Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date11 Feb 1821
Birth PlaceCentre County, PA, USA
Birth PlaceBrady Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA599
Death Date4 May 1864564 Age: 43
Death PlaceClarion, PA, USA
Death Date4 May 1854602 Age: 33
Death PlaceClarion County, PA, USA
FatherJoseph L LINES Sr. (1796-1870)
MotherElizabeth PEOPLES (1796-1872)
Misc. Notes
Elizabeth, born in 1821 in Centre County, became the wife of Benjamin Franklin Harley (b. 1810), who was engaged in the foundry business in Limestone, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, where she died May 4, 1864.
She had buried three children before her death: Mary Agnes (1854-1862), Margaret Rachael died when seventeen months old, and Roxanne died in infancy, leaving six children, ages according to the 1850 census – James (8), Joseph (6), Franklin [unlisted], Elizabeth (9), Jane (2) and Katherine (4), all of whom are married. [Benjamin, age 3 months, is listed in the census. Since Franklin, age 10, is listed in the 1860 census, this is likely the same person.] He is referred to as Benjamin Franklin Harley below.
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Resident of Crawford County, PA near Luthersburg (DuBois).572
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[She died less than 3 months after giving birth to her last child. Could she have died as a result of complications from that birth?]
She had buried three children before her death: Mary Agnes (1854-1862), Margaret Rachael died when seventeen months old, and Roxanne died in infancy, leaving six children, ages according to the 1850 census – James (8), Joseph (6), Franklin [unlisted], Elizabeth (9), Jane (2) and Katherine (4), all of whom are married. [Benjamin, age 3 months, is listed in the census. Since Franklin, age 10, is listed in the 1860 census, this is likely the same person.] He is referred to as Benjamin Franklin Harley below.
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Resident of Crawford County, PA near Luthersburg (DuBois).572
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[She died less than 3 months after giving birth to her last child. Could she have died as a result of complications from that birth?]
Spouses
Birth Date30 Aug 1810
Birth PlaceFalkirk, SCOTLAND
Residence Date17 Sep 1860605 Age: 50
Residence PlaceRockton, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Residence MemoPersonal Estate Value 150
Residence DateSep 1888606
Residence PlaceUnion Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death PlaceRockton, Clearfield Co., PA, USA
Death Memoat the residence of his son, B.F. Harley
Burial PlaceRockton Cemetery, Union Township, Clearfield Co., PA, USA599
Burial Memo“Home Camp”
OccupationFarmer in 1860605
FatherJames HARLEY Jr.
MotherKatherine HILL
Misc. Notes
According to the 1850 census – James (8), Joseph (6), Franklin (unlisted), Elizabeth (9), Jane (2) and Katherine (4), all of whom are married. (Benjamin, age 3 months, is listed in the census. Since Franklin, age 10, is listed in the 1860 census, this is likely the same person.) He is referred to as Benjamin Franklin Harley in this document.
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Benjamin emigrated to the United States in 1831 through Castle Garden, New York. He learned the foundry* trade in New Orleans before moving to Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the foundry business in Clarion County, PA.602
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The Harley boys from Scotland were founders, who worked in or owned a foundry. One of the Lines or Harleys owned a large piece of property and a grocery store in Luthersburg, PA. I forget which family it was.609
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*A foundry is a factory that produces metal casting. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron. However, other metals are also used.610
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[Benjamin] will be well remembered by the older residents of this place [Clearfield County], as having for some years carried on business at the old foundry, which stood on the ground now occupied by the Public School building.606
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Benjamin emigrated to the United States in 1831 through Castle Garden, New York. He learned the foundry* trade in New Orleans before moving to Pennsylvania. He was engaged in the foundry business in Clarion County, PA.602
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The Harley boys from Scotland were founders, who worked in or owned a foundry. One of the Lines or Harleys owned a large piece of property and a grocery store in Luthersburg, PA. I forget which family it was.609
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*A foundry is a factory that produces metal casting. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal in a mold, and removing the mold material or casting after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals processed are aluminum and cast iron. However, other metals are also used.610
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[Benjamin] will be well remembered by the older residents of this place [Clearfield County], as having for some years carried on business at the old foundry, which stood on the ground now occupied by the Public School building.606
ChildrenElizabeth Helen (1840-1935)
James A (1842-)
Joseph L (1844-)
Catherine Hill (1846-1910)
Sarah "Jennie" Jane (1848-1930)
Benjamin Franklin “Frank” (1850-1937)
Mary Agnes (Died as Child) (1854-1862)
Roxanne|Roxan (Died as Infant)
Margaret Rachel (Died as Infant)