Fred was born 10 OCT 1904 in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Mansfield High School in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1920.

If you can provide information on Fred's life, please contact me. JMT

2 Colie J. Beach #5364 Flags: Photo. Colie was born 1862 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He married Frances L. Rockwell BY 1890. Colie was listed in a directory in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1899. Beach Coly J (Mansfield) r 34, agt for DeLovel cream separator and dairy supplies, also breeder of thoroughbred Jersey cattle, dairy 15 cows, farmer, 77 acres Colie died 1928 at age 66. His body was interred 1928 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Colie may have been the Professor C. G. BEACH who taught in Mainesburg and was mentioned in an 1880s newspaper article when he rescued one of his students who had been thrown out of her house by a step father. He took the girl to his mother in Mansfield, who gave her a home for a time. Floyd F. Beach 1893-1971 and B. Louise 1898-1965 buried on same lot. Is this another son of Frances and Colie?

3 Frances L. Rockwell #5365

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Frances was born 1867. She married Colie J. Beach BY 1890. Frances died NOV 1930 in Sayre, Athens Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, at age 63. MRS. FRANCES L. BEACH Mrs. Frances L. Beach, for many years a resident of Mansfield, died at the Packer hospital at Sayre, Wednesday afternoon, following an operation. Mrs. Beach was prominent in the social and political life of Mansfield. She was a member of the Republican County Committee, Mothers' Assistance Fund Board, First Baptist church, Women's Republican Council, Mansfield Literary Club and W. C. T. U. She is survived by six sons, Horace, of Westport, Conn.; Chester, of Canton, Pa.; Robert, of Indianapolis; Stephen, of Mansfield; Fred, of Oyster Bay, L.I., and Harry of Washington, DC; one daughter, Helen, of Newark, NJ; two brothers, Col. Burnell Rockwell, of Long Island and Harry Rockwell, of San Gabriel, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mae French, of Miami, Florida and Mrs. Inez Royce, of Buffalo. The funeral was held Saturday. Rev. D.J. Griffiths officiating; interment in Prospect cemetery at Mansfield. (The Agitator: Wellsboro, PA, Wednesday, November 26, 1930)

Her body was interred NOV 1930 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

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Stephen was born 25 JUN 1841 in Chautauqua Co., New York. He married Helen Jeannette McConnell 14 AUG 1860. Stephen was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Living in the location at [later] Soper's Corners given by her parents.

Stephen was listed in a directory in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1899. Beach Stephen W (Mansfield) r 29, 3 houses and lots

Stephen died 27 DEC 1902 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 61. Obituary: Stephen W. BEACH was born in Mina, Chautauqua County, NY June 25, 1841, and entered upon the life eternal from his home in Mansfield, PA, December 27, 1902.

Between these dates there was lived a life of unusual activity. He was born of sturdy stock and religious parentage, his grandfather being a Methodist preacher and his father a local preacher in the same church. His early life was spent in agricultural pursuits, and later he spent some 25 years as a travelling salesman. His energy, sagacity and forethought helped him to overcome difficulties that to many would have been insurmountable, and enabled him to acquire a competency. he was married to Miss Helen Jenette McCONNELL August 14, 1860, who was a true helpmeet, and who now, after more than 40 years of wedded life, mourns his death. He was converted to God in 1860 under the preaching of his father, and united with the Methodist church, walking in Christian fellowship with the same until his death. He was an officer in the church for many years and by his wise counsel, faithfulness to duty and generosity was a great help to the church of God.

His last illness was severe, the nature of his malady, cancer of the stomach, causing him untold suffering, yet it was all borne with patience and Christian fortitude, his great anxiety being for the welfare of loved ones ministering to him. He talked calmly of the future, arranged to the details of his funeral, selecting the text for the sermon; the bearers, etc.

His funeral was largely attended at the church of his choice on Tuesday afternoon, and was in charge of Rev. G. E. Hutchings and Rev. W. G. Hull, of Lyons, NY, the latter delivering the sermon from 3 Cor 5:1, in accordance with the wishes of the deceased. Excellent music was rendered, and many floral tributes attested to the sympathy of loving friends. The body was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery to await the resurrection morning. He leaves to mourn the loss of a kind husband and a true father, a widow and two sons, Newton M. and Colie J., and also three brothers, three sisters, and numerous relatives and friends.

