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Sarah (Younkin) Lybarger Willard |
Presumed daughter Sarah Younkin (1846-1922) was born on Aug. 28, 1846 in Somerset County, the daughter of Jacob Younkin and Eva Zimmerman. Whether or not her parents were married may be lost to history. While her father has been confirmed as "Jacob Younkin," the supposition that he was the same man as "Weasel Jake" Younkin is not proven with precision.
Courtesy "Franny"
When Sarah was age four, she and her mother (with both using the surname "Zimmerman") made a home together in 1850 with presumed grandparents, Henry and Sarah Zimmerman, in Brothersvalley Township.
Yet Sarah knew her maiden name was Younkin; it was published in her marriage announcement in a newspaper; penned on her death certificate; inscribed on her grave marker many years later; and included by her son in his application to join the Sons of the American Revolution.
Sarah on Sept. 19, 1872 first wed Civil War veteran Jacob Lybarger (Nov. 21, 1834-1911), son of Joseph and Susanna Lybarger of Larimer Township, Somerset County. He reputedly was born in either Buffalo Mills, Bedford County, PA or in Donegal, Westmoreland County. The marriage was announced on the pages of the Somerset Herald, which said that "On Sunday, September 29th, at J.J. Hoblitzell's & Co.'s Fire Brick Works, by G.W. Case, Esq., Mr. Jacob Liberger to Miss Sarah Younkin, both of Summit tp."
Jacob stood 5 feet, 7 inches tall and sported dark hair and brown eyes. He was one of seven brothers who served in the Union Army during the Civil War. Among them were George W. Lybarger (54th Pennsylvania Infantry), Joseph L. Lybarger (54th Pennsylvania), Lewis G. Lybarger (31st Indiana), Henry G. Lybarger (55th Pennsylvania), William Lybarger (54th Pennsylvania, died in the service) and Valentine G. Lybarger (54th Pennsylvania, died in service after 17 months of duty).
Courtesy Library of Congress
He was drafted on or about Sept. 26, 1864. While en route to his military service, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the train was involved in a railroad accident, and he was badly injured. He spent the war at the army's distribution camp at Camp Biddle, Carlisle, PA but was not assigned to a specific Pennsylvania regiment due to the uncertainty of his health. Unfortunately, he only was a soldier for for a little under three months. On Dec. 5, 1864, he was discharged at Biddle "by reason of deformity of the left hip and consequent shortening of leg."
A June 28, 1867 article in the Harrisburg (PA) Telegraph, reprinted in the July 6, 1867 edition of the Pittsburgh Commercial, named him and his brothers, saying "A prouder record of service during the late war is not to be met with than that of the family of Joseph and Susanna Lybarger, of Larimer township, Somerset county, whose seven sons attested their devotion to country..." The Telegraph also said that Jacob, "drafted in 1864, after being held for some time, was discharged on account of physical disability."
The couple's known offspring were Aaron Nelson Lybarger, Henry Sherrick Lyberger, Dolanola Lybarger, Lena Catherine Reese, Emma Ettie Eaches, George Washington Lybarger and Ellen Jane Campbell. Sadness swept over the family when son George, born on Jan. 24, 1886, died as he was nearing his third birthday on New Year's Day 1889.
Courtesy "Barbara B"
Jacob applied on July 17, 1870 to receive a military pension for his wartime injury. [Invalid App. No. 872.124]. It was rejected, likely on the grounds of the shortness of his service.
The family located in about 1872 in Westmoreland County, PA.
When the federal census enumeration was made in 1900, the Lybargers made their dwelling-place at Indian Creek, Westmoreland County, and Jacob earned a living as a laborer.
Sadly, Jacob died in his daughter Ellen Campbell's home in Owensdale, Fayette County on May 10, 1911, at the age of 86. On his death certificate, the county coroner listed him as an "Invalid" and the cause of his passing "general arterial sclerosis" with his last name spelled "Libarger." Interment of his remains was in Donegal's Miller Cemetery, known today as Walnut Hill Cemetery. A brief notice of his passing was published in the Ligonier Echo, saying he was "a native of Donegal." The Uniontown Morning Herald called him "a life long citizen of Donegal" and that his funeral sermon was preached by his former pastor, Rev. M.V.B. DeVaux, held in the local Methodist Episcopal Church. The Morning Herald recalled that "He had entered in the Civil war and on account of being in a railroad wreck ... was discharged at Camp Biddle Carlisle, not quite reaching the 90 days in the service. He never received aid from the government but was maimed for life in the accident."
Sarah outlived him by 11 years and during that time dwelled in Mount Pleasant. She married a second time to (?) Willard ( ? - ? ). Census records for 1920 show her living under the roof of her daughter and son-in-law Ella and George Campbell on Glenada Avenue in Scottdale, Westmoreland County.
At the age of 75, having suffered for two years with chronic kidney problems leading to what doctors called "exhaustion," Sarah passed away on April 17, 1922. Burial was in St. Clair Cemetery, Greensburg. Her daughter Lena Reece of Stauffer provided vital information for the official Pennsylvania certificate of death.
This family is spelled out in the typed 1959 work, History of the Lybarger Family, by Judge Donald Fisher Lybarger of the Court of Common Pleas in Cleveland, OH.
