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Information Wanted Mrs. Marjorie Dintelmann, R. R. 2, Box 269, Godfrey, Illinois, 62035, is searching for the parents of HEZEKIAH FUNK, b. near Waynesboro, Pa., in 1815; had a brother James, James had a daughter Ida. Hezekiah Funk went West, ca. 1844/45, as worker on RR; served in Mexican War. Settled in Jersey Co., Illinois, in 1851; m. JANE GRAVELY WOOD, in 1848. H. F. Sipprell, Box 322, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 2N7, is seeking ancestors of WILLIAM SIPRELL, b. 1762; enlisted Ist Battalion, New Jersey Volunteers, 18 January 1780; discharged 1783, in New Brunswick, Canada. Married in New Brunswick, Canada; father of ten children. Said to have come from the Wyoming Valley in Pa. Mrs. Mildred W. Thomson, R. R. 4, Box 137, Cherokee, Iowa, 51012, seeks information on SAMUEL REES (WEIS (S) , b. 2 November 1793, Isle-of-Man, 'England; orphaned; sent to Pennsylvania to live with relatives. Who raised him? When did he arrive in America? Name of family in England? Married POLLY (MARY MAGDALENE ?) WEIS; lived in Monroe Co., Pa. Fennersville, Pa. in 1850. Name of Polly Weis Rees' parents? Mrs. Erline Duncan Beall, 105 Lakeside Drive, Stillwater, Minn. 55082, is searching for the parents and birthplace of NICHOLAS HENRY, 1764-1847, of Paradise Twsp., York Co., Pa. Buried St. John Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Abbottstown, Pa. Also, desires data on Nicholas' son, MILTON HENRY. Would welcome correspondence with descendants. INFORMATION WANTED Genealogical inquiries of fifty words or less will be published free to members of The Society. There will be a charge of $1.00 for each additional fifty words. For other persons, the charge is $2.00 for the first fifty words, and $1.00 for each additional fifty words, payable in advance. All inquiries should be typewritten or hand printed, double-spaced, and on one side of the paper only, accompanied by a letter requesting that the material be published in the Exchange. Inquiries should be brief, and should contain dates, localities and other identifying data. Full name and address of the sender should be given. Mrs. Rita A. Galaska, 28380-26 Mile Road, New Haven, Mich., 48048 wishes any clue of the origins of JOHN SPENCER, possibly of Culpe Va.; and SUSANNA LIGHTFOOT, of Philadelphia. They eloped from Phila., ca. 1781; settled in Centre Co., Pa. Probable parents: Samuel & Hannah Spencer; William & Mary Lightfoot. Referred to in Lamborn Genealogy, as "Lightfoot of Revolutionary fame." 249 250 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine DeBonsall Hedley, 33 State St., Wethersfield, Conn., 06109, wonders if MATTHIEU GARRIGUES, an emigrant to Phila. 1713/14, was descended from "ROSANNA ROSEQUET, daughter of a prince of the House of Bourbon? He d. 9th mo. 6, 1726. Was Matthieu's tavern, the "Prince Eugene", Front St., Phila., named for an ancestor? Miss Charlotte M. Brett, 218 East 4th St., Spencer, Iowa, 51301, needs information on MICHAEL & ELIZABETH MYERS, SR. who owned 217A, in Conestoga Manor, Lancaster Co., Pa.; deeded to MICHAEL MOYER, JR., 5 February 1745. MICHAEL & MARY (BILLMIRE) MYERS; m. 1795; left Pa. for Md., then Ohio, ca. 1803. Recognized in First Families of Ohio. Seeks connections, brothers and sisters. Donald Freitag, 1611 Spruce St., Berkeley, Calif., 94709, needs information on Rev. militia captain, THOMAS GOULD; d. 1804; wife, CATHERINE. MR. BRADY; m. 1765, ELIZABETH FREEMAN; all of Newberry Twsp., York Co., Pa. Rev. soldier, JACOB BRADEN; b. 1755, Ulster; and wife REBECCA COOLEY, b. 1770, New Jersey. ROBERT BOYD, m. 1791, Belfast; and wife MARY ROFF; all of West Bethlehem Twsp., Washington Co., Pa. Mrs. Stanley J. Nuland, Route 3, Box 27, Platteville, Wis., 53818, wishes to contact descendants of JOHN MULLEN, b. ca. 1808, Ireland; by his 1st marriage. He m. 2nd, in Pa., MARY McKEON (McCUNE) ; b. 1835, Ireland. A daughter, MARY ANN MULLEN, b. 6 July 