Flags: Photo; Obit. Lorena was born 28 JUN 1915 in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Lorena died 12 OCT 1938 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 23. Lorena died of strepthroat which could easily have been cured with penicillin had it been available in her time. Her obituary follows:

A daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Orris MUDGE, she was born in Mansfield June 28, 1915. She graduated from the Senior High School and State Teachers College and taught for two years at Coryland and one year at Big Pond. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Lorena was one of Mansfield's popular young ladies. She possessed a happy, friendly disposition that made friends for her wherever she went, and she was a favorite among her teachers and classmates. An outstanding characteristic was her thoughtfulness for others, and through her long illness she was cheerful, ever trying to ease the burden of those about her. Her death brought deep sorrow to the community where she spent her life.

Surviving are three brothers, Earl and Eldridge MUDGE of Mansfield, and Cole MUDGE of Troy; two sisters, Mrs. Gladys STILWELL of Mansfield, and Mrs. Florence SMITH of Elmira, and several nephews and nieces.

Funeral services were conducted Saturday at 1:30 P.M. at the Stilwell home and 2 P.M. at the Methodist Episcopal Church by the Rev. Charles N. Ouderick. Burial was in Prospect Cemetery. The beautiful floral offerings attested to the esteem in which Miss MUDGE was held.

Pall bearers were Charles JERALD, Kenneth MERRICK, Kermit MERRICK, Ronald WEST, Seymour SHAW, Robert OWEN, Melvin BRACE, Richard SMITH. Flower girls were Miss Charlotte WADE, Mrs. Theodore BESANCENEY, Misses Mary NEAL, Beth MATTHEWS, Peggy CUNNINGHAM, Virginia FLEMING, Gwendolyn HENDRICKS and Janet WEST.

The following tribute was written by Mrs. Margaret LAWSON:

Lorena

October eve- glorious autumn, Trees with leaves of red and gold aglow. One could feel God's presence in Nature And his angels hovering low, For they came for Lorena- As the stars shone above, And took her in youthfulness, From all those whom she loved. For her death held no terrors, It was only crossing o'er To the land of life and beauty, There to dwell forevermore. Perhaps the angels who the birthday of Christ proclaimed so long ago Now came for the loving spirit of

the one we all loved so, God in His wisdom was in need of a

flower so fair To adorn His Eternal City, so he

placed Lorena there; And although our hearts are broken, For we shall miss her presence dear, We know that our loss and sorrow Will only make heaven seem more near.

Her body was interred 15 OCT 1938 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

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Orris was born 28 JUN 1869 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He married Lottie E. Hyatt 28 SEP 1887 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Mansfield Advertiser 12 Oct 1887- Orris E. Mudge of Mansfield married Miss Lottie H. Whitlock of Elk Run at Mansfield, Sep. 28th by Rev. W. Hermans.

He married Dorcas Lucinda Monro 16 MAY 1896. He resided 21 - Mudge Road (now Extinct), in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908. Farmer, Mansfield PO - Mudge Road, Old Cornish Mudge Place - Extension of Road now abandoned.

Orris died 30 DEC 1927 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 58.

The funeral of Orris E. MUDGE, who died at his home in Mansfield on Friday, December 30, 1927,after an illness of two weeks, was held from the Methodist Episcopal Church on Sunday at 2:00 PM, Reverend H. G. Stearns, officiating. Interment was in Prospect Cemetery. Mr. MUDGE was born at Sullivan, Pennsylvania, June 28, 1869, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mudge. Mr. Mudge has spent all of his life in and near Mansfield and has won a host of friends with his high Christian ideals and his friendly nature. He was a kind husband and loving father, always thinking of his family first. He was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is survived by his widow; three daughters, Mrs. Stephen Smith, of Elmira; Mrs. Albert Stilwell, of Mansfield, and Miss Lorena Mudge, at home; and three sons, Earl, Cole and Eldridge at home. He had two other sons, Stephen and Howard, who died some years ago.

His body was interred 01 JAN 1928 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Orris Mudge and Dorcas Monro with Gladys and Stephen in 1901

3 Dorcas Lucinda Monro #629

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Dorcas was born 14 DEC 1874 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. She married William G. Lay. Dorcas was divorced from William G. Lay. She married Orris Eugene Mudge 16 MAY 1896. Dorcas, as Orris Eugene Mudge's wife, resided with him 21 - Mudge Road (now Extinct), in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1908. Farmer, Mansfield PO - Mudge Road, Old Cornish Mudge Place - Extension of Road now abandoned.

