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Bios (continued)

Honor Roll: 97 Known Military Casualties

"I'm Planning Rational Suicide. Here's Why" - by the late Jessica Minerd-Massey

The Constantine and Antonina Balysh Story in Amerika

Remembering 59 Casualties of Workplace Accidents in the Manufacturing, Mining and Metals Industries

'Burgh Nation: The Pittsburgh Region's Enduring Legacy of Creativity and Innovation 

West Penn Power and Railways: Steady Employer for Many Branches of Our Family

Remembering 300+ Casualties of Water, Fire/Shock and Vehicle/ Aircraft Accidents

D-Day Campaign Memorial:  Honoring Cousins Who Took Part in the Invasion of France During World War II

Lawrence Earl and Isabelle (Coughenour) Minerd Photo Album - Unknown Faces and Places  

Younkin-Younken-Youngkin Feature Pages and Biography Table of Contents

Honor Roll: 160+ Younkin-Younken-Youngkin Civil War Soldiers

Civil War Guide to the Meinert-Minerd-Minard-Miner-Minor Family - Soldiers By Name - Their Regiments - Their Bloodiest Battles - Casualties - Freed Slaves in the Family - Prisoners of War (POWs) - At the Homefront

Who's Who - Map of the First 5 Generations of Offspring of Pennsylvania Germans Friedrich and Eva Maria (Weber) Meinert Sr.

Eva Maria (Weber) Meinert’s Arduous Girlhood Immigration Journey, 1708-1709

Death on the Rails: Remembering 50+ Fatal Railroad & Streetcar Casualties 

Interview with Armena (Cain) Miner Marshall at Her Home in Washington, PA, Dec. 26, 1971

Praying Billy: A Special Memoir by Elaine (Monticue) Brawdy

Remembering Pearl Harbor: Honoring Known Cousins in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941

Virginia Governor Glenn Allen Youngkin

Other Inter-connected Families Profiled on Minerd.com

Legacy of the Old McMillan Tannery of Listonville, PA as Somerset County Historians Conserve and Digitize Pre-Civil War Ledger Filled with Everyday Detail

Such Times: A Diary Kept by Josephine Emerick While Visiting Relatives in Pennsylvania and Maryland in 1881

Corinna (Leydig) Talbot: Personal History of the Leydigs in California

Edward J. Van Horn: A Memoir of Early Southern California Life

The Life of Edna Lola (Walling) Dwyer Mundt - by James M. Phebus

Charlotte Zoë Walker: A Remembrance - by Rebecca Mendez

Cousin Voices - Writings, Memoirs, Poetry and Essays Authored By Our Extended Cousins

Kissin' Cousins: The Extensively Intermarried Minerds, Younkins, Harbaughs and Mayles of Southwestern Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Gaumer-Gomer-Garmer Biography Archives: Johannes Dietrich and Maria Elizabeth (Meinert) Gaumer of Lehigh County, PA and 4 Generations of Their Descendants

40+ Cousins in the 1972 Graduating Class of Connellsville Area (PA) High School

Minder Ancestry - compiled by M. Steven Traynor

Martha Jane (McCaskey) Hanshaw's 1866 Catalogue - Morgantown (WV) Female Collegiate Institute

Coal, Coke and Steel: Honoring More than 400 Cousin Laborers Who Shaped America's Mineral and Metal Industries

The Mucho-Married Mayle/Male and Minard/Miner Families of the Chestnut Ridge Community of West Virginia and Eastern Ohio

Braddock's Grave and Fort Necessity: Preserving Historic French & Indian War Landmarks in Southwestern Pennsylvania

Harrison Lorenzo and Susan V. (Martin) Sisler of Alfsborg, MN and Beemer, NE

George William and Mary Ellen (Martin) Martin of Valley Point, WV

Victoria Belle (Martin) Falkenstine Miller and husbands of Valley Point, WV

John Anderson and Louise Alice "Lyde" (Martin) Liston of Clarksburg and Hudson, WV

