Nancy Elizabeth⁵ Orner (George⁴, Felix³, felix², Ulrich¹), born 29 September 1837 in Franklin, Adams, Pennsylvania and christened 03 December 1837 (Sponsors: parents)₍₆₎; died 28 August 1898; married 11 December 1856 “at home” in Pine, Indiana, Pennsylvania (Indiana Register, issue of 23 December 1856) to John A. Stophel (his second marriage)(son of Thomas and Elizabeth Stophel, and brother of Silas Stophel who married her sister Henrietta Orner) who was born about 1833 in [?Wheatfield], Indiana, Pennsylvania and died 05 September 1877 at Kane (in Wetmore Township), McKean, Pennsylvania. [Much info on this family from Orner descendant Ed Bergh.]

He was a carpenter. For a while [beginning at least by 1862], he owned the Exchange Hotel at Homer, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

1860 Census: John Stophel, page 295, visit 2470/2391, Pine, Indiana, Pennsylvania.

1870 Census: John Stophel, page 748, visit 049/049, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania.

1880 Census: Nancy Stophel (widow), page 476, visit 166/176; and page 478, visit 203/213, both in Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania.

[He was married first 19 May 1853 to Sarah Nips and had at least one child, Thomas Stophel born about 1854.]

Known children:

Alfred Jefferson⁶ Stophel, born about August 1858; died 07 July 1917 at the Warren State Hospital for the Insane in Conewango, Warren, Pennsylvania; unmarried. 1880 Census: Alfred Stophel (single, with mother). 1900 Census: Alfred Stophel (single, with Silas Johnson), page 078, visit 094/097, Highland, Elk, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Alfred J. Stophel (single, inmate at State Hospital), page 071, line 046, Conewango, Warren, Pennsylvania. He is buried at the hospital cemetery.

Charles C.⁶ Stophel, born 05 August 1860; died 08 April 1940 at the Columbus County [North Carolina] hospital (The News Reporter, issue of 11 April 1940); married 23 December 1897 to Lula Viola Johnson who was born 03 March 1873 in Pitt County, North Carolina and died 26 March 1932 at Whiteville, Columbus, North Carolina (The News Reporter, issue of 31 March 1932). He was a lumberman; later he was a baker; later he was a grocer. 1900 Census: Charles C. Stophen, page 109, visit 275/275, Ransom, Columbus, North Carolina. 1910 Census: T. C. Stopher, page 240, visit 141/146, Whiteville [town], Columbus, North Carolina. 1920 Census: Charles C. Stophel, page 287, visit 096/096, Whiteville town, Columbus, North Carolina. 1930 Census: Charlie Stophel, page 185, visit 236/237, Whiteville town, Columbus, North Carolina. They are buried at Whiteville Memorial Cemetery. They had five children. Known children, born in North Carolina:

Lareine E.⁷ Stophel, born 12 September 1899₍₁₇₎; died 08 July 1982 at Whiteville₍₁₇₎; married 20 June 1923 at Whiteville to Walter Henry Schroeder (son of William Schroeder and Anna Sommers) who was born 18 August 1889₍₁₇₎ at Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska and died 24 October 1979 at Whiteville₍₁₇₎. They owned Schroeder’s Boarding House at Whiteville. 1930 Census: Henry W. Schroeder, page 076, visit 510/671, Greensboro city, Guilford, North Carolina. They are buried at Whiteville Memorial Cemetery.

Leroy Beverly⁷ Stophel, born 10 October 1901; died 07 April 1959 at Lexington, Davidson, North Carolina (Book 46, page 106); married to Maggie Carrie [Spicewood?]. He was a baker. He is buried at Whiteville Memorial Cemetery.

Ruth⁷ Stophel, born about 1911; died at about age 15 years.

Charles C.⁷ Stophel, born 13 April 1917₍₁₇₎; died 29 August 1972₍₁₇₎ at Whiteville; married 11 April 1937 at Whiteville to Sarah Lucy Hayes (daughter of Don and Ada Hayes) who was born 12 April 1917₍₁₇₎ in North Carolina and died 07 September 1995 at Whiteville₍₁₇₎. He operated Stophel’s Dry Cleaner at Whiteville. He is buried at Whiteville Memorial Cemetery. [She was married second 03 August 1985 at Whiteville to Howard Campbell McDaniel.]