Dorcas died 14 MAY 1937 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 62. MUDGE, MRS. DORA LUCINDA MONROE (SRGP 629) Mrs. Dora Lucinda Mudge, 63, died Friday morning, May 14, 1937, at the family home on Sullivan Street, Mansfield. She was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Stilwell and Lorena Mudge; two sons, Earl G. And Eldridge Mudge; several grandchildren, all of Mansfield. The funeral was held at the home Saturday at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Douglas W. Baylis officiating. Pallbearers were Maxwell Squires, Howard Goodall, Walter Doud, Elmer Kennedy, Merrill Broderick, Leo Allis. Burial in Prospect Cemetery.

Her body was interred MAY 1937 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

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Stephen was born 20 JUN 1844 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Stephen served in the military 14 OCT 1861. Grand Army of the Republic - Personal War Sketch - Stephen enlisted as a ... in Co. B. 101 Vol. Inf. October 14 1861 and was honorably discharged June 25, 1865.

He enlisted for thee years in the regiment which had as its colonel Joseph H. WILSON of Beaver County and Joseph S. HOARD (or HALL) of Tioga County as its major. His company captains were Victor A. ELLIS and M. L. CLARK afterwards the colonel.

He participated in the Pe... Campaign, Fair Oaks, Kingston, Goldsboro, Little Washington, and Plymouth, N.C. when on April 20, 1864 the entire regiment was captured except for men on furlough or detached service. They were sent to Andersonville and other prisons and were not exchanged until March 1865.

His company was raised in Tioga County and had as its company First Lt. Abram YOUNG and Franklin P. WYLIE, Second Lt. George G. GAYLORD and Harvey S. HORTON.

His regiment participated in several severe battles. At Fair Oaks every third man was killed or wounded. At Plymouth, N. C. a desperate three day fight, Company B took a prominent part ... finally captured with all their officers.

Before the date for the release of the prisoners more than half had died from the hardships and privations they were exposed to in the Rebel prisons, and those that returned home were not recognized by their own families.

Stephen reported for active duty 20 APR 1864 in Andersonville Prison, Civil War Prison, Andersonville, Georgia. Steven was taken prisoner in Plymouth, NC and was confined in Andersonville, GA for ten months. Stephen Borg JR has letter.

He married Eunice Sophia Brewster 22 FEB 1868 in Mainesburg, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Tioga County Agitator - Mar 4th 1868 issue: Married at the Parsonage n Mainesburg Feb 22, 1868 by Rev. C.L.F. Howe, Mr. Stephen Mudge and Miss E. Sophia Brewster, both of Sullivan.

Stephen was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Stephen and Eunice were near his parents this year, just uphill from her parents. The road the connected the Brewster and Mudge farms is now extinct, but can be made out if you know where to look (actually from the very window where I am working on this).

Stephen was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Stephen was listed in a directory in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1899. Mudge Stephen G, farmer, 4 and in Sullivan, 200, h Sullivan n boro line

Stephen died 4 JAN 1927 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 82.

Obituary: Stephen G. Mudge Dies at his Home Here - Stephen G. Mudge, a veteran of the civil war, dies at his home Tuesday evening at 10:20, following an illness of about three weeks. Mr. Mudge was born in Sullivan June 20, 1844, the son of Cornish and Caroline Squires Mudge. February 27, 1868, he was married to Miss Sophia Brewster of Sullivan. Mr. Mudge enlisted in Company B, 101 Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Spring of 1861, and was in the service four years. He was with McClelland in the army of the Potomac and was in Andersonville prison seven months, in the Charleston prison one month and in the Florence prison one month. He was a member of the Mansfield Post G.A.R. until it disbanded a few years ago. He was a member of the Methodist church and always took a great interest in its work. Mr. Mudge always made his home in Sullivan and Mansfield and was one of Mansfield's most respected citizens. He has been very active until taken ill about three weeks ago. Newspaper: Double Funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Mudge Held Here Tuesday. The double funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Mudge was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Methodist church, the Reverend Harold G. Sterns officiating; interment in Prospect cemetery. Austin-Cox Post, American Legion, conducted services at the grave. Mr. Mudge passed away Tuesday,January 4, and the funeral was to have been held Saturday afternoon, but because of the serious illness of Mrs. Mudge, was postponed. Mrs. Mudge passed away Saturday at 2 P.M.

