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     Mary Elizabeth Chess was born on 27 May 1894 at Richhill Twp, Greene Co, PA.. She was the daughter of William Jasper Chess and Emma Richardson Smith. She married Colemen Kerr at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA.. She lived in 1925 at Gorman, TX.. She lived at Erie, PA.. She died on 4 April 1991 at Anaheim, CA., at age 96.⁷

     William Fletcher Boyers was born on 20 July 1878 at Greene Co, PA.. He was the son of Jasper H Boyers and Elizabeth Caroline Hickman. He married Clara Mason in 1909. He was a house carpenter. He was a carpenter in the coal fields in 1930 at Greene Co, PA.. He died on 12 October 1948 at Perry Twp, Greene Co, PA., at age 70.

     Mary Viola Rinehart was born in January 1880 at Greene Co, PA.. She was the daughter of John Thomas Rinehart and Cassander Elizabeth Shultz. She married Caleb S Shriver. She died before 1910.

     Emma Belle Rinehart was born on 24 October 1877 at Wayne Twp, Greene Co, PA.. She was the daughter of John Thomas Rinehart and Cassander Elizabeth Shultz. She married Commodore Perry Rose, son of Lot Rose, circa 1891. She did not have children. She died on 8 September 1941 at Whiteley Twp, Greene Co, PA., at age 63.

     Ormonde John Rinehart was born on 24 October 1918. He was the son of Inghram Rinehart and Caroline Bell Shriver. He married Eva Kathryn Selders on 25 June 1940 at Greenup, KY.. He lived at Blissfield, OH.. He died on 18 June 2003 at Canton, OH., at age 84.

     Paul Ormonde Rinehart is the son of Ormonde John Rinehart and Eva Kathryn Selders.

     Franklin Edward Rinehart was born on 17 December 1941 at Millersburg, OH.. He was the son of Ormonde John Rinehart and Eva Kathryn Selders. He died on 27 March 2003 at Coshocton Co, OH., at age 61.

     Karen Kay Rinehart is the daughter of Robert Lafayette Rinehart and Ruth Leone Turner.

     Rose Rinehart was born on 26 December 1920. She was the daughter of Inghram Rinehart and Caroline Bell Shriver. She lived in 2003 at Orlando, FL..

     Harold V. Rinehart was born on 18 October 1916. He was the son of Inghram Rinehart and Caroline Bell Shriver. He died on 5 October 1994 at Killbuck, Holmes Co, OH., at age 77.

     Robert Lafayette Rinehart was born on 3 October 1913 at Spraggs, Greene Co, PA.. He was the son of Inghram Rinehart and Caroline Bell Shriver. He married Ruth Leone Turner on 24 January 1948 at Coshocton, OH.. He died on 19 March 2001 at Millersburg, Holmes Co, OH., at age 87.

     Barnet Renner was born in 1781 at VA. He was the son of George Renner and Barbary Pitcock. He married Elizabeth Hickman, daughter of Robert Hickman and Mary Magdalena Livengood, at Greene Co, PA.. He was taxed for 173 acres of land in 1843 at Perry Twp, Greene Co, PA..⁸ He died on 29 October 1866 at Perry Twp, Greene Co, PA..

     Arch C. Hickman was born on 30 December 1873 at County Poor House, Greene Co, PA..⁷ He was the son of (---) Smalley and Sarah Knisely. He was named "Otto", when born. The name of his biological father may have been Smalley. He was adopted by Morgan & Mary Hickman from County Poorhouse in 1884. He married Mary Matilda "Tillie" Funk, daughter of William James Funk and Nancy Ella Morris, in 1898.¹⁴ He was a day laborer in 1900 at Jefferson, PA.. He was a furnaceman for Hazel Atlas Glass Co. at Washington, PA..⁷ He died on 18 August 1961 at Washington, PA., at age 87.

