Annie Owen and Jennie (Kreisher) Schlottman, The Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York

ANNIE OWEN AND JENNIE (KREISHER) SCHLOTTMAN THE PENNSYLVANIA WIVES OF GEORGE DEUEL OF NEW YORK Carol Deuel Sundeen, M.A.* G eorge Deuel was a resident of New York State who found both of his wives in Pennsylvania. In 1892 he married Annie Owen in Philadelphia. After her death in 1917, he again went to Pennsylvania–to visit relatives according to family legend–and came home with a second Pennsylvania wife-to-be, Jennie T. Schlottman, a widow with three children. Until her marriage, Annie lived in Upper Darby (Delaware County) and Philadelphia. Jennie, on the other hand, lived in Reading (Berks County) until she married George Deuel. Why did George Deuel choose to move to Philadelphia in 1892, and who were the relatives he was visiting in 1918? George’s motivation for first going to Pennsylvania still remains a mystery, but, as shown below, Annie Owen and Jennie Schlottman had more in common than was originally known, with connections to the Bowen family of Philadelphia; the Owen family of Burlington County (New Jersey) and Philadelphia; and the Thomas family of Philadelphia and Reading. GEORGE DEUEL The son of Sarah J. Wadsworth and Isaac Newton Deuel, George was born 9 April 1869 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York. In 1870 the Deuel family was in Saratoga Springs; in 1880 George and his mother were living in Saratoga Springs with his maternal grandparents, George and Mary Wadsworth.1 Saratoga Springs directories 1887—1891 show George beginning his career as a photographer while living with his mother and grandparents. The Saratoga Springs directory lists George as “removed to Philadelphia, * 1108 Pratt Drive, Yardley, PA 19067. The author is a granddaughter of George and Annie Deuel. 1 Deuel-Owen marriage license #51892, Office of the Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, Division of the Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County; lists George’s birth place and date. Deuel-Schlottman marriage license #28074, Rochester, Monroe County, New York; identifies George’s father as Isaac N. Deuel. Newton Dewell household, 1870 U.S. Census, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, page 99 (NARA M593, roll 1089): Newton Dewell, 29, carpenter; Sarah, 22; Geo., 1. George Wadsworth household, 1880 U.S. Census, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York, ED 86, page 448C (NARA T9, roll 929). 210 Review copy 12 June, 2008 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 (2008) 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 211 Pa” in 1892 ; the 1893 Philadelphia directory lists him at 3916 Warren; in 1894, he is listed in both directories.2 While in Philadelphia, George Deuel married Annie Owen, the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Harris) Owen.3 George and Annie’s Philadelphia marriage license, dated 26 May 1892, reveals that Annie was living at 3916 Warren Street, the same address as that given for George in the 1893 Philadelphia directory; George gave his residence as Saratoga Springs.4 By October of 1894 George and Annie were in Saratoga Springs where their first son was born.5 The Saratoga Springs directories from 1894 through 1906 suggest that George was struggling as a photographer, sometimes finding alternative work; Annie sometimes took on dressmaking.6 Perhaps that is why in 1907, the year that George’s mother died,7 the family moved to Rochester, Monroe County, New York; George appears in the 1907 directories of both Saratoga Springs and Rochester.8 It was in Rochester that Annie Deuel died 8 September 1917.9 Shortly thereafter, George went to Pennsylvania again; returning with a bride-to-be, Jennie T. Schlottman, a widow with three children. George and Jennie were married 28 November 1918 in Rochester. On their marriage license, Jennie gave her birth place as Reading, Pennsylvania, and named her parents as George Kreisher and Harriet Thomas.10 George Deuel died on Christmas Day 1948.11 Jennie died shortly thereafter, on 19 March 1949; her date of birth is given on her memorial card as 6 August 1874.12 George Deuel and both of his wives are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Rochester.13 2 Kirwin’s Saratoga Springs Directories, 1887—1892 (William. H. Kirwin, compiler) (FHL #2,156,864—65). Gopsill’s Philadelphia City Directories, 1893—94 (James Gopsill’s Sons) (FHL #1,377,281—82). 3 Anna Deuel death certificate, transcript, Monroe County, New York. 4 Deuel-Owen marriage license (note 1). 5 Male Deuel birth certificate, New York State, 1894, #888, and supplemental report of given name of child. The supplement erroneously names her as Mary Owen. 6 Directories of Saratoga Springs, 1895—1906 (The Saratogian Co.). 7 Sarah Jane Deuel death certificate, New York State, 1907, #35590. 8 Saratoga Springs Directory, 1907 (The Saratogian Company, volume 14). The Rochester Directory, beginning 1 July 1907 (The Drew Allis Company) (FHL #1,612,069). 9 Anna Deuel death certificate (note 3). 10 Deuel-Schlottman marriage license (note 1). 11 George Deuel, death certificate, Monroe County, New York, 1948, #96, incorrectly gives date of birth as 9 April 1879, but correctly gives age at death as 79 years 8 months 16 days, which calculates to 9 April 1869. 12 Jennie T. Deuel memorial card, service at Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester; in possession of the author. 