~ Son Aaron Nelson Lybarger ~
Son Aaron Nelson Lybarger (1873-1951) was born on July 23, 1873 at Bridgeport near Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA. He attended school at Jones Mills in his boyhood. On May 14, 1895, Aaron was joined in wedlock with Bertha Taylor McCallister (1877-1937), originally from Kittanning, PA and the daughter of Christopher and Mary (Hill) McCallister. They together produced seven children -- Hazel Emerald Helmling, Wilda Pearl Scott, Roy Nelson Lybarger, Albert Nelson Lybarger, Sarah Virginia Lybarger, Ruth Marie White and Mildred Henrietta Wilson. Their addresses in the year 1902 were 1911 Mary Street, 21st Ward followed by a move in about May or June to 2 Shippen Street, 23rd Ward. Sadly, three of the children died young -- Roy, Sarah and Albert, with Albert dying in Pittsburgh on Aug. 1, 1902 at age 6 months 23 days from the effects of cholera. The baby boy's tender remains were laid to rest in the South Side Cemetery. Aaron and Bertha later established a homeplace in Elyria, OH at 527 West Second Street and eventually at 112 Cedar Street. There, he was employed there as a conductor on the New York Central Railroad. Circa 1927, he was approved to join the Western Reserve Society of the Sons of the American Revolution [National No. 45215, State Number 2049]. His petition was based on the service of his ancestor, Ludwick Lybarger, a private in the 4th Company, 1st Battalion of Bedford County Militia and the Continental Line. Of the ancestral family surname that Aaron used, he wrote that it "was originally spelled 'Leberger' or 'Le Berger.' The common spelling at the time of the Revolution was 'Liberger' or 'Lebarger.' Later it was modified to 'Lyberger,' and finally to its present form." He also was a charter member of the Lybarger Memorial Association circa 1924 and continued with it for the remaining 27 years of his life. The family attended the clan's July 1927 reunion, on the old Bedford County farm of Ludwick Lybarger, "who was one of the first settlers in Bedford county, coming there in 1763," said the Connellsville Daily Courier. Aaron was active with the Knights of Pythias lodge, serving a term as chancellor. Said the 1959 book History of the Lybarger Family, by Judge Donald Fisher Lybarger, he "invented what is known as the Simplex car re-railing device."
The family was shrouded in grief at Bertha's death from a cerebral hemorrhage in Elyria on March 1, 1937, just a few weeks shy of her 60th birthday. Her remains were laid to rest in the Ridge Hill Memorial Park in Amherst, OH. The now-single Aaron married again later that same year, on May 17, 1937, to widow Athalinda "Theresa" (Stillwagon) Edmonds (1872-1939), daughter of Henry S. and Mary Louise (Sampsell) Stillwagon of Connellsville. He was age 63, and she 64, and she was residing in Elyria at the time of marriage. Rev. H.D. Rudolph, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, led the nuptial rites in Wellsburg, WV. Then three-and-a-half months later, they got married a second time, on Sept. 5, 1937. The Bowling Green Daily Sentinel-Tribune offered that the newlyweds "probably have the world's strangest romance and marriage story."
The couple, who are visiting friends here, were married in Connellsville, Pa., ... after waiting 44 years to the day for their childhood romance to come true. They were engaged to be married on Sept. 5, 1894, when a lover's quarrel caused them to part. A few years passed and both married others. Then fate brought them back together again last summer. They decided to patch up the old quarrel and live the rest of their life together. On Sept. 5, just 44 years after the original date of their wedding, they were married before more than 750 people in a tiny United Brethren Church in Connellsville. As the marriage vows were pronounced, newsreel cameras clicked and newspapermen's pencils wrote swiftly, recording the culmination of the world's strangest romance." Mr. Lybarger is a conductor on the New York Central Railroad at Elyria, Ohio, and when he goes on pension next year, he and his happy bride are going back to Connellsville to live "happily ever after." Mr. Lybarger is a cousin of the late Milo Lybarger. He and his wife have been renewing friendships here while visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Orville Fahle at Tontogany.
The Lybargers remained in Elyria at 112 Cedar Street although she maintained her membership in the Dames of Malta in Connellsville. Sadly, their union only lasted for two short years. They both were badly injured in an automobile accident on New Year's Day 1939. The wreck occurred in "a head-on collision on Route 14, just northwest of North Benton," reported the Salem (OH) News. Aaron was taken to "Salem City hospital, suffering from internal and chest injuries and bad bruises over his left eye. His condition is reported fair. Theresa... is in City hospital, suffering from shock, cuts and bruises." Fortunately, both recovered, but worse was to come. Theresa was diagnosed with cancer of the uterus and went to live with a stepdaughter in Beaver Falls, PA, at the address of 2409 Seventh Avenue. Death cruelly cut her away at the age of 66 on May 23, 1939. Her remains were transported to Connellsville for interment. The Dames of Malta in June 1939 held a "beautiful and impressive memorial service" for her in Connellsville as reported by the local newspaper.