His body was interred JAN 1927 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

5 Eunice Sophia Brewster #540

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Eunice was born 2 SEP 1845 in Andover, Allegheny County, New York. She married Stephen Godfrey Mudge 22 FEB 1868 in Mainesburg, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Tioga County Agitator - Mar 4th 1868 issue: Married at the Parsonage n Mainesburg Feb 22, 1868 by Rev. C.L.F. Howe, Mr. Stephen Mudge and Miss E. Sophia Brewster, both of Sullivan.

Eunice died 8 JAN 1927 in Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 81. Obituary: Eunice Sophia Mudge was born in Sullivan township September 11, 1845. (Marriage and survivor data same as Stephen) The sympathy of the community goes out to the children who have lost both a father and mother in such a short time.

Her body was interred 11 JAN 1927 in Prospect Cemetery, Mansfield, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Eunice was a school teacher in Sullivan township prior to her marriage to Stephen. The Mudge and Brewster farms were adjacent in Sullivan township.

6 Thomas Robert Monroe #2582

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Thomas was born 16 SEP 1843 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He married Asenath Cole 4 JUL 1863 in Canton, Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Thomas was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Thomas died 16 SEP 1894 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 51. Obituary: Mr. Thomas R. MONROE died Sunday, the 15th inst., at his home in Sullivan, after a long and painful illness. His death occurred on his 51st birthday. He had been sick with rheumatism for about two years, suffering terribly most of the time, the last six months suffering excruciatingly in mind and body. He was an energetic, industrious man, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew him. He leaves a wife, three sons and three daughters. Tuesday at 11 o'clock, after prayer at the house by his pastor, Mr. Troxel, of Mainesburg, the remains were taken to Sylvania where the funeral was held in the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr. Troxel delivering a touching and feeling sermon. The singing of the Gladding choir was appropriate and well rendered; especially the last piece "Beyond the Smiling and the Weeping" which seemed to be the favorite with or dear friend who is gone, and forever beyond the trials and pains of this life. He was interred in the family burying ground near Sylvania.

His body was interred SEP 1894 in Sylvania, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

7 Asenath Cole #2581

Sena was born 11 JUL 1846 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. She married Thomas Robert Monroe 4 JUL 1863 in Canton, Canton Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. She married Henry Schwenk* AFT 1894. Sena died 17 MAY 1923 at age 76. Her body was interred MAY 1923 in Columbia Valley Cemetery, Columbia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Tombstone says Asenath Monro Schwenk 1846-1923. Card genealogy says her father is Thomas Cole and does not name her mother, but this is incorrect. Asenath and Thomas went to Michigan, as did her brothers, but returned after a few years. (Clarice STILWELL Evans)

Generation 4 (great-grandparents)

Corn was born 9 JUN 1805 in Unadilla, Otsego County, New York. He migrated with Ira Mudge+ from Unadilla, NY to Sullivan Township 1806. Came on an ox sled from Unadilla in 1806. I do not know if Aurilla was born in Sullivan or Unadilla or on the way.

Corn was listed as the head of a family on the 1830 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. The location of the household in this year is near other Squires family members in the Gray Valley area of Sullivan.

He married Caroline Squires 16 SEP 1830. Corn registered to pay taxes 1832 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 50 wild acres, 2 oxen, valuation $105, county tax .79, state tax .105.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1833 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 50 wild acres, 2 oxen

Corn registered to pay taxes 1834 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Fifty wild acres of land, one cow.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1835 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 1 cow, 2 oxen.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1838 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Two horses

Corn registered to pay taxes 1839 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. One horse, one cow.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1840 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Two horses, one cow.

Corn was listed as the head of a family on the 1840 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Caroline and Cornish lived next door to his sister, Aurilla, in this census. Their household included one male under 5, one female 5-10 and one female 10-15. Their neighbors indicate that they were in the Bakerburg or Gray Valley section of Sullivan Township at this time, possibly even on land belonging to or near the Squires family. At a later time they lived west of the Brewster area on a road that has since been abandoned. Their former land can be reached now only from a road branching off of now called Reitz Road. This road begins at the house formerly belonging to Daisy Griffen and Owen Hart and passes the old Webster place now owned by Lynn Sherman former husband of Sylvia Webster. The present owners of the former Mudge property (1996) keep barriers up so that no accidental trespassers can reach it.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1841 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Two improved, eight wild acres of land, one cow.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Two improved, eight wild acres of land, two horses.