13 Riverside Cemetery, Monroe County, New York (www.interment.net/data/us/ny/ monroe/riverside/riverside_de.htm). Review copy 12 June, 2008 212 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 JONES OWEN, GRANDFATHER OF ANNIE (OWEN) DEUEL On 11 May 1843 Jones Owen (shown below to be Annie’s paternal grandfather) married Sarah Bowen in Reading.14 As neither was from Reading, one has to wonder why they chose it as the location of their marriage. A possible answer emerged from the study of the ancestries of both Sarah Bowen and Jones Owen. Jones’ 1904 obituary stated that he was the youngest of twelve children, and that his parents were Samuel and Penelope Owen.15 A Bible record confirmed this, although eleven rather than twelve children are listed in the Bible.16 JOSEPH E. BOWEN, GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF ANNIE (OWEN) DEUEL Sarah (Bowen) Owen died 29 June 1906. Her death certificate named her parents as Joseph E. Bowen and Mary Sutton.17 Joseph E. Bowen was the son of Joseph and Jane (Edwards) Bowen. No marriage record has been found for Jane and Joseph, but a compilation of evidence indicates that Joseph E. Bowen was indeed their son, and that after Joseph Bowen died, Jane married Robert Thomas. Bowen-Owen Bible records Joseph E. Bowen’s birth date as 27 October 1791.18 Joseph Bowen was listed among the yellow fever deaths of 1793. 19 The administration for the estate of Joseph Bowen, 21 September 1793, lists Jane Bowen, widow, as administratrix. 20 Jane Bowen married Robert Thomas 5 January 1794 at St. Paul’s Methodist Church, Philadelphia.21 The will of Robert Thomas, written 16 July 1812, mentions wife Jane Thomas and stepson Joseph E. Bowen. 22 14 Jones Owen-Sarah Bowen marriage announcement, Philadelphia Inquirer, 16 May 1843. Jones Owen will, Delaware County Wills #4978, mentions his wife Sarah B. Owen and nine children including Samuel Owen. Samuel Owen probate (1921, Montgomery County Will Packet #35535 and Montgomery County Wills 53:554); the Inventory and Appraisal refers to the “Share of Jones Owen’s” estate. Parts of this will packet were in family records of the author, confirming that this Samuel Owen was the Samuel Owen named as father of Annie (Owen) Deuel in her death certificate. 15 Jones Owen obituary, Delaware County American, Media, 6 February 1904, page 4, column 5 (Delaware County Historical Society). 16 Samuel Owen-Penelope Wills Bible (page 225). 17 Sarah B. Owen death certificate, City of Philadelphia, 1906, #16694. The state death certificate (1906, #62515) erroneously lists her mother as “Margaret Sutton.” 18 Jones Owen-Sarah Bowen Bible (page 224). 19 Yellow Fever Deaths in Philadelphia 1793, 1797, 1798 in Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, volume 299 (Philadelphia: handwritten manuscript, Ph 28A:1, Historical Society of Pennsylvania [HSP], 1914), 21 (FHL #381,286). 20 Joseph Bowen administration, Philadelphia Administrations I:311 (Philadelphia City Hall). 21 Bowen-Thomas marriage, “Pennsylvania Marriages Prior to 1810,” Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd series, 9(1896):495. 22 Robert Thomas will, Philadelphia County Wills 4:131. Review copy 12 June, 2008 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 213 In 1817 Joseph E. Bowen and Jane Thomas were living at the same address, 241 North Front.23 A handwritten journal by Joseph Edwards mentions the marriage of Joseph Bowen to Jane Edwards about 1790, the death of Joseph Bowen in August of 1793 due to yellow fever, Joseph Bowen’s survivors as his widow and infant son Joseph, and Jane Bowen’s marriage to Robert Thomas.24 ISSACHAR THOMAS, HALF-BROTHER OF JOSEPH E. BOWEN In addition to naming his stepson Joseph E. Bowen, the 16 July 1812 will of Robert Thomas names daughter Letitia Thomas and minor children Hannah A., Barbara A., Jane, Robert, Richard S., Isachar, Ezekiel C., and Edward A. Thomas. Robert Thomas died 1 August 1812.25 His widow Jane married third 1 January 1819 at St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Robert Barlow.26 When she died in 1848, Jane Barlow left a will. Joseph E. Bowen was not mentioned in the will proper, but Isachar E. Thomas of Reading is, and Joseph testified in the Register’s Office on 5 December 1848 that he was “well acquainted with” Jane Barlow, “had seen her write her name,” and verified her signature on the will.27 Joseph E. Bowen’s relationship to Issachar E. Thomas might have been reason enough for Sarah Bowen and Jones Owen to have their wedding in Reading, but additional research regarding Issachar E. Thomas revealed another connection as well. Issachar E. Thomas first appeared in 1840, living in the South Ward of Reading.28 In 1850 Issachar, a coach maker, 43, was living in the Northwest Ward of Reading with Rebecca, 43, and ten children: Fanny, 15; Elizabeth, 12; Richard, 14; Anna, 10; Samuel, 9; Robert, 8; Harriet, 6; Jones, 5; Issachar, 4; and Rebecca, 3.29 Jennie Schlottman, second wife of George Deuel, had named her parents as George Kreisher and Harriet Thomas. This Harriet Thomas, born about 1844, would have been of the right age to be the mother of Jennie (Kreisher) (Schlottman) Deuel, who was born in 1874 and was from Reading. 23 Robinson’s Philadelphia Directory, 1817 (microfiche). 24 Joseph Edwards, “A Journal and History of the Edwards Family,” 99—101 (unpublished manuscript, Middletown Free Library, Delaware County, 1847—1852). 