Chemung County, New York daughter of Dr. Amos Gates White and Abigail Marvin. Alpheus first appears on the 1833 Wells assessment list with a house and lot and appears in 1834 but not there after. Sally d. 4 Dec 1886 Ellsworth, Pierce County, Wisconsin and Alpheus d. 22 Feb 1890 at home of son Marcus in Ellsworth.
1. Mary Elizabeth Sanderson b. 15 June 1831.
2. Charles Monsieur Sanderson b. 15 Jan 1833.
3. Tryphena Polixana Sanderson b. 8 Feb 1834.
4. Seth White Sanderson b. 29 Feb 1836.
5. Josephine Diadema Sanderson b. 24 Aug 1837.
6. Loretta Elvira Sanderson b. 5 Aug 1839.
7. Emily Orlina Sanderson b. 6/8 Dec 1843.
8. Ellen Isadora Sanderson b. 26 June 1845.
9. Austin Alanson Sanderson b. 4 Jan 1848 Watkins Glen,
New York.
10. Frank Childs Sanderson b. 6 Aug 1850.
11. Marcus Mantor Sanderson b. 11 Apr 1854 Tioga, Pennsylvania.
12. Frederick Alpheus Sanderson b. 12 Nov 1856.
SARGEANT/SERGEANT/SEARGENT
Stephen Sargeant first appears on the 1834 assessment list of Wells and the next year David R. Sargeant appears. David only remained a short time and last appears on the 1836 assessment list. Stephen was the Presbyterian minister at the church at Aspinwall (now Coryland) and Rev. Joel Jewell stated he commenced his ministry in Apr 1834. However, since he appears on the 1834 assessment list he was living in Wells in late 1833.
Thomas L. Sargeant b. c. 13 Sept 1813 New York first appears on the 1836 assessment list of Wells, m. Martha Jane Lucas b. c. 5 May 1819 New York daughter of Anna Lucas. Enumerated 1840 census of Wells. Enumerated 1850 census, shoemaker. Thomas d. 16 Apr 1855 41y 7m 3d (ts). Martha m. (2)Stephen Finch b. c. 1800 New Jersey. Stephen and Martha enumerated in Jackson Township, Tioga County in 1860 and Wells in 1870, stone mason, Stephen unable to write in the 1870 census enumeration. Martha d. 23 May 1897 78y 18d (ts) buried with Thomas in Daggett Cemetery, Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
1. Henry W. Sargeant b. c. 1837 Pennsylvania was amongst
a roll of those drafted during the Civil War at Towanda, Pennsylvania from
Wells on 16 Oct 1862.
2. Stephen B. Sargeant b. c. 1839 Pennsylvania was enumerated
in Chemung, Chemung County, New York in 1880, teacher, with wife Alice.
3. Sarah Jane Sargeant b. c. 1842 Pennsylvania m. 24 July
1861 in Jackson Township, William W. Rogers.
4. Daniel Newcomb Sargeant b. c. 1846 Pennsylvania.
5. Mary Ann Sargeant b. c. 1852 Pennsylvania.
SAWYER
John W. Sawyer appears on a list of buyers at the estate auction of Morris Shepard, July 1837.
Ruel (or Reul) Sawyer b. 25 June 1797 son of Samuel Sawyer and Ruhamah Harrington (first wife of Paul Willard Hazen and daughter of Thaddeus Harrington and Thankful Dodge) first appears on the 1838 assessment list of Wells, single. Same for 1839.
Ami Harrington Sawyer b. 27 May 1802 Bridport, Vermont son of Samuel Sawyer and Ruhamah Harrington (first wife of Paul Willard Hazen) m. Mary Gifford b. c. 1802 New York daughter of Absalom Hough Gifford. Ami first appears on the 1839 assessment list of Wells. Enumerated 1840 and 1850 census of Wells. They removed to Michigan and were enumerated in Albion Township, Calhoun County in 1860. Mary buried 19 July 1867 and Ami buried 8 Jan 1871 Riverside Cemetery, Albion.
1. Jane Antoinette Sawyer b. c. 1828 New York m. Daniel
Brown.
2. Mary R. Sawyer b. 28 Sept 1831 New York.
3. Myron Sawyer b. c. 1835 New York m. 1 Jan 1862 in Calhoun
County, Michigan, Eunice Samantha Decker.
4. Samuel A. Sawyer b. c. 1840 Pennsylvania.
2. Mary R. Sawyer b. 28 Sept 1831 m. 3 July 1851 in Calhoun County, Michigan, David Bennett b. 15 May 1823, Minisink, Orange County, New York son of Josiah Bennett and Hannah Kimber. Mary d. 7 Apr 1869. David m. 4 Nov 1869 Elizabeth Corwin. Enumerated in Big Flats, Chemung County, New York in 1870. David d. 8 Aug 1908 buried with Mary and son Peter at Webb Mills, Town of Southport, Chemung County, New York.
Mary Jane Bennett b. 9 June 1852 Michigan d. 20 Dec 1918 Willard,
Seneca County, New York, buried Woodlawn Cemetery,
Elmira, New York.
Margaret Ann Bennett b. 21 July 1853 Michigan m. Alanson Moshier
and she d. 30 Oct 1919 Elmira, New York or Millerton,
Pennsylvania.
Hannah M. Bennett born 10 June 1855 Albion, Michigan m. Sept
1879 in Pine City, Chemung County, New York, Charles
L. Herrington. Hannah d. 22 Jan 1930 Elmira, New York buried
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira.
William H. Bennett b. 26 Mar 1857 Elmira, New York m. Ida Welch
b. Michigan, divorced, m. (2)Susannah J. Kennedy.
William d. 16 Apr 1932 buried Elmira, New York.
Myron Bennett b. 28 Mar 1859 d. 11 Feb 1939 Bellingham, Whatcom
County, Washington.
Darwin Douglas Bennett b. 25 May 1861 New York m. Nettie Sharp
b. 16 Mar 1865. Darwin d. 2 Nov 1939 and Nettie
d. 9 May 1942 Big Flats, Chemung County, New York buried Rural Home
Cemetery, Big Flats.
Peter K. Bennett b. 16 Apr 1862 New York d. 16 May 1864 buried
Webb Mills Cemetery, Pine City, New York.
Peter Sherman Bennett b. 2 June 1864 New York m. Lillian Buckbee
m. (2)Jessie Harlow. Peter d. Oct 1914 Ansonia,
Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Jacob Myres Bennett b. 19 Oct 1866 Millerton, Pennsylvania
Lilly May Bennett b. 7 Dec 1868 Pennsylvania m. 26 Feb 1890
Harlow Field b. 19 Jan 1863. Lilly d. 11 Dec 1896
Waverly, Tioga County, New York and Harlow d. 16 Feb 1947.
SAYRE
Nathan Sayre b. 30 June 1748 near Elizabethtown, New Jersey m. Sarah Mann, resided Warwick, New York, when the Revolution broke out. Resided Elizabethtown, New Jersey for ten or twelve years after the war and then removed to Hector, Tompkins (now Schuyler) County, New York. Nathan was a son of Joseph who was a son of Daniel who was a son of Joseph who was a son of Thomas. Nathan m. 1817 (2)Abigail Haxton. Resided Southport, Chemung County, New York. Nathan was an 1834 Revolutionary pensioner in Tompkins County, d. 17 June 1841 92y 11m Wellsville, Allegany County, New York (Elmira Gazette, July 1, 1841).
1. Whittington Sayre b. 24 Sept 1784.
2. Sophia Sayre.
3. Emily Sayre.
4. Edward Sayre.
5. Francis Sayre.
6. John Sayre.
7. David M. Sayre b. c. 1802.
8. Phebe Sayre.
9. Mary Sayre b. 26 Aug 1805 m. 19 Jan 1826 Samuel Shingler
and she d. 7 Jan 1848.