Adding to his heartache, just four months after Theresa's death, Aaron lost his married daughter Wilda Pearle in Elyria in September 1939. Within the year, on June 7, 1940, Aaron entered into marriage with his third bride, Effie Susan (Henry) Barnes Kooser (March 11, 1889-1965), a native of Scullton, Somerset County and the daughter of Elijah Gary and Martha (Raymond) Henry. Their ceremony was conducted by Rev. Elmer A. Schultz in the First United Brethren Church on Lincoln Avenue. In announcing the happy event, the Daily Courier noted that it was marked by "charming simplicity... The bride wore a navy blue suit with white accessories and a shoulder corsage of American Beauty rosebuds and baby white carnations." At the time, Effie had been employed for 13 years as a clerk on the main floor of A.E. Troutman Company. Effie brought two stepdaughters into this union -- Della Mae "Dee" Henley of Grafton, MA and Levittown, PA and Margaret Pyle of Ogden Street, Connellsville. The newlyweds immediately settled in Poplar Grove near Connellsville and were together for 11 years until cleaved apart by death. During that time he generally spelled his last name "Lyberger." Aaron held memberships in the First EUB Church and its Friendship Bible Class, and the Elyria order of the Eagles Aerie. Effie belonged to the Magic Sister Council of the Daughters of America, the ladies auxiliary of the Brookman-Hernley Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Scottdale and the Royal Circle Sunday School class at the First EUB Church. His last years were burdened with an enlarged prostate (but no evidence of cancer), hardening of the arteries and heart disease. He underwent surgery on the prostate in June 1951. Sadly, after suffering a heart attack at the age of 78, Aaron passed away in rural Connellsville Township on July 26, 1951. (One source places the place of death in the residence of his cousin Mae Lybarger in Madley, PA.) Interment was in Green Ridge Memorial Park, with Rev. Meade M. Snyder presiding, and an obituary appearing in the Bedford (PA) Gazette. Effie outlived her husband by 14 years and remained at Poplar Grove at 311 East Georgia Avenue. Suffering from heart disease and hardening of the arteries, she passed away in Connellsville State Hospital at the age of 76 on July 18, 1965. An obituary in the Daily Courier said "She had been seriously ill since April... She had lived in Connellsville for the past 64 years." Rev. Lester Crum oversaw the obsequies. Her remains also sleep for the ages in Green Ridge.
Daughter Hazel Emerald Lybarger (1895-1965) was born on Nov. 9, 1895. She married John Adam Helmling Sr. (1893-1941), son of Adam and Sophia (Hesley) Helmling. Their homeplace for decades was near Elyria, OH. Four known offspring of the pair were Doris June Helming, Albert Edward Helmling Jr., John Adam Helmling and Robert Herman Helmling. He earned a living for 30 years as a machinist with the New York Central Railroad. Grief cascaded over the family at John Sr.'s tragic passing in Elyria on Aug. 1, 1941. While at work, he was struck by a moving railcar, amputating his left leg (to the upper third of the thigh) and right foot. The widowed Hazel lived in Elyria for the balance of her years. Sadly, she died at the age of 69 on April 6, 1965. Burial was in Ridge Hill Memorial Park in Amherst.
- Granddaughter Doris June Helming (1916- ? ) was born on Oct. 19, 1916.
- Grandson Albert Edward Helmling (1918- ? ) was born on Oct. 17, 1918.
- Grandson John Adam Helmling (1920- ? ) was born on Jan. 24, 1920. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with a deployment to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theatre. He received a Bronze Star for valor.
- Grandson Robert Herman Helmling (1924- ? ) was born on March 13, 1924.
Daughter Wilda Pearl Lybarger (1897-1939) was born on July 23, 1897 in Pittsburgh. She entered into marriage with James Gatty Scott Sr. (1897-1972). He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. The Scotts first lived at 813 Ajax Way in Braddock, PA circa 1926. They became the parents of these known offspring -- Gladys Bertha Scott, James Gatty Scott Jr. Noreen Scott, Mary Ellen Scott, Evelyn Scott, Nancy Scott and Betty Jane Scott. Their homeplace in 1939 was in Elyria, OH at 111 Monroe Street. Sadly, at the age of 42, Wilda attempted an abortion in mid-September 1939 and developed a pulmonary embolism. She passed away in Elyria's Memorial Hospital on Sept. 16, 1939. Her remains sleep for all time in Ridge Hill Memorial Park in nearby Amherst, OH. James outlived his bride by 33 years. Death swept him away at the age of 75, in Elyria, on June 1, 1972.
- Granddaughter Gladys Bertha Scott (1920- ? ) was born on Jan. 29, 1920.
- Grandson James Gatty Scott Jr. (1922-2013) was born on March 16, 1922.
- Granddaughter Betty Jane Scott (1926- ? ) was born on June 20, 1926.
Daughter Ruth Marie Lybarger (1907-1997) was born on June 10, 1907 in Pittsburgh. She was joined in wedlock with (?) White. One known daughter of the couple was Edith Marie White. The couple's address in 1927 was 527 West Second Street, Elyria. She later entered into marriage with (?) Pickard ( ? - ? ). The Pickards dwelled on LaGrange Road in Elyria in 1950. At the age of 90, she died on May 10, 1997. She rests under the sod of Ridge Hill Memorial Park.
- Granddaughter Edith Marie White (1926- ? ) was born on Sept. 28, 1926. She grew up in Elyria, OH.
Daughter Mildred Henrietta Lybarger (1909-1985) was born on Oct. 8, 1909 in Pittsburgh. She was raised in Elyria and is known to have traveled to Bedford County, PA with her parents in July 1927 to attend the annual Lybarger family reunion. A talented musician, she was said to be a "leading pianist of Elyria." In mid-October 1933, at the Lybarger Lutheran Church at Madley, Bedford County, PA, the 24-year-old Mildred entered into marriage with 46-year-old English immigrant William Henry Wilson (Oct. 4, 1886-1943), son of William Henry and Alice (Whitrod) Wilson. Rev. Jacob Unrule of Mann's Choice and Rev. W.G. Slonaker of Everett jointly led the nuptials. In announcing the happy event, the Everett (PA) Press said that the groom was "a well known meat cutter of Elyria and Cleveland, O., and is employed by the Fisher Bros. Company... Miss Lybarger desired to come back to Pennsylvania to be married in the Lybarger church since her grandparents had lived in this section; also because she was baptized by the Rev. W.G. Slonaker about five years ago. The bride was dressed in a pale blue georgette dress..." William was a widower, having been married previously to Jennie Lowthian (1887-1930). As such, he brought three stepchildren into the second union -- William H. Wilson (1912- ? ), Jane Alice Wilson (1915- ? ) and Thomas L. Wilson (1918- ? ). Mildred and William produced two more offspring of their own, Lawrence Wilson and Rosemary Lechene. Sadly, Mildred's marriage dissolved in divorce. He wed again to Rose Hall and moved to Michigan, settling in White Lake Township, Oakland County. Less than two weeks before what would have been his 59th birthday, having contracted bronchial pneumonia, he died in Pontiac General Hospital on Sept. 23, 1943. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1940, Mildred and her two children lived together in Elyria, with her marked as divorced and having no occupation. She remained in Elyria for good. Sadly, Mildred died in Oberlin, Lorain County on Dec. 10, 1985.
