Homer Lincoln Dewoody and Myrtle J. Gilmore

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Husband Homer Lincoln Dewoody ^{1 2}

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           Born: 13 Oct 1874 - Sandycreek Twp, Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1944
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: Wesley G. Dewoody (1852-1882) 1 4
         Mother: Elmira Jane "Jennie" Sutton (1851-1932) 5

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       Marriage: 22 Jun 1905

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   Other Spouse: Hiawatha Shorts (Abt 1877-      ) - 21 Jul 1897 - Balliet 6

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Wife Myrtle J. Gilmore ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1881 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1957
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 3

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         Father: John C. Gilmore (1842-1917)
         Mother: Margaret H. Hoffman (1844-1927)

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Children

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1 F Josephine Margaret DeWoody ^{1 2}

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           Born: 6 Dec 1908 - Venango Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 1971
         Buried:  - Pleasantview M. E. Cemetery, Irwin Twp, Venango Co, PA 7

         Spouse: Floyd Kribbs (      -      ) 8
           Marr: (Divorced on 3 Mar 1944)

         Spouse: Floyd Curtis Hoffman (1913-1983) 9
           Marr: 16 Jan 1960 - Clintonville, Clinton Twp, Venango Co, PA 10

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General Notes: Husband - Homer Lincoln Dewoody

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He was reared and educated in Clinton Township, Venango County, PA, and from early boyhood became familiar with the responsibilities of the large estate. Before he commenced drilling for oil there he had been similarly engaged elsewhere, but after striking thirteen dry holes he returned to the home place, where his early successes instilled the confidence to continue operations, which he and his brother have conducted ever since. They drilled the first well put down in this section for the second sand oil, locating it along Bullion run, which passes through their land, all the previous operations having been in the third sand. This well, though opened about twenty years ago, is still producing. It promised so well from the beginning that their stepfather, Mr. Simcox, immediately took a lease adjoining, and oil development has been continued on the DeWoody place up to the present time, thirty wells being now in operation there, with room for a hundred more. Very few dry holes have been found, the land being one of the best local fields exploited so far. The joint holdings of Mrs. Simcox and her sons here comprise about seven hundred acres, rich in coal as well as oil, and the brothers have about one hundred acres of this tract under cultivation, also giving some attention to the breeding of Holstein cattle. They have several head of registered stock. Though busy with his own affairs and diligent in looking after them Mr. DeWoody enjoys hunting and fishing when he has time for recreation, and thoroughly appreciates fine horseflesh. He is alive to local interests and a good citizen but not in public life. Politically he supports the Republican Party. The family belong to the Pleasant View M. E. Church. They occupy the old brick house on the farm built, it is said, in 1812, by the Bonners, who operated a furnace on Bullion run, and after whose failure the property was secured by Reuben Sutton. It was built for a hotel, with one room specially fitted up as a barroom, and the fine woodwork, handmade and showing excellent workmanship, is in good condition after all these years. [CAB, 1002]

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General Notes: Wife - Myrtle J. Gilmore

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Her great-grandfather Gilmore was a native of Baltimore, MD, and it was in a trade he made with George Washington on the street in that city that the General secured the white horse upon which he is pictured. When the family emigrated to western Pennsylvania they settled on a tract of about twelve hundred acres lying on what is now the Butler and Venango County line. During the time when they were making settlement on this tract the pioneer Gilmore brought out two of his children, a boy of twelve and another son younger, and left them on the land to hold the claim while he returned to Baltimore on business. They had a little house built of poles for habitation, and remained there alone during their father's absence of two weeks, very proud of their new home and their responsibility. In the evening the wolves would howl around and drive their little dog indoors, but the children kept a small fire burning to scare the animals off. There was once an Indian camping place on the old homestead of the Gilmores, and Indian darts were frequently ploughed up. Part of this tract is still owned by the Gilmores. [CAB, 1002]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539.

2 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 47.

3 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 98.

4 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 10.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 539, 704.

6 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #3738.

7 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 1, Irwin, Mineral, & Victory Townships (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1992), Pg 102.

8 Byron C. Allen, Simcox Family Group Sheets (Canfield, OH: Privately published, 1983), #58.

9 Virginia Gordon Russell, The DeWoody Family of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Cochranton, PA: Specialty Printers, 1981.), Pg 48.

10 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #32521.