Second Generation:
1. Whittington Sayre b. 24 Sept 1784 m. 17 Dec 1806 Elizabeth
Johnson b. 19 May 1784 d. 21 June 1818. Whittington m.
27 Dec 1818 (2)Elizabeth Johnston, known as Betsey, b. 15 June 1793-4
daughter of John Johnston and Anne Marie Styres. Whittington first appears
on the 1832 assessment list of Wells. They owned
a farm in the Seeley Creek Valley between the state line and
Mosherville, being the third farm from the state line, afterwards the Helm
farm. Whittington operated a sawmill on his property on Seeley
Creek. Whittington and Betsey and son William and wife
Adrianna sold the property in Nov 1845 to Floyd Helm. Betsy d. 10 Jan 1871
76y 6m 25d.
Children of Whittington and Elizabeth:
Sarah Ann Sayre b. 10 Feb 1808 d. young.
Eliza Ann Sayre b. 15 Jan 1810.
William Mann Sayre b. 6 Nov 1811 first appears on the 1833 assessment
list of Wells, m. 10 Nov 1835 Adrianna Knapp b.
12 July 1817 daughter of William T. Knapp and Sarah Ann Benedict
of Southport, Chemung County, New York. Enumerated 1840 census of Wells,
removed from there in 1846 to Jefferson County,
Wisconsin and were enumerated in Jefferson, Jefferson County
in 1850. Enumerated in Adams County, Wisconsin in 1860.
Whittington J. Sayre b. 17 Oct 1813 first appears on the 1835
assessment list of Wells, m. Ann M. Crosby b. c.
1817 daughter of Joshua Crosby and Nancy Johnston of Wells. Enumerated
in Wells in 1840. They removed to Wisconsin and
acquired land on 15 Dec 1855 in Adams County. Enumerated
in Adams County in 1860.
Angelia Sayre b. 16 Aug 1815.
Elizabeth Sayre b. 11 Feb 1818.
Children of Whittington and Betsey:
Sarah Ann Sayre b. 25 Sept 1819 m. 1 Oct 1839 (Elmira Republican,
October 8, 1839) Elijah Jones II and she d. 7 June 1841
21y 9m 12d (ts) Second Street Cemetery.
Ann Maria Sayre b. 24 Jan 1821.
Lucy B. Sayre b. 31 Jan 1822 m. 16 Oct 1844 Peter S. Perine
and she is buried Second Street Cemetery.
Nathan Sayre b. 6 Apr 1824.
James Henry Sayre b. 26 Dec 1825 d. 28 Sept 1851 buried Second
Street Cemetery.
George Washington Sayre b. 26 Feb 1828.
Phebe Adaline Sayre b. 18 Mar 1832.
7. David M. Sayre b. c. 1802 m. 21 Jan 1821 Mary Frost, known as Polly, b. 23 Mar 1804 Bainbridge, Chenango County, New York daughter of Laurance Frost and Lois Wedge. David first appears on the 1837 assessment list of Wells township. Resided between Mosherville and the state line east of Seeley Creek overlooking the Seeley Creek Valley. David M., Nathan, and Sophia Sayre were three of the original twelve members of the North Church of Wells, a Presbyterian church formed at the state line in the Seeley Creek Valley, 22 Nov 1836. David was chosen and ordained one of the two elders. Later, Elias C., Harriet, and William N. Sayre became members. After the removal of the church building from the state line to Mosherville in 1869 for several denominations, the Presbyterian society consisted of but five resident members, consisting chiefly of Deacon David M. Sayre, the church being in his house. David was living in 1876. Polly was a widow in the 1880 census, residing town of Southport, Chemung County, New York with daughter, Hattie. Family members buried in cemetery (North Wells) near their residence east of Seeley Creek between Mosherville and state line. Also, in same cemetery is stone for M. Murry age 82.
Nelson M. Sayre b. May 1827 d. 8 June 1843 17y in Wells (Elmira
Gazette, Thursday, June 15,1843). His marker is
in the Second Street Cemetery, Elmira, New York - copied by the Stavers
in the 1930's as June 8, 1848 16y 10d (which should have been transcribed
as 1843).
Whittington F. Sayre b. 1829 New York d. 21 May 1854 25y 1m
28d (ts) North Wells Cemetery, Wells Township.
Adminstrative bond by David M. Sayre, F. A. Webb, Jr., Thomas
Owen, S. Thompson filed 17 July 1854 (Bradford County probate 970). Inventory
by Humphrey Mosher and James A. Wilson, 12 Aug
1854. Inventory filed 16 Aug 1854 included several
accounts on books, which involved logging/sawmill business.
Elias C. Sayre b. 1833 New York d. 28 July 1857 23y 11m 2d (ts)
North Wells Cemetery.
Elizabeth A. Sayre b. June 1835 New York d. 13 Dec 1862 27y
5m 22d in Wells (Elmira newspaper, December 20, 1862).
Adelpha Sayre b. 1837 d. 18 Sept 1846 9y 1m 12d (ts) North Wells
Cemetery, Wells Township. Adelphia d. 18 Sept 1846
10 years (Elmira Gazette, Elmira, New York, September 24,1846).
Harriet C. Sayre b. Feb 1842 Wells m. James R. Lewis b. Dec
1834 son of Dennis Lewis and Ann Fries of Wells.
William Nelson Sayre b. c. 1844/8 Wells, single in 1880, residing with
sister, Hattie, d. 15 Apr 1895 52y of dropsy buried Mosherville (Bradford
County death record).
SCHORNMEISTER
ACTIVE LIFE COMES TO END
Fred Schornstheimer, One of City’s Most Esteemed Business Men, Takes
His Life in Fit of Despondency.
Fred SCHORNSTHEIMER, one of Elmira’s best known citizens, residing
in apartments at Lake and Clinton streets, was found dead yesterday afternoon
at his home. Mr. Schornstheimer was discovered in the bath room with his
jugular vein severed. He had taken his life with a sharp bread knife. It
is said that Mr. Schornstheimer has been despondent for some time past.
He suffered a paralytic seizure four years ago and has been in ill health
since. Three months ago Mr.Schornstheimer sustained a fractured leg as
the result of a fall down the stairs at his home. He suffered a second
paralytic attack a short time ago. Mr. Schornsteimer at one time was county
clerk. He also served as president of the Elmira Wholesale Grocery Company.
For some time he was associated with Adam Stampp in the Schornsteimer and
Stampp grocery store at Lake and Clinton streets. The business changed
hands some time ago. Mr. Schornsteimer was sixty years old. He was born
in Wells , Pa., in 1859. He is survived by two brothers, Peter Schornsteimer,
jr., of this city and Henry Schornsteimer of San Francisco, and three sisters,
Mrs. J. E. Blaise of New York city; Mrs. Carol Dobberstein of Utica, and
Mrs. Ella M. Lappe of this city. The decedent had been a member of Union
Lodge, No. 95, F & A.M. many years. Mr. Schornstheimer was highly esteemed
by a wide circle of friends. He was one of Elmira’s substantial business
men, and a loyal citizen. Ill health gradually undermined his strong constitution,
and of late of the most part he has been confined to his home. The change
from active business
life had a depressing effect. Elmirans acquainted with Fred Schornstheimer
knew him to be a man of many good qualities. He was loyal and charitable,
possessing a happy nature, which endeared him to all who had the honor
of his acquaintance. The funeral will be held at the family home Friday
at 2:30 p.m. and will be private. The Rev. R. Vieweg will officiate and
burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery in the family plot (obituary).
SCOFIELD, SCHOFIELD
Samuel Scofield b. 1789-90 m. 6 Nov 1814 (Sussex County, New Jersey marriage record) Anna Coymer b. c. 1788 daughter of George and Abigail Coymer. Enumerated in Frankford Township, Sussex County in 1840 with two males of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), and one female of age fifty and under age sixty (b. 1781-90). Samuel was enumerated with son Samuel, Jr., in Wells in 1850, but Anna was not enumerated in the household. By the 1855 state census Samuel and some if his family had returned to Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey. Anna was not enumerated with Samuel in 1855. Anna was enumerated with sons Moses and John in Wells in 1860. In 1870, Samuel was enumerated with son Moses in Wells.