- Grandson Lawrence Wilson (1932- ? ) was born in about 1932 in Ohio.
- Granddaughter Rosemary Wilson (1934-2017) was born on Aug. 7, 1934 in Elyria. On June 15, 1963, she wed William Alfred Lechene (April 18, 1932-2020), son of Alfred and Angeline Lechene. Their union held firm over the ebbs and flows of a remarkable 53 years together. The two daughters they produced together were Wendy Annette Covender and Denise Perkins. William was a native of St. Lawrence, PA, was an alumnus of Hasting (PA) High School and studied at Pennsylvania State University for a year-and-a-half. Said the Norwalk Reflector, "Bill was a research mechanic for 27 years at NASA, retiring in 1981. He was a member of the Norwalk Congregation of Jehovah’s Witness and formerly of Wellington, and Shallotte, N.C., congregations. He played the banjo and mandolin and enjoyed handyman projects." Their final years together were spent in New London, OH. Rosemary died on Jan. 31, 2017. William moved to Norwalk where he spent his final three years. He was gathered away into the heavenly host at the age of 87 on March 3, 2020. After a memorial service at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witness in Norwalk, his ashes were laid to rest in Ridge Hill Memorial Park in Amherst.
~ Son Henry Sherrick Lyberger ~
Son Henry Sherrick Lyberger (1877-1956) was born on Feb. 18, 1877 at Rising Sun near Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County. He generated income in young manhood as a laborer. When he was 21 years of age, on May 7, 1906, Henry was united in holy matrimony with 21-year-old Bertha R. Weyand (Oct. 24, 1884-1921), daughter of George and Kate Weyand and a resident of Jefferson Township, Somerset County. The wedding was performed in the parsonage of the Lutheran Church by Rev. S.A. Zimbeck. Together, they produced an only child, Helen Gertrude Colettte. The family first resided in the area of Jones Mills, Donegal Borough, where he generated income in 1907 as a bartender. By 1910, they migrated to Alliance, Stark County, OH, where he found work as a driller in a steel foundry. The family was plunged into mourning at Bertha's untimely death on July 20, 1921. In time, he entered into marriage with Mabel M. Messenheimer (Jan. 19, 1899-1990). The pair bore a foursome of children of their own -- George Nelson Lybarger, Ray J. Lyberger, Fred Henry Lyberger and Catherine "Casey" Lyberger. They remained in Alliance for good. At the age of 78, Henry passed away on Feb. 12, 1956. Burial of the remains was in Alliance City Cemetery, with an obituary appearing in the Connellsville Daily Courier.
Daughter Helen Gertrude Lyberger (1907- ? ) was born on Jan. 31, 1907 in Donegal Borough. Dr. M.C. Hunter assisted in the birth. She married Charles L. Collette ( ? - ? ) and put down roots in Alliance. They are believed to have been the parents of Bonita Collette, Jerry R. Collette and Charles Collette.
- Granddaughter Bonita Ann Collette (1941-2023) was born five days before Christmas 1941 in Alliance. She does not appear to have married or reproduced. An obituary said that "Bonnie had a long and faithful career as a teller at Mt. Union, United, Unizan and Huntington Banks, retiring in 2007 after 45 years of service to her customers and the bank. During that time, she made many friends among her customers, always having a friendly greeting and a treat for their dogs." Later in life, as she aged, she went to live i McCrea Manor. There, at the age of 81, she died on Feb. 25, 2023.
- Grandson Jerry R. Collette ( ? - ? ) was an alumnus of Alliance High School. He then secured a position as service engineer for General Combustion Equipment Company. On Feb. 5, 1961, he exchanged vows of marriage with Lois Ann Kelley ( ? - ? ), daughter of Leonard Toot of 179 West Fourth Street in Salem, OH. Their nuptials were led by Rev. Michael B. Goldner in St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Alliance. News of the happy event was printed in the Salem News, which reported that the bride "was attired in a lavender wool jersey dress with matching jacket and white hat. White roses formed her bouquet." Lois was a graduate of Salem High School, attended Canton Actual Business College and was employed at the time of marriage as a secretary with Bartholomew Buick Company of Alliance.
- Grandson Charles "Hank" Collette married Cindy. They have lived in Canton, OH with a second home in Carlsbad, CA.
Son George Nelson Lyberger (1922-2008) was born on Aug. 14, 1922 in Alliance and spent his entire life in the town except for military service. He was a 1942 graduate of Alliance High School. During World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces and was assigned to the 509th Composite Group, with deployment to the South Pacific. Upon his return home he was employed as a builder with Alliance Machine Company, logging 42 years of work until his retirement in 1984. He was united in wedlock with Helen E. Butterine ( ? -1989). She brought a stepdaughter into the union, Dottie Brush. Said an obituary, George "bowled at the Parkway Lanes and the College Plaza in the Senior Bowling League. George also enjoyed hunting and gardening." Sadly, Helen passed away on Feb. 12, 1989. George lived as a widower for another 19 years. At the age of 85, death swept him away in Bel Air Senior Living Community on March 2, 2008.Rev. Fr. Donald L. Feicht, of St. Joseph Catholic Church, conducted the funeral service. Interment was in Highland Memorial Park.