Corn registered to pay taxes 1845 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the Census of 1850, Corn was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Cornish was a farmer with property valued at $1500.

In the Census of 1860, Corn was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Cornish was a farmer and Stephen was a farm laborer. Real property was worth $1500 and personal property worth $600.

Corn was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 17 year old grandson Frank Young, in hosusehold as Farm Laborer.

Corn was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Corn died 9 JUL 1896 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 91. His body was interred JUL 1896 in State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Cornish was named for his maternal grandmother, Mary Cornish.

Cornish Mudge, son of Ira and Lucena Mudge, born in 1805 at Unadilla, N.Y. came to Tioga County in 1806 with his father (and mother), who took up 100 acres of land in Sullivan, having made his journey through the woods with an ox team. In 1830 Cornish Mudge married Caroline Squires, daughter of Aaron and Eunice Squires, formerly of Connecticut. He has been a successful farmer and a deacon in the Baptist church for many years. (1883 Tioga County History page 31 of appendix)

9 Caroline Squires #292

Caroline was born 20 OCT 1810 in Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut. She married Cornish Mudge 16 SEP 1830. Caroline died 28 MAY 1883 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 72. Her body was interred MAY 1883 in State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

10 Orris Ford Brewster #548

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Orris was born 18 AUG 1820 in Connecticut. Orris was probably a free white male, age 15 and under 20, in Martin Luther Brewster's household, on the 1840 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Betsey and Martin had one male and one female 10-15 and two males 15-20 in their household.

He married Betsey Devenport 20 JUN 1841 in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the Census of 1850, Orris was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Orris was a farmer with property valued at $500.

Orris was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Orris was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Orris was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Orris was listed in a directory in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania 1899. Brewster Orris F (Mainesburg) r 23, farmer, 50. 1899 Directory canvassed for in 1898 prior to his death.

Orris died 13 DEC 1898 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 78. His body was interred DEC 1898 in Brewster Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Obituary Sullivan scrapbook

11 Betsey Devenport #549

Betsey was born 10 JUL 1826 in Connecticut. She married Orris Ford Brewster 20 JUN 1841 in Richmond Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Betsey died 1 DEC 1883 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 57. Her body was interred DEC 1883 in Brewster Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

12 John Borden Monroe #7282

John was born 20 SEP 1815 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. He married Dorcas S. Card 17 OCT 1839 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. John registered to pay taxes 1841 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 99 Wild acres, one cow.

John registered to pay taxes 1842 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 99 wild acres of land, one cow.

John registered to pay taxes 1845 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. In the Census of 1850, John was listed as a head of household in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. John was a farmer with property worth $1200.

John was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. John died 16 DEC 1862 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 47. His body was interred DEC 1862 in Card Cemetery, Sylvania, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

13 Dorcas S. Card #7283

Dorcas was born 24 AUG 1814 in Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island. She married John Borden Monroe 17 OCT 1839 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. Dorcas was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Melvina Smith, 18, and Leonard Sentinger, 22, were in household as laborers. I have indentified neither. Son Thomas' family was next door.

Dorcas died 12 JUN 1892 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 77. Her body was interred JUN 1892 in Card Cemetery, Sylvania, Bradford County, Pennsylvania.

14 Peter Cole #9605

He married Lucinda Bailey. Peter was born 03 MAY 1818 in New Jersey. Peter registered to pay taxes 1848 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. One cow (Single man crossed out ) tax was less if one owned a cow than if one was taxed for labor as a single man.

Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census in Armenia Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. He married Esther S. Kniffen AFT 1870. Peter was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census in Oceana County, Michigan. Peter died 1898 at age 80. His body was interred 1898 in Watson Cemetery,Roseville, Rutland Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

15 Lucinda Bailey #9606

She married Peter Cole. Lucinda was born ABT 1814 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Lucinda died 06 AUG 1870 in Crystal Valley, Oceana, MI, at age 56. JBR says Lucinda died out west but Peter died in Bradford County