1. George Scofield b. 1815.
2. Samuel Scofield, Jr., b. 1817 New Jersey.
3. Jehiel Scofield b. 11 Oct 1819 New Jersey.
4. daughter b. 1821-25.
5. Jason Scofield b. c. 1826 New Jersey
6. Moses Scofield b. c. 1830 New Jersey.
7. John Scofield b. c. 1834 entered service during Civil
War 4 Oct 1861, age 25, as a private in Company F, 1st
Light Artillery New York, d. 19 Sept 1862 Yorktown, Virginia..
Second Generation:
1. George Scofield b. 1815 enumerated in Sussex County
in 1840 with a wife b. 1821-25 and a son under the age
of five. Enumerated in Hardyston, Sussex County in 1850, laborer, with
wife Hannah b. c. 1820. Enumerated in Hardyston in 1860,
laborer, with wife Elizabeth b. c. 1824-28. Enumerated in Sparta
Township, Sussex County in 1870, laborer. George d. 8 Jan 1878 Ogdensburg,
Sussex County.
son b. 1836-40.
Lewis Scofield b. c. 1841.
Temperance Scofield b. c. 1842.
Theodore Scofield b. c. 1849.
Children of George and Elizabeth:
Mary Scofield b. c. 1855.
James S. Scofield b. c. 1860.
Edward M. Scofield b. c. 1862.
William T. Scofield b. c. 1865.
Phoebe Amelia Scofield b. 12 Sept 1867 Sparta Township, Sussex
County.
Elizabeth Scofield b. c. 1873.
2. Samuel Scofield Jr., b. 1817 m. 7 May 1842 (Sussex County, New Jersey marriage record) Temperance Wilson b. c. 1825. Enumerated 1850 census of Wells, farmer. Enumerated in Hope, Warren County, New Jersey in 1860, day laborer.
William H. Scofield b. c. 1842 New Jersey.
Lydia A. Scofield b. c. 1844 New Jersey.
John J. Scofield b.c. 1846 New Jersey.
Martha J. Scofield b. c. 1848 New Jersey or Pennsylvania.
Julia Scofield b. c. 1852 Pennsylvania.
Lucy Scofield b. c. 1854 New Jersey.
Jonathan O. Scofield b. 1856 d. 8 Nov 1859 3y 4m 16d (ts) Buttsville
Cemetery, Warren County, New Jersey.
Savester A. Scofield b. Sept 1859 d. 25 Oct 1859 1m 24d (ts)
Buttsville Cemetery.
3. Jehiel Scofield b. 11 Oct 1819 and wife Margaret Jane b. 14 Feb 1824 New Jersey enumerated 1850 census of Wells, laborer. John Scofield, age 18, b. New Jersey and Elma Scofield, age 16, b. New Jersey enumerated in household. Enumerated in Southport, Chemung County, New York in 1860, farm laborer. Jehiel d. 1 Nov 1862 (ts). Jane enumerated in Southport in 1880, widow, son Smith residing with her. Jane d. 12 Apr 1911 (ts) buried with Jehiel in Webb Mills Cemetery, Town of Southport.
Charles Scofield b. c. 1848.
Thomas Scofield b. c. 1849.
Charles Smith Scofield b. c. 1851.
Edson Scofield b. c. 1853 and wife Mary enumerated in Southport
in 1880.
Clarence Scofield b. c. 1855.
Alice J. Scofield b. 8 Aug 1859 m. 9 Oct 1878 (bible) Joseph
W. Brewer b. 11 Aug 1854 and she d. 1 May 1945 (ts) Mosherville
Cemetery, Wells Township.
5. Jason Scofield b. c. 1826 m. 4 June 1847 (Elmira Gazette, Elmira, New York, July 1, 1847) in Southport, Chemung County, New York, Mary Adams of Wells b. 12 Jan 1832 New York state daughter of Levi Finch Adams and Huldah Swartout. Enumerated 1850 census of Wells, laborer. Enumerated 1860 census of Wells as Jacob. Jason enlisted in the Civil War, as a private in Company D, 161st Regiment, killed on raid in 1864. Mary m. his brother Moses.
Alonzo J. Scofield b. 1848 d. 30 Apr 1852 3y 10m 27d (ts) Judson
Hill Cemetery.
daughter d. 30 Apr 1852 4m (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery.
Grace Scofield b. c. 1854 m. Lemuel H. Hortman, resided Cherokee,
Cherokee County, Iowa in 1880.
Ella A. Scofield b. c. 1857 m. Franklin P. Keister, resided
Silver Creek, Cherokee County, Iowa in 1880.
Jane Scofield b. c. 1859.
6. Moses Scofield b. c. 1830 enumerated 1850 census of Southport, Chemung County, New York, laborer in the Peter Bartholomew and Mary Knapp household. Enumerated 1860 census of Wells, his mother and brother John residing with him. Moses m. Mary Adams, widow of his deceased brother Jason. Enumerated in Wells in 1870, farmer, with Mary, age 39; Grace, age 16; E. A., age 13; and his father Samuel in the household. Enumerated in Silver Township, Cherokee County, Iowa in 1880, farmer with Mary, wife, age 50; Franklin Fuller, adopted child, age 11, and Nellie Hoyt, adopted child, age 10, in household.
SCOTT
Joseph J. Scott b. 5 Jan 1812 m. Elizabeth Newcomb b. 28 June 1831 and they resided southwestern Wells. Removed to neighboring Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1869. Elizabeth d. 12 Apr 1876 (ts) and Joseph d. 31 Oct 1885 (ts) Daggett Cemetery, Jackson Township.
1. David H. Scott b. 1852 resided Seeley Creek, town of
Southport, Chemung County, New York.
2. Harold Scott b. 1854 resided Daggett.
3. John H. Scott b. c. 1857 resided Upton, Massachusetts.
4. Joseph Randolph Scott b. 1859 resided Daggett.
5. Elizabeth Scott b. 8 Oct 1861 Wells m. 12 Sept 1883
(Methodist Church record) Curtis H. Leonard. Resided Elmira,
New York many years and then removed to Galeton, Potter County, Pennsylvania.
6. Charles L. Scott b. 1863 resided Elmira, New York.
7. Mrs. M. S. Bradley (obituary of Elizabeth) or Mrs. S.
P. Bradley (obituary of Joseph R.).
8. Harriet Scott m. a Daggett resided Springfield, Massachusetts.
SEARLES
Thomas Searles and Nancy Denna removed from Putnam County, New York to Hector, Tompkins (became Schuyler) County in 1814. Enumerated in Hector in 1820, engaged in agriculture, with one male over age forty five (b. before 1775) and one female over age forty five (b. before 1775).
daughter m. Henry Jeffries.
Susan Searles b. 1815 Dutchess County m. a Crandall and she d. 4 May
1889 73y 7m 16d (death record) buried Montour.
Mary Searles m. Clark Stillwell.
Nathaniel Searles b. May 1775 New York was enumerated in the 1830 census of Wells, age fifty and under age 60 with a wife of the same age. Nathaniel first appears on the 1831 asessment list. In 1832 Obadiah and Garry appear on the assessment list. Enumerated in Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1840 with a wife; residing with son Daniel in Rutland in 1850, age 75, shoemaker, with wife, Catherine b. c. 1797 New York. They removed to Plainfield Township, Waushara County, Wisconsin. Nathaniel d. 22 Nov 1857 82y 6m (ts). Catherine was enumerated with son Daniel and family in Plainfield, Waushara County, Wisconsin in 1860. Catherine d. 11 July 1881 86y 7m (ts) Plainfield Cemetery buried with Nathaniel row 2 lot 27.
1. daughter b. 1801-10.