- Step-granddaughter Dottie wed James Brush and settled in Alliance. They are the parents of three -- Bo Brush, Kelly Brush and Kim Tobias.
Son Harold J. Lyberger (1919-1993) was born in 1919. In 1946, he married Thelma Irene McDermott (1918-2000), daughter of Russell F. and Dorothy McDermott. They established a longtime dwelling-place in Alliance. Sadly, Harold died on Aug. 31, 1993. The Akron Beacon Journal carried a death notice. Burial was in Highland Memorial Park in Knox Township, Columbiana County, OH. Thelma outlived him by seven years. At the age of 82, she was cleaved away by the angel of death in April 2000.
Son Ray Jacob Lyberger (1924-2015) was born on Nov. 28, 1924 in Alliance. He was an alumnus of Alliance High School and belonged to the Alliance Baptist Temple. On April 12, 1971, he wed Bernice Stryffeler ( ? -2014). They also made their longtime homeplace in Alliance and did not reproduce. "A steel clerk at Transue and Williams, he retired in 1982 after 40 years of service," said the Alliance Review. "He was a member of Swinging 60s Bowling Team, Jolly 60s Club at Alliance Baptist Temple and the UCT (United Commercial Travelers). Ray played saxophone for the Lou Naumoff Orchestra, and Alliance and Salem American Legion bands. He was also a former secretary of the Alliance Federation of Musicians." Bernice passed away on Jan. 8, 2014. Ray outlived his bride by about a year-and-a-half. At the age of 90, in the Brookdale Senior Living of Alliance, he died on Oct. 7, 2015.
Son Fred Henry Lyberger Sr. (1926-1986) was born on March 10, 1926 in Stark County, OH. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Back home, in 1952, he exchanged marital vows with Ruth Gibbons (1932-2018), originally from Damascus, Mahoning County, OH. Their known offspring were Sandra Kae Beach, Fred Henry Lyberger Jr., Carol Hampu, Nancy Lyberger and Susan LeBlanc. They are believed to have made their homeplace in Alliance, Stark County. Sadness swept over the family at Fred's passing at the age of 60 on May 5, 1995. Burial was in Highland Memorial Park in Knox Township, Columbiana County, OH.
- Granddaughter Sandra Kae Lyberger (1952-2014) wed (?) Beach.
- Grandson Fred Lyberger ( ? - ? )
- Granddaughter Carol Hampu ( ? - ? )
- Granddaughter Nancy Lyberger ( ? - ? )
- Granddaughter Susan LeBlanc ( ? - ? )
Daughter Catherine "Casey" Lyberger (1929-2014) was born on Dec. 16, 1929 in Alliance, OH. She lived in this hometown for her entire life. She was a 1948 graduate of Alliance High School, where she achieved the honor of valedictorian of the class. She held a membership in St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Said an obituary, Catherine was "a secretary at the former Ellis & McDonald Plumbing Co. for 11 years of service and later retired from the Star Bronze Co. after 47 years of secretarial service. In her past-time, she enjoyed needlework, her cats and especially spending time with her family." With her health in decline, she was admitted to live in the city's Sterling House. She died there at the age of 84 on Jan. 14, 2014. Her remains sleep for the ages in Alliance City Cemetery.
~ Son Dolanola Lybarger ~
Son Dolanola Lybarger (1880- ? ) was born in May 1880 in Mount Pleasant, Westmoreland County, PA.
~ Daughter Lena/Lanah Catherine (Lyberger) Reese ~
Daughter Lena/Lanah Catherine Lyberger (1880-1951) was born on June 1, 1880 in Westmoreland County, PA.
As a young woman, she relocated to Illinois and made her home in Gridley, Peoria County, IL.
On March 2, 1897, at the age of 19, she wed 36-year-old Fred Reese (March 23, 1860-1946), son of John and Elizabeth (Means) Reese, and a native of Jones Mill, Westmoreland County, PA.
Their nuptials were held in Peoria, by the hand of Rev. J.H. Morran. At the time, the groom was a merchant in Gridley.
The couple did not reproduce. They appear to have spent the balance of 65 years of their lives together in Gridley. When the federal census enumeration was made in 1900 and 1930, Fred earned a living as a livestock buyer. He also served as local township tax collector circa 1902. "Of later years," reported the Advance, he "operated an oil station until forced to retire because of ill health. He had stopped working by 1940.
Sadly, after what the Gridley Advance called "a lingering illness," Fred died in their dwelling-place on Nov. 22, 1946. Initial obsequies were held in the Gridley Christian Church, jointly officiated by Rev. John E. Reese and Rev. J.D. Hartzler. The remains were shipped back to Westmoreland County to sleep in the sacred soil of Saint Clair Cemetery in Greensburg. Rev. W.S. Harr, of the Scottdale Evangelical United Brethren Church, led the funeral rites.
The widowed Lena soldiered on for another five years. She returned to her native southwestern Pennsylvania and resided with Esther E. Williams in Apartment 7F, Crawford Village, in McKeesport. She suffered with a heart murmur and cardiac asthma. After being stricken with acute congestive heart failure, death spirited her away in McKeesport Hospital at the age of 71 on July 12, 1951.
~ Daughter Emma Etta "Emmie Ettie" (Lybarger) Eaches ~
Daughter Emma Etta "Emmie Ettie" Lybarger (1882-1977) was born on April 17, 1882 in Donegal Township, Westmoreland County. She grew up at Jones Mills, PA and had a fourth grade education.