His body was interred DEC 1902 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

5 Helen Jeannette McConnell #4949

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Nette was born 1843 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. She married Stephen W. Beach 14 AUG 1860. Nette died 27 SEP 1924 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 81. Obituary: Mrs. Janette Beach - Mrs. Janette Beach, died of apoplexy Thursday, September 27, at the home of her son, N. M. Beach, in this boro, aged 79 years, 10 months, and 9 days. She left two sons, Coly J. Beach and Newton M. Beach. She was a daughter of James and Alma Bryant McConnell, who were among the early settlers of Sullivan Township. She had long been a member of the M. E. church. The funeral services were held at the church Sunday at 2 p.m., and were conducted by the Rev. C. D. Purdy, assisted by the Rev. D.J. Griffiths. The relatives from out of town attending the service were; Mr. and Mrs. C.C. Beach of Canton; Emory and Grove Smith of New Haven,Connecticut; the Rev. C.G. McConnell, wife and two sons of Elmira, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Foster Updyke, of Waverly, N.Y.; Mr. and Mrs. Frasier of Pine City; Mr. and Mrs. Selleck and two sons and Mrs. Aumick of Troy; Howell Ballard and wife of East Troy; Mr. and Mrs. Henry Beardslee and Mrs. James McConnell of Sullivan.

Her body was interred SEP 1924 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Nette and Stephen lived for a time at the farm on Soper's Corners next to her parents and then moved to Mansfield.

6 Horace W. Rockwell #9469

Horace was born 30 APR 1834 in Troy Borough, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He married Hattie Emily Hinman 1865. Bradsby p. 1125 for biographical detail.

7 Hattie Emily Hinman #46745

She married Horace W. Rockwell 1865.

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Whiting was born 5 JUL 1812 in Wallingford, New Haven County, Connecticut. He married Mehettable Cole* 28 MAY 1833. Whiting died 03 SEP 1887 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 75. Mansfield Advertiser 7 Sep 1887: Rev. Whiting Beach died 3 Sep Mansfield, born 5th jul 1812 Wallingford CT, son of Rev. Lyman. married May 28th 1833 Mehitable Cole; 11 children, 7 survive- Chas. L., Stephen W., John W. of Mansfield.

His body was interred SEP 1887 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

9 Mehettable Cole * #51871

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Mehettable was born 11 DEC 1816. She married Rev. Whiting Beach 28 MAY 1833. Mehettable died 6 DEC 1880 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 63. Mansfield Advertiser 8th Dec 1880 Died Mehitable Beach Mansfield age 64 wife of Rev. Whiting Beach Dec. 6th. Born 11 Dec 1816.

Her body was interred DEC 1880 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.
 

10 James McConnell Jr. #2229 Flags: Obit; Photo. James was born 20 JUL 1814 in Connecticut. James registered to pay taxes 1833 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Taxed on 60 wild acres of land. James registered to pay taxes 1834 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 60 acres wild land James registered to pay taxes 1835 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 3 improved acres, 77 wild acres, 2 oxen, 2 cows. He married Alma Bryant BEF 1836. James registered to pay taxes 1837 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Three improved acres, 142 wild acres, 2 oxen, 3 cows. James registered to pay taxes 1838 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Fifty wild acres, two oxen, two cows. James registered to pay taxes 1839 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Eighty wild acres, one cow.

James was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Alma and James lived next door to her uncle and aunt Justus WOOD and Elizabeth Schoolcraft ROSE. Joe McConnell and Susan still live in this property today, over 150 years later.

James registered to pay taxes 1841 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Six improved, 74 wild acres of land, one cow.

James registered to pay taxes 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Six improved, 74 wild acres of land, one cow.

James registered to pay taxes 1845 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the Census of 1850, James was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. This is the place which has always been a McConnell family farm. Joseph McConnell lives there now in retirement. James was a farmer with property valued at $1500. The census taker recorded him as an illiterate.

James was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In addition to family, 22 year old Jane Smith in family as Domestic Servant.

James was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. James died 22 MAR 1887 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 72. His body was interred MAR 1887 in Wood Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. James and Alma bought and settled on the property now called The Summer Home by the McCONNELL family. Tioga County was part of a large tract which had remained in Indian hands until the Treaty of 1784 at Fort Stanwix. William Bingham was a Pennsylvania Senator in Philadelphia who had purchased, starting in 1792, over a million acres of land in New York and Pennsylvania that the commonwealth had surveyed after the 1784 treaty. Following his death in 1804, his heirs continued to sell the land, a process he had already begun. This was called the Bingham Estate and it was from this tract that James and Alma bought the property which has been under McConnell ownership from that time to the present. The property adjoined the property of Alma's uncle, Justus Wood and his wife, Elizabeth Schoolcraft Rose, who were the ancestors of the Woods who lived next door to the McConnells for 140 years or so until Tom Wood sold the property at his retirement in the 1970s.

Alma and James cleared the land and built their first house, possibly a log cabin, on the site of the present summer home. Later a nicer house was built in the area now called the locust grove. Whether James and Alma built that house and left the older house for Joe and Lib until 1887 when they both died, or whether Joe and Lib built the new house leaving the older house for the parents is unknown.