2. Daniel E. Searles b. c. 1817.
Second Generation:
2. Daniel E. Searles b. c. 1817 m. Apr 1839 (Elmira Gazette,
April 30, 1839) in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Mary McCormick.
Daniel either had a second wife Alley or Mary was known as Alley. Alley
d. 11 Mar 1849 31y 14d (ts) Mosherville Cemetery. Daniel enumerated in
Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850, farmer, with wife
Catherine, b. c. 1823 New York. Enumerated in Plainfield, Waushara
County, Wisconsin in 1860 and 1870, farmer. Daniel d. 31 Jan 1889 72y 8m
(ts) and Catherine K. 17 Mar 1891 68y 10m (ts) Plainfield Cemetery row
2, lot 27 buried with parents. Also, on lot is an infant of Nancy Searls.
Child of Daniel and Mary:
1. Elizabeth P. Searles b. c. 1840.
Children of Daniel and Alley:
2. Jeanette Searles b. c. 1847 m. James Ingle.
3. George T. Searles (twin) d. 23 Dec 1849 9m 16d (ts)
Mosherville Cemetery.
4. infant daughter (twin) d. 7 Mar 1849 (ts) Mosherville
Cemetery.
Children of Daniel and Catherine:
Nathaniel Searles b. c. 1851.
Nancy Searles b. c. 1852.
John K. Searles b. c. 1854 Pennsylvania.
Sarah Searles b. c. 1855 Wisconsin.
Naoma Searles b. c. 1857 Wisconsin.
Daniel Edgar Searles b. 29 May 1859 Wisconsin.
John Searles b. 14 Sept 1793 son of William Searles of England and Dutchess County, New York, served in the War of 1812, m. Abigail Bell, removed to Chemung County, New York in 1830, d. 1849.
1. Hannah Searles.
2. Ann Searles.
3. William Searles b. perhaps c. 1818.
4. Alfred Searles b. 1 May 1820 Cornwall on the Hudson,
New York.
5. Almira Searles.
6. Clarissa Searles.
7. Sarah Searles.
Second Generation:
3. William Searles b. perhaps c. 1818 is the William who
perhaps m. Clarissa Burk b. c. 1828. William d. Tennessee
and she returned with children and is buried Doty Hill, Bradford County.
4. Alfred Searles b. 1 May 1820 m. 19 May 1847 Sarah Ann Baker b. 30 Dec 1823 daughter of Amos Baker and Ruth Warner of Wells. Alfred and Sarah resided Ashland, Chemung County, New York and owned "Fruit Homestead Farm." Alfred was the first highway commissioner, gave 15 acres of land for the Newtown Sullivan Park. Alfred d. 11 Apr 1896 and Sarah d. 23 Nov 1901 buried Searles Cemetery, town of Ashland, Chemung County, New York.
Josephine Searles b. 24 Sept 1849 m. Dr. Thomas Lucy and she
d. 1890 buried Searles Cemetery.
Milton Searles b. 1855 d. 1864 buried Searles Cemetery.
Forrest Searles b. 1857 d. 1864 buried Searles Cemetery.
Hattie Lowman Searles b. 24 Feb 1859 m. Charles Elliott b. June
1855 d. 1929 buried Searles Cemetery. Hattie perhaps
buried there without a marker.
John Searles (Sarles) first appears on the 1838 assessment list of Wells. He was enumerated in 1840, age 40 and under age 50, in Wells with others in his household. He may be the John Searles, age 52, residing with Janson Scofield family in 1850 at Wells. His wife may be the Mary Searles, known as Polly, enumerated in Wells in 1850 with John age 43, Thomas age 23, and George N. age 15 in household. She is perhaps the Mary wife of John Searles who d. 15 July 1851 60y 3m 11d (ts) Jobs Corners Cemetery, Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
Possible children of John and Mary:
1. John Searles b. c. 1807.
2. Mary Searles b. 2 Nov 1810 m. 25 Dec 1827 in Hector,
Tompkins County, New York, Clark Stillwell. In 1828 with
a number of neighbors they removed to Michigan. The prevalence of ague
and fever in that State at that time greatly disheartened a
number of these pioneers and the same year they returned to
Hector. Mary d. 26 Feb 1888 buried Jobs Corners.
4. Gilbert Searles b. c. 1816.
5. Isaac Searles b. 1818.
6. Susan Searles b. 1820 m. George Sheive and she d. 1899.
7. Jane Searles b. 1823.
8. Sarah Searles b. 1826.
9. Thomas J. Searles b. 1826.
10. George N. Searles b. c. 1835.
Second Generation:
4. Gilbert Searles b. c. 1816 m. Sarah Adams b. 16 Nov
1820 daughter of Levi Finch Adams and Huldah Swartout
as her second husband. Sarah had married (1)Palmer Bryant. Enumerated in
Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1860.
Viola Searles b. c. 1855.
Harriet Searles b. c. 1859.
5. Isaac Searles b. 1818 New York state m. 3 Apr 1839 (Elmira Gazette, April 30, 1839) in Jackson Township, Ellen Voorhees b. 1821 New Jersey. Enumerated 1840 and 1850 census of Wells. Thomas Searles, age 25, residing with family in 1850. Resided southwestern Wells near Tioga County line. Isaac d. 1869 (ts) and Ellen d. 1883 (ts) Daggett Cemetery, Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
11. John Aaron Searles b. 1840.
12. Charles O. Searles b. 1841 d. 1865 (ts) Daggett Cemetery.
13. Ellen M. Searles b. 1843.
14. Hellen S. Searles b. 1845 d. 1847 (ts) Daggett Cemetery.
15. Isaac E. Searles b. 1849 d. 1850 (ts) Daggett Cemetery.
16. Frank C. Searles b. 1851 d. 1852 (ts) Daggett Cemetery.
7. Jane Searles b. 1823 m. 17 Apr 1839 Uriah Lucas 2d.
9. Thomas J. Searles b. 1826 enumerated in Isaac Searles household in 1850, age 25 and in Polly Searles household in 1850, age 23. Thomas m. 18 Oct 1855 Catherine Patrick b. 1836 daughter of Richard Patrick. Enumerated in Oregon Township, Lapeer County, Michigan in 1860. Thomas enlisted in Company H, Ninth Cavalry on March 8, 1863 in Lapeer. They mustered out March 14 and by May 18, Thomas "deserted" at Coldwater, Michigan. There's a record of an illiterate Thomas Searles, about the right age, who applied for a pension from Bradford County, Pennsylvania (application 1132455, 24 Sept 1892). In the application Thomas stated that he enrolled March 1863 with Company F (rather than H) of the 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry as a private. In 1892 he was claiming he was wholly unable to earn support; also reported disease of the lungs, old age, and general poor health. The record showed he was never discharged. Thomas reported that when he was hurt, he went home and sent a substitute, Wilson R. Cole, who served in his place. They returned to Pennsylvania. Thomas d. 1903 (ts). Catherine 1909 (ts) Lawrence Corners Cemetery, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Also buried there, James Searles 1867-1949 and Ella M. Searles 1871-1946. Thomas d. 1 Jan 1903 (Mansfield Advertiser, January 14, 1903) in Sullivan T Township. Catherine d. 3 Feb 1909 (death certificate).
Third Generation:
11. John Aaron Searles b. 1840 m. Minnie Taber b. 1846 daughter
of Thomas Taber and Juliet Bryan. John d. 19__ and Minnie
d. 1916 (ts) Daggett Cemetery.
13. Ellen M. Searles b. 1843 m. Samuel J. Taber b. 1848 son of Thomas Taber and Juliet Bryan. Samuel d. 1908 (ts) and Ellen d. 1917 (ts) Daggett Cemetery.
Mary Searles b. 1789 m. John Corzette.
Eva S. Searles b. Wells m. 25 Apr 1886 (Methodist Church record) Frank Hammond b. Aspinwall.
Frank Searles, age 6/12, b. Pennsylvania, d. Jan 1850 of fits, ill 3 days (1850 Wells township mortality schedule).
