m. NLT 1920 PA
| Arthur Nathaniel Williams |
Isabell Dorothy Hurlburt
|
bd. 17-Nov-1877 McKean Co., PA
occ. Oil Driller
dd.
brd. |
bd. 11-Jun-1893 PA
occ.
dd.
8-Apr-1971 Canton, Bradford Co., PA
brd. North Union Cemetery near
Bradford County line, Union, Tioga Co., Penn |
| 1920 Census Bradford Ward1, McKean Co., PA
(sister Mabel Hurlburt living with) |
1930 Census Osceola, Tioga Co., PA
2marriage: Joseph Shapiro after 1937 |
Children:
M. R. WILLIAMS, oil
producer, P.O. Derrick City, is a son of John Wesley Williams, a native of
Tompkins county, N.Y., and Aurilla (Randall) Williams, a native of Wyoming
county, same State. His father, who was a millwright and mechanic by occupation,
moved his family to Aurora, Erie Co., N.Y. in 1834. There his first wife died in
1845, and he then married Mrs. Sarah Warren, daughter of Erasmus Adams, and
widow of William Warren, of Erie county. Three children are living by Mr.
Williams' first union, viz.: Clarinda, wife of Capt. W.H. Mayo, in Springville,
N.Y.; John R., in Kansas City, Mo., and M.R. The children by his second marriage
yet living are Charles H., in Kansas City, Mo.; B.F., in Derrick City; Silas W.,
in Aurora, N.Y.; Jennie L., wife of Dewitt C. Page, in Brockport, N.Y.; and
S.A., in Aurora, N.Y. M.R. Williams was born at Aurora, Erie Co., N.Y., November
10, 1844. He was reared in his native county, and received a common-school
education. In 1865 he went to Oil Creek, where he was among the pioneer
operators, and has since passed through the oil excitement at Pit Hole, Tidioute
and Clarion. In 1880 he came to McKean county, and has since lived near Bell's
Camp. He now operates thirty wells. In 1871 Mr. Williams was united in marriage
with Miss Mary F., daughter of James M. Paine, of Aurora, Erie Co., N.Y., and
they have three children: Alice May, Arthur N. and Emma Augusta. Mr.
Williams became a charter member of Pleasantville (Penn.) Council, R.A., in
1878; he is a member of Henry Reemer Lodge, No. 780, F.&A.M., of Limestone,
N.Y.; of Salamanca Chapter, No. 266, R.A.M.; of Olean Council, No. 33, and of
St. John's Commandery, No. 24, K.T., of Olean, N.Y. He is a supporter of the
Democratic party, and was one of the county committee in the campaign of 1888.
He and family attend the Presbyterian Church. (Source: History of Foster
Township page 4 from History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron, and
Potter, Pennsylvania J.H. Beers, Chicago, 1890: Foster Township
Biographical Sketches)
HURLBURT Isabel Dorothy Shapiro
Isabel Dorothy Shapiro, 77, wife of Joseph Shapiro, Canton RD2, died Thursday
afternoon, April 8, 1971, in the Blossburg State Hospital, following a
protracted illness. Born in Union Township, Tioga County, June 11, 1893, she was
the daughter of Charles and Nora Fields Hurlburt. She was a member of the
Ogdensburg Church of Christ. Surviving beside her husband Joseph, are a daughter
Mary Ann Williams, at home; a son, Charles Brown of East Petersburg; four
sisters, Mrs. Edith Boesser, Canton, RD2, Mrs. Alexander Hoffman, Duke Center,
Mrs. Erwin Warren, Bradford, and Mrs. Frank Herman Binghamton, N.Y.; three
brothers, Lloyd Hurlburt, Canton RR2, and Albert and Robert Hurlburt, both of
Roaring Branch, RD2 and three grandchildren. The funeral was held Saturday at
Kleese's 40 Center Street St., Canton with the Rev. Wilma Baker Hoose, her
former pastor, officiating. Burial was in North Union Cemetery.
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