Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Lewis Asbury Mays and Ruth Burgwin


Husband Lewis Asbury Mays 1 2 3 

            AKA: Louis A. Mays 4
           Born: 20 Mar 1831 - Giering's Mill, Richland Twp, Venango Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Apr 1897 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Thomas Washington Mays (1787-1867) 1 6 7
         Mother: Henrietta Stroble Myers (1794-1868) 1 7


       Marriage: 9 Sep 1851 2 8

Wife Ruth Burgwin 2 3 

           Born: 18 May 1830 - Lincolnshire, England 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Apr 1894 - Venango Co, PA 3
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 5


         Father: Edward Burgwin (Abt 1795-1860) 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Jones (Abt 1798-1866) 3


Children
1 F Zulma Theresa Mays 10 

            AKA: Selina Mays, Zelma Mays 9
           Born: 24 Nov 1852 10
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1925 10
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 11

         Spouse: John Barnett "Barnett" Bell (1844/1845-1906) 10 12
           Marr: 15 Apr 1873 12

2 M William Wendell Mays 9 13 

           Born: 15 Jun 1854 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1868 13
 Cause of Death: Accident
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 14

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

3 M Edward Washington Mays 9 13 

           Born: 4 Apr 1856 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Sep 1936 13
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Mary Gormley (      -      ) 13

4 M Henry Cassius Mays 9 13 

           Born: 26 Mar 1858 - Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 9 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jul 1936 13
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 5

         Spouse: Anna L. Riley (1870-1896) 9 13
           Marr: 26 Jul 1891 9

5 F Emily Jane Mays 13 

            AKA: Emma Mays 15
           Born: 28 Feb 1860 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Apr 1930 13
         Buried: 

         Spouse: George Elmer Mays (1844-1921) 4 13
           Marr: 6 Sep 1883 16

6 F Sarah Ann "Sady" Mays 9 13 

           Born: 18 Nov 1862 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Dec 1935 13
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 17

         Spouse: George Latshaw Jack (1848-1931) 9 12
           Marr: 30 Mar 1887 - Franklin, Venango Co, PA 18

7 F Henrietta Mahala "Etta" Mays 9 13 

           Born: 27 Feb 1864 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Jun 1950 13
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 19

         Spouse: Samuel Joseph Ginter (1866-1939) 9 13

8 F Ristoria Adelaide Mays 9 13 

           Born: 31 Mar 1866
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Jan 1952 - Contra Costa Co, CA
         Buried:  - California 5

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

9 M Horatio Paget Mays 9 13 20 

           Born: 29 May 1869 13 20
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1952 13 20
         Buried:  - Rockland Cemetery, Rockland Twp, Venango Co, PA 21

         Spouse: Wiletta Rachel Smith (1866-1942)
           Marr: 24 Jun 1908 - ? Venango Co, PA

General Notes: Husband - Lewis Asbury Mays


Born in Rockland Township, Venango County. [HVC 1879, 638]

He was reared to his father's occupation, helping to build the mill on Mays run, as well as a number of other mills in this section. He continued to follow millwrighting up to the age of forty years, and meantime, in 1857, bought the old Mays farm in Rockland Township, then an unimproved tract in the midst of the woods, only five of the 110 acres being cleared. For a number of years after establishing his home there he devoted much time to building, putting up houses and barns as well as mills, part of the time employed at Franklin. He also operated a sawmill on Sandy creek for two years. But the latter part of his life was spent in the improvement of his farm, sixty acres of which he managed to bring under cultivation, and there he died in 1895, after being incapacitated by paralysis for three or four years. He was a public-spirited citizen, and served his fellow citizens faithfully as member of the school board, doing his share to bring about desirable conditions in the township. [CAB, 843]

General Notes: Wife - Ruth Burgwin


She was born in Shropshire, England. [TV, 227]
She was three years old when the family came from England, and a young girl when they settled in Venango County, PA, where the rest of her life was spent. [CAB, 843]

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Sources

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1028.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 843.

3 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 226.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 854.

5 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 114.

6 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 640.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 843, 854.

8 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 679.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 844.

10 Linda (Francis) Hanna & Roberta (Francis) Hamilton, The Descendants of Walter Bell (Franklin, PA: Self-published, about 1990), Pg 19.

11 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 100.

12 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 637.

13 Alan R. Jones, Threads of Venango (Indiana, PA: A. G. Halldin Publishing Co., 1984), Pg 233.

14 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 92.

15 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 844, 854.

16 Joan S. Hanson & Kenneth L. Hanson, Marriages from Venango County Sources (Apollo, PA: Closson Press, 1994), Pg 155.

17 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 56.

18 Venango Co, PA, Marriage License, #356.

19 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 108.

20 Mrs. Harold V. Linn, Daniel Smith - Pioneer Settler of Rockland Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania (Venango County, PA: Privately published, 1961), Pg 13.

21 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 5, Rockland Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1997), Pg 79.

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