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ELI 283, 288MARY283MAHY IMcClelland 288,468POLLY IMcCleiland476RACIIEL/Heaton283SA ItA II/H enton 283SAHAII/RusseIl283,288

WATKINSDANIEL, PDRYDEN 273GEORGE, A.IOB, P .JOliN, AMARGTIHex) 226NANCY IVanmeterl273RICIIA RD 228HOBlmT, I'SUSA N W 651

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WAYHA NNA II/Wiley 518KEZIA II IMorrisl623KEZIA II/Morri.586MA IlY1M itchener208SAIlAIIIMorr'.1623SA RA HI M orris 586

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WEBSTEREDON 6,16ELIZABETH ICowell) 645GEORG E 303.IOHN 645RACHEL ICowell) 646RACHEL IShelbyl303

WEDGEIIENItY, R

WEIRANNA IBowenl121CATHElUNE57EDWARD 119MAlty ICarterl121SAMUEL 121

WELCHGEORGE, PJAMES, R

WELLINGTONJEMIMAH580

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KtJGHN 1;21;MARTIIA/Ankrom 308, 324,:142,350

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WESTFALLCOIlNELIUS 657

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WHARTONABNER647AMOS647AMY 1Krenerl 652JOHN 652RUTH IJ ohn.onl 667SARA IIICowell1647

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WIIETZELL,j OliN, CAPT 614,615

WIIITACREABRAHAM, RDA:'-iIEL, PELIJAH, PPETER, P

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WHITEHILLROm;RT 475

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WICHEHSHAME IHandolph) 571ELI57IHANNAII (lJaily) 571JONATHAN571THOMAS 571

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WIGGINSEDWARD. aURIAH, Il

WILBOI\NELlZ391

WILCOX,JOANNA/Lyon479MAHY IO'Neil1218WILLIAM 218

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WILDMAN,JANE/Lant7.638

12. Joseph Morris, born May 15, 1823; married Mary Dyl',born April 2, 1831. died May 16, 1869.

2. Joseph Morris, born November 11, 1780. Received land InLuzerne Township, Fayette County. Penl1sylvanla, in settl!'·ment of father's estate .

3. Owen Morris, born October 25, 1783. died May 18, 1860; mar­ried Abigail Wilson, born May 19. 1795, died February 9, 1875.They went to Miami County, Ohio. and settled near Casstown.

Children of Owen and Abi~aU (Wilson) Morris1. Elizabeth Morris, born September 3. 1814; marrIed, Au·

gust 14, 1834. Lewis Wilson.2. Ann Morris. born October 26, 1816; married, June 10,

1833, William Swails.3. Owen David Morris, born January 3, 1819, died December

10, 1875; married. November 28. 1839. Nancy G. Corey.Buried near Crawfordsville, Indiana.

4. Sarah Morris, born February 18, 18Z1; married, Decem·bel' 31. 1840, Hanford Kerr.

5. John Morris. born Julv 31, 1823. died 1914: married

who dIed November 11, 1798, aged 45 years. HIs second wit, Itsaid to have been Hannah Garard. She died June 15, 1816. ItI"fo!!

49 years, and he married (3) a widow, Mary Robbins, probnhly thPdaughter of John Evans of DunkaTd Township. (WI!! nook I.pp. 9). She died in 1848, aged 87 years, and is said to have ~buried near Bobtown. Eight children are listed by the first mftl'riage and three by the second. A step-daughter is named In hl~ w1Jt

Family of Jonathan Morris1. Samuel Morris, born September 7, 1778, died Decem!)('r 1!1it:

married Sarah Garard, born on August 29, 1782, died .July 11.1868. She was a daughter of Justus and Rachel (01l1'lrlGarard.

Children of Samuel and Sarah (Garard) Morris1. Rachel MorrIs, born March 26, 1803; married, AUf:u!'!t211i.

1821, John Dye.2. Jonathan Morris, born December 28, 1804, died AUg\I!'!\:¥I,

1838; married, 1825, Barbara Bradford, born 1804, dl~1895·96.

3. Sarah Morris, born May 8, 1807, died August 1884 (!):maTried .J aIm Hudson.

4. Hannah Morris, born May 8, 1807, (twin); married, .TI/"t'2. 1825, Henry Bradford, born 1804, died March 7, 1~llShe died June 3. 1894.