Hester A. Searles of Wells m. 11 Aug 1853 (Elmira Republican, August 26, 1853) in Wells, D. Griffis of Horseheads, New York.
In the History of Hillsdale County, Michigan, 1879 (p.5) there is this information. "Thomas Searles came from Putnam Co, NY in 1814 and settled where John Stilwell now owns. Henry Jeffries married Searles' daughter, and came with Searles and settled on the same farm Cornelius Jeffries, his son, now lives on, on the hill west of Kecklenburg." It continues: Garry Searls, b. Oct 24, 1824 in Seneca Co, NY married May 16, 1858. Ancestors descended from old Dutch Stock residing along the banks of the Hudson. He remained for six years on the home farm, and then removed to Bradford County, Pennsylvania and remained there four years. His parents then, following the course of emigration, came to Michigan and located in Hillsdale County on the Chicago Turnpike, three miles west of Jonesville, the family of Mrs. Searls having moved from Dutchess County, New York to Michigan in 1855. Resides on farm of 195 acres lying in Hillsdale and Cambria Trops. Children: Frederick, Garry Jr., Edward V., George W., Charles H., Anna M., Albert E."
SHEPARD
Nathan Shepard b. 16 Dec 1773 m. 3 Aug 1800 (Sussex County, New Jersey marriage record) Temperance Ayers, known as Tempa, b. c. 1774, daughter of Levi Ayers and Temperance Weeks (Wickes) of Sussex County. Resided Frankford, Sussex County, New Jersey. Enumerated in Wantage Township, Sussex County in 1830 with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1811-15), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90). They removed to Southport, Chemung County, New York and were enumerated in the 1835 census with two males (including Nathan) and one female in the household. Enumerated in the 1840 census of Tyrone, Steuben (that portion that became Schuyler) County, New York with one male of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), one male of age sixty and under age seventy (b. 1771-80), one female under age five (b. 1836-40), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age fifteen and under age twenty (b. 1821-25), one female of age twenty and under age thirty (b. 1811-20), one female of age sixty and under age seventy (b. 1771-80), and one colored female of age ten and under age twenty four. Temperance d. 20 Feb 1849 74y (ts) Weston Cemetery, Town of Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York. Nathan removed to Wells where sons Jesse and Nathan and their families were residing. Nathan d. 26 Mar 1855 81y 3m 10d (ts) Coryland Cemetery.
1. Jesse Shepard b. 1801.
2. Harriet Shepard b. 25 July 1804.
3. Moses Shepard.
4. Mehitable Shepard b. 1809 m. George Kymer.
5. Morris Shepard b. 1809.
6. Nathan Shepard b. 29 Jan 1811 Deckertown, New Jersey.
7. Levi Shepard b. 28 Oct 1813 Frankford Township.
8. Susan Shepard b. 1815-16.
Second Generation:
1. Jesse Shepard b. 1801 m. Mary Holton b. 1806. Enumerated
in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey in 1830. In 1836 became members of
Presbyterian Society at Aspinwall (now Coryland). Jesse first appears on
the 1838 assessment list of Wells (compiled fall of 1837).Enumerated in
Wells in 1840. Jesse was one of the petitioners 11 May 1843 requesting
charter be granted to Presbyterian Society. Jesse was on the first board
of trustees of Presbyterian Church in 1843. Ordained elder in 1850 and
took letter in 1862. Enumerated in Wells in 1850 and 1860, farmer.
Jesse d. 1876 age 76 (Reporter Journal, Towanda, Pennsylvania, July 9,1885).
Mary d. 1896 (ts) Daggett Cemetery, Daggett, Jackson Township, Tioga County,
Pennsylvania.
9. daughter b. 1821-25 (1830 census).
10. Allen M. Shepard b. 29 May 1826.
11. Simeon H. Shepard b. 1829, single, d. 1900 (ts) Daggett
Cemetery.
12. Julia Ann Shepard b. 23 Dec 1833 m. Dr. Charles Voorhees.
13. Ezra Dayton Shepard b. 19 Aug 1835 New Jersey.
14. Nathan Shepard b. 17 Oct 1838 Wells was amongst a
roll of men drafted from Wells during the Civil War on 16 Oct 1862 at Towanda.
Nathan served in the 161st Regiment, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, returned
home sick. Entry in Rev Joel Jewell's diary that Nathan had chronic diarrhea.
Nathan d. 21 Aug 1865 26y 10m 4d (ts) Coryland Cemetery.
15. Martha Shepard d. young.
16. Emma Jane Shepard b. 1846 Wells.
2. Harriet Shepard b. 25 July 1804 m. 20 Jan 1821 Nathaniel Roe b. 7 July 1799 son of George Roe and Margaret Struble. Nathaniel d. 10 Apr 1875 Branchville, New Jersey and Harriet d. 6 June 1876.
3. Moses Shepard is believed to have died young and had a son Moses P. Shepard.
17. Moses P. Shepard b. c. 1828 New Jersey.
4. Mehitable Shepard b. 1809 m. George Kymer b. 4 Feb 1801. George enumerated in Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey in 1830. Enumerated in Tyrone, Steuben (that portion that became Schuyler) County, New York in 1840 next to Mehitable’s parents, with one male under age five (b. 1836-40), one male of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10), one female of age five and under age ten (b. 1831-35), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1826-30), and one female of age thirty and under age forty (b. 1801-10). Enumerated in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York in 1850, farmer. Mehitable d. 6 Nov 1854 45y (ts) Weston Cemetery, Town of Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York. George and daughter Miriam became members of the Presbyterian Church at Aspinwall (now Coryland) in 1855. Enumerated in Wells in 1860. George chosen elder at the church in 1863. Residence was in southwest Wells. Enumerated in Troy, Bradford County in 1870, farmer. George d. 16 Apr 1877 76y 2m 12d (ts) Oak Hill Cemetery, Troy, Pennsylvania. George and Mehitable raised Harriet and Helen Baker, daughters of her deceased sister Susan.
son b. 1821-25 (1830 census).
Miriam Kymer b. 1828 Sussex County, New Jersey.
Temperance Jane Kymer b. c. 1834 Sussex County.
Milton S. Kymer b. 30 Jan 1838 New York.
5. Morris Shepard b. 1809 m. 1 Jan 1831 (Sussex County, New Jersey marriage record) Eleanor Ann Phillips. Morris first appears on the 1835 assessment list of Wells (compiled fall of 1834). Morris and Eleanor were members of the Presbyterian Society at Aspinwall (now Coryland) in 1835. Eleanor d. 14 June 1837 26y 4m (ts) and Morris d. 18 June 1837 28y (ts) Coryland Cemetery. Their two daughters were enumerated in the household of grandparents Nathan and Tempa Shepard in Tyrone, Steuben (that portion that became Schuyler) County, New York in 1840.
18. Margaret Shepard b. June 1834 m. 28 Feb 1856 Francis
Price Bowman.
19. Susan Shepard b. c. 1835.
6. Nathan Shepard b. 29 Jan 1811 m. 10 Apr 1834 (Sussex County marriage record) Jane Case b. 12 Mar 1812 Sussex County daughter of Christopher Case, Jr., and Mary Gates. They removed to southern Wells in 1836 purchasing the Harlan Baker property upon which was a log hut and a few acres cleared. Nathan first appears on the 1837 assessment list (compiled fall of 1836) of Wells. Nathan was one of the petitioners, 11 May 1843, when the charter was granted to the Presbyterian Society at Aspinwall (now Coryland). Jane d. 30 Aug 1861 (ts) and Nathan d. 4 Feb 1862 (ts) Coryland Cemetery. Will (probate file 1466) of Nathan of Wells states “desire here to record my esteem and affectionate remembrance of my beloved wife,” named children Dayton, Morris, Charles, Christopher, and Tempa Jane.