Albert "Ross" and Sarah (Fye) Minor of the Panama Canal Zone and New Orleans

Alpheus and Nancy "Anna" (Martin) Metheny of Preston County, WV

Jasper "Newton" and Lucretia (Martin) Martin of Bruceton Mills, WV

Isaac T. and Hannah (White) Wortman of Hazelwood/Pittsburgh, PA

Charles L. and Rebecca (Rowan) Robbins of Blue Knob, PA

Thomas Henry and Jennie (Jolly) Johnson of Beaver County, PA

Hiram Thomas and Hester Ann "Hessie" (Devan) Logston of Hopwood, PA

Benton "Lucas" and Elizabeth (Devan) White of Hopwood, PA

John Henry and Frances (Woods) McKnight of Uniontown, PA

Jacob H. "Devil Jake" and Sarah (Tannehill) Younkin of Ursina and Bullskin Twp., PA

George Riley Minard and wives Sarah Ann Croston and Debbie (Mayle) Stevens of Philippi, WV

William "Henry" and Rachel (McClintock) Younkin of New Centerville, PA

Henson Smith and Candace (Pringey) Liston of Bruceton Mills, WV and Cumberland, IA

Ostman Theodore "Todd" and Sadie E. (Workman) McKnight of Dawson, PA

Clinton Harrison and Stella (Minerd) Hagar of Bobtown, PA

Edward "Jesse" and Iva Lucretia (Conn) Henry of New Lexington, PA

Daniel "Lester" and Cornelia Baker (Huntsman) Conn of Johnson City and Binghamton, NY

Jesse Andrew and Zelda M. "Zeke" (Snyder) Conn of Grantsville, MD and McKeesport, PA

James Eli and Viola "Grace" (McKnight) Soules of Canonsburg, PA 

William "Henry" and Anna Elizabeth (McKnight) Seddon of Brownsville, PA

Joseph and Anna Hester (McKnight) Fox of Brownsville, PA

Jason Chaledian and Theresa (Wiggins) Minard of Farmington and Des Moines, IA

Henry Harrison "Clark" and Ida Bell (Minard) Cole of Richland, KS

Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Harbaugh) Anderson Bilby and husbands William Anderson and M. Lemoyne Bilby of Vanderbilt, PA

Marshall Harbaugh and wives Annie M. Shroyer and Mary Jane "Elizabeth" Sands of Maple Summit and Bidwell, PA

Charles "Claudius" and Edith Gertrude (Rea) Minor of Shawnee & Newark, OH

Robert Lloyd and Rebecca "Jane" (Nicklow) McNeill Sr. of Confluence, PA

Thomas Springer and Margaret Mae (McCune) McKnight of Republic, PA 

Thomas and Catherine "Kate" (Ramsey) Minerd of Uniontown and Smithfield, PA

George "Walter" and Anna Belle (Miner) McCormick of Oliphant and Connellsville, PA

Sebastian Heck and Margaret Elizabeth (Pring) Cornell of Kirksville, MO

Dr. Henry Peter and Ida Platt (Boyd) Stipp of Canton, IL and Sonora, CA 

Levi and Hila (King) Ream of Ursina, PA and Osceola, IA

Norman Bruce and Caroline (Putnam) Ream of Osceola, IA; Chicago; New York City; and Thompson, CT

Garrett "Hobart" Harbaugh and wives Irene Burnsworth and Hazel Lee (Wood) Kreiter of Grove City and Franklin, PA

Minor Bush and wives Hannah and Nettie C. Forsee of Greenfield, Noblesville and Pendleton, IN

Joseph Thomas and Clara (Robbins) Bowman of Hartford City, IN

Susanna (Dumbauld) Younkin Kreger and husbands of Kingwood, PA 

Sylvester Gabriel and Mary Matilda (Coleman Weyand) Woy of Somerset, PA and Chadwick, IL