Edmond E.⁶ Stophel, born 11 January 1864₍₃₆₎; died 21 July 1946 in Los Angeles County, California₍₃₆₎; married 1882-83 to Emma Nelson (daughter of ______ Nelson and Helene Erickson) who was born about January 1863 in Sweden and apparently died 1920s at Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York. He was a house carpenter; later he was a building contractor. She was working in a textile mill in 1920. 1900 Census: Edward Stophel, page 063, visit 217/231, Kane (3^rd Ward), McKean, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Edmond E. Stophel, page 093, visit 016/021, Kane (3^rd Ward), McKean, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Edmon E. Strophel (married but alone, with son Edward); also Emma Stophel (married but alone, with son-in-law Harold Carlson). 1930 Census: Edward Stophel (widower, inmate at Los Angeles County Farm), page 175, Downey (E.D. 924), Los Angeles, California. He is buried at Rose Hill Cemetery. Children:

Harry Ellsworth⁷ Stophel, born 25 January 1885_(17)(40); died 11 September 1964 at Girard, Erie, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎; married 1909-10 to Hazel May Brown who was born 11 January 1892 in Pennsylvania. He was a house carpenter. 1910 Census: Harry E. Stophel (with his parents). 1920 Census: Harry E. Stophel, page 063, visit 279/285, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Harry E. Stophel, page 086, visit 026/028, Kane (3^rd Ward), McKean, Pennsylvania. No children with them in any of the censuses. He is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Erie County.

Violet L.⁷ Stophel, born 27 September 1889₍₁₇₎; died December 1971 at Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York₍₁₇₎; married by 1917 to Harold Edward Carlson who was born 02 May 1887₍₄₀₎ in New York, divorced 1920s. He was a switchman, later he was a postal clerk for the Erie Railroad. 1920 Census: Harold E. Carlson, page 275, visit 318/529, Jamestown (3^rd Ward), Chautauqua, New York. 1930 Census: Violet L. Stophel (divorced), page 130, visit 2671/3250?, Jamestown (2^nd Ward), Chautauqua, New York. No children with her in 1920 or 1930.

Edward Cleveland⁷ Stophel, born 04 October 1892₍₄₀₎; died 13 May 1961 at Jamestown, Chautauqua, New York; married 1915-16 to Marguerite Johnson (daughter of Carl Johnson and Louise Anderson, both born in Sweden) who was born 01 November 1896 at Jamestown and died 10 March 1956 at Jamestown. He worked in a furniture factory; she worked in a textile mill. He registered for the WWI Draft at Jamestown. 1920 Census: Edward Strophel, page 278, visit 395/616, Jamestown (3^rd Ward), Chautauqua, New York. 1930 Census: Edward Stophel, page 195, visit 187/232, Jamestown (3^rd Ward), Chautauqua, New York. Known children, born at Jamestown: Edward C. Stophel, born 18 September 1918₍₃₆₎, died 28 October 1963 in Los Angeles County, California₍₃₆₎, married Dorothy Dye; Helen M. Stophel, born 11 February 1922₍₁₇₎, died 28 October 1999 at Jamestown₍₁₇₎, married to Sigmund Prusik who was born 28 August 1918₍₁₇₎ in New Jersey and died 30 January 1989₍₁₇₎.

Lillie May⁶ Stophel, born about 1867; married 28 June 1893 to William J. Milliken.

Jasper L.⁶ Stophel, born about August 1869; died June 1949; married 1902-03 to GRACE M. DEAHL who was born 15 March 1877₍₁₇₎ at Irwin, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania and died 01 May 1966 at Smethport, McKean, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. He was a machinist. 1900 Census: Jasper Stover (single, with uncle Daniel Brallier), page 075, visit 160/167, Altoona (E.D. 63), Blair, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Jasper L. Stophel, page 055, visit 047/050, Coudersport (2^nd Ward), Potter, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Jasper L. Stophel (with her brother-in-law Robert E. Coldwell), page 229, visit 079/081, Irwin (2^nd Ward), Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Kanesholm Cemetery in Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. No children with them in 1920 or 1930.