1854/55, in Pa., moved to Wisconsin 1857/58. Clifton M. Foreman, 1518 S. Woodlawn, Tacoma, Wash., 98465, is searching for JACOB FOREMAN, of Lancaster Co., Pa., and his son, DANIEL, who m. MARY FROCK, Lancaster Co., Pa., or Carrol Co., Md.? They left Carrol Co., in 1840, for Ohio. Did Jacob have brothers or sisters? Where did Daniel and Mary (Frock) Foreman marry? Daniel lived on his father's farm in Lancaster Co., Pa.; moved to Carrol Co. with wife, Mary. When? Will exchange lines: Sweet, Camp, Garwood, Frost, Hill, Hasuel, Wilson, Green; will send own line. Mrs. Noreen Mack, 5101 Bidwell Rd., Redding, Calif., 96001, seeks information on JOHN or MICHAEL BRENNER, who appear in the 1830 census of Adams Co., Pa. Also for, FREDERICK & CATHERINE BRENNER, of York Co., Pa., and their children. Especially interested in ancestors of WILLIAM ALEXANDER BRENNER, b. 1 May 1824, East Berlin, Adams Co. Mrs. Lawrence D. Jennings, 1009 George St., Sharon, Pa., 16146, seeks proof of parents of JOHN HOSKINS, d. ca. 1784, Guilford Co., N. C.; and wife, or wives ?, HANNAH ELLIS/HANNAH HODSON. Was he John, b. 24 Dec. 1699, to JOHN, JR. & RUTH (ATKINSON) HOSKINS, Chester Co., Pa., whose whereabouts were unknown in Ruth's will, 1739? His brother JOSEPH willed him clothes and maintenance in 1769; an annual income willed to brother Stephen. STEPHEN HOSKINS had a Information Wanted 251 son John, who m. 1750, Burlington MM, N.J., MARY RAPER. John & Hannah Hoskins, of N. C. had sons: JOSEPH, b. 1751, m. 20 Oct. 1773, MORDECAN/HANNAH EVANS, Battle of Guilford Court House, N. C., fought on his farm; ARNOLD, b. 1753, (no record of his descendants) ; MOSES, b. 1763, Goshen Twsp., Chester Co., Pa., has descendants in N. C., Ohio, Illinois, Iowa. Mrs. Ron Gardner, 820 Florida, S. E., Albuquerque, N. M. 87108, would appreciate any data on ancestors or children of CARNAHAN-McDOWELL- MITCHELL -STEWART -SIGLER - CRESSWELL - CARSON lines. JOHN CARNAHAN m. MARGARET McDOWELL, their dau. MARGARET CARNAHAN m. SAMUEL MITCHELL, ca. 1815, of Mifflin Co., Pa. Samuel Mitchell d. 20 April 1835; Margaret (Carnahan) Mitchell d. April 1854, both Mifflin Co. Their dam.; MARY MITCHELL m. ROBERT STEWART, son of JOSEPH & SARAH (CRESSWELL) STEWART; ROSEANNA MITCHELL m. WILLIAM SIGLER, son of SAMUEL & ELIZABETH (CARSON) SIGLER, went to Bucyrus, Crawford Co., Ohio. Thomas B. Gotham, 8201 40th St. N. lot 176, Pinellas Park, Fla., 33565, is searching for the parents of CLEMSON WHITE, b. 4 March 1784, d. 25 Au. 1870; served in Lancaster Co., Pa. Militia, in 1812; moved to Muskingum Co., Ohio. Was his mother a Clemson/Clempson? James T. R. Paxton, C., I-87th Inf., APO, N.Y., 09034, seeks parents and ancestors of SOLOMON S. DODDS, b. 1811, d. 1888, bur. Oakdale, Pa., and his wife SUSAN NELSON, b. 1832, d. 1906, bur. Oakdale; parents of THOMAS NELSON DODDS, b. 1855, d. 1926; also BROWN DODDS. Will exchange information on any PAXTONS. Mrs. Ron Gardner, 820 Florida S.E., Albuquerque, N. M. 87108, wishes information on MATTHEW MILLER, b. 1732, in Ireland, came to Cumberland Co., Pa., ca. 1760, served in the Rev. War, probably of Westmoreland Co., Pa., in. ca. 1762, MARGARET CARNAHAN/ CORRNEBAN ?, had son ROBERT WILLIAM MILLER, son or grandson ISAAC MILLER, b. 8 Feb. 1798, Westmoreland Co., in. 26 Jan. 1819, SARAH DABNEY, lived in Trumbull Co., Ohio. MATTHEW MILLER, the soldier, d. 1817, age 85, Millersburgh, Holmes Co., Ohio. She would appreciate any information on these families. Mrs. G. Arthur Gordon, 6149 Erdrick St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19135, is attempting to learn the name of her great, great grandfather, whose son was CHARLES JENKINS, b. 1805 in Philadelphia. Mrs. C. S. Hebden, 1110 Wyndon Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010, is searching for the parents of JEREMIAH DEVORE and NANCY MANN, his wife, b. in New Jersey, Sussex (or Newton) , Morris Cos, ca. 1750.1760. Also REBECCA DEVORE, sister of Jeremiah, who in. JEREMIAH WASHBURN.