Edward Jacob and Gertrude Sophia (Minerd) Ullery of Pennsville, PA

Walter Edgar Minerd and wives of Fairchance, PA & Cleveland, OH

Lawrence Earl and Isabelle (Coughenour) Minerd of Bullskin Twp., PA 

Richard and Clarinda Mariah (Armstrong) Wells of Martinsville, MO

Henry Azariah and Emily "Alice" (Wilson) Williams of Louisburg, KS; Siloam Springs, AR; Kansas City, MO; and Stillwater, OK

Elizabeth "Libby (Minor) Wilson Armstrong and husbands of Cardington, OH; South Bend, IN; and Piqua, OH

Newton G. and Emma L. (Ardrey) Schofield of Mt. Perry, OH

Elsworth Absalom "Elza" and Hattie Law (Smith) Schofield of Mt. Perry, OH 

Remulous and Mary Jane "Jennie" (Pring) McCollough of Dale and Shawnee, OK

John Alva Ream and wives Nellie (?) and Sally A. Rickabaugh of Iowa, California, Illinois and Oregon

Cleon Keys and Isabelle "Belle" (Young) Ream of Des Moines, IA and Bloomington, IL

Moses T. and Samantha (Ream) Johnson of Osceola, IA; Neligh, NE; Sheridan, WY; and Los Angeles

Austin Bruce and Marie (Ream) Garretson of Osceola, IA 

Jasper "Newton" and Pernetta Augusta "Nettie" (Pring) Steward of Spencerville, IN

Reuben A. Younkin of Brush Valley, PA

Uriah and Louisa (DeArmy) Younkin of Brush Valley, Morrellville and Indiana, PA, 

John A. and Catherine "Kate" (Younkin) Harmon of Brush Valley, PA

Simon and Louisa (Younkin) DeArmy of Brush Valley, PA, 

Daniel J. and Lucinda (Younkin) Killen of Brush Valley & Homer City, PA

Edward Turner and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Younkin) McNutt of Cokeville, PA

George Watson and Angeline S. "Annie" (Younkin) Esch of Brush Valley, PA

Edward E. and Martha "Effie" (Mack) Younkin of Brush Valley & Titusville, PA

John and Louisa (Herlinger) Grumbling of Brush Valley, PA

George F. and Mary Ann Julia (Herlinger) Dick of Brush Valley, PA

Francis K. "Frank" Herlinger and wives Maria Overdorff and Sarah Rhodes of Brush Valley, PA & Warren, OH

Josiah J. and Amelia (Herlinger) Wolfe of Denver & Westminster, CO

William Henry and Jemima (Adams) Herlinger of Brush Valley, PA

Frederick and Myrtilla (Robertson) Herlinger Jr. of Indiana, PA

John H. and Sarah Maria (Herlinger) Rugh of Brush Valley & Indiana, PA

William and Salina (Esch) Klinesman of LaClede, IL & Brush Valley, PA

Adam Esch and wives Julia Catherine Walters and Hannan Glass of Flinton, PA

Oliver and Rebecca (Esch) Campbell of Brush Valley, PA, Minnesota & Wisconsin

Levi and Elizabeth (Lowman) Esch of Brush Valley, PA

Joseph and Laura Ann (Shoupe) Esch of Armagh, PA and Fremont, OH

Edward and Angeline (Comfort) Esch of Indiana County, PA & Lisbon, OH

Jacob S. and Henrietta (Esch) Overdorff of Brush Valley, PA

Rev. John and Maria (Pittman) Esch of Western Pennsylvania

Michael and Maria (Esch) Overdorff of Blairsville, PA

William Esch and wives Josephine Martin and Catherine McCormickof Cambria and Somerset Counties, PA

Ira and Elizabeth (Minerd) Wilson of Cambridge Springs, PA

George B. and Arvilla (Minard) Marshall of Butler, OH

Isaiah and Eliza "Jane" (Shirer) Vensil of Dresden, OH

Rev. Daniel Gurley Shirer and wives of Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia

Emanuel and Hannah A.C. (Shirer) Leydig of Greene, IA

Greenwell Reasoner "Green" and Mary Ellen (Fisher) Shirer of Greene, IA 

Samuel W. and Catharine Mahala "Kate" (Shirer) Sutton of Adamsville, OH and Indianapolis, IN

Winifred Agnes "Winnie" (Shirer) Leydig Lydig and husbands of Adamsville, OH & Peabody, KS 

Lydia Ellen (Shirer) Bell Kerr and husbands of Adamsville & New Concord, OH

George T. and Caroline Louise "Carrie" (Kincaid) Wilson of Trumbull County, OH

Hiram "Judson" and Clarissa E. (Miner) Barnard of Linesville, PA & Minneola, FL

Adam and Hannah (Comp) Diehl of Bedford County, PA

Adam and Nancy (Boies) Gaumer of Edgar County, IL 

Clyde Benson and Margaret (Halfpenny) Nagle of Columbia County, PA 

Irvin and Mary Jane (Ream) Nicklow of Somerset County, PA 

Elias and Mary (Cook) Miner of Mauch Chunk and Weissport, PA 

Alfred Gaumer and wives of Mauch Chunk, PA & Buffalo, NY  

Nelson and Lucinda Ann (Miner) Hurd of Ohio 

Adam A. Wiltrout and wives of Wisconsin  

Samuel Denton Wiltrout and wives of Viola, WI; Bagley, IA; Sylvan, WI; Eubank, KY; and Current Twp., MO

Simon and Della (Sprague) Miner of Niles, OH

William Henry and Emma E. (Hurd) Miner of Delightful and Warren, OH 

John Franklin and Josephine Etta (Roberts) Miner of Marion County, IL 

Johann "Baltasar" and Mary Magdalene (Meinert) Bohm of Berks County, PA

John and Mary (Birch) Harrison of Washington, PA & Alexandria, VA

Ivan Raymond and Rachel (Minerd) Dean of Uniontown, PA

Joshua V. Armstrong of Cardington, OH 

Philemon D. and Lucinda Jane "Jennie" (Gollada) Armstrong of Yakima, WA 

Florence Harriett "Flora" (Miner) Cline Craig and husbands of Burlington, IA 

Joseph and Laura Jane (Miner) Troxel Jr. of Burlington, IA & Coronado, CA 

Abraham Lincoln and Sadie (Bowman) Rhoads of El Reno, OK 

George W. "Lafayette" and Maria (Taylor) Johnston of Greene County, PA 

Lemon Watson and Rebecca (Ferguson) Bristol of Buchanan, MI

Zenas Lafayette "Zean" and Inez Gertrude (Hayes) Crippen of Athens County, OH 

Ulysses S. Grant and Mary Etta (Hilling) Turner of Mt. Braddock, PA

Dennis and Caroline (Miner) Musser of Wood County, OH 

Phoebe (Younkin) Bouscher Lybarger and husbands of Jackson County, IL 

James A. and Eliza Jane (Miner) Mathany of Champion and Warren, OH 

Daniel and Harriet "Hattie" (Gilbert) Miner of Leavittsburg & Warren, OH 

Lillian Day "Lillie" (Miner) Sheaks Little and husbands of Kalida, OH 

Frank and Sarah (Miner) Leiby of Warren, OH 

Margaret Catherine "Maggie" (Miner) White Ramsell and husbands of Kalamazoo, MI

Dr. Francis Marion and Viola (Miner) Cox of East Palestine, OH

Homer W. Turner and wives of Chalk Hill, PA

William M. Miner and wives of Kalida, OH and Kalamazoo, MI

Harvey "Clinton" Conn and wives of Mill Hall, PA

Squire and Dianna (Nicklow) Shipley of Mt. Braddock, PA

Samuel and Harriet (Nicklow) Prinkey of Normalville and Mt. Pleasant, PA

James William and Eliza (Zinn) Overfield of Reedsville, WV 

Marcellus Murray and wives of Pennsville, PA 

William Henry Harrison and Anna Belle (Boyd) Sears of Greenfield, IN

Jesse Anderson and Susanna (Barnhouse) Stoner of Vanderbilt, PA; Ottawa, KS; and Palisade, CO  