     Martin Knisely was born on 21 May 1878 at County Poor House, Greene Co, PA.. He was transferred from Elwyn Training School of Philadelphia to Polk. on 21 April 1897. He was an inmate at Polk (State Institution for the Feeble Minded) from 1897 to 1927 at Polk, Venango Co, PA.. He was listed as feeble minded in W.W.I draft registration. He was transferred from Polk to Greene Co PoorHouse on 17 August 1927.⁹ He lived in the Greene County Alms House in 1930. He was transferred from County Home to Torrance State Hospital on 6 January 1936.¹⁰ He was taken to Torrance on 6 March 1936.⁹ He was returned from Hospital to County Home on 8 January 1938.¹⁰ He was returned to Torrance State Hospital on 4 June 1938.¹⁰ He died on 29 April 1943 at Torrance State Hospital, Westmoreland Co, PA., at age 64.
(Comment: His Death Record states that his mother was "Sara Knisley." However, in the 1880 Supplement Schedule indicates that he has no mother, father, or siblings living in the same institution.)

     Robert Smith was born on 10 September 1844 at Greene Co, PA.. He was the son of John Smith and Hannah Renner. He married Sarah Flaherty, daughter of Patrick Flaherty and Jane Barger, on 28 June 1874.² He moved from Greene Co, PA. to Wetzel Co, WV. He purchased 5 acres on ridge between Rock Camp Run and Church's Fork of Fish Creek, Wetzel Co, WV, and then sold it in 1885 in February 1877.¹² He moved back to Greene Co, PA, and lived in Deep Valley, Springfield Twp, Greene Co, PA. in 1885.¹³ He bought an acre of land in Springhill Twp, Greene Co, PA. and sold it to Francis Barger in Sep 1886 in October 1885.¹⁴ He married Lonary Calvert, daughter of James F. Calvert and Nany Huggins, on 17 December 1885 at Waynesburg, PA.. He moved to Calhoun Co, WV. by 1889.¹⁵ He lived; In 1898, he moved to Yellow Creek, Calhoun County. See his house in this photo.¹⁶ He moved to White Pine, for safety concerns, when a nearby Gas well explosion killed 6 people in 1904.² He was a gunsmith and later a furniture maker and carpenter.¹⁷ He died on 3 January 1922 at White Pine, Calhoun Co, WV., at age 77. He was buried at Kight Cemetery, White Pine Creek, Calhoun Co, WV..

     Amon Smith was born on 10 June 1875 at Greene Co, PA.. He was the son of Robert Smith and Sarah Flaherty. He married Lotie F. Coutz, daughter of Sanford S. Coutz, on 5 December 1898.¹² He married Gertrude Frances Snider on 24 December 1902 at Calhoun Co, WV.. He was a carpenter and home builder. He died on 17 March 1951 at Nobe, Calhoun Co, WV., at age 75. He was buried at Nobe Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV..¹³

     Glendon Smith was born on 11 August 1906 at Yellow Creek, Calhoun Co, WV.. He was the son of Amon Smith and Gertrude Frances Snider. He married Mary Pearl Selmon on 2 January 1928 at Calhoun Co, WV.. He was a carpenter and performed house construction. He has his name legally changed to Glen in 1965. He died on 10 February 1969 at Parkersburg, WV., at age 62.

     Mildred Pearl Smith was born on 6 October 1899 at Calhoun Co, WV.. She was the daughter of Amon Smith and Lotie F. Coutz. She lived with her grandfather Robert Smith, when her mother died at childbirth. She married Cecil Rosevelt Wilson on 25 July 1920 at Big Springs, Calhoun Co, WV..⁶ She lived in 1922 at Ayers, WV..⁷ She moved to Louisiana. She died in November 1994 at LA. at age 95.⁸

     Ernest B. Smith was born on 4 October 1903 at White Pine, Calhoun Co, WV.. He was the son of Amon Smith and Gertrude Frances Snider. He married Reva Pearl Sears on 20 September 1933 at Arnoldsburg, WV..¹⁰ He lived at Five Forks, Calhoun Co, WV.. He died on 28 July 1958 at Parkersburg, WV., at age 54. He was buried at Nobe Cemetery, Calhoun Co, WV..