Leah4 Arner (DAVID3, HEINRICH2, Ulrich1), born about September 1821 in Allegheny, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania; died 14 March 1897 aged 75 years, 06 months(14) in Mercer County, Pennsylvania; married 18 April 1842 in Trumbull County, Ohio (FHL film #904261) to Samuel Foulk (son of Daniel and Elizabeth Foulk) who was born 22 June 1818 in Virginia and died 17 April 1887 in West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania(I).
He was a farmer. Biography from page 1179, History of Mercer County(I).
1850 Census: Samuel Foulk, page 446, visit 007/007, Bazetta, Trumbull, Ohio.
1860 Census: Samuel Foulk, page 866, visit 510/509, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
1870 Census: Saml Foulk, page 179, visit 320/320, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
1880 Census: Samuel Foulk, page 583, visit 243/247, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania.
She is buried at Shenango Valley Cemetery in West Salem.
Children(I), first two born in Ohio:
Alvin D.5 Foulk, born about 1843; died by 1888(I); married by 1870 to Esther Keck(M) (daughter of Daniel and Maria Keck) who was born about 1845 in Pennsylvania. He was a coal miner. 1870 Census: Alvin Foulk, page 179, visit 321/321, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: Esther “Keck” (“married” but alone, and child, with her parents), page 590, visit 349/355, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania. Known child:
Sarah May6 Foulk, born 14 May 1870; married 21 May 1891 to Edwin Ellsworth Ashe who was born 11 February 1864 in Mercer County. He was a postal clerk for a railroad. 1880 Census: Sarah M. Foulk (with grandfather Daniel Keck). 1910 Census: Edwin E. Ashe, page 005, visit 087/098, Erie (E.D. 83), Erie, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Edwin E. Ashe, page 031, visit 244/257, Erie (E.D. 86), Erie, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Edwin E. Ashe, page 144, visit 014/022, Erie (E.D. 48), Erie, Pennsylvania. They had no children(M).
Elizabeth Jane5 Foulk, born about 1845; married to Robert McMurray(M) (son of Hutchinson and Eliza McMurray) who was born about November 1840 in Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania and died 06 December 1903 in Pymatuning. He was a farmer. 1870 Census: Robt McMurry, page 179, visit 319/319, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1880 Census: Robert McMurry, page 355, visit 199/205, Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania. [He was married second 1891-92 to Jane’s first cousin Emma Margaret5 Gear.] Known children:
Esther J.6 McMurray, born about 1867.
Samuel H.6 McMurray, born about September 1869; married about 1898 to May V. ______ who was born about November 1873 in Ohio. He was a farmer; later a carpenter for a railroad. 1900 Census: Samuel McMurray, page 076, visit 177/178, Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: Samuel M. McMurray, page 115, visit 008/008, Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Samiuel H. Mc Murray, page 176, visit 067/069, South Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Sam McMury, page 012, visit 247/262, South Pymatuning, Mercer, Pennsylvania. Known child: Esther McMurray, born about 1906.
Francis Henry6 McMurray, born 20 January 1879(40);
married 1905-06 to Nettie
May ______ who was born 18 February 1885(17) in Pennsylvania
and died November 1972 at Sharpsville, Mercer, Pennsylvania(17). He
was a [locomotive?] engineer at Carnegie Steel Company(40); later
for a railroad. Later he worked at a steel mill again. 1910 Census: F H McMuray, page 043, visit ---/265, Sharpsville (2nd
Ward), Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: Francis McMurray, page 204,
visit 158/162, Sharpsville (2nd Ward), Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1930
Census: Francis McMurray, page 221, visit 108/115, Sharpsville (2nd Ward),
Mercer, Pennsylvania. Known children: John W. McMurray,
born 21 December 1908(17), died 04 March 2004 at Sharpsville(17); Margaret McMurray, born
about 1913; Irene McMurray, born
about October 1915; Thelma
May McMurray,
born about 1920; Robert
L. McMurray,
born 25 April 1923(17), died 13 January 1998 at Hubbard, Trumbull,
Ohio(17).
John H.5 Foulk, born about July 1856 in West Salem; married 1890-91 to Lura A. Shoemaker (daughter of ______ Shoemaker and ______ Hoffman(36)) who was born 06 April 1873(36) in Pennsylvania and died 28 September 1963 in Los Angeles County, California(36). He worked at a steel mill; later he worked at a bridge works; later he was a chicken rancher in California. 1880 Census: John Foulk (single, with parents). 1900 Census: John H. Foulk, page 268, visit 128/128, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1910 Census: John H. Foulk, page 249, visit 162/168, West Salem, Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1920 Census: John H. Foulk, page 072, visit 074/079, Greenville (5th Ward), Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: John H. Foulk, page 278, visit 242/242, Whittier Township (E.D. 1559), Los Angeles, California. Known children:
Clyde Delay6 Foulk, born 02 June 1893(36)(40); died 25 September 1986 in Los Angeles County(36); married 1917-18 to Nettie C. Rickert (daughter of James S. Rickert and ______ Copeland(36)) who was born 17 September 1896(36) in Ohio and died 10 January 1940 in Los Angeles County(36). He was a car repairer at Greenville Steel Car Company(40); later he was a truck driver. 1920 Census: Clyde D. Foulk, page 074, visit [118]/126, Greenville (5th Ward), Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Clyde D. Foulk, page 278, visit 235/235, Whittier Township (E.D. 1559), Los Angeles, California. Known children: Martha A. Foulk, born 22 June 1918(36) in Pennsylvania, died 30 August 1987 in Los Angeles County(36), married ______ Behnke(36); Virginia M. Foulk, born about 1920 in Pennsylvania; John James Foulk, born 24 September 1924(36) in California, died 28 February 1947 in Los Angeles County(36); Frank Edward Foulk, born 11 March 1926(36) in California, died 02 January 1996 in Riverside County, California(36).
Helen C.6 Foulk, born 30 June 1901(36); died 21 July 1981 in Los Angeles County(36); married first 1919-20 to Samuel Henry Ealy who was born 16 September 1894(36)(40) at Noble, [Richland County,] Illinois(40) and died 17 April 1975 in Los Angeles County(36); married second or later to ______ Head(36). He was a car repairer at a car works; later a “riveter, steel construction”. He was a WWI veteran; he registered for the Draft at Noble [home address: Noble; employer: B. & L. E. Railroad shop, Greenville, Pennsylvania(40)]. 1920 Census: Samuel H. Ealy, page 072, visit 074/080, Greenville (5th Ward), Mercer, Pennsylvania. 1930 Census: Samuel H. Ealy (married but alone, apparently in a hotel or large boarding house), page 222A, line 13, Los Angeles (E.D. 356), Los Angeles, California; also Helen Ealy (married but alone, servant with Leo Wilcek), page 132, visit 135/136, Los Angeles (E.D. 182), Los Angeles, California. Known children with first husband: Opal Jeanette Ealy, born 15 February 1923(36) in Pennsylvania, died 23 May 1996 in Los Angeles County(36), married ______ Hill(36), 1930 Census: Opal J. Ealy (with grandfather John H. Foulk); William George Ealy, born 25 February 1931 in Los Angeles County.
Nettie L.6 Foulk, born about 1906. 1920 Census: (with parents).
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