20. Levi Dayton Shepard b. 1 June 1834.
21. George Kymer Shepard b. 13 Mar 1836 d. 10 Mar 1856
(ts) Coryland Cemetery. Coryland Church record
relate he was received as a member and baptised in last illness 9 May 1856.
Evidently, either the marker was transcribed incorrectly, inscribed incorrectly,
or the church record was transcribed incorrectly
or entered incorrectly, he having d. 10 Mar or 10 May 1856.
Shepherd family records relate he was b. 10 Mar 1836 d. 10 May 1856.
22. Morris Shepard b. 18 Apr 1838.
23. Christopher Case Shepard b. 4 Aug 1841.
24. Charles Livingston Shepard b. 30 Sept 1843.
25. Tempa Jane Shepard b. 9 Jan 1846.
7. Levi Shepard b. 28 Oct 1813, lawyer, enumerated in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey in 1850 and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, m. 17 Jan 1852 (Sussex County marriage record) Nancy Decker. Lawyer and widower, residing in Wantage Township, Sussex County in 1860 with three children in the household. Enumerated in Newton, Sussex County in 1870, lawyer, with his three children in the household. Children, Frank and Nancy were enumerated in Newton in 1880 residing with Aunt Margaret Coe who resided in the Shepard household and raised the children after the death of their mother.
Catherine Shepard b. c. 1854.
Frank Shepard b. c. 1856, lawyer
Nancy Shepard b. c. 1858.
8. Susan Shepard b. 1815-16 m. Isaac Baker, Jr. Isaac d. 29 Mar 1849 40y (ts) and Susan d. 29 July 1849 33y (ts) Weston Cemetery, Town of Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York. Will of Susan Baker of Tyone named Alfred P. Ferris, special guardian of Harriet R. Baker and Helen S. Baker. Executor, George Kymer, husband of my sister Mahetabell. Probated 29 Aug 1849. Daughters, Harriet and Helen were residing with aunt Mehitable Shepard and her husband George Kymer in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York in 1850.
Harriet R. Baker b. 2 Nov 1841 m. Sept 1861 John J. Vannoy.
Helen S. Baker b. c. 1849 d. 21 June 1872 23y (ts) Coryland
Cemetery,
Wells Township.
Third Generation:
10. Allen M. Shepard b. 29 May 1826 m. Amelia D. Brasted b. 2
May 1833 daughter of William and Eliza Ann Brasted. Allen served in Civil
War, 161st Regiment, 16th PA Cavalry. Resided Wells Township. Allen d.
13 May 1913 (ts) and Amelia d. 19 Mar 1915 (ts) Judson Hill Cemetery.
James Shepard b. Feb 1863 (twin) m. Miss Still, resided Elmira,
New York.
William Shepard b. Feb 1863 (twin), resided Alaska.
Frances Irwin Shepard b. c. 1869 m. Margaret Collins, resided
Elmira.
Matie Shepard b. 10 Mar 1871 d. 2 Aug 1889 (ts) Judson Hill
Cemetery.
13. Ezra Dayton Shepard b. 19 Aug 1835 m. 1860 (1860 census) Angeline Garrison b. Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania daughter of William Garrison and Harriet Updyke. Enumerated in Wells in 1860, farmer. Removed to Tioga County, farmer, portion of farm in Jackson and Rutland Townships, Tioga County. Enumerated in Rutland in 1870. Ezra d. 23 May 1872 36y 9m 4d (ts) Jobs Corners Cemetery, Jackson Township.
Harriet Shepard b. c. 1861.
Nettie Shepard b. c. 1863.
Charlotte Shepard b. c. 1865.
Morris Shepard b. c. 1867.
Wilbert Shepard b. 1869.
16. Emma Jane Shepard b. 1846 m. Fred K. Nichols and she d. 1875 (ts) Daggett Cemetery. Fred resided Williamsport, Pennsylvania after her death.
Charles Nichols.
17. Moses P. Shepard b. c. 1828 New Jersey and wife Cordelia b. c. 1831 Yates County, New York were enumerated in the household of Samuel and Martha Bennett in Tyrone, Schuyler County in 1850, farmer. Enumerated in the 1855 state census of Tyrone with wife Cordelia b. c. 1831 Yates County, New York. Enumerated in Tyone in 1855, residing in a log house, Moses d. 24 Jan 1858 30y (ts) Weston Cemetery, Town of Tyrone, Schuyler County, New York.
20. Levi Dayton Shepard b. 1 June 1834 m. 16 Feb 1861 (Elmira newspaper, February 23, 1861) in Columbia Township, Sarah Jane Wolfe b. c. 1840 daughter of Nelson Wolfe and Cecilia Catherine Edwards. Resided Towanda, Pennsylvania. Levi d. 25 June 1886.
22. Morris Shepard b. 18 Apr 1838 m. 10 May 1862 in Wells, Mary Bethiah Jewell b. 5 May 1842 daughter of Rev. Joel Jewell and Mary Adriance. Sheriff of Bradford, County, resided Towanda, Pennsylvania and had farm in Wells. Morris d. 25 Jan 1909.
Charles N. Shepard b. c. 1869.
Perry Shepard d. age 3.
Orpha May Shepard b. c. 1879.
23. Christopher Case Shepard b. 4 Aug 1841 m. Eliza Jane Warrell. Resided Elmira, New York and he d. 17 May 1883.
24. Charles Livingston Shepard b. 30 Sept 1843 served in Civil War Company A 207 PA Vols, m. Etheline Wilson b. 1850. He was on building committee to move Presbyterian Church at state line to Mosherville. Elected trustee of Union Church of Wells at Mosherville, 4 Feb 1876. Charles d. 5 Apr 1890 and Etheline d. 7 Apr 1925 at Mosherville buried Mosherville Cemetery.
Cora Shepard b. 1873 d. 14 May 1876 2y 9m 9d (ts) Mosherville
Cemetery.
Louis W. Shepard.
Mrs. Harry Fairbanks of Elmira, New York who had a daughter,
Ethlyn M. Fairbanks.
25. Tempa Jane Shepard b. 9 Jan 1846 m. John Hines, resided Watkins Glen, New York and she d. 23 Nov 1896.
James K. Shepard of Wantage b. c. 1818 m. 14 Oct 1837 (Sussex County, New Jersey marriage record) Emeline Swayze b. c. 1819. James and Emeline Shepard became members of the Presbyterian Church at Aspinwall (now Coryland) in 1844 and he was chosen elder same year. Dismissed by letter in 1857. Enumerated in Columbia Township in 1880.
George H. Shepherd b. 19 Jan 1819 Bainbridge, New York m. 23 Mar 1848 (Rev. Riggs marriage record) Charlotte Capron daughter of Joseph Capron and Mary Judson. Enumerated 1850 census of Wells. Charlotte d. 4 June 1856 30y 17d (ts) Mosherville Cemetery. George d. 9 Apr 1892 73y 2m 21d (obituary) at the residence of his son, L. F., in Oakland, California.
George H. Shepherd was for many years a resident of Wells, PA. and had numerous friends and acquaintances throughout this section. As a matter of interest to them we copy the following item from the Oakland (Cal) Daily Evening Tribune of April 9th 1892. The death of George H. Shepherd occurred this morning at 1301 Franklin St. The deceased was very well known in this city where he had resided for some time. He was the father of L.F. Shepherd, the artificial stone walk contractor, at whose residence he died. The funeral will be held tomorrow at 4 p.m. and the interment will be private. The deceased was 73 years, 2 months and 21 days of age. Mr. Shepherd was born Jan. 19th 1810 at Bainbridge, N.Y. He removed to Wells, Bradford County, Pa, while a young man and married Miss Charlotte Capron, sister of Myron Capron, a well known resident of that place. Mrs. Shepherd died in 1856. Mr. Shepherd leaves one daughter-Mrs. Jas. K. Ingalls of Lakeville, Ore.---and two sons; W.E. Shepherd of New York City and L.F. Shepherd, of Oakland Cal. A private letter from the latter informs as that Mr. Shepherd had been sick but about a week or ten days with congestion of the lungs and was getting better when other complications arose, requiring a surgical operation. His very weak condition, together with the shock to his nerves and the congestion were to great a combination to combat successfully, age being also against him. Mr. Shepherd was well and favorably known throughout the Northern part of Bradford and Tioga counties and during his residence of nearly fifty years had formed numerous warm friendships. He was a close friend of Dr. N. Smith, of this place, who knew him intimately. Deceased often spoke of the doctor in terms of high regard during his last illness. Mr. Shepherd had been living for the past four years on his ranch near Lukeville, Oregon, but went to Oakland about six months ago on a visit, where his death occurred as noted (obituary).