5. Justus Morris, born March 25, 1809; went to Lee Connt)·,Iowa .

6. Louisa Morris, born May 24, 1811; married ParrlrltMcCul1ough.

7. Owen Morris, born December 22, 1812; married Ahlr.~11.................; went to Miami County, Ohio.

8. Hetty Morris, born April 12, 1815, died October 6, lR!1~;married Thomas W. Kent.

9. Abner Morris, born April 23, 1817.10. Elizabeth Morris. born January 15, 1819; married Atkil1!'!On

Sellars.11. John P. Morris, born May 20, 1821, died 1901; marrlrd.

July 1842, Phoebe Eaken, born July 21, 1831, died Mnl\"h25. 1914.

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Children of Rev. Barnet and Sarah (Morris) Whitlat.ch1. William Whitlatch.2. Jonathan Whitlatch.3. Sarah Whitlatch. born June 16, 1826. died June 26, 1904;

married (1) John Bell, who died October 1:5,-1866, agEd 48years, 1month, 20 days. She married (2) Smith.

4. Nancy Whitlatch, married Hiram Kent. born 1817, diedApril 26, 1863.

5. Elizabeth Whitlatch, married (1) Wise; (2) NealZollars. /

6. Margaret Maria Whitlatch, born April 3, 1834, died May23. 1910; married William H. Gordon. born March 10,

Elizabeth Howell.6. Letitia Morris, born January 7, 1826. died February 27,

1826.7. Patty Morris. born March 20, 1827; married, November 29,

1849, Benjamin Pettit.8. Lucinda Morris, born June 22, 1830; married. December

16, 1852, David Odaffe.9, Abigail Morris, born May 20, 1833; married (1) John

Eyer; (2) Amos Lapham.10. Elma Morris, born December 31, 1837; married Blakely

Gersinger.11, Harriett EUen Morris. born July 7, 1842. died 1925; mar­

ried, December 24, 1864, Moses Robert Frazee.( Lucretia Morris, born April 30, 1787, died March 23, 1867; mar·

ried, May 13. 1807. James Roberts. born JUly 30. 1785, diedJune 8, 1864. They lived for a time at the mouth of DutchRun, then moved to Hancock County, Illinois. Buried nearLa Harpe, Illinois.

Chililren of .Jame~ and Lucretia (Morris) Roberts1. Richard Roberts, born February 22, 1808.2. Jonathan Roberts, born May 3, 1809, died July 30, 1S0!J.3. 'Sarah Roberts, born June 28, 1810.4. John Roberts, born November 27, 1811.5. Morris Roberts, born June 20, 1814, died June 10, 18.<37;

married Mary ........................•born December 10, 1818, died JulyI, 1890.

.6 Mariah Roberts, born April 3, 1816, died October 9, 1856;married Fordyce.

7. Lucretia Roberts, born April 3, 1818, died November 17,1854; married Homer .

8. Elizabeth Roberts, born June 26, 1820, died September16, 1821.

9. Jemimah Roberts, born October 6. 1823, died July 8, 1870;married Smith.

10. Hannah Roberts, born November 9. 1824, died NovembC'r28, 1894; married Strawn.

11. Pleasant Jane Roberts, borh November 23, 1826; marriedJoab Baily. (See Mundel Record),

12. Louisa Roberts, born September 14. 1829, died February11. 1911; married Anderson.

13. Pera Anne Roberts, born December 10, 1831, died January26, 1904; married _ Slone.

5. Mary Morris, born March 14, 1790; married Knotts.6 Sarah Morris, born May 7, 1793; married Rev. Barnett Whit­. latch, born March 16, 1794, died October 4, 1867. His second

wife was Airy Gordon, born July 1, 1796.

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858 HISTORY OF GREENE COD NTY. IIISTOHY OF GREENE COUNTY.

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THOMAS STROPE, farmer and stock-grower, Deep Valley,Penn., was horn November 22, 1823, and is a son of Thomas andSarah (Elems) Strope. His parents were of English descent. l.IJsfather, who was a farmer during his lifetime, died in 1848. Mr.Thomas Thrope is the fourth in his father's family and the eldestwho grew to maturity. His opportunities for an education were verylimited. He is a self-made man and now owns 290 acres of wellimproved land. When he was a small boy he worked by the monthand then worked on a farm as a tenant. He also learned the tanner'strade, at which he was employed until twenty-four years of age.Mr. Strope's first wife was Eliza lI1:itchelI, who lived twenty-fiveyears after their marriage. They had one child, George ",V. Mrs.Sarah Jane Strope, the present wife, was the daughter Jacob Miller,a prominent farmer of Springhill Township. Mr. and Mrs. Stropeare the parents of two children-Park L. II,nd Purman D. Mr.Strope is a Republican. He is a member of the ]\Iasonic Fraternityand the Patrons of Husbandry. He and wife are members of theChurch of God.

