We now have a local history museum in Mansfield representing the area in and near Mansfield including Richmond, Sullivan, Rutland, Covington, Tioga and more Visit the History Center on Main Street at 83 North Main Street where our library resources are housed. We also have a museum location at 61 North Main Street. Regular hours are noon to 3 T, W Th or by appointment. Extended Summer Hours Also visit us on Facebook -- Museum established 2012 - Memberships available, Donations welcome If you have ancestors in our area, the History Center would like to meet you and show you what we know about your family and learn what you know that we don't. Mansfield area people are the core of what we value. Our genealogy database of nearly 100,000 individuals with local connections may include your ancestors. We also have filing cabinets full of resources and a thorough knowledge of our past residents, schools, and businesses. It's worth a visit. Memrships or Donations to The History Center will help keep this website available.

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1947 view of Mansfield High School. Front section , the gym, was built about 1927 attached to the old Brick School. In 1939, the Brick School was torn down and the new school built surrounding the central gym.

CRIPPEN, Beverly  - WATSON, Beverly J.
 Age 71, of Watkins Hill Road, Columbia Cross Roads, PA, diedFriday, April 4, 2008, at home with her family by her side. Family and friends are invited to call Monday, April 7, 2008, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at the Gerald W. Vickery Jr. Funeral Home, 110 W. Main Street, Troy, PA. Beverly's service will be held 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 8, 2008, at the funeral home with Pastor Kevin Brophy of the Roseville-Mainesburg United Methodist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Tioga County Memorial Gardens. She was born in Elmira, NY on February 9, 1937, the daughter of the late Rexford and Margurite Holton Crippen and was a graduate of Mansfield High School. Beverly was a homemaker and enjoyed her family; her motherly instincts helped her not raise one family but two, having raised her granddaughter after the tragic loss of her daughter, Kathy. She loved her family, kids in general, and had a passion for traveling. Survivors include her loving husband, Merle "Stub" Watson; a son, R. Gavin and Karen Watson of Columbia Cross Roads, PA; daughters, Carmel Watson of Columbia Cross Roads, PA and Diane Boone of Oceanside, CA; five grandchildren, Travis Watson, Tristine and Anthony Prieto, Ashley Watson, Braden Boone and Zenan Al'Shahrani; a great-granddaughter, Elaina Prieto; brother and sister-in-law, Alan and Barbara Crippen of Mansfield, PA; sister and brother-in-law, Sandra and Harvey Woodburn of Elmira, NY; several nieces, nephews, cousins, brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law. She was predeceased by her parents, Rexford and Margurite Holton Crippen; daughter, Kathy Watson; brother, Jack Crippen; and sister, Joan Vrahas.   Published in the Star-Gazette on 4/6/2008.

HUSTED, Richard D. - Richard D. Husted, 82, passed away on Saturday Oct. 27, 2018. Richard was born Sept. 8, 1936 in Mansfield, to Elvira (Price) and John Husted. Dick was a graduate of Mansfield High School in Mansfield. He served in the Pennsylvania National Guard for eight years. Dick was an entrepreneur who owned and operated many businesses including co-owning Husted Pallets in Roseville, and Blue Lake Builders Construction. He drove truck for numerous trucking companies and was also the code enforcement officer for the Town of Dix until his retirement in 2016. Richard is survived by his loving wife of 37 years, Edna; sister, Shirley Bailey; children, Rick of Painted Post, N.Y.; John of Buffalo, N.Y.; Dale (Deb) of Caton, N.Y.; and Joel (Stacy) of Montour Falls, N.Y.; Kim LaRue of Hammondsport, N.Y.; Linda Gregory of Watkins Glen, N.Y.; Greg (Lisa) LaRue of Elmira Heights, N.Y.; and Diane (Charlie) Foster of New Jersey; 12 grandchildren, six great- grandchildren; brother-in-law, Fred (Monalee) Johnston; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Ben, Diane and Travis Bond. Richard was preceded in death by his parent's Elvira and John Husted; first wife, Freda Johnston Husted; sister, Tess Beard; brothers, Gordon, Mike, Ed, John, and Joe Husted; and grandson, Kyle E. Gregory. Friends and family may call from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Haughey Wood Funeral Home, 119 5th St, Watkins Glen, N.Y. His funeral service will follow at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment with military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 2 at Lakeview Cemetery, Watkins Glen, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Dick's memory to the Montour Falls Fire Dept., 111 Lee St., Montour Falls, NY 14865 or The Make-A-Wish Foundation of Western New York, 3025 Monroe Ave., Suite 200, Rochester, NY 14618. Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.haughey-woodfuneralhome.com for the Husted family. – Mansfield Gazette, 1 November 2018