25 Robert Thomas burial record, Interments in the St. George’s Burial Ground, 1 August—8 August 1812 (FHL #1,862,364). 26 Barlow-Thomas marriage, St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia) Records, 1785—1856, part 1, Marriages 1816—1845 (HSP Ph 2M), page 28 (FHL #387,887). 27 Jane Barlow will, Philadelphia County Wills 21:257—58 (FHL #21,740). 28 Issacer E. Thomas household, 1840 U.S. Census, South Ward, Reading, Berks County, page 164 (NARA M704, roll 436): Issacer 30—39, 2 males under 5, 2 females under 5, 1 female 5—9, 1 female 15—19, and 1 female 30—40. 29 Issachar E. Thomas household, 1850 U.S. Census, Northwest Ward, Reading, Berks County, page 231, (NARA M432, roll 752). Review copy 12 June, 2008 214 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 Issachar E. Thomas died 9 May 1858,30 but Rebecca lived another thirty years, dying 31 October 1888.31 In 1860 and 1870, Harriet lived with Rebecca in Reading.32 In 1880, Rebecca Thomas, 72, born in New Jersey is found at 204 Franklin Street in Reading, with her “son-in-law” George Kreisher, “daughter” Harriet Kreisher, 38, and “granddaughter” Jennie Kreisher, 4,33 thus indicating that this indeed was the family of George Deuel’s second wife, Jennie. Additional confirmation of this conclusion is found in later census records: 1900, Reading. George and Harriet Kreisher were living at 204 Franklin Street in Reading 5th Ward.34 1900, Penn Township, Berks County. Adam Schlottman, with wife Jennie T., born in August 1874, and daughter Catherine, born in February 1898, were living with his parents.35 1910, Reading. Jennie Schlottman, 35, was a widow with three Schlottman children (Catherine, 12; George A., 6; and James, 4), living with her father George Kreisher.36 1920, Rochester. Jennie Deuel, 45, with her Schlottman children (Catherine 21; Alexander, 15; and James, 12) were living with George Deuel and his son, Irving.37 The story of George Deuel and his two wives might have ended here, except for a record found among the marriages of the Rev. Thomas J. Kitts, pastor in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, from 1818 to 1837. Included among his marriages was one 20 February 1834 for Issachar E. Thomas and Rebecca Owen, both of the Northern Liberties.38 Could Rebecca have been the sister of Jones Owen and daughter of Samuel and 30 Issachar E. Thomas obituary in Warren D. Faust, “Death Records in the Reading Adler, 1851—1860” (manuscript, GA D337f, Berks County Historical Society, Reading, 1981) 102. 31 Rebecca Thomas, Deaths and Interments in the City of Reading for the Year, 1888, #919 (FHL #1,465,864). 32 Rebecca Thomas household, 1860 U.S. Census, North West Ward, Reading, Berks County, 5th Ward, Reading, page 1059 (NARA M653, roll 1077). Rebecca Thomas household, 1870 U.S. Census, 5th Ward, City of Reading, Berks County, page 20 (NARA M593, roll 1307). 33 Rebecca Thomas household, 1880 U.S. Census, 5th Ward, Reading, Berks County, ED 48, page 204C (NARA T9, roll 1101). 34 George Kreisher household, 1900 U.S. Census, 5th Ward, Reading, Berks County, ED 59, page 7 (NARA T623, roll 1378). 35 Alexander Schlottman [indexed on Ancestry.com as Schlsthman] household, 1900 U.S. Census, Penn Township, Berks County, ED 42, page 14B, (NARA T623, roll 1377). 36 George H. Kreisher household, 1910 U.S. Census, 15th Ward, Reading, Berks County, ED 102, page 14B (NARA T6234, roll 1315). 37 George Deuel [indexed on Ancestry.com as Denel] household, 1920 U.S. Census, Rochester Ward 9, Monroe County, New York, ED 99, page 2A (NARA T625, roll 1121). 38 Thomas-Owen marriage, “Marriages by Rev Thomas J. Kitts, Pastor, Canton Baptist Church . . . Later of Northern Liberties, Philadelphia,” Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania [called Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine after 1947, both hereafter cited as PGM] 12(1935):246. Review copy 12 June, 2008 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 215 Penelope (Wills) Owen of Mount Holly, New Jersey? Although the 1850 and 1860 censuses state Rebecca was born in Pennsylvania, the 1870 and 1880 censuses state she was born in New Jersey; all show that the year was about 1807. This agrees nicely with the 21 November 1806 birth date for Rebecca in the Samuel Owen-Penelope Wills Bible (page 225). Her gravestone, next to Issachar’s at the Charles Evans Cemetery in Reading, gives her birth date as 22 November 1806. 39 CONNECTIONS Thus, we find a web of connections between the Bowen, Deuel, Owen, and Thomas families. Rebecca Owen, daughter of Samuel and Penelope Owen of Mount Holly, New Jersey married Issachar E. Thomas, half-brother of Joseph E. Bowen of Philadelphia. Jones Owen, son of Samuel and Penelope Owen, married Sarah Bowen, daughter of Joseph E. Bowen. Annie Owen and Jennie (Kreisher) Schlottman, the two wives of George Deuel, were both great-granddaughters of Samuel and Penelope (Wills) Owen of Mount Holly, New Jersey. Annie and Jennie shared another ancestor–Jane (Edwards) (Bowen) (Thomas) Barlow, mother of both Joseph E. Bowen and Issachar E. Thomas. Jane was Annie’s great-great-grandmother and Jennie’s great-grandmother. The mystery of why George Deuel chose Philadelphia in which to pursue his photography career remains, but now, at least, there is a possible explanation as to how he met his second wife. The family legend appears to be true–he probably was visiting relatives, the family of his late wife. At this point no other connection between the Deuel family of Saratoga Springs, New York, and Pennsylvania has been found. GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY–BOWEN40 1. JOSEPH BOWEN was born say 1760 in New Jersey,41 and died in August 1793 in Philadelphia in the yellow fever epidemic. He married about 1790 JANE EDWARDS, lived in Philadelphia, and was a tailor by trade.42 Jane married second Robert Thomas and third Robert Barlow. 