1. Frances E. Shepard b. 1848 d. 24 July 1849 1y 5m 22d
(ts) Mosherville Cemetery.
2. William E. Shepard b. 1849/50 resided New York City
in 1892.
3. L. F. Shepherd.
4. Frances Shepherd m. James K. Ingalls, resided Lukeville,
Oregon in 1892.
SHERMAN
Lemuel Sherman and Hannah Lefenwell resided Milford, Otsego County, New York, natives of Connecticut, removed to Wells. Lemuel first appears on the 1836 assessment list of Wells. Hannah d. 10 June 1844 67y 8m 8d (ts) and Lemuel d. 27 Jan 1849 82y 7m 17d (ts) Mosherville Cemetery.
1. Lemuel Sherman Jr., b. 26 May 1809 Otsego County, New
York.
2. George Sherman single on 1838 assessment list. Not listed
as single on 1839 and 1840 lists.
3. Joseph W. Sherman b. 1814 d. 15 Oct 1849 35y 2m (ts)
Mosherville Cemetery.
4. Lucretia Sherman b. 1818 m. 29 Jan 1840 Daniel Strong
of Wells.
5. Lydia Ann Sherman m. May 1835 Samuel Burnside, resided
Oneonta, New York.
Second Generation:
1. Lemuel Sherman, Jr., b. 26 May 1809 operated grist mill
at Daggett, m. 1835 Mary Ann Collier and in a few years
they removed to Potter County, Pennsylvania and about thirteen years before
his death they returned to Wells. They had no children
of their own, but took niece Sarah Strong when three
years old to live with them who married and died in a few years after her
marriage, leaving a daughter Lucretia Crippen. Mary Ann
d. 20 Apr 1893 75y 10m 25d (ts). Lucretia Crippen lived with
Lemuel until she m. in 1895. Mrs. Asa Wilcox, his niece, cared for Lemuel
in his last days. Lemuel d. 4 May 1896 86y 11m 8d (ts). Buried
Mosherville Cemetery.
SHIRNER
John Thomas Shirner b. 27 Jan 1831 Oberfranken, Wunsiedel, Hoklenbrunu, Germany m. 7 Aug 1858 Sarah Johnson b. 16 May 1838 South Creek Township daughter of Alexander Johnson and Harriet Baker of Wells. Resided Wells. In the 1900 Wells Township directory, John had a dairy of seven cows, potato grower and farmer with 67 acres. Resided on present Pioneer Road in northern Wells. Sarah d. 5 Sept 1905 Wells and John d. 10 Oct 1905 Wells. Names and dates from family bible.
1. Harriett Elizabeth Shirner b. 25 Sept 1859 Elmira d.
28 Sept 1862 (bible) 29 Sept 1862 3y 3d (ts) Mosherville
Cemetery.
2. William Michael Shirner b. 31 July 1863 Wells.
3. Emma Eliza Shirner b. 26 May 1868 Wells m. George B.
Canfield b. 9 June 1863.
4. Francis Legrand Shirner b. 5 Mar 1876 Wells.
Second Generation:
2. William Michael Shirner b. 31 July 1863 was a farmer
with 40 acres in the 1900 Wells Township directory, d.
17 Nov 1927 at family home in Wells survived by wife; daughter, Mrs. William
H. Allen of Elmira; brother, Francis Shirner of Arlington,
CA; sister, Mrs. Emma Canfield of Wells.
4. Francis Legrand Shirner b. 5 Mar 1876 m. daughter of Hiram Hakes, resided in Wells in 1900, surveyor and school teacher, resided Arlington, California in 1927, d. Florida.
Lyman Shirner d. 16 Apr 19_9 85y
SHUART
William Shuart b. 31 Oct 1789 New Jersey son of Adolphus Shuart and Aeltje (Alida) Ackerman m. 11 May 1811 (Paramus Reformed Church, Paramus, New Jersey) Hannah Wortendyke b. 16 Nov 1789 bpt as Annatje (Dutch version of Hannah) 7 Feb 1790 (Kakiat Reformed Church) New Jersey daughter of Reynier Wortendyke and Annatje (Hannah) Forshay. On the 1813 assessment list for Franklin Township, Bergen County, New Jersey, William was listed with 30 improved acres and 22 unimproved acres and with 25 improved acres and 13 unimproved acresin 1814. In 1816, 38 improved acres. He does not appear on later assessment lists in Franklin. William first appears on the 1830 assessment list of Wells and was enumerated on the 1830 census as age 40 and under 50 as William Shearts. Hannah’s brother Abraham Wortendyke and his wife Rachel Doremus also settled in Wells. Residence was in central eastern Wells near the South Creek Township line. Hannah listed as Hannah Shuart in petition for probate of her father’s estate in 1836 (New York County Wills 76:10). William was enumerated in Wells in 1840. Enumerated in Southport, Chemung County, New York in 1850 with no children in their household. Hannah d. 25 June 1861 72y 7m 9d (ts) Coryland Cemetery. William d. 14 Dec 1875 buried Clarkstown, New York.
1. son b. 1811-15.
2. Alida Shuart b. 1813 New Jersey m. John Reed as his
second wife.
3. daughter b. 1811-15.
4. George Shuart b. 4 Aug 1816.
5. daughter b. 1818.
6. Julia A. Shuart b. 7 June 1820.
7. Neri Shuart b. 15 Nov 1821.
8. Abraham Shuart b. 1823 New Jersey.
9. daughter b. c. 1825.
10. son b. c. 1827.
11. son b. c. 1829.
12. Adolphus Shuart b. c. 1832.
Second Generation:
4. George Shuart b. 4 Aug 1816 m. Clarissa Perkins b. 29
Apr 1823. Resided Smithfield Township, Bradford
County, Pennsylvania. George d. 25 Jan 1889 (ts) and Clarissa d. 8 July
1898 (ts) Union Cemetery, Smithfield.
Steadman K. Shuart b. 20 Apr 1846 d. 8 July 1851 (ts).
Mahlon P. Shuart b. 1 Mar 1850 d. 15 Dec 1904 (ts).
Clarice Shuart b. c. 1852.
Sophia Shuart b. c. 1855 resided Canisteo, New York in 1880.
Henry Shuart b. c. 1857.
Mary Shuart b. 20 Aug 1859 d. 21 July 1863 (ts).
Martha Shuart b. 9 June 1862 d. 14 Sept 1865 (ts).
Cora Shuart b. c. 1865.
Jessie Shuart b. c. 1868.
Elbertine Shuart of East Smithfield m. 3 Feb 1872 at her parent’s home, Herman E. Buck of Canisteo, New York (Northern Tier Gazette, Troy, Pennsylvania, February 15, 1872).
7. Neri Shuart b. 15 Nov 1821 m. 11 Apr 1846 (marriage record of Rev. Riggs) Mary E. VanWert of Wells. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1850, farmer. Resided central Wells near South Creek Township line (1858 map). Served in Civil War 12th Independent New York Volunteers. Enumerated in South Creek Township in 1880, farm laborer. Neri d. 2 July 1909 buried Gillett Lower Cemetery. Mary living in 1921.
Hannah Ophelia Shuart b. May 1846 m. Charles O. Pitt and she d. 8 Mar 1921 Gillett.
