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Regina (Kreider) Worman |
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Regina's grave - courtesy Gary Roberts |
She tied the knot with Samuel Worman ( ? - ? ).
Four offspring in this family were Regina Snyder, Samuel Adams Worman, Hannah Worman and Mary Magdalene Creveling.
Circa 1825, at the birth of their daughter Mary, they made a home in a stone dwelling on the John Krum farm four miles east of Danville. Said the Bloomsburg Morning Press many years later, in 1916, they "were pioneer settlers of that section, moving into the old stone house in 1819." The structure stood for more than 100 years until it was torn down in 1915.
Samuel died young, in or before 1850, but the details may be lost to history.
As of 1850, federal census records show Regina as a single mother in Bloom Township, Columbia County, PA, operating a hotel and tavern with her adult offspring. Also residing in the hotel in 1850 were 38-year-old German-born laborer Christian Albright and 12-year-old Mary Koehner.
When she was granted a tavern license, on April 17, 1850, Regina's name was published in the Bloomsburg Star of the North.
Census records state that circa 1860, Regina was postmistress in or near the town of Espy in Scott Township, Columbia County. and shared a home with her single daughter Hannah.
She was recognized in a Feb. 11, 1862 article in the Brooklyn (NY) Evening Star, New York Herald, Washington (DC) Chronicle and other papers during the Civil War era, which said that "The most ancient and honorable dame now managing a post office in the loyal States, is Regina Worman, at Espy, Columbia county, Penn., who was born (officially) Jan. 10, 1831, and who still lives." This date of her birth is very inaccurate, and the reason for the mistake unknown..
Regina's final place of residence was in Scott Township. She passed away on Nov. 22, 1876, with burial in the nearby Creveling Cemetery. Samuel Neyhard served as administrator of her estate.
~ Daughter Hannah H. Worman ~
Daughter Hannah H. Worman (1828-1892) was born in about 1828.
She did not marry. At the age of 22 in 1850 and lived in the hotel/tavern operated by her mother in Bloom Township, Columbia County, PA. In 1860, she dwelled with her mother, who was serving as postmistress of Scott Township, Columbia County, and they were still in the same household as of 1870.
Her residence in 1880 was with her married sister and brother-in-law Mary and Alfred Creveling in Philadelphia. By 1892, she was in Espy, Columbia County.
Death swept her away at the age of 69 on May 31, 1892. An obituary in the Bloomsburg Columbian said she was the "sister of the late Samuel Worman" and "was an excellent christian woman." The remains were laid to rest in Afton, PA.
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