39 Rebecca O. Thomas tombstone, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Berks County, lot #96, section E, transcribed by the author and photographed by Joseph Sundeen, 26 September 2007. 40 All uncited information is presented previously in this article, the Jones OwenSarah Bowen Bible (page 224), or the Samuel Owen-Penelope Wills Bible (page 225). 41 Joseph Bowen household, 1880 U.S. Census, Philadelphia, ED 151, page 499D (NARA T9, roll 1171); it states that Joseph’s father was born in New Jersey. 42 Joseph Edwards, “A Journal and History of the Edwards Family” (note 24). Review copy 12 June, 2008 216 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 Child of Joseph and Jane (Edwards) Bowen: 2 i. JOSEPH E. BOWEN, born 27 October 1791; died 23 August 1885 in Philadelphia; married first by say 1817 MARY SUTTON; married second 16 April 1835 in Philadelphia MARGARET J. MCCAULEY. 2. JOSEPH E. BOWEN was born 27 October 1791, the son of Joseph and Jane (Edwards) Bowen. He died 23 August 1885 in Philadelphia.43 He married first by say 1817 MARY SUTTON, who was born about 1793 (calculated) and died 5 April 1825, age 32.44 He married second 16 April 1835 in Philadelphia MARGARET J. MCCAULEY,45 who was born about 1808 and died 5 March 1883, age 75. 46 He was a tailor in Philadelphia.47 Children of Joseph E. and Mary (Sutton) Bowen: i. MOSES W./WILLIAM M. BOWEN,48 born 22 July 1818; died 10 February 1897 in Philadelphia, age 79;49 married 4 April 1841 in Philadelphia CATHERINE R. SWARTZ;50 was a druggist (death certificate). ii. SARAH BOWEN, born 1 October 1820; died 29 June 1906 in Upper Darby, Delaware County, buried in Mt. Moriah Cemetery; married 11 May 1843 in Reading JONES OWEN, son of Samuel and Penelope Owen. iii. JOHN BOWEN, born 5 July 1822. Children of Joseph E. and Margaret J. (McCauley) Bowen:51 iv. ELIZABETH BOWEN, born 18 April 1836 in Philadelphia; died 16 July 1914 in Philadelphia;52 married about 1862 WILLIAM H. STEBBINS, born in Connecticut; had one child, Orville C. Stebbins.53 43 Joseph E. Bowen death certificate, City of Philadelphia, 1885, #17758. 44 Death of Mrs. Mary Bowen, consort of Joseph E. Bowen, Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, Deaths, 1825 (HSP Ph 23A:3), page 784. Philadelphia Burial Records, 1807— 1840, “Internments in the Methodist Episcopal Burial Grounds from 5th to the 12 February 1825,” 161 (FHL #381,251). 45 Marriage of Joseph E. Bowen to Miss Margaret J. McCauley (Western Methodist Episcopal Church [Philadelphia] Records, 1834—1882 [FHL #1,730,933]). 46 Margaret J. Bowen obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer, 7 March 1883, page 5. Margaret J. Bowen death certificate, City of Philadelphia, 1883. 47 Joseph E. Bowen household, 1870 U.S. Census, 8th Ward, Philadelphia, page 208 (NARA M593, roll 1393). 48 Jane Barlow obituary, Philadelphia Public Ledger, 19 January 1847, page 2, column 4, mentions her grandson Wm. M. Bowen who lives at the corner of New Market and Brown Streets. The age of William M. on censuses and his death certificate corresponds to the year of birth given for Moses W. in the Bowen-Owen Bible. 49 Wm. M. Bowen death certificate, City of Philadelphia, 1897, #17096. 50 Bowen-Swartz marriage, Baptisms, Marriages, and Tombstone Inscriptions of the Moravian Church in Philadelphia . . . 1690—1889 in Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 47 (Philadelphia, 1900) (FHL #387,898). 51 Joseph E. Bowan household, 1860 U.S. Census, 8th Ward, Philadelphia, page 534 (NARA M653, roll 1158): Joseph E., tailor; Maggie; Eliza, 22; Hannah, 20; Issa, 15; and Sam, 14. 52 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Stebbins death certificate, City of Philadelphia, 1914, #13214/ #17404; the informant was Orville C. Stebbins. Review copy 12 June, 2008 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 217 v. JOSEPH E. BOWEN, born 1 June 1837;54 buried 6 February 1839.55 vi. HANNAH ELIZABETH BOWEN, born 16 September 1838;56 died 16 June 1907 in Philadelphia;57 married SELDEN S. SCOVILL of Middletown, Middlesex County, Connecticut. Child: Ivan B. Scovill.58 vii. ISSACHAR E. BOWEN, born in November 1844; died after 1920 census; married about 1865 SARAH –?– and had three children, including Isabel Bowen and Joseph Bowen.59 viii. SAMUEL BOWEN, born about 1846.60 GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY–DEUEL61 GEORGE DEUEL, son of Sarah J. Wadsworth and Isaac Newton Deuel, was born 9 April 1869 in Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York. He married first 1 June 1892 in Philadelphia ANNA/ANNIE OWEN (see page 220). He married second 28 November 1918 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, JENNIE T. (KREISHER) SCHLOTTMAN (see page 223). Children of George and Anna (Owen) Deuel:62 i. RODEN COPELAND DEUEL, born 16 October 1894. ii. IRVING MORHOUS DEUEL, born 12 October 1896. 