Findley Preston Surrena and Jane McBride

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Husband Findley Preston Surrena ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: Findlay Preston Surrena
           Born: 19 Jul 1834 - Scrubgrass Twp, Venango Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 22 Jul 1908 - Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried:  - Peters Chapel M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA

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         Father: William [2] Surrena (Abt 1807-1892) 5
         Mother: Sarah Hoffman (1815-1890) 6

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       Marriage: Abt 1889

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   Other Spouse: Elizabeth Walter (Abt 1833-1886) 1 2 - 1856 1

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Wife Jane McBride

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           Born: Abt 1832
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt Oct 1908 - Nectarine, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA
         Buried: 

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - Findley Preston Surrena

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He established the store at Nectarine, PA, later owned by his grandson, Floyd Surrena.

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General Notes: Wife - Jane McBride

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Scrips & Scraps, Scrapebook Abstracts Venango County and Surrounding Counties; pg. 117,
#448. Mrs. Jane Surrena, aged 70, wife of late Finley Surrena, died Thursday afternoon at her home in Nectarine, Irwin township, from the effects of burns received the night before as result of the explosion of a lamp. She and her granddaughter, Miss Imelda Witherup, were at home alone. The former was sitting beside a table reading by the light of an oil lamp. It began to sputter and the old lady, suspecting it was going to explode, picked it up and statred for door to throw it out. Just as she reached outside, the lamp exploded and her clothes took fire. Completely enveloped in flames, she ran down over the embankment, threw herself on the ground and rolled over in an effort to extinguish flames. Instead, she set fire to dry leaves, which blazed up. Grant Surrena, step-son and John Cook, who lived across the road, heard screams and rushed to her assistance. They and Miss Witherup succeeded in smothering the flames but she was horribly burned except a patch about size of hand on back of the neck. Burned black from the knees up. Retained consciousness, told them how it happened. Formerly Miss Jane McBride, married 19 years ago to Finley Surrena who died three months ago. Step-children survive: W. F. Howard, J. E. and Grant Surrena and Mrs. Emma Galloway, Irwin township; Mrs. Phoebe Campbell, Butler county, and Mrs. Visa Hoffman, Clinton township.

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 600.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 968.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1436.

4 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 194.

5 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 16, 208.

6 Claudine Adams Diemert, The Descendants of David Martin (Self-published.), Pg 16.