'V. T. WHITE, farmer and stock-grower, Deep Valley, Penn.,was bOI"llin Monongalia County, West Virginia, April 30, 1842.lIe is a son of Michael and ~MaryA. (Russell) White, who were alsonatives of West Virginia, and of Ge:t;man extraction. Mr. White'sfa thCl' was a farmer through life, and died in Monongalia County,W. Va., in 1868. Of his family offonr children, W. T. White is thesecond. He was reared on the home farm and received his educationin the common-schools. Having chosen farming as his occupation,Mr. White came to GreeLe County, Penn., in 1872,.and settled on afarm in SpringhiJJ Township where he now resides. His farm con­sisting of 185 acres, is well stocked and improved. In 1868 he wasmarried to Miss Harriet, daughter of William and Elizabeth (Oden­bangh) Kent. Mrs. White is of English descent. They have fourchildren-Luella, a school teacher; Guy "'V., Nettie E. and CharlesF. lIIrs. White died lIIarch 13, 1888, The family are members ofthe Methodist Episcopal Church, in which Mr. White takes an activeinterest. He is also greatly interested in school affairs and has beenone of the most efficient members of the school board in his township.In 1861 he enlisted in the Sixth West Virginia Volunteer Infantryin Company N., where he served until the close of the war, being anon-commissioned officer.

JOSEPH WHITLATCH, farmer and stock-grower, was born inWhiteley Township, this county, N ovem bel' 22, 1821, and is a son ofJoseph and Barbara (Hostetler) Whitlatch. His mother was born inFayette County, and his father in Greene, and they were of Englishand Dnteh extraction. His father was a farmer and distiller byoccu­pation. His grandfather, Thomas Whitlatch, who was an energetic

and industrious farmer through life, was born in England and emi­grated to America, coming to Greene County among the earliest set·tIers. The subject of this sketch, who is the sixth in a family of tenchildren, resided in ",Vhiteley Township until he was twenty-fouryears of age. He has followed his father's occupation and has been verysuccessful, being now the owner of 220 acres of well-improved land.Mr. Whitlatch was united in marriage, December 11, 1845, with MissJ aile, daughter of Thomas Owen, who came from Wales. They arcthe parents of thirteen children-Elizabeth, wife of George Plantz;Benson, who died July 5, 1888, aged thirty-eight years; Barbara J.,wife of George Murphy; Sarah Ann, wife of John Springer; SusanCaroline, wife of WilHam Patterson; Mary Ellen, wife of JohnNicholas; John W., Peter 0., Belle, wife of James Brewer; Viola,",Villiam, Isaa~ N., and Da\'id (deceased), who was their oldest child,died April 12, 1880, aged thirty-three years. Mr. Whitlatch is amemher of the Baptist Church, in which he has been a deacon fortwenty-three years, and also superintendent of the Sabbath-school.The other members of the family. are members of the Church of God.Mr. Whitlatch is a Republican, and has been school director in histownship. lIe went into the army as a private in 1864, and sen'eduntil the close of the war.

WILLIAM WILDMAN, farmer and stock-grower, was born inGilmore Township, Greene County, Penn., October 31, 1847, and isa son of Joseph and Frances (Cumpston) Wildman. His parentswere born in Dunkard Township, and were of English descent. Hisfather spent his life as a farmer. His family consisted of nine chil­dren, of whom ",Villiam is the Reventh. He was reared on the homefarm, receiving his educatiol1 in the common schools. Since earlylife he has made farming his chief pursuit, and has met with unusualsuccess. Mr. Wild man has made his own way in the world, and isnow the owner of 175 acres of well-improved land. In 1868 hemarried Miss Ruth, daughter of Alexander Compston. Mrs. \Vild·man is of German origin. Their children are--Anna C., wife ofJ acoh Tustin; Fannie, Eliza Ellen, Harriet, Charles 'V., and Rebecca

(deceased). Mrs. Wildman is a member of the Methodist EpiscopalOhurch. In politics Mr. Wildman is a Democrat.

WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.SILAS BARNES, retired farmer, P. O. Ruff's Creek, was born

on the farm where he now resides in Washington Township, Greene