Elizabeth K.⁶ Stophel, born about March 1872; died 15 April 1953; married 1886-87 to Eugene E. Orcutt who was born about August 1860 in Maine. He was a farmer. 1900 Census: Eugene Orcutt, page 255, visit 125/128, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Eugene E. Orcutt, page 278, visit 143/151, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Eugene Orcutt, page 057, visit 154/157, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Eugene Orcutt, page 275, visit 108/112, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. She is buried at Kanesholm Cemetery in Wetmore. They had two other children who died before the 1900 census. Known children:

Clifford Lisle⁷ Orcutt, born 18 October 1888_(17)(40); died September 1965₍₁₇₎; married 1915-16 to Myrtle A. Titchner (daughter of Marcus A. and Ida M. Titchner) who was born 23 July 1888₍₁₇₎ in Pennsylvania and died March 1975 at Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. He was an engineer for the Western Pennsylvania Natural Gas Company in 1917₍₄₀₎. 1920 Census: Clifford Orcutt, page 058, visit 184/187, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Clifford Orcutt, page 276, visit 129/133, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. Known children: Maxwell Orcutt, born about October 1917; Leonard Orcutt, born 01 June 1920₍₁₇₎, died January 1985 at Kane₍₁₇₎.

Willis Boyd⁷ Orcutt, born 29 July 1890₍₄₀₎; married by 1917 to ________?₍₄₀₎. He was a field foreman for the Carter Oil Company at Wirt, Carter, Oklahoma in 1917₍₄₀₎. He registered for the WWI Draft in Wetmore.

Lillie M.⁷ Orcutt, born about November 1892.

Pearl N.⁷ Orcutt, born about August? 1894.

Jessie C.⁷ Orcutt, born about December 1895.

Jasper Samuel (or Sanford?)⁷ Orcutt, born about 1900; married 1923-24 to Helen Larson (daughter of Carl and Anna Larson, both born in Sweden) who was born 28 September 1903₍₁₇₎ in Pennsylvania and died July 1974 at Kane, McKean, Pennsylvania₍₁₇₎. He worked at a chemical plant. 1930 Census: Samuel Orcutt, page 275, visit 115/119, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. Known children: Willis Orcutt, born about 1924; Shirley Orcutt, born about July 1927; Carolla Orcutt, born about February 1930.

Robert George⁶ Stophel, born about June 1874; married 1896-97 to Alice Swanson who was born about December 1876 in Sweden. He was a farmer; later he was a house carpenter. 1900 Census: R. G. Stofel, page 262, visit 269/276, Wetmore, McKean, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Robert G. Stophel, page 092, visit 298/311, Los Angeles (E.D. 624), Los Angeles, California. Known children, born in Pennsylvania:

Bessie⁷ Stophel, born 17 November 1897; married to ______ Patterson.

Jesse Wallace⁷ Stophel, born 06 December 1899_(17)(36)(40); died 25 May 1974 in Downey, Los Angeles, California_(17)(36); married first probably in California to Florence Mooney (daughter of Clarence R. and Etta Mooney) who was born about 1905 in Alabama and apparently died before the 1930 census; married second after the 1930 census to Dorothy E. Ewing who was born 10 October 1911₍₁₇₎ and died 07 July 1999 at Anaheim, Orange, California₍₁₇₎. He was a clerk. He registered for the WWI Draft at Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee [nearest relative: father R. G. Stophel of Jacksonville, Davidson, Tennessee]. 1930 Census: Jesse W. Stophel (widower), page 171, visit 181/314, Los Angeles (E.D. 456), Los Angeles, California. Known children with first wife, born in California: Robert Eugene Stophel, born 19 January 1924₍₃₆₎, died 30 November 1958 in Los Angeles County₍₃₆₎, 1930 Census: (with grandfather Clarence Mooney), page 027, visit 174/174, Compton, Los Angeles, California; Elinor Marie Stophel, born 11 April 1925, married ______ White, 1930 Census: (also with grandfather Clarence Mooney). [Jesse had at least two children with his second wife, both born well after 1930.]

Alice Mary Stophel, born 14 August 1902; married to ______ Jones.

Flora⁶ Stophel, born about 1876; married to ______ Howard.

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