John Locke and Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers
Husband John Locke 1 2 3
Born: 5 Apr 1837 - near Plain Grove, Lawrence Co, PA 2 3 Christened: Died: 7 Jun 1915 3 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: Thomas Locke ( -1844) 1 2 5 Mother: Sarah Fox ( -1887) 1 2 3
Marriage: Jul 1866 3
Wife Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers 2
AKA: Sarah Elizabeth Rogers 3 Born: 19 Dec 1846 - Lawrence Co, PA 6 Christened: Died: 1929 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
Father: Nathaniel Rodgers ( - ) 1 7 Mother: Catherine Boozell ( - ) 2 3
Children
1 M Nathaniel Locke 2 6
Born: 6 Feb 1867 2 6 Christened: Died: 16 Jun 1890 2 6 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
2 M Thomas L. Locke 2 6 8
Born: 24 Jun 1868 6 Christened: Died: Aft 1919 Buried:Spouse: Alice M. Hovis (1873- ) 2 8 9 Marr: 1 Jun 1892 - ? Venango Co, PA 8
3 M Harry H. Locke 2 6
Born: 21 Feb 1871 2 6 Christened: Died: Buried:
4 M Robert W. Locke 2 10 11
Born: 6 Feb 1874 6 11 Christened: Died: 1956 11 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 4Spouse: Elda Louise Hovis (1877-1965) 2 12 Marr: 1901 11
5 F Mary Catherine "Kate" Locke 2 6 13
Born: 7 Jun 1876 2 6 Christened: Died: 1940 13 Buried: - Clintonville U. M. Cemetery, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 14Spouse: Frank Grant Canan (1870-1938) 13 15 Marr: 1900 13
6 M James R. Locke 2 6
Born: 10 Feb 1885 2 6 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Sallie Cummins ( - ) 2 6 Marr: 15 Dec 1906 6
General Notes: Husband - John Locke
From the time of his father's death he lived at the Fox home. Being the eldest of the family he took the burden of his mother's support, beginning to work as soon as he could command wages, which went to help her and the rest of the family. He was on his own resources entirely from the age of fourteen, and was employed as a farm hand until he reached his seventeenth year, when he started an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, following it until he entered the Union army. On Aug. 27, 1861, at Harlansburg, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, he enlisted in Company E, 100th Pa. V. I., serving under Captain Bentley (a minister), and he remained in the service until after the close of the war. This command was attached to the 9th Reserve Corps, and he served with it until Aug. 3, 1864, when he was transferred to Company F, 22d Pennsylvania Reserves. In January, 1865, he was discharged at Blaine's Cross Roads, and reenlisted, in his old command, taking a thirty days' veteran furlough for a visit home and then returning to his duties, receiving his final discharge in August, 1865, at Columbus, Ohio. His service in the field included participation in the engagements at Port Royal, James Island, Bull Run, Blue Springs, Jackson, Campbell Station, siege of Knoxville, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania. During the second battle of Bull Run he was wounded by a minie ball and captured, being held a prisoner on the field for five days. In May, 1864, he was sent to hospital in Washington, D. C., remaining there two months, and in the winter of 1864 he was detailed to guard prisoners at Cambridge, Ohio.
Returning to Pennsylvania at the termination of his military service, Mr. Locke resumed farming and carpenter work. After marriage, they lived with her parents for the next two years, after which Mr. Locke followed his trade for two years. They again lived on her father's farm, for a period of seven years, during which time Mr. Locke had charge of the property, Mr. Rogers having become blind and incapacitated for the work, and when the place was sold they moved to Venango County, this being in 1877. The Bullion oil excitement, with its prospects and possibilities, brought him there, and he built a number of tanks in that field while the activity was at its height. He also farmed in connection with that work, though he did not buy the property where he made his permanent home, the old Cannan farm, until 1887. This place, which was about one hundred acres, was situated two miles south of Clintonville, and lay partly in Butler County, and besides being valuable for agricultural purposes was in oil territory, the oil being produced under lease. Being a capable mechanic, Mr. Locke was able to do practically all the work on his property in that line as well as farming, and he rebuilt the dwelling and put all the other buildings into first-class condition, keeping up all the details of his work with true thrift and regard for appearance as well as convenience. Meantime he also took contracts in the oil field, building many rigs in this section, where his high class work and scrupulous attention to all his obligations brought him into high favor. His death came without warning, occurring suddenly, after a usual day's work, when he was seventy-eight years old. He is buried at Clintonville, in the cemetery of the M. E. Church in which he and his wife held membership. Mr. Locke had a vigorous mind as well as body, and his interest extended to all the concerns of the community. He belonged to Alexander Welton Post, No. 460, G. A. R., of Kennerdell, until it went out of existence, and though none of his old company were from Venango County he kept in close touch with his army comrades, attending the company and regimental reunions. Politically he supported the Republican Party. [HVC 1879, 902]
General Notes: Wife - Sarah Elizabeth Rodgers
She was a member and active worker in the M. E. Church of Clintonville, taking part in the ladies' organizations of the congregation.
1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1245.
2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 353.
3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 902.
4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 55.
5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 901.
6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 903.
7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 353.
8 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 59.
9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 903, 987.
10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 645, 903.
11 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 105.
12 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 645.
13 Nancy Byers Romig, Descendants of Rev. Johan Theodor Hofius (Export, PA: Self-published, July, 1997), Pg 129.
14 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 2, Clinton Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1994), Pg 49.
15
Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 643.
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