53 Wm H. Stebbins household, 1900 U.S. Census, Philadelphia, ED 570, page 242, (NARA T623, roll 1466): Wm H., Elizabeth B., and Orville C. (their only child). They had been married 38 years. 54 Western [Methodist] Church Records (note 45), Baptisms. 55 Burial of Joseph E. Bowen, Records of St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, 1785—1856 in Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania 1:140. 56 Western [Methodist] Church Records (note 45), Baptisms. 57 Hannah E. Scovill obituary, Philadelphia Public Ledger, 18 June 1907, page 11, column 6. Hannah Elizabeth Scoville death certificate, City of Philadelphia, 1907, #16052. 58 Selden S. Scovill household, 1880 U.S. Census, Chatham, Middlesex County, Connecticut, ED 75, page 244A (NARA T9, roll 102). 59 Isicar Bowen household 1870 U.S. Census, Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, page 629 (NARA M 593, roll 891). Jereway Brown household, 1900 U.S. Census, Clifton Heights, Delaware County, ED 167, page 196B (NARA T623, roll 1405). William K. Airey household, 1920 U.S. Census, Philadelphia Ward 42, ED 1563, page 3A (NARA T625, roll 1643); “father-in-law” Essach E. Bowen, 76, was living with William and Isabel. 60 Joseph Bowen household 1880 U.S. Census, Philadelphia, ED 151, page 449D (NARA T9, roll 1171): Joseph, 88; Margaret, 72; Samuel, 34; and the W. H. Seblins (Stebbins) family: W. H., 58, a sea captain; Elizabeth, 46; and Orville C., 17. 61 All uncited information is presented previously in this article, the Jones OwenSarah Bowen Bible (page 224), or the Samuel Owen-Penelope Wills Bible (page 225). 62 Geo. Deuel [indexed on Ancestry.com as Dengl] household, 1900 U.S. Census, Saratoga Township, Saratoga Springs Village, Saratoga County, New York, ED 132, page 1B (NARA T623, roll 1159). Family data, George D. Wadsworth Family Bible (New York American Bible Society, 1884), passed from George Wadsworth to his grandson, George Deuel, to his son Roden C. Deuel, to his son Robert O. Deuel, to his sister, Carol J. (Deuel) Sundeen, in possession of the author since 1993. Review copy 12 June, 2008 218 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY–OWEN63 1. SAMUEL OWEN was born 29 August 1765 and died 29 January 1837 in Blockley Township, Philadelphia County.64 He married 14 January 1794 PENELOPE WILLS. She was born 21 January 1776 and died 9 March 1827 probably near Mt. Holly, New Jersey.65 In his administration and censuses, he was identified as a milkman. Children of Samuel and Penelope (Wills) Owen: i. RUTH OWEN, born 1 November 1794; died 8 November 1794. ii. HANNAH OWEN, born 3 December 1795. iii. RACHEL OWEN, born 15 April 1798. iv. SARAH OWEN, born 28 April 1800. v. ELIZABETH OWEN, born 10 March 1802; died 22 June 1853;66 married –?– CLARK after 13 February 1837 (named administratrix of Samuel Owen’s estate). vi. AARON OWEN, born 27 April 1804. vii. REBECCA OWEN, born 21 November 1806; died 31 October 1888 at 204 Franklin, 5th Ward, Reading, Berks County; married 20 February 1834 in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia County, ISSACHAR E. THOMAS. viii. SAMUEL OWEN, born 14 February 1809. ix. MARY R. OWEN, born 27 July 1811; died 17 May 1822. x. JOSEPH W. OWEN, born 29 December 1813. 2. xi. JONES OWEN, born 7 March 1816; died 26 January 1904 in Upper Darby, Delaware County; married 11 May 1843 in Reading, Berks County, SARAH BOWEN. 2. JONES OWEN (Samuel) was born 7 March 1816 at Mt. Holly, New Jersey, son of Samuel and Penelope (Wills) Owen. He died 26 January 1904 in Upper Darby, Delaware County. He married 11 May 1843 in Reading, Berks County, SARAH BOWEN. His obituary noted that he was a Philadelphia milk dealer for fifty-two years. Children of Jones and Sarah (Bowen) Owen: i. MARY SUTTON OWEN, born 25 April 1844; baptized 25 May 1845 at St. George’s Methodist Episcopal Church, Philadelphia;67 died after 10 April 1925 (date the information from the Samuel Owen Bible was collected); married WILLIAM H. GARRETT 21 December 1876;68 lived in the same 63 All uncited information is presented previously in this article, the Jones OwenSarah Bowen Bible (page 224), or the Samuel Owen-Penelope Wills Bible (page 225). 64 Samuel Owen administration (1837), Philadelphia Administrations O:336 (Philadelphia City Hall). Issachar E. Thomas was a witness to the administration bond. 65 Penelope Owen obituary, abstracted in Dorothy A. Stratford, “Obituaries from the Mount Holly Mirror,” Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey 39(1964):81. 66 Elizabeth Clark obituary, Philadelphia Public Ledger, 24 June 1853, page 2, column 4. The funeral was “from the residence of her brother, Jones Owen.” 67 Records of St. George’s M.E. Church (HSP microfilm XCh/297). 68 Records of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Ardmore, Wm. H. Steck, minister (HSP MO 4L:1). Review copy 12 June, 2008 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 219 home in which her parents had lived and owned the Samuel Owen Bible; no known children. ii. RACHEL PENELOPE OWEN, born 20 January 1846; died 29 December 1912 in Oakmont, Delaware County; married 11 April 1867 in Philadelphia GEORGE MCDERMON, Jr. Children: William McDermon, born about 1869; Clara M. McDermon, born about 1872; Frank McDermon, born about 1874; George N. McDermon, born about 1877; Jones O. McDermon, born about 1879; Penelope McDermon, born about 1885; unidentified child, died young, indicated on 1910 census. 