A Rural Valley and Cowanshannock Family Tree


‎Aaron C. Schrecengost‏‎ ¹⁾ ²⁾, son of Daniel Schrecengost and Mary Crum‏. Born ‎ Oct 17, 1843 at Armstrong Co. PA‎ ³⁾ ⁴⁾, died ‎ Jul 11, 1904‎, 60 years ³⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ³⁾ Full birth and death dates carved on grave stone. Lived in Rural Valley. Was a huckster, ran the "Travelers' Rest" hotel, then engaged in mason contracting until his death. ³⁾ ²⁾ Alt. Birth: (‎ Mar 1844 at Armstrong Co. PA) ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1850 at Pine Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents, siblings, Sarah Shiria (age 17, born PA) and Abner Say (age 5, born PA). ⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1860 at Valley Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) [illeg]maker. Living with parents, brother Solomon, and farm laborers Abner L. Joy (?) (age 16, born PA) and John McAfoose (age 34, born PA). ⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. ⁵⁾ Alt. Death: (‎ Jul 12, 1904) ²⁾ Married ‎ Dec 20, 1877 ²⁾ (26 years married) to: ‎Catherine Hill‏‎ ¹⁾, daughter of John Hill and Catherine Painter‏. Born ‎ 1857 at Armstrong Co. PA‎ ⁸⁾ ⁴⁾, died ‎ Jul 19, 1949 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 91 or 92 years ⁹⁾ ⁸⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ⁹⁾ ⁸⁾ On the 1900 census, Catherine states that she has had eight children, and all eight are living. ⁵⁾ Alt. Birth: (‎ Mar 1858) ⁵⁾ Alt. Birth: (‎ Mar 19, 1860 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) ⁹⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with husband and children. ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Widowed. Head of household. Living with children Mary, Edna and Frank, and Frank's wife Josephine. ¹⁰⁾ Located: (‎ Aug 1915 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) ⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Widowed, head of household, living alone. Next entry on 1920 census is son Walter and his family. ¹¹⁾ Census (‎ 1930 at New Kensington, Westmoreland Co. PA) Living with son Walter and his wife Mary. ¹²⁾ Children: 1. ‎Alice E. Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ Sep 15, 1878 at Armstrong Co. PA‎ ⁵⁾ ¹³⁾ ¹⁴⁾ ¹⁵⁾, died ‎ Aug 8, 1968 at Applewold, Armstrong Co. PA‎, 89 years ¹³⁾ ¹⁴⁾ ¹⁵⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ¹³⁾ ¹⁴⁾ ¹⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Located: (‎ Jan 1917 at Kittanning, Armstrong Co. PA) Stenographer in James McCullough Jr.'s hardware store. ¹⁶⁾ 2. ‎Walter G. Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ Jan 3, 1880 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ ⁵⁾ ¹⁷⁾, died ‎ Nov 25, 1947 at New Kensington, Westmoreland Co. PA‎, 67 years ¹⁷⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ¹⁷⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) House painter. Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Located: (‎ Nov 1903 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Painter. ¹⁸⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer in a coal mine. Living with wife and son. ¹⁹⁾ Census (‎ 1930 at New Kensington, Westmoreland Co. PA) Painting contractor. Living with wife and mother. ¹²⁾ Census (‎ 1940 at New Kensington, Westmoreland Co. PA) Widowed. Living with son Brice and his family. ²⁰⁾ 3. ‎Frank C. "Franklin C. Schrecengost" Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ Dec 16, 1881 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾, died ‎ Jan 14, 1917 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. OH‎, 35 years ²¹⁾ ¹⁶⁾ ²²⁾, buried ‎ at Rural Valley Cemetery, Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA ²¹⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Located: (‎ 1902 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Operated a livery. ²⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Livery man. Living with wife, mother, and sisters Mary and Edna. ¹⁰⁾ 4. ‎John A. Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ Oct 1882 at PA‎ ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Day laborer. Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ 5. ‎Harry T. Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ May 1891 at PA‎ ⁵⁾ Located: (‎ Aug 1868 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. OH) ¹⁴⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Laborer doing odd jobs. Living with mother and siblings. ²³⁾ Located: (‎ Nov 1916 at Cuyahoga Co. OH) Machinist. ²⁴⁾ 6. ‎Jeannette M. "Nettie M. Schrecengost" Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ Apr 1887 at PA‎ ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. OH) Living with husband. Sister Edna and her family are in the same dwelling, but a different family number, on the census. ²⁵⁾ 7. ‎Edna Pearl Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ¹⁶⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ Oct 4, 1894 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA‎ ⁵⁾ ²⁶⁾, died ‎ Jul 23, 1959 at Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Co. PA‎, 64 years ²⁶⁾, buried ‎ at Sunset Memorial Park, North Olmsted, Cuyahoga County OH Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, sister Mary, brother Frank, and sister-in-law Josephine. ¹⁰⁾ Located: (‎ Jan 1917 at Chicago, Cook Co. IL) ¹⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. OH) Living with husband and daughter. Sister Jeannette and her husband are in same dwelling but different family number on census. ²⁷⁾ Located: (‎ Nov 1924 at Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co. OH) Seamstress. ²⁸⁾ Census (‎ 1930 at Ridgeville Twp., Lorain Co. OH) Living with husband and daughter. ²⁹⁾ 8. ‎Mayme R. "Mary R. Schrecengost" Schrecengost‏‎ ²⁾ ¹⁶⁾ ⁵⁾ Born ‎ May 1889 at PA‎ ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1900 at Cowanshannock Twp., Armstrong Co. PA) Living with parents and siblings. ⁵⁾ Census (‎ 1910 at Rural Valley, Armstrong Co. PA) Living with mother, sister Edna, brother Frank, and sister-in-law Josephine. ¹⁰⁾ Located: (‎ Jan 1917 at Ellwood City, Beaver Co. and Lawrence Co. PA) ¹⁶⁾ Census (‎ 1920 at Fairfield, Jefferson Co. AL) Living with husband. ³⁰⁾ Located: (‎ 1935 at Honolulu, HI) ³¹⁾ Census (‎ 1940 at Wilmington, New Castle Co. DE) Living with husband. ³¹⁾ Located: (‎ Jun 1958 at Columbiana, Columbiana Co. OH) ³²⁾

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