At the age of 18, on Nov. 20, 1900, she married Charles Wesley Gue Eaches (Aug. 31, 1878-1934), son of Harris and Ella (Gue) Eaches of Pittsburgh's South Side. Officiating was Rev. N.V. DeVane. The couple planted themselves in Pittsburgh.
Their seven children were Ellen Jane Eaches, Dorothy Virginia Pellow, Esther Emma Fowler Whitacre, Charles Henry Eaches, Miriam Della Pace, Naomi Winifred Vermillion and Revera Blanche Baumgardner. Sadness spread through the young family at the death of their firstborn Ellen on Christmas Eve 1901.
Charles was employed over many years by Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory as a steel inspector. Their address in 1910, at the birth of their daughter Miriam, was in Carrick at 249 Howard Avenue. As of 1930, census records show that Charles and his son both were steel mill laborers, residing on Wharton Street. He also was an official in the local Knights of Pythias.
Their final residence together was at 68 Ruth Street on Mount Washington.
Sadly, Charles was stricken with bleeding and paralysis along with painful facial ticks ("tic doloreux") in early May 1934. He was admitted to the Pittsburgh's Homeopathic Hospital and died therein at the age of 56 on May 28, 1934. A short death notice was printed in the Pittsburgh Press.
When the federal census enumeration was made in 1940, the widowed Emmie shared a Pittsburgh household with her widowed daughter Esther and young grandson. Emmie relocated to Ohio by 1950 to live under the roof of her married daughter Revera Baumgardner in Hubbard, Trumbull County.
Her final residence was in Southeast Hubbard. At the age of 94, she passed away in Trumbull County on Feb. 19, 1977. She and her spouse lie at each other's side in Pittsburgh's South Side Cemetery.
Daughter Dorothy Virginia Eaches (1903-1979) was born on June 26, 1903. On July 24, 1922, at the age of 19, she wed Rev. William J. Pellow (Dec. 24, 1902-1972), an immigrant from Workington, England and the son of Benjamin C. and Bessie (Richard) Pellow. There were four children born into this family -- Arthur H. Pellow, Alfred E. Pellow, Emmie Louise Hastings and Walter Charles Pellow. The pair lived in 1934 at 37 Briggs Street in the Steel City. William studied for the ministry and was ordained on May 8, 1937 in the Church of the Nazarene in New Castle, Lawrence County. He also served Nazarene congregations in Pittsburgh, Paden City, WV, Frank, WV and thence to Franklin, PA and Coaltown, PA. By 1946, they relocated to Franklin, PA, where he served as pastor of the Church of the Nazarene at Fourth and Liberty Streets. He also spent a decade working for Polk State School and Hospital, a state-run residential facility in Venango County for people with intellectual disabilities. Their homeplace in the early 1970s was in the Mapledale section of French Creek near Franklin, with the couple holding a membership in the Nazarene church in Oil City. In his later years, William suffered from heart disease and hardening of the arteries which led to paralysis on one side of his body ("hemiplegia"). Sadly, as a patient in Franklin Hospital, William died on Nov. 20, 1972, at the age of 69. Jointly officiating his funeral service were Rev. Mayne Minich of the family church in Oil City and the deceased's nephew Rev. Earl Fouts of the Thorn Creek United Methodist Church of Butler. The Oil City Derrick published an obituary. Dorothy outlived him by six-plus years and remained in Mapledale. She passed away at the age of 75 on Valentine's Day 1979. Her remains were lowered under the sod of South Side Cemetery, Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Press carried a short article about her demise.
- Grandson Arthur H. Pellow relocated to Thomasville, GA and was there in 1972.
- Grandson Alfred E. Pellow made his dwelling-place in 1972 on Georgetown Road in Franklin.
- Granddaughter Emmie Louise Pellow tied the marital cord with Bruce Hastings. circa 1972, they were in North Sandy, Polk, PA.
- Grandson Walter Charles Pellow died young.
Daughter Esther Emma Eaches (1905- ? ) was born on Sept. 8, 1905. Her first husband was (?) Fowler ( ? - ? ). One known son was Samuel R. Fowler. In 1935, they resided in Monessen, Westmoreland County. By 1940, Esther was widowed, and shared a home with her son and widowed mother in Pittsburgh. She later exchanged marital vows with (?) Whitacre.
- Grandson Samuel R. Fowler (1938- ? ) was born in about 1938.
Son Charles Henry Eaches (1908-1978) was born on Sept. 8, 1908. He married Mary E. Briley ( ? - ? ). They became the parents of Patricia Wilkinson. They dwelled in Pittsburgh, and he held a membership in the Masons. Sadly, Charles died on June 7, 1978. A death notice was published in the Pittsburgh Press.
- Granddaughter Patricia Eaches ( ? - ? ) married (?) Wilkinson. She was the mother of two.
Daughter Miriam Della Eaches (1910- ? ) was born on Aug. 10, 1910 at her parents' residence at 249 Howard Avenue in Carrick, PA. The attending physician was Dr. C.C. Williams. She was united in matrimony with (?) Pace ( ? - ? ). Her homeplace in 1977 was in Orlando, FL. Evidence suggests that she passed away at the age of 92, in Orlando, on Sept. 12, 2002. The Orlando Sentinel carried a brief notice of her passing.