James and Alma bought adjoining farms for their three daughters. The one we lived in when I was growing up (Soper Place/Rumsey Place) went to Molly and her husband William Welch who were the parents of Freeman, my great grandmother Ruth Holly's first husband. The one on the corner (Soper's Corners), where now both the house and barn are gone, went to Jeanette and her husband Stephen Beach. The one at the top of the hill where so many people have lived, where Carrie and Henry Beardslee died, went to Caroline and her husband Alvah Gray. When the elder McConnells died, their son Joseph was required to pay off his sisters for their portion of the homestead. Resentment of this passed down even to when Joan Nash (O'Dell) was growing up. She heard about it from her grandmother Carrie and her great aunts.

James and Alma died within a few weeks of each other in 1887. Some have believed that James' middle name was Asher, but there is so evidence to substantiate this, and it was at a time when few people had middle names. Obituary- abstract- Mansfield Advertiser 23 Mar 1887- James McConnell died Elk Run Monday night, aged and respected, 4 children: Mrs. Stephen Beach, Mansfield; Mrs. Alva Gray and Joseph McConnell of Elk Run; Mrs. W. W. Welch of Richmond twp.; buried Wood Hill Cemetery.

11 Alma Bryant #2228

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Alma was born 16 MAR 1816 in Connecticut. She married James McConnell Jr. BEF 1836. Alma died 23 JAN 1887 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 70. From Newspaper Column: Mrs James McConnell is lying dead at her home near Chandlersburg. Funeral services tomorrow. Rev. King will officiate.

Her body was interred JAN 1887 in Wood Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

12 Rev. Myron Rockwell #4495

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Myron was born 20 SEP 1804 in Canton, Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He married Mary Ann Lillebridge BEF 1827. Myron was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Myron registered to pay taxes 1839 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Five improved, 36 wild acres of land.

Myron registered to pay taxes 1840 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Five improved, 25 wild acres of land, two cows.

Myron was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Rev. Rockwell's household in Sullivan Township included his wife, MaryAnne, and two females under 5, two males and one female 5-10, one female and one male 10-15,

Myron registered to pay taxes 1841 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Seven improved, 17 wild acres of land, one horse, one cow.

Myron registered to pay taxes 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Seven improved, 17 wild acres of land, one horse, two cows.

Myron registered to pay taxes 1845 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 17 wild acres, 6 improved acres, one horse, one cow.

Myron registered to pay taxes 1846 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Six improved and 17 wild acres, one cow, one horse.

In the Census of 1850, Myron was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Myron was a Baptist Clergyman with property valued at $200. Warren was a farmer.

Myron was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Miron Rockwell was enumerated as a Minister N.S.B.. Daughter, M. E., was listed as a Common School Teacher.

He married Mrs. ? Unknown "Wilcox" ABT 1878. Myron died 22 JUN 1885 in Roseville, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 80. Mansfield Advertiser 24th Jun 1885: Rev. Myron Rockwell died Roseville Jun 22nd, age 80 years, 9 mos. Born Vermont 1804, came to Troy quite young, about 1825. Married Miss West of Troy, married second about 1878, Mrs. Wilcox of Stony Fork. Left a number of children.

-Rev. Myron Rockwell, one of the oldest and best known citizens of this county, died at his home in Roseville last week Monday, at the advanced age of eighty years. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1830 at Columbia, Bradford County, where he preached the gospel for ten years. He afterwards moved to this county and engaged in farming in Sullivan township and at the same time preached at Gray’s valley. He was pastor of the Baptist church at Stony Fork for several years, and afterward preached for a time in Jackson township. In 1863 he was elected County Commissioner. He then moved to Rutland, and about five years ago he located in Roseville. He relinquished his pastorate a few months ago on account of failing health. In 1825 he married Miss West, of Troy, who died about thirteen years ago. Six years after her death he married Mrs. Wilcox, of Stony Fork, who survives him. Elder Rockwell was a devout self sacrificing minister, and his life was full of good works. He will long be held in grateful reflection by the Church that he so faithfully served and by the people for whose spiritual welfare he earnestly labored.

His body was interred JUN 1885 in Watson Cemetery,Roseville, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Bradsby, p. 1127 - Myron was reared and educated in his native town of Canton. About 1840 he located in Sullivan township, Tioga County. In 1839 he had been licenses to preach the Gospel in the East Sullivan Baptist Church, of which he had been a member since fifteen years of age; served as pastor to the Baptist Churches in Tioga and Lycoming Counties. Throughout his active life he was preeminent in piety and Christian zeal, and he practiced what he preached. He passed from this earth at Roseville, Tioga County at the patriarchal age of eighty years, nine months and two days.

13 Mary Ann Lillebridge #9467

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Mary was born 1809 in Rhode Island. She married Rev. Myron Rockwell BEF 1827. Mary died 14 APR 1876 in Jobs Corners, Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 66. Her body was interred APR 1876 in Watson Cemetery,Roseville, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Mansfield Advertiser May 3rd 1876: Died wife of Rev. M. Rockwell Apr. 14th age 67 years at Jobs Corners.

14 J. B. M. Hinman * #46746

15 Frances M. Dudley * #46747