KENT, Dorothy - Mrs. Dorothy Clark, age 35, of Mansfield, R.D. 3, died Thursday, December 21, 1972 at the Arnot Ogden Memorial Hospital following a lengthy illness. Funeral services were held at the Kuhl Funeral Home (formerly Shaw and Robena Funeral Home) at Mansfield, on Saturday at 1 p.m. The Rev. Lee Damon of the Bakerburg Community  Church, Mainesburg, officiated.  She is survived by husband, David; daughter, Kathleen at home; sons, Daniel and Kent, both at home; parents, J. B. and Ettie Trowbridge Kent of Millerton; sister, Mrs. Roy Jones of Mansfield; brothers, Albert and Jay, both of Millerton, Charles Kent of Mansfield.  She was active in the Lord's work with the Intervaristy Christian Fellowship Group at Mansfield College and area churches.

KNOWLTON - Harold A. “Harry” “Beano” Knowlton, 70, of Mansfield, died Saturday, April 7, 2007 at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hospital, Wellsboro. Harold was born March 19, 1937 in Tioga County, a son of Richard and Dorothea (Rose) Knowlton. Beano was employed by North Penn Gas Co. for 30 years. He was a member of the Mansfield VFW and the North American Hunting Club. He served in the United States Marine Corps. Beano enjoyed his family and hanging out with his pals and coffee buddies. Beano is survived by two sons, Rob Knowlton of Mansfield, Lonny Knowlton of Rehoboth Beach, Del.; daughter, Tammy Knowlton of Virginia Beach, Va.; five grandchildren, Ryan, Daniel, Paige, Hali, Schuyler; a special companion, Linda Wheeler of Whitneyville; brother and sister-in-law, David (Rosa) Knowlton of Mansfield; sister and brother-in-law, Patricia (Carl) Loud of Mouresville, NC. He was preceded in death by three sister, Margaret Bogaczyk in 2006, Loris Demming in 1981, and Mary Jeanine Knowlton in 1945. Family and friends were invited to call on Tuesday, April 10 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Jacquelyn A. Buckheit Funeral Chapel, Crematory and Monuments, PC, Mansfield. A memorial service was held following visitation at 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial was made in Tioga County Memorial Gardens, Charleston Township, Wellsboro. Mansfield Gazette, April 11, 2007

PAGE, Edgar E. [SRGP 88339] – Edgar E. Page, 66, of The Villages, Fla., died Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. He was raised in Mansfield, taught school in Troy and retired from teaching in Dade County, Fla.. He was preceded in death by his father, Albert [Hap] Page. Surviving are his wife, Sally Dennison Page; four daughters, Suzanne Nord, Karen Creech, Tracy and Diane Page; one son, David Page; five grandchildren, all of Florida; his mother, Eleanor Page of The Green Home, Wellsboro; sisters, Barbara Cooper [Mrs. Robert] of Mansfield and Nancy Schoonover of Troy. – Wellsboro Gazette, 1 October 2003, p.6

SMITH Shirley J. Rumsey
75, of Daggett, PA, died January 10, 2013, at Broad Acres Nursing Home, Wellsboro, PA. She was born March 25, 1937, in Mainesburg, PA, the daughter of Elmer & Anna Baity Smith. Shirley retired from Paper Magic, Troy, PA, and was a member of the Daggett United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Joy Rumsey of Millerton, PA; four grandchildren, Travis Johns of Alpine, NY, Jason Johns of DesMoines, IA, Christopher Rumsey of Charlotte, NC, Alesia Whipple of Millerton, PA; a brother, Robert (Dorothy) Smith of Mansfield, PA. Shirley was predeceased by her husband, Winston, in 2004, sons, Steve in 1993, Rick in 1999, a daughter, Sharon in 1958, & a sister, Audrey Clark. Friends are invited to call at the Gary Wilston Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 130 S. Main St. Mansfield, Monday 5-7 PM. Funeral services will follow there Monday at 7:00 PM with Pastor Jennifer Wolfe officiating.  Burial in State Road Cemetery, Mainesburg, PA.    Star Gazette – January 13, 2013

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