Daughter Sylvia "Naomi" Winifred Eaches (1912-1999) was born on Leap Day 1912. Dr. H.C. Updegraff of Carrick assisted in the delivery, and on the official birth certificate wrote the maiden name of the baby's mother as "Eichberger." Naomi first tied the knot in 1929 or the early 1930s with Earle L. Fouts (Sept. 2, 1900-1942), a native of Zanesville, OH and the son of Henry and Mary (Davis) Fouts. News of their engagement was printed in the Pittsburgh Press. The couple's three known children were Earle H. Fouts, Harry Fouts and Naomi E. Fouts. Grief struck the family on May 16, 1932, when their 22-month-old daughter Naomi died in Childrens Hospital of Pittsburgh after an infection of bronchial pneumonia and septic shock. The family address was 4 Jennie Street in Pittsburgh, with him generating income as a messenger. Adding to the family's horror, Earle began showing signs of a severe neurological and psychiatric condition caused by a late-stage, untreated syphilis. It worsened to the point where, in about October 1935, he was admitted to Mayview State Hospital. He never left over the span of six years and seven months. He was felled by a heart attack there at the age of 41 on May 18, 1942. In time, she wed again to Raymond F. Vermillion (May 3, 1902-1966), son of Elmer and Blanche (Mock) Vermillion. Together, they produced a trio of offspring of their own -- Raymond Vermillion, Wayne Vermillion and Joyann Ruth Vermillion. They shared a home at 331 Spahr Street in Pittsburgh, and Raymond earned a living as a mechanic. Circa 1951, Raymond was diagnosed with heart disease and hardening of the arteries. Sadly, while at home on the fateful day of May 3, 1966, he suffered a heart attack and died instantly. The angel of death cleaved her away on Feb. 10, 1999. She was pictured in her Pittsburgh Post-Gazette obituary. The couple is buried in the South Side Cemetery in Pittsburgh.
- Grandson Rev. Earle H. Fouts (1933-1996) was born on Jan. 12, 1933. He married Rev. Theresa Marion Rose (1934-2015). Circa 1963, he was pastor of the Blackburn Methodist Church in Sewickley Heights, PA. By 1972, he served the Thorn Creek United Methodist Church of Butler. They are thought to have made a home in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, PA. Sadly, Earle passed away at the age of 63 on April 24, 1996. Their remains are in eternal rest in Pittsburgh's South Side Cemetery.
- Grandson Harry M. Fouts ( ? - ? )
- Grandson Raymond E. Vermillion ( ? - ? )
- Grandson Wayne M. Vermillion ( ? - ? )
- Granddaughter Joyann Ruth Vermillion ( ? -1977) died on Oct. 1, 1977. The Pittsburgh Press ran a death notice. Interment of the remains was in South Side Cemetery.
Daughter Revera Blanche Eaches (1919-2014) was born on Jan. 18, 1919. On Sept. 27, 1937, she was joined in wedlock with Wilbert Gilmore Baumgardner (July 3, 1911-1976), son of Ervin Baumgardner of New Galilee, Beaver County, PA. The New Castle (PA) News announced the marriage, saying it had been led by Rev. Charles Brown at the Pilgrim Holiness Church of Pittsburgh. Their union withstood the test of time of 39 years together. The newlyweds' first home was in the McElvaney Apartment building in New Galilee, Beaver County, PA. The groom was employed at the time by the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Railroad. Four known offspring of the pair were Larry Wilbert Baumgardner, Erbin C. Baumgardner, Charlene R. Leipply and Linda Plant. The family pulled up stakes by the early 1940s and migrated to Hubbard, Trumbull County, OH. Wilbert served as a Civil Air Patrol pilot during World War II. Remaining in Hubbard as of 1950, Wilbert toiled as a mine laborer for an iron and steel company. He also was a bee inspector for the county and the state of Ohio. Wilbert attained fleeting national fame in 1956 when he appeared as a contestant on "What's My Line," the CBS television show hosted by John Daly. The celebrity panelists tried to guess his occupation with a series of questions. Said an obituary, Revera was "a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Youngstown, Ohio, and Hubbard Church of the Nazarene, where she taught children's Sunday school, and was currently a member of the Athens Church of the Nazarene." He died in Youngstown, OH at the age of 64 on June 23, 1976. Interment was in Hubbard Union Cemetery. Revera survived for another 37 years. In 2007, she relocated to Riceville, TN where her son Erbin was living. She died in NHC Health Care of Athens, TN on Sept. 28, 2014. Jointly leading her funeral service were Rev. John Leslie, the Rev. David Reynolds and Pastor Erbin Baumgardner. Pallbearers were Eric Baumgardner, Brandon Strasser, Phil Baker, Phillip Leslie, Mark Hastings and Brian Walpole.
- Grandson Larry Wilbert Baumgardner (1938-2016) was born in about 1939 in Pennsylvania. He exchanged marital vows with Connie.
- Grandson Erbin C. Baumgardner (1942- ? ) was born in about 1942 in Ohio. He tied the marital cord with Ruth and relocated to Riceville, TN.
- Granddaughter Charlene R. Baumgardner (1935- ? ) was born in about 1935 in Ohio. She married Richard Leipply and in 2014 were in Lake Wales, FL.
- Granddaughter Linda Baumgardner ( ? - ? ) wed Donald Plant. Their homeplace in 2014 was in Columbiana, OH.
~ Daughter Ellen Jane "Ella" (Lybarger) Campbell ~
Daughter Ellen Jane "Ella" Lybarger (1888-1976) was born on June 15, 1888 in Mount Pleasant.
On April 10, 1902, at the age of just 14, she tied the knot with George W. Campbell (April 15, 1876-1954), son of Isaiah and Susan (Craig) Campbell of Stahlstown, PA.