Harry M. and Marion A. "Bertie" (Rogers) Hanshaw of Grafton, WV and New York City and Mt. Kisco, NY

Minor Crick and wives Mary Ann Lentz and Elizabeth Ann "Lydia" Wright of Monroeville, IN & Piggott, AR

Daniel and Elizabeth (Korns) Gaumer of near Wellersburg, PA 

David "Nesbit" and Caroline Amelia (Crumrine) Miner of Nebraska and Iowa

Cyrus and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Miner) Lindley of Amwell Twp., PA 

Charles Addison Dillow and wives of Clinton, IL 

Daniel Foster and Amanda Margaret (Foust) Sarver of near Berlin, PA

Daniel Benjamin and Catherine (Emerick) Troutman of Ottawa, KS

Rev. William Mullen and Violet Pearl (Johnson) Minerd of Armstrong and Somerset Counties, PA

David Monroe and Susan Clara (Dillow) West of Weldon, IL

William Watson and Caroline "Lena" (Wandschneider) Dillow of Illinois, Missouri & Arkansas

David "Alfred" and Lissie Mae (Russell) Dillow of Eureka Springs, AR and Oregon City, OR

Minnie Elizabeth (Dillow) Wey Emenhiser and husbands of Texas and Arkansas

John Edward and Carrie "Livona" (Dillow) Bothwell of Gilmore City, IA and Tacoma, WA

Sylvia (Dillow) Delamere West and husbands of Clinton, IL

Charles and Hannah (Troxell) Youngkin of Cambria County, PA

Aaron and Mary "Polly" (George) Younkin of Brush Valley, PA

Charles William Minard Sr. and wives of Philippi, WV

Carroll Wayne "Yunk" and Ellis (Quinn) Youngkin of Boca Raton, Winston-Salem, Baltimore, Richmond and Virginia Beach

Glenn and Marian Pauline (Maynard) Youngkin of Boca Raton, FL & Winston-Salem, NC

Ulysses "Grant" and Clara Emmeline (Butrum) Youngkin of Jasper County, IA

Joseph and Elizabeth Jane (Smith) Youngkin of Cambria County, PA and Scott and Jasper Counties, IA.

David and Susanna "Susan" (Copp) Youngkin of Frankstown & Beaver Valley, PA

Henry and Anna Mariah (Overpeck) Younkin Jr. of Bucks County, PA; Loudoun County, VA; and Kunkletown & Brush Valley, PA

Jacob "Adam" and Christina "Teena" (Emerick) Burkett of Somerset County, PA

Alexander and Elizabeth Kirkpatrick of Dumfries, Scotland & Somerset County, NJ

Andrew and Margaret (Gaston) Kirkpatrick of Dumfries, Scotland; Belfast, Ireland; & Somerset County, NJ

Daniel and Sarah Anne (Kirkpatrick) Johnston of Prosperity, PA

James and Jennette (Gaston) Johnston of Elizabeth, NJ

Capt. John J. and Elizabeth Phoebe (Mills) Conklin of Sparta, PA

Stephen and Deborah (Dimon) Conkling of Morristown, NJ

Jedidiah and Sarah “Polly” (Roberts) Mills of Morristown, NJ

Mary Coe of Morristown, NJ

William and Louisa Ann (Ream) Wilkins of Fort Hill, PA

Andrew and Climena (Conklin) Johnston of Sycamore, PA

William and Catherine Ann "Caty" (Comp) Sarver of near Sand Patch, PA

James Henry and Gladys L. (Newell) McKnight of Dawson, PA

Isaac and Elizabeth (Younkin) Bell of Greene County, PA

 

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