69 3 iii. SAMUEL OWEN, born 1 July 1847;70 died 24 March 1921; married 7 October 1869 SARAH ANN HARRIS. iv. REBECCA T. OWEN, born 8 February 1849; died 7 November 1917; married WILLIAM F. SNITE.71 v. SOPHIA S. OWEN, born 1 October 1851; died after 1920 census; married about 1876 RICHARD LLOYD JONES. Children: Mary F. Jones, born in December 1876; Sarah Jennie Jones, born in August 1879; Richard L. Jones, born in January 1886; Lida F. Jones, born in September 1888; Ellwood H. Jones, born in December 1890; unidentified child, died young, indicated on 1910 census. 72 vi. ELIZABETH C. OWEN, born 16 March 1853. vii. SARAH JANE OWEN, born 9 December 1854, died 25 February 1907; married 13 February 1878 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Ardmore, Montgomery County, JESSIE M. ABEL.73 viii. JOSEPH EDWARDS OWEN, born 1 July 1856; unmarried in 1880, a milkman boarding in the house next to his brother Samuel;74 died after 1920 census (living with sister Hannah). ix. HANNAH E. OWEN, born 16 May 1858; married WILLIAM SWAYNE. Children: Sara Bertha Swayne, born in June 1882; Ellwood G. Swayne, born 69 Rachel P. McDermon death certificate, Pennsylvania, 1912, #44/#113276. McDermon-Owen marriage announcement, Philadelphia Public Ledger, 20 April 1867, page 2, column 3. Geo. McDermon household, 1880 U.S. Census, Willistown, Chester County, ED 11, page 36A, (NARA T9, roll 1113). Geo. McDermon household, 1910 U.S. Census, Haverford Township, Delaware County, ED 140, page 1A, (NARA T624, roll 1339). 70 The Bowen-Owen Bible gives his date of birth as 31 July 1847, but it is believed that the dates for Samuel and his brother Joseph Edwards may be confused in the Bible (the birth date for Joseph is 1 July 1856). 71 Tombstone of “Rebecca T. Owen wife of Wm. F. Snite,” Marple Presbyterian Church, 105 North Sproul Road, Broomall, Pennsylvania, lot #259, transcribed and photographed by the author, April 1994. Called Rebecca T. Snite in the will of Jones Owen (note 14). 72 Jones Owen’s will mentions Sophia S. Jones (note 14). Richard Jones household, 1880 U.S. Census, Springfield, Delaware County, ED 8, page 154A. Richard L. Jones, Jr. household, 1900 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 191, page 259B (NARA T623, roll 1406). Richard L. Jones household, 1910 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 164, page 3B (NARA T624, roll 1340). Richard L. Jones [indexed on Ancestry.com as Richard T.] household, 1920 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 213, page 13B (NARA T625, roll 1563). 73 Jones Owen’s will mentions Sarah Jane Abel as one of his children (note 14). AbelOwen marriage (St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Ardmore [note 68]). 74 P. Charles Grant household, 1880 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 3, page 40A (NARA T9, roll 1125). Review copy 12 June, 2008 220 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 in December 1883; Rebecca T. Swayne, born in August 1887; Edward Walter Swayne, born in July 1889; and Mary Garrett Swayne, born in February 1894.75 x. ALICE G. OWEN, born in September 1861; died 26 January 1863. 3. SAMUEL OWEN (Jones, Samuel), born 1 July 1847, son of Jones and Sarah (Bowen) Owen, and died 24 March 1921. He married 7 October 1869 SARAH ANN HARRIS, who was born 12 January 1851, daughter of Samuel Leedom and Hannah (Litzenberg) Harris. Identified in the 1870 and 1880 census records as a milkman, he later became a Philadelphia policeman and retired to Bucks County as a farmer.76 Children of Samuel and Sarah Ann (Harris) Owen:77 i. ANNA/ANNIE OWEN, born 18 June 1870 in Upper Darby, Delaware County; died 8 September 1917 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; married 1 June 1892 GEORGE DEUEL (see page 217 for children). ii. ALICE G. OWEN, born in November 1871; married say 1889 GILBERT D. PIERCE; lived in Cambridge and Boston, Massachusetts. Children: Grace A. Pierce, born in June 1890, and Mabel A. Pierce, born in November 1895.78 iii. JESSIE W. OWEN, born in 1874; died 7 March 1905.79 iv. MARY S. OWEN, born 26 October 1875; married 11 March 1903 in Philadelphia JOHN MARTIN JUSTIS, Jr.80 75 Jones Owen’s will mentions Hannah Swayne as one of his children (note 14). William Swayne household, 1900 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 191, page 18A (NARA T623, roll 1406): Hannah O. Swayne, 42. Wm. Swayne household, 1910 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 164, page 6B (NARA T624, roll 1340): Wm., 51; Hannah, 51; 5 children, 4 living; son Walter 20; brother-in-law Jos. Owen. 76 Samuel Owen death certificate, Pennsylvania, 1921, #35356. Owen-Harris marriage announcement, Philadelphia Public Ledger, 9 October 1869, page 2, column 2. Sarah A. Owen death certificate, Pennsylvania, 1922, registered #19, file #19023. Samuel Owen household, 1870 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township., Delaware County, page 492 (NARA M593, roll 1337). Samuel Owens [sic] household, 1880 U.S. Census, Upper Darby Township, Delaware County, ED 3, page 40A (NARA T9, roll 1125). Samuel Owen household, 1900 U.S. Census, Philadelphia 27th Ward, ED 672, page 2B (NARA T623, roll 1469). Samuel Owen household, 1910 U.S. Census, Fairhill District, Hilltown Township, Bucks County, ED 25, page 13A (NARA T624, roll 1320). 77 Estate settlement of Samuel Owen (note 14), names his survivors as daughters Alice G. Pierce, Mary Justis, and Edna MacEwen, and the sons of his deceased daughter: Roden Deuel and Irving Deuel. 