At least seven children were born of this coupling -- Laura Violet Campbell, Edna May Campbell, Sarah Katherine Campbell, Lena Rae Campbell, George Edward Campbell, Wilma Alberta Campbell and Amanda Gisbert.
Their home in 1911 was in Owensdale, Fayette County. The United States Census of 1920 places the family in Scottdale, Westmoreland County, with him employed as a boiler fireman in a local sheet metal mill. They were members of the Albright Evangelical United Brethren Church of South Connellsville and the United Methodist Church of Mount Pleasant. He belonged to the Connellsville lodge of the Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias, and she to the Mount Pleasant auxiliary post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Their last address together was 408 North Pittsburgh Street, Connellsville, and his final work was as a janitor in a retail store.
George was burdened with hardening of the arteries and heart disease. He died at home at the age of 78 on Dec. 29, 1954.
Ella outlived him by 21-plus years. Circa 1956, she dwelled in Trotter near Connellsville. Sadly, as a patient in Frick Community Hospital, she passed away on Sept. 26, 1976. The Connellsville Daily Courier published an obituary saying she was survived by 18 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Interment was in Scottdale Cemetery.
Daughter Laura Violet Campbell (1904- ? ) was born on Dec. 19, 1904. She tied the marital cord with (?) Richter ( ? - ? ) and (?) Leonard ( ? - ? ). She is known to have lived in Flintstone, MD in 1954. Later, she wed Alfred Brown ( ? - ? ) and migrated to Clifford, MI.
Daughter Edna May Campbell (1906-1977) was born on Oct. 17, 1906 in Dunbar Township, Fayette County. She entered into marriage with World War I veteran John E. Evans (Nov. 18, 1883-1961), originally from Dunbar Township and the son of Thomas G. and Eliza Jane (Hutchison) Evans. A trio of children were born to the couple -- Robert E. Evans, Jane McMullen and Phyllis Kimmel. During the war, John served with the U.S. Marine Corps with a deployment to France. Upon his return home, he generated income as a carpenter. He held memberships in the Walter Brown post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Albright Evangelical United Brethren Church. They lived at 326 East Gibson Avenue in the early 1960s. Said the Connellsville Daily Courier, "She was a resident of South Connellsville for 45 years." She belonged to the ladies' auxiliary of the Walter E. Brown post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the Ever Faithful Sunday School Class of the Albright United Methodist Church. Sadly, John died in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Pittsburgh's Oakland section on June 10, 1961. In the mid-1970s, her address was 1504 East Gibson Avenue. She was enveloped by death at the age of 71, at home, on Dec. 15, 1977.
- Grandson Robert E. Evans moved to Trumbull, CT and was there in 1977.
- Granddaughter Jane Evans tied the knot with Norman McMullen. In 1961-1977, they were in Pittsburgh.
- Granddaughter Phyllis Evans married James Kimmel and settled in South Connellsville.
Daughter Sarah Katherine Campbell (1901-1990) was born on July 21, 1910. She exchanged marital vows with William C. Rowan (Feb. 24, 1902-1977), the son of John and Minnie Mae Rowan of Bridgeport near Mount Pleasant, PA. They bore two known daughters, and possibly others -- Gloria Jean Rowan, Shirley Hironago, Jane Smith, Goldie Brown, Margaret E. Cunningham, George William Rowan, Kenneth Rowan, Jay E. Rowan and Frederick Rowan. William earned a living as a brakeman with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The family belonged to the Church of the Brethren, and he was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. As of 1954, they were in Connellsville, in 1976 in Uniontown, PA and in 1977 in Mount Pleasant. Sadly, William died in Frick Community Hospital at the age of 75 on July 3, 1977. His remains were laid to rest in Scottdale Cemetery with an obituary appearing in the Connellsville Daily Courier. Sarah outlived him by a baker's dozen years. She surrendered to the angel of death in 1990.
- Granddaughter Gloria Jean Rowan (1933-1939)
- Grandson George William Rowan ( ? - ? ) was in Mount Pleasant in 1977.
- Grandson Jay E. Rowan ( ? - ? ) grew up in Mount Pleasant.
- Grandson Frederick Arthur Rowan ( ? - ? ) was deceased by 1977.
- Grandson Kenneth Robert Rowan ( ? - ? ) settled in Scottdale, PA.
- Granddaughter Janet Rowan ( ? - ? ) married Earl Smith ( ? - ? ) and (?) Roseck ( ? - ? ) and settled in Hopwood.
- Granddaughter Goldie Rowan ( ? - ? ) wed Arnold Brown ( ? - ? ) and resided in Connellsville. Later, she tied the knot with (?) Mitchell ( ? - ? ) and dwelled in Bitner, PA.
- Granddaughter Shirley Rowan ( ? - ? ) moved to California. She married Samuel Hiranoga and has made a homeplace in Santa Anna, CA.
- Granddaughter Margaret E. Rowan (1953-2021) was born on Aug. 29, 1953 in Connellsville. She wed (?) Cunningham.
Daughter Lena Ree Campbell (1916- ? ) was born on April 30, 1916. She was joined in matrimony with William Gorton ( ? - ? ). The family settled in Bridgeport near Mount Pleasant, PA. She was deceased by 1976.
Son George Edward Campbell (1918- ? ) was born on July 27, 1918. He resided in Normalville, PA in 1954 and in Struthers, OH in 1976.
Daughter Wilma Albert Campbell (1921- ? ) was born on St. Patrick's Day 1921. She was united in wedlock with Charles Richter ( ? - ? ). They planted themselves in Normalville, PA.
Daughter Amanda Campbell ( ? - ? ) married (?) Gisbert ( ? - ? ). She made her residence in 1926 in Confluence, PA. She was deceased by 1976.
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