8. Abraham Shuart, known as Abram, b. 1823 was enumerated in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania in 1850, wagon maker. Abram m. 21 May 1868 (Tioga Agitator, June 10, 1868) in Mansfield, Pennsylvania, Mrs. E. A. Sykes of Mansfield.
12. Adolphus Shuart b. c. 1832 was enumerated with brother Abraham in 1850 in Richmond Township, m. 25 Apr 1859 (Tioga Agitator, May 12, 1859) Martha Coveney of Covington, Tioga County, Pennsylvania b. c. 1831 England. Enumerated in Richmond in 1860, farmer.
Either Abram or Adolphus m. 15 Sept 1878 (Mansfield Advertiser, September 25, 1878) in Troy, Pennsylvania, Mrs. J. Jones.
SIMMONS
Joshua Simmons acquired a patent of 400 acres on 16 Dec 1831 that had been surveyed 30 Aug 1831. This was a rectangular tract in the middle of the township extending from the state line south across present Farm View Road. Joshua first appears on the 1832 assessment list of Wells. In 1832 Joshua occupied a lot at French Mills (later Mosherville) that had been surveyed for Moses C. Herrick. On the 1833 and 1834 assessments he had a sawmill. He does not appear on later assessments.
SIMS
George Sims (sometimes Symms, etc.) b. 1781-90 enumerated in 1820 in Elmira, New York with nine members in the family; first appears on the 1823 assessment list of Wells, enumerated 1830 census of Wells of age 40 and under age 50 with a family. The female of age 20 and under age 30 in the household was perhaps a second wife and perhaps the mother of the two youngest daughters. George last appears on the 1834 assessment list. Enumerated in Erin, Chemung County, New York in 1835 with three males and five females in the household.
1. perhaps Albert Sims.
2. Jane E. Sims b. 21 Sept 1811 m. Silas Hall.
3. son b. c. 1813.
4. son b. c. 1815.
5. daughter b. c. 1817.
6. John Sims b. 18 Aug 1819 Wells.
7. daughter b. c. 1826-30.
8. daughter b. c. 1826-30.
Second Generation:
6. John Sims b. 18 Aug 1819 m. Charlotte Case b. 18 Jan
1822. Enumerated in Troy Township, Bradford County in 1840 where they continued
to reside. John d. 10 Jan 1878 (ts) and Charlotte d. 22 Mar 1898 (ts) buried
Case Cemetery, Troy.
George F. Sims b. 24 July 1840 d. 6 May 1846 (ts).
William R. Sims b. 26 Nov 1842 Troy Township served Company
C 7th PA Cav during Civil War m. 26 Sept 1867 Phoebe
Ann Brewer b. 20 Aug 1840 daughter of William Brewer and Lucy
Barber of Wells. Phoebe d. 14 Nov 1906 (ts) and William d. 16 Aug 1907
(ts) Oak Hill Cemetery, Troy, Pennsylvania. Son, Frank
E. Sims.
Jerusha Sims b. 1847 m. James F. Worden and she d. 1921.
Jane S. Sims b. c. 1849 m. 20 May 1869 (The Northern Tier Gazette,
Troy, Pennsylvania, July 1, 1869) John W. Mershon
of Waverly, Pennsylvania and she d. 6 Apr 1886.
Laura A. Sims b. c. 1851 m. B. Frank Newberry.
Charles Sims b. 19 June 1854 d. 18 May 1872 (ts).
James E. Sims b. 1855 m. Parthena M. Guild and he d. 16 Feb
1939.
Olive C. Sims (twin) b. 9 Aug 1859 d. 11 Aug 1859 (ts).
Orrin S. Sims (twin) b. 9 Aug 1859 d. 4 Apr 1860 (ts).
Mary Ellen Sims b. 1862 m. John E. Soper and she d. 1919.
Harry N. Sims b. 8 Feb 1866 d. 4 June 1866 (ts).
1850 Millville, Clayton, Iowa
Albert Sims, 37, farmer, NY
Sally, 37, NY
Harriet, 14, NY
William P., 12, IL
Hiram B., 9, IL
Mary L., 7, IL
Thomas L., 6, NY
Samuel P., 4, Iowa
Sarah A.., 2, Iowa
1870 Bremen, Delaware, Iowa
Albert, 48, farmer, NY
Sally, 48, NY
William P., 22,
Mary, 18
Thomas, 17
Samuel, 14
Charles A., 10
Phebe I., 6 b. 3 Dec 1853 m. 28 Dec 1875 in Silver Spgs SD George A.
Harth and she d. 28 June 1933 The Dalles, Wasco, Oregon
SIXBEE (Sixby)
Ephraim Sixbee (often Sixby, Sisbee, Sigsby, etc. ) b. 4 Mar 1791 m. Rachel Jones b. 11 June 1794. Enumerated as Ephraim Sizsby in Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York in 1820. Ephraim first appears on the 1829 assessment list of Wells. Enumerated 1830 census of Wells with one male under age five (b. 1826-30), one male of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), two males of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), one male of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90), two females of age five and under age ten (b. 1821-25), one female of age ten and under age fifteen (b. 1816-20), and one female of age forty and under age fifty (b. 1781-90). On the 1830, 1832, and 1834 assessments they were unable to pay for the schooling of their children. On the 1836 assessment Ephraim transfered his title to George Pettingell and removed from the township. They removed to Jefferson Township, Jefferson County, Wisconsin where the Crosby, Rhodes, and Sayre families of Wells also settled. Ephraim d. 25 Mar 1850 Jefferson. Rachel was enumerated in Jefferson, Wisconsin in 1850 with sons Robert and Ephraim in household. Rachel enumerated with son John in 1860. Rachel d. 28 July 1882 Adams County, Wisconsin.
1. Davenport Sixbee.
2. Reynolds Sixbee b. c. 1818.
3. Rebecca Sixbee b. c. 1819 m. 3 July 1839 in Illinois,
Lytel Hannon.
4. Jane Eliza Sixbee b. 8 Aug 1821 m. 18 Feb 1840 in Winnebago
County, Illinois, Emmet Purdy and she d. 9 Feb 1896 Wisconsin.
5. Rachel Ann Sixbee b. 16 Oct 1822 m. 2 July 1846 in Wisconsin,
Cyrus Willard Armstrong and she d. 9 Sept 1911 Wisconsin.
6. John Merritt Sixbee b. c. 1825.
7. Meribah Sixbee b. 19 June 1828 m. 2 Jan 1850 in Wisconsin,
Samuel Wells Tyler and she d. 20 Dec 1887 Wisconsin.
8. Robert Sixbee b. c. 1832.
9. Ephraim W. Sixbee b. c. 1834 m. 6 June 1864 in Umatilla, Oregon,
Sarah J. Wilson.
Second Generation:
2. Reynolds Sixbee b. c. 1818 enumerated 1840 census of
Jackson Township, Tioga County m. 18 Mar 1841 Hannah
Daggett b. 21 Nov 1821 Jackson Township daughter of Rufus Daggett and Hannah
Sharp. Hannah d. 11 Feb 1893 Rutland Township and Reynolds d. 2 Oct 1895
Rutland Township.
Emma Sixbee b. 13 May 1842.
Adella Sixbee b. 22 Oct 1844.
Sarah M. Sixbee b. 6 Apr 1847.
Anna S. Sixbee b. 21 Feb 1848.
Floyd L. Sixbee b. 10 July 1852.
Isabelle Sixbee b. 3 Aug 1857 m. 7 Mar 1875 Frank McConnell.
SMEDLY
William Smedly b. 1811-20 first appears on the 1837 assessment list of Wells. He was a shoemaker. Enumerated on the 1840 census with a wife of the same age category and two children.
1. son b. 1836-40.
2. daughter b. 1836-40.
SMILEY
Hugh Smiley removed from Ulysses, Tompkins County, New York to Wells and was enumerated on the 1830 census of Wells of age 50 and under age 60 with a wife and probably two older children.
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