78 Gilbert Pierce [indexed on Ancestry.com as Prei??e] household, 1900 U.S. Census, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, ED 685, page 9B (NARA T623, roll 656). Gilbert D. Pierce household, 1910 U.S. Census, Boston Ward 17, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, ED 1524, page 9B (NARA T624, roll 620). Gilbert D. Pierce household, 1920 U.S. Census, Boston Ward 17, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, ED 426, page 27B (NARA T625, roll 737). 79 Jesse W. Owen obituary, Philadelphia Inquirer, 8 March 1905, page 7, column 5. 80 Owens-Justis Marriage license with verification of marriage, Office of the Orphans Court, Philadelphia, #158138. She is listed as Mary S. Owens. Review copy 12 June, 2008 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 221 v. EDNA L. OWEN, born in November 1881; died 1923; married about 1900 CLARENCE J. MACEWEN. Children: Madeline MacEwen, born about 1901; Sadie M. MacEwen, born about 1905.81 GENEALOGICAL SUMMARY–THOMAS82 1. ROBERT THOMAS, born about 1762; died 1 August 1812 in Philadelphia; married 5 January 1794 in Philadelphia JANE (EDWARDS) BOWEN, widow of Joseph Bowen. In his will Robert mentioned his nine children and his stepson, Joseph E. Bowen. After the death of Robert Thomas, Jane married 1 January 1819 in Philadelphia Robert Barlow. Children of Robert and Jane (Edwards) (Bowen) Thomas: i. HANNAH A. THOMAS, born say 1793 (estimating marriage at 21); died 1821 in Philadelphia; married 22 September 1814 JOHN PANCOAST, son of Samuel P. and Mary (Levis) Pancoast. Children: Robert Pancoast and Samuel Pancoast.83 ii. LETITIA THOMAS, born say 1794 (estimating marriage at 21); married 31 August 1815 in Philadelphia JOSEPH CARTER.84 iii. BARBARA A. THOMAS. iv. JANE THOMAS. v. ROBERT THOMAS. vi. RICHARD S. THOMAS. 2 vii. ISSACHAR E. THOMAS, born about 1807, died 9 May 1858 in Reading, Berks County; married 20 February 1834 in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, REBECCA OWEN. viii. EZEKIEL C. THOMAS. ix. EDWARD A. THOMAS. 2. ISSACHAR E. THOMAS, born about 1807 (1850 census), son of Robert and Jane (Edwards) (Bowen) Thomas; died 9 May 1858 in Reading, Berks County. He married 20 February 1834 in the Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, REBECCA OWEN, daughter of Samuel and Penelope (Wills) Owen. In the 1850 census his occupation is listed as coach maker. 81 Single tombstone for Samuel Owen; Sarah A., wife of Samuel Owen; Jesse W. Owen; Edna L. MacEwen; and Clarence J. MacEwen; section F, lot 131, Montrose Cemetery, Upper Darby; photographed by Joseph Sundeen, March 1993. Clarence J. MacEwen household, 1910 U.S. Census, Philadelphia, ED 1017, page 17B (NARA T624 roll 1410). 82 All uncited information is presented previously in this article, the Jones OwenSarah Bowen Bible (page 224), or the Samuel Owen-Penelope Wills Bible (page 225). 83 Bennett S. Pancoast, The Pancoast Family in America (Woodbury, N.J.: The Gloucester County Historical Society, 1981), 116. 84 Carter-Thomas marriage, Notices of Marriages and Deaths in Poulson’s American Daily Advertiser, 1811—1825 in Collections of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1:27. Review copy 12 June, 2008 222 Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine Vol. 45 Children of Issachar E. and Rebecca (Owen) Thomas:85 i. FANNY T. THOMAS, born in December 1834; died in 1909; married 14 October 1852 in Reading OBADIAH BOAS; after he died, she moved to Philadelphia and was a governess at Girard College. Children: Fanny Emily Boas, Laura May Boas, and Edward I. Boas.86 ii. ELIZABETH C. THOMAS, born in 1837; died in 1910; married JOHN W. AUCHENBACH.87 iii. RICHARD A. THOMAS, born about 1836 (1850 census); died in May 1870; married LINA –?–, who married second John H. Broadbent; no children.88 iv. ANNA THOMAS, born in 1838; died in 1921; married JOHN STROUP, born in 1818 and died in 1896.89 v. SAMUEL O. THOMAS, born say 1841 (1850 census). vi. ROBERT THOMAS, born say 1842 (calculated); died 7 April 1863 in Cincinnati, Ohio, probably a Civil War casualty, in the 22nd year of his age. 90 vii. HARRIET B. THOMAS, born 1 May 1845; died 23 February 1902;91 married GEORGE H. KREISHER, son of Daniel and Rebecca Kreisher.92 He was born 85 Berks County Deeds 331:278—81, 23 November 1905, Elizabeth V. Thomas and Jones O. Thomas her husband of Reading; Loranda M. Thomas and Issachar E. Thomas her husband of Wilmington, Delaware; Anna Stroup widow of John Stroup of Reading; and Fannie Boas widow of Obadiah Boas deceased of Reading to Adam Schlottman of Reading, names the ten children of I. E. and Rebecca Thomas: Jones O. Thomas; Robert Thomas (died in 1864, childless and intestate); Issachar E. Thomas; Samuel O. Thomas; Harriet Kreisher, wife of George H.; Rebecca Black, widow of George; Annie Stroup, widow of John; Fannie Boas, widow of Obadiah; Richard Thomas (died in 1870, childless and intestate); and Elizabeth Auchenbach, widow of John W. 86 Fanny T. Boas tombstone; F. Emily Boas tombstone, “in her 18th year”; Laura May Boas tombstone, “in her 4th year”; all in section E, lot 96, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading; transcribed by the author and photographed by Joseph Sundeen, 26 September 2007. Boas-Thomas marriage, Jeffrey J. Howell, “Marriages Appearing in the Reading Adler, January 1850—December 1854” (manuscript, GA M359r, Berks County Historical Society, Reading), 162; Obadiah is listed as D. D. Boas. Obadiah D. Boas household 1860 U.S. Census, Southwest Ward, Reading, Berks County. page 1232 (NARA M653, roll 1077): Fanny, 24; Emalie, 6; and Lora, 1. Fanny T. Boas household 1870 U.S. Census, Reading 6th Ward, Berks County, page 42 (NARA M593, roll 1307): Fanny, 35; Fanny E., 16; and Edward I., 4. Fanny T. Boas household, 1900 U.S. Census, Girard College, Philadelphia Ward 29, ED 718, page 1B (NARA T623, roll 1471). 87 Elizabeth C. Auchenbach tombstone, section E, lot 96, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading (Berks County) Pennsylvania, transcribed by the author and photographed by Joseph Sundeen, 26 September 2007. 88 Berks County Deeds 332:243—44, 20 November 1905, Lina and John H. Broadbent of Cleveland to Adam Schlottman of Reading. The deed states that Lina was the widow of Richard Thomas who died in 1870 and was one of the ten children of I. E. Thomas. 89 John Stroup and Anna T. Stroup tombstones, section E, lot 96, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading; transcribed by the author and photographed by Joseph Sundeen on 26 September 2007. 90 Sgt. Robert Thomas tombstone gives place of death, in 22nd year (section E, lot 96, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading; transcribed by the author and photographed by Joseph Sundeen 26 September 2007). Robert E. Conner, Public Ledger Origins of Philadelphians who Died between 1848 and 1875 in Collections of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 285, also gives place of death, aged 22 years, and “son of Rebecca & late Issachar R. Thomas of Reading, Pa. Int[erred] Reading.” 91 Harriet B. Kreisher tombstone, section Q, lot 166, Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading; transcribed by the author and photographed by Joseph Sundeen 26 September 2007. Review copy 12 June, 2008 2008 Pennsylvania Wives of George Deuel of New York 223 23 or 25 December 1846 (calculated) and died 10 or 12 December 1914 in Reading, age 67 years 11 months 18 days. 93 Child of George H. and Harriet (Thomas) Kreisher: 1. Jennie T. Kreisher, born 6 August 1874 in Reading; died 19 March 1949 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; married first 5 January 1898 in Reading Adam Schlottman.94 Children: Kathryn Salome Schlottman, born 8 February 1898 in Reading;95 George Alexander Schlottman, born 8 February 1904 in Reading;96 James A. Schlottman, born 12 March 1906, died in June 1985.97 She married second 28 November 1918 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York, George Deuel (see page 217). viii. JONES O. THOMAS, born in November 1844; died in 1933, buried in Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading; married about 1865 ELIZABETH V. –?–; he was a grocer. Children: Florence Thomas, born about 1869; Nellie Thomas, born in September 1875; Warren Thomas, born about 1877.98 ix. ISSACHAR E. THOMAS, born in January 1847; married about 1868 SARANDA M. –?–; in the mid-1880s the family moved to Wilmington, Delaware; he was a watchmaker/jeweler. Children: Harry E. Thomas, born in October 1869; Calvin C. Thomas, born in July 1872; Lynford A. Thomas, born in July 1875; Clyde E. Thomas, born about 1879; Laura E. Thomas, born in December 1880.99 x. REBECCA J. THOMAS, born about 1847 (1850 census); married about 1874 GEORGE BLACK. Child: Mary F. Black, born about 1876.100 92 Daniel Kreisher household, 1870 U.S. Census, 8th Ward, Reading, Berks County, page 133, #177/214 (NARA M593, roll 1307). 93 Cemetery records, 1848—1979, Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory, Reading (FHL #1,275,639) gives death as 10 December. George H. Kreisher Estate File, Estate files, 1752—1915, Berks County Register of Wills (FHL #2,283,996) gives death as 12 December. 94 Schlottman-Kreisher marriage, 1898, #50, Return of Marriages in the City of Reading (FHL #1,465,863). 95 Register of the St. Stephens Congregation of the Reformed Church of Reading, Berks Co., Pennsylvania (at Berks County Genealogical Society), 22. 96 Geo. Alexander birth, Return of Births, Reading, 1904, #288 (FHL #1,465,861). 97 Social Security Death Index gives date of birth and place and date of death. 98 Jones O. Thomas household, 1880 U.S. Census, Reading, Berks County, ED 49, page 217C (NARA T9, roll 1101). J. O. Thomas household, 1900 census (note 167). J. O. Thomas household, 1900 U.S. Census, Reading, Berks County, ED 60, page 10A (NARA T623, roll 1378): his wife Elizabeth and daughter Nellie J. Thomas. Pvt. Jones O. Thomas tombstone, gives birth date as 1844 and death date as 1933 (www.findagrave.com/cgibin/fg.cgi). 99 Issachar E. Thomas household, 1880 U.S. Census, 1st Ward, Reading, Berks County, ED 51, page 261A (NARA T9, roll 1101). Issachar [indexed on Ancestry.com as Iesacher] Thomas household, 1900 U.S. Census, Ward 7, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, ED 28, page 13A (NARA T623, roll 155). Edward I. Thomas household, 1910 U.S. Census, Ward 7, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, ED 48, page 1A (NARA T624, roll 147). Boyd’s Reading City Directory, 1883—1884 lists Issachar E. Thomas, watchmaker. He is not listed in later directories. 100 George Black household, 1880 U.S. Census, 5th Ward, Reading, Berks County, ED 48, page 197A (NARA T9, roll 1101). Review copy 12 June, 2008