Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth Date28 Nov 1805
Birth PlaceClearfield County, PA, USA
Death Date19 Sep 1849 Age: 43
Burial PlaceOak Hill Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield Co., PA, USA982
FatherIsaac BLOOM (1780-1859)
MotherSarah “Polly” Apgar (1785-1868)
Misc. Notes
Headstone Inscription (partial)
Elizabeth
Wife of Mason Garrison
Died Sep 19th 1849
Aged 43 years, 9 m & 21 d982
Elizabeth
Wife of Mason Garrison
Died Sep 19th 1849
Aged 43 years, 9 m & 21 d982
Spouses
Birth Date2 Oct 1800
Birth PlaceVirginia
Death Date4 Aug 1861 Age: 60
Death PlacePennsylvania, USA
Misc. Notes
Mason Garrison and George Leech in 1815 had one of the first Woolen Mills in the county [Clearfield] at Hog Back Run below Curwensville.
The purpose of a Woolen Mill was to make wool into rolls after it had been sheared from the sheep. The rolls were taken home and used on the spinning wheel to make yarn. It was customary for the owner of the Factory to go about the country with his "Wool Wagon" trading finished cloth, blankets or yarn to the farmers for wool.1842,1372
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Married on the 26th ult. [26 August], by Rev. W. Champion, Mason Garrison, Esq., to Elizabeth Templeton, both of Curwensville.516
[Second Marriage for Mason?]
The purpose of a Woolen Mill was to make wool into rolls after it had been sheared from the sheep. The rolls were taken home and used on the spinning wheel to make yarn. It was customary for the owner of the Factory to go about the country with his "Wool Wagon" trading finished cloth, blankets or yarn to the farmers for wool.1842,1372
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Married on the 26th ult. [26 August], by Rev. W. Champion, Mason Garrison, Esq., to Elizabeth Templeton, both of Curwensville.516
[Second Marriage for Mason?]
Family ID1687
Misc. Notes
Mason and Elizabeth settled where John Holden now [1897] lives.2290